The Muses is a charitable arts organization dedicated to preserving classical art and music through performance and education. The Muses' vision is to inspire, educate, heal, and delight their audience and participants by providing diverse expressions of classical art and education enrichment opportunities to all of the citizens of Arkansas.The organization creates new productions, using classical elements and highly-trained professional performers, in mentoring roles with students and young artists, to inspire audiences and generate interest in, and support for, the classical arts.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2023 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18K a year · 6% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Named funders
6
named funders · $65K
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Revenue
$0
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Net assets
$463K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$0
FY2023▼ -100%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$269K
FY2021$299K
FY2022$311K
FY2023$0
FY2024$384K
Expenses
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$271K
FY2021$268K
FY2022$319K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$333K
Net assets
$463K
FY2023▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$415K
FY2021$494K
FY2022$469K
FY2023$463K
FY2024$684K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2010.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ.

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Deleen Davidson’s $65K as President is at the 60th 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

NameFY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Deleen Davidson$65,000$56,000$51,000$55,250

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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Preserves and shares classical art and music through performances and education for all Arkansans.

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1 program · $235K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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This year the Muses presented 29 multi-arts productions These productions are based out of the Muses Cultural Arts Center in Hot Springs, and then toured throughout the region. Each performance is designed to personally enrich participants through direct encounters with the Arts, and inspire excellence and creativity in everyday…

$235Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990-EZ, line by line.

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Owns and owes
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Total revenue$0
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$463K
Operations
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Volunteers42
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Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $384K$333K$51K$684K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $0$463K 990 PDF
FY2022 $311K$319K−$8K$469K 990 PDF
FY2021 $299K$268K$31K$494K 990 PDF
FY2020 $269K$271K−$3K$415K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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