Bell Arts Factory

Tax-deductible

Ventura, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 05-0609775Revenue $375K in FY2024

On file with the IRSbellartsfactory.org432 N Ventura Ave Ste 101, 93001-1953 · Ventura, CATax-exempt since May 2005Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Bring people together to celebrate art, education and community through developing an Arts education resource and program for the under-served community and develop the available space into an exciting community meeting, program and performance venue targeted to the Arts.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $60K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$71K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 66% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $9K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$102K
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$375K
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$466K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$266K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$375K
FY2024▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$288K
FY2021$335K
FY2022$370K
FY2023$392K
FY2024$375K
Expenses
$466K
FY2024▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$362K
FY2021$400K
FY2022$394K
FY2023$438K
FY2024$466K
Net assets
$266K
FY2024▼ -25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$492K
FY2021$426K
FY2022$403K
FY2023$356K
FY2024$266K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2005.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $328K Management & general 25% · $118K Fundraising 4% · $20K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $71K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$71,275Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maribel Hernandez’s $71K as Executive Director is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Maribel Hernandez$71,275$62,972$41,845$32,465

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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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Builds community through arts education programs and a vibrant performance venue for underserved people.

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2 programs · $328K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Art Building

To provide an environment that will allow the artists to expand their talent and share with the community through various expressions and classes.

$317Kprogram expense
02

Youth

English and spanish language after school and weekend classes provided free to low-income neighborhood youth. Program is focused on teaching drawing, paint and a general appreciation of art while building their cognitive and creative capacitycommunity arts events,including performances, exhibits and arts classes

$11Kprogram expense

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$9K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$375K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$282K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$80K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$466K
Ln 25
Programscol B$328K
Managementcol C$118K
Fundraisingcol D$20K
Owns and owesPt X
$266K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$189K
Total assetsLn 16$367K
LiabilitiesLn 26$102K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$80K
Government grantsLn 1e$64K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$282K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$375K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$189K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$189K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$967
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$367K
LiabilitiesLn 26$102K
Net assetsLn 32$266K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$207K$189K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$967
Total assetsLn 16$459K$367K
LiabilitiesLn 26$103K$102K
Net assetsLn 32$356K$266K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$71K$53K$15K$3K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$18K$17K$837
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$11K$8K$3K$563
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$6K$1K$253
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$2K$740$148
Advertising and promotionLn 12$50$50
Office expensesLn 13$645$519$105$21
Information technologyLn 14$4K$2K$877$175
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$250K$175K$62K$12K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$4K$3K$938$188
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$721$541$144$36
InsuranceLn 23$5K$3K$1K$211
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$64K$52K$10K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$5K$5K$325
Total functional expensesLn 25$466K$328K$118K$20K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $375K$466K−$91K$266K 990 PDF
FY2023 $392K$438K−$46K$356K 990 PDF
FY2022 $370K$394K−$24K$403K 990 PDF
FY2021 $335K$400K−$65K$426K 990 PDF
FY2020 $288K$362K−$74K$492K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $375,192 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $91,709$79,690
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $283,343$282,383
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $17,431$13,119
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$211$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $392,272$375,192
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $95,378$107,902
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $343,061$358,090
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $438,439$465,992
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$46,167−$90,800
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $375,192 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$63,549
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$16,141
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$79,690
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $282,383$282,383
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,119$13,119
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $282,383 · Excluded from tax $13,119$375,192
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $465,992 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $53,456 · Management $14,710 · Fundraising $3,109$71,275
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $17,227 · Management $837$18,064
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,883 · Management $2,815 · Fundraising $563$11,261
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,783 · Management $1,266 · Fundraising $253$7,302
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,386$17,386
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,222 · Management $740 · Fundraising $148$3,110
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $50$50
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $519 · Management $105 · Fundraising $21$645
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,454 · Management $877 · Fundraising $175$3,506
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $174,902 · Management $62,465 · Fundraising $12,493$249,860
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,626 · Management $938 · Fundraising $188$3,752
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $541 · Management $144 · Fundraising $36$721
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,358 · Management $1,054 · Fundraising $211$4,623
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $52,483 · Management $9,561 · Fundraising $2,310$64,354
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,954 · Management $4,804 · Fundraising $325$10,083
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $328,408 · Management $117,752 · Fundraising $19,832$465,992
Part X · Balance sheet $367,231 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $174,485; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $206,989$189,353
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,688$967
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,426$2,426
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $459,277$367,231
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $79,229$78,486
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $23,675$23,172
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $102,904$101,658
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $355,804$265,004
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $569$569
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $356,373$265,573
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $459,277$367,231
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $265,573 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$375,192
XI-2 Total expenses$465,992
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$90,800
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$356,373
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$265,573

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