We operate an inclusive art center and gallery in which we provide professional studio arts-vocational training for adults and youth with disabilities, as well as exhibitions and arts programming for the community at-large and wider arts community. Our mission is to empower artists with disabilities as professionals with vision and voice in their communities. We connect everyone through art. We envision a world in which art opens doors for everyone.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$111K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$111K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$17K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$332K
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$328K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$84K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$332K
FY2023▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$242K
FY2021$234K
FY2022$293K
FY2023$332K
FY2024$349K
FY2025$416K
Expenses
$328K
FY2023▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$225K
FY2021$239K
FY2022$262K
FY2023$328K
FY2024$334K
FY2025$412K
Net assets
$84K
FY2023▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$62K
FY2021$57K
FY2022$87K
FY2023$84K
FY2024$98K
FY2025$101K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2011.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $258K Management & general 15% · $49K Fundraising 6% · $21K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $111K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Operations and Program Director
$53,000Pt VII · Sec A
Studio Manager
$36,312Pt VII · Sec A
Artist Services and Outreach Coordinator
$21,420Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jill Scheibler’s $63K as Operations and Program Director is at the 58th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jill Scheibler$62,556$53,434$53,000$34,330$32,764$29,620
Stefan Bauschmid$47,240$38,616$36,312$33,044$31,200$33,669
Cathy Goucher$25,782$21,640$21,420$18,918$22,919$19,398

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Trains adults and youth with disabilities in studio arts, exhibiting their work and offering community arts programs.

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2 programs · $258K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Provided arts vocational training and art therapy services to 45 adult individuals with disabilities, as well as presented dozens of inclusive arts and outreach programs (e.g., workshops, exhibitions, community art-making events, etc.) to the wider community.

$181Kprogram expense
02

Community outreach and engagement programming, 1000+ served, inclusive of exhibitions-related educational events, guest artist exhibitions, workshops, online activities, and festival appearances, among other public-facing activities.

$77Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$332K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$170K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$135K
Other incomeLn 4–11$27K
Money outPt IX
$328K
Ln 25
Programscol B$258K
Managementcol C$49K
Fundraisingcol D$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$84K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$60K
Total assetsLn 16$102K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$170K
Government grantsLn 1e$83K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$135K
Investment incomeLn 3$36
Other incomeLn 4–11$27K
Total revenueLn 12$332K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$50K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$60K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$102K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
Net assetsLn 32$84K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 622
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$69K$60K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$101K$102K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K$17K
Net assetsLn 32$87K$84K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$111K$72K$26K$13K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$65K$50K$10K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$10K$3K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$0$6K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$3K$0$2K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$3K$2K$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$83K$83K$0$0
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$1K$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$29K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$328K$258K$49K$21K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $416K$412K$4K$101K 990 PDF
FY2024 $349K$334K$15K$98K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $332K$328K$3K$84K 990 PDF
FY2022 $293K$262K$31K$87K 990 PDF
FY2021 $234K$239K−$5K$57K 990 PDF
FY2020 $242K$225K$18K$62K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $331,736 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $136,751$169,950
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $132,698$134,658
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23$36
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $23,624$27,092
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $293,096$331,736
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $143,611$189,058
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $118,716$139,416
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $262,327$328,474
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $30,769$3,262
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $331,736 across 14 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $8,859 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$643
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$82,723
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$86,584
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,800
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$169,950
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $134,658 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$134,658
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $36 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$36
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $17,919 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$17,919
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $314 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$314
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $161,786 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$331,736
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $328,474 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $72,475 · Management $25,607 · Fundraising $12,650$110,732
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $49,736 · Management $10,481 · Fundraising $4,470$64,687
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,547 · Management $2,728 · Fundraising $1,364$13,639
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $6,053 · Fundraising $0$6,053
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,065 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,441$5,506
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,719 · Management $2,044 · Fundraising $0$4,763
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,747 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,747
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $82,549 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$82,549
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,952 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,952
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,634 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,634
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,184 · Management $2,306 · Fundraising $0$3,490
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $28,722 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$28,722
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $258,330 · Management $49,219 · Fundraising $20,925$328,474
Part X · Balance sheet $101,831 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $58,310$50,225
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,117$10,017
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $26,886$31,527
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,350$10,062
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $100,663$101,831
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,443$1,353
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,044$1,044
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,820$15,006
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $13,307$17,403
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $87,356$84,428
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $87,356$84,428
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $100,663$101,831
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $84,428 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$331,736
XI-2 Total expenses$328,474
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,262
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$87,356
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$1,367
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$650
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$6,907
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$84,428

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