Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2011.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
10 people listed on the 990-EZ; $45K paid to officers and key staff.
Jessica S Russo’s $51K as Director is at the 45th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica S Russo | $50,765 | $44,519 | — | — | — |
| Shayley Timm | — | — | $38,307 | $31,540 | $4,367 |
| Kevin Marshall | — | — | — | — | $7,870 |
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 Gallery 110 Seattle executive salaries →Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role
Something off? The org can add a note here. Request edit privileges.
Programs and updates
Showcases and supports member artists through exhibitions and other opportunities.
Know this organization? Claim it to add your story
General Program
mounted and promoted 18 solo exhibitions for member artists, and 3 group shows including members and non-members' work. Promoted member artists at Seattle Art Fair.
Emerging Artists Program. Continued 12-months of subsidized membership and mentorship for 9 artists of color. Created the Emerge East program: conducted scholarship competition for subsidized memberships for artists living in Eastern Washington who have limited exhibition opportunities by virtue of geography; held two scholarship…
Annual Juried Show. In 2022 solicited applications for juried titled "Sovereignty and Liberation" with juror Jaimie Isaac of Vancouver Art Museum, which was held in February 2023 (expenses refer to costs of that exhibit paid in 2023). In 2023 solicited applications for our 14th annual juried show (untitled), to be held in February 2024.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.
Download 990
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $115K | $78K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2024 Viewing | $132K | $63K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023 | $90K | $92K | −$2K | $31K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $92K | $32K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021 | $56K | $33K | 990 PDF |
Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit
Names, privacy, and removal requests More
The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.
Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.
We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.
Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.
If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.
Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.
If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.
If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context
Made it to the end? Claim this organization