Ignites youth creativity through revolutionary arts education programs.
For fiscal year 2021 it reported $1.6M in revenue, $1.4M in expenses, and $821K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$1.6M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.4M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$821K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $200K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
58%
25%
17%
Program services $0.58 Management & general $0.25 Fundraising $0.17
Program efficiency
58%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
7.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+12%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2021▲ +3%
$2.9M$1.5M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2021▼ -28%
$2.0M$999K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$963K
FY2021▲ +5%
$2.1M$1.1M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$142K
FY2021▼ -52%
$295K$148K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$1.6M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.4M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$821K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$200K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$963K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B58%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 410
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $582K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Teen Arts
Arts corps provided arts education to youth 13-18. Arts education for school credit was offered through a partnership with seattle public schools interagency alternative high school. Extracurricular programming was also offered, with art kits supplied and virtual instruction. This program served approximately 300 students.
$249Kprogram expense
02
Arts Integration (creative Schools)
Arts corps worked with 10 schoolsin the seattle and highline school districts to provide integrated artslearning. Teaching artists work in partnership with classroom teachersto develop and implement project-based lesson plans that integrate artswith core subject areas while developing students' creative CAPACITIES.THIS program is…
$228Kprogram expense
03
Elementary Bsk
Arts corps worked with two locations to offer 5 classes serving youth kindergarten through fifth grade. Approximately 150 youth were served.
Shawn Roberts’s $100K as Executive Dir.
is at the 32nd 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 · 8 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 James Miles · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $58K · Total expenses $1.4M
4%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $1.0M · Total expenses $1.4M
73%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
58%
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—
Overhead ratio
25%
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Fundraising cost ratio
16%
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Revenue growth
3%
—
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Legal fee ratio
0%
—
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
—
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Fundraising fee ratio
1%
—
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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) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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