Empowers youth to discover talents, realize potential, and impact the world through the arts.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $285K in revenue, $134K in expenses, and $1.6M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$285K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$134K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.6M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $150K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
18%
80%
Program services $0.01 Management & general $0.18 Fundraising $0.80
Program efficiency
1%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
114.7mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+53%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$285K
FY2020
$2.9M$1.5M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$134K
FY2020
$3.4M$1.7M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$1.7M
FY2020
$32.4M$16.2M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$38K
FY2020
$326K$163K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$285K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$134K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.6M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$150K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.7M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B1%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 32
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 4pending
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
1 program service account for $2K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2019.
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Epacenter is a creative youth development organization that helps east palo alto youth amplify their talents, realize their potential, and impact their world through art and design. Epacenter engages youth, ages 8-25 in east palo alto, in a range of creative youth development programs to develop their intrinsic voices, their sense of…
Nadine Rambeau’s $218K as Executive Director
is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3916 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Amy Lyons · Reported title PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $134K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $24K · Total expenses $134K
18%
Fundraising vendors
Fundraiser cost ratio
Paid to fundraisers $96K · Gross raised $280K
34%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
1%
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Overhead ratio
18%
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Fundraising cost ratio
38%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
9%
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Fundraising fee ratio
71%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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