Passion Works FY2023 filing

Athens, OH · Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Arts & Culture

✓ Tax-deductible
Revenue
$682K
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$656K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$251K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$682K
FY2023▲ +12%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$426K
FY2021$633K
FY2022$610K
FY2023$682K
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
$656K
FY2023▲ +3%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$379K
FY2021$508K
FY2022$635K
FY2023$656K
FY2024$795K
Net assets
$251K
FY2023▲ +12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$125K
FY2021$250K
FY2022$225K
FY2023$251K
FY2024$630K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Status and standing

Is it real, and can you give to it?

Tax-deductible?
Yes
Per the IRS master file.
Can I give now?
No revocation on IRS record
Not on the IRS revocation list.
Filing up to date?
Filed FY2024 (typical filing lag)
Legal name (IRS)Hdr · item CPassion Works
EINHdr · item D82-2288880
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
Ruling yearIRS BMFJun 2018
Latest filingForm 990FY2024 · Form 990
Principal addressHdr · item CAthens, OH
NTEE classificationIRS BMFArts & Culture (A90)
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.passionworks.org

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.81 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.06
Program services81%$530K
Management & general14%$90K
Fundraising6%$36K
Total functional expensesLn 25$656K

Financial health

Is it on solid ground?

Program efficiency
81%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
2.5mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+4%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2023 · Form 990
Total assets
$266K
FY2023▲ +16%
Total assets by fiscal year
FY2020$164K
FY2021$255K
FY2022$230K
FY2023$266K
FY2024$645K
Total liabilities
$15K
FY2023▲ +232%
Total liabilities by fiscal year
FY2020$39K
FY2021$5K
FY2022$5K
FY2023$15K
FY2024$15K
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$26K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$266K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B81%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 37
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 47

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$135K
Total assetsLn 16$266K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$15K
Total net assetsLn 32$251K
Months of cash on handcomputed2.5

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$319K · 47%
Other revenue$270K · 40%
Program service revenue$85K · 13%
Investment income$7K · 1%
Contributions & grants47%$319K
Other revenue40%$270K
Program service revenue13%$85K
Investment income1%$7K
— government grantsLn 1e$5K
Total revenueLn 12$682K

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2023 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $135K · Operating expenses/yr $656K
2.5 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $530K · Total expenses $656K
81%
Management & General
Management & general $90K · Total expenses $656K
14%
Fundraising
Fundraising $36K · Total expenses $656K
6%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $32K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $338K
$0.09 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $319K · Total revenue $682K
47%
Government reliance
Government grants $5K · Total revenue $682K
0.7%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $85K · Total revenue $682K
13%
Investment reliance
Investment income $7K · Total revenue $682K
+1.0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $85K · Total expenses $656K
13%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $682K · Prior year $610K
+12%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $251K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $682K · Expenses $656K
+4%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $266K
—
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $251K · Total assets $266K
94%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $266K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Patty Mitchell · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $55K · Total expenses $656K
8%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $479K · Total expenses $656K
73%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 81%——
Overhead ratio 14%——
Fundraising cost ratio 11%——
Revenue growth 12%——
Legal fee ratio 0.04%——
Accounting fee ratio 1%——

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.

Leadership and pay

Who runs it, and what are they paid?

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$55,013Pt VII · Sec A
$38,375Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Patty Mitchell’s $75K as Executive Director is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Patty Mitchell$75,182$55,013$53,500$47,750
Shirley Anderson$60,565$38,375——
Susan Dlouhy———$39,500

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.

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Governance & Policies

Part VI
  • 7Voting board membersPt VI · Ln 1a
  • 7Independent board membersPt VI · Ln 1b
  • Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
  • Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
  • Top official’s pay independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Family or business ties among leadersPt VI · Ln 2No

Mission and programs

What it does.

Fosters community art creation and connection for people of all abilities.

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

2 program services account for $530K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01

Provide a collaborative community arts center, that at its heart and soul, is a core group of working artists with developmental difference. This collective creates aesthetically and conceptually powerful works of art.

$503Kprogram expense
02

Provide a training center where participants can learn and understand the Creative Abundance Model. Participants will leave with strategies to encourage similar programing that respond to their own unique opportunities in their communities.

$26Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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Filing history

Every return on file.

YearRevenueExpensesChangeFiling
FY2024 Latest $1.2M$795K+72% 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $682K$656K+12% 990 PDF
FY2022 $610K$635K-4% 990 PDF
FY2021 $633K$508K+49% 990 PDF
FY2020 $426K$379K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2023IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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