Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
32 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
11 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Selena L Lavonier’s $110K as Executive Director is at the 40th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selena L Lavonier | $109,619 | $121,880 | $100,860 | $107,345 | $27,352 |
| Jane George | — | — | — | — | $44,048 |
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.
See Artsquest Foundation executive salaries →Programs and updates
Collects and manages donations to support arts programs.
Questions for Artsquest Foundation
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To develop a planned giving program to support artsquest; encourage long-term financial support for artsquest; manage and invest the funds contributed to the foundation; make donations to artsquest to support its programs.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-0652958) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 | $1.5M | $330K | $1.2M | $6.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 20, 2024 | $292K | $5.8M | −$5.5M | $4.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2023 | $79K | $211K | −$132K | $9.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 | $329K | $356K | −$28K | $10.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $730K | $166K | $564K | $10.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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