Upstream Arts INC EIN 20-4451219

Upstream Arts INC

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Empowers people with disabilities through creative arts to express themselves and make choices. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $219K in revenue, $590K in expenses.Pt I

Founded
2006
Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Arts & Culture
Location
Minneapolis, MN
Website
www.upstreamarts.org
Filings
5 on file (2021–2025)
Revenue
$219KFY2025
Expenses
$590K
Net assets
$0
People
9
Filings
5
Updates
0
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EIN  20-4451219 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Minneapolis, MN Founded 2006
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Empowers people with disabilities through creative arts to express themselves and make choices.
Leadership
Matt Guidry · Artistic Director · $138K
Money in and out
$219K revenue, $590K expenses
Bottom line
45% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$219K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$590K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$0
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$371K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.45 Management & general $0.53 Fundraising $0.01
Program efficiency
45%
of spending reaches programs▼ -29% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-170%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -998% vs prior filing year
Revenue trend
-27%
avg. annual growth over 5 years▼ -1746% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$219K
FY2025▼ -81%
Expenses
$590K
FY2025▼ -55%
Total assets
FY2025
Total liabilities
$0
FY2025
Total revenue
$219K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$590K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$0
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$371K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B45%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 38
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 47
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $254K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Adult

In 25-26, we carried out adult programs including a focus on art of relationships and art of prevention programming, our innovative sex education and healthy relationships programming that works to prevent and address the sexual violence epidemic in the disability community.

$215Kprogram expense
02

Community/Out of State/Milwaukee

Upstream arts carries out community programs with parks and recreation, libraries, churches and other community organizations. We also do touring community programming and training outside of the state of minnesota.

$30Kprogram expense
03

Schools

In 25-26, we carried out semester or year-long school programs in special EDUCATION/ inclusive classrooms, reaching students ages birth to 21 with a range of disabilities in minnesota. In our school programs, teams of local professional artists lead multidisciplinary arts activities in theatre, dance, music, poetry and visual arts…

$9Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CUpstream Arts INC
EINHdr · item D20-4451219
Principal addressHdr · item CMinneapolis, MN
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.upstreamarts.org
Year of formationHdr · item L2006
State of legal domicileHdr · item MMN
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFArts & Culture (A25)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJun 2006

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a8
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b7
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Artistic Director
$138,061Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$127,974Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Matt Guidry’s $138K as Artistic Director is at the 60th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Matt Guidry$138,061
Julie Guidry$127,974$72,150$71,772$72,238$72,628$62,771

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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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$172K · 79%
Program service revenue$43K · 20%
Investment income$3K · 1%
Contributions & grants79%$172K
Program service revenue20%$43K
Investment income1%$3K
Other revenue$636
— government grantsLn 1e$151K
Total revenueLn 12$219K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.45 Management & general $0.53 Fundraising $0.01
Program services45%$268K
Management & general53%$315K
Fundraising1%$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$590K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1
Total assetsLn 16
Total liabilitiesLn 26$0
Total net assetsLn 32$0

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves — · Operating expenses (Pt IX) $590K · Less non-cash grants $300 · Cash operating expenses/yr $590K
Highly liquid reserves (cash & marketable securities on Pt X) ÷ monthly operating expenses (Pt IX total, less non-cash grants & depreciation when reported).
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $268K · Total expenses $590K
45%
Management & General
Management & general $315K · Total expenses $590K
53%
Fundraising
Fundraising $8K · Total expenses $590K
1%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $72K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $256K
$0.28 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $172K · Total revenue $219K
79%
Government reliance
Government grants $151K · Total revenue $219K
69%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $43K · Total revenue $219K
20%
Investment reliance
Investment income $3K · Total revenue $219K
+1%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $43K · Total expenses $590K
7%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $219K · Prior year $1.1M
-81%
Revenue CAGR
FY2020 $1.1M · FY2025 $219K
-27%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $0 · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $219K · Expenses $590K
-170%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets —
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $0 · Total assets —
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) —
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Matt Guidry · Reported title ARTISTIC DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $138K · Total expenses $590K
23%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $459K · Total expenses $590K
78%
Peer comparison

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

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 45%
Overhead ratio 53%
Fundraising cost ratio 4%
Revenue growth -81%

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.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025$1.1M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$949K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$771K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$982K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$1.1M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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