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Jessye Norman School of the Arts Inc

Augusta, Georgia · EIN 31-1776667 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · tax-exempt since 2001

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 62.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended May 2025.

Graded against 20,382 philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.28.8 months58
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.65% of practices65
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.71
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.93% from one source41
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.87.8%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.10.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.01not scored

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Year by year

20162018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
May 2025Form 990$945K$772K$172K$1.86M28.859C
May 2024Form 990$920K$819K$102K$1.68M24.743C
May 2023Form 990$850K$697K$153K$1.58M27.245C
May 2022Form 990$438K$599K−$161K$1.43M28.630C
May 2021Form 990$540K$486K$55K$1.59M39.330C
May 2020Form 990$489K$492K−$2,806$1.53M37.542C
May 2018Form 990$487K$412K$76K$1.63M47.415C
May 2016Form 990$502K$383K$118K$1.58M49.533C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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