Art2Action, Inc. creates, develops, produces and presents original devised theater work, interdisciplinary performances, performative acts and progressive cultural organizing. We support women artists, artists of color, queer or trans-identified artists, and creative allies. We are dedicated to cultural equity and innovation, artistic quality and community value, performativity and impact.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 48 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: 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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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $34K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$166K
to officers and key staff · 36% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 36% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $452K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$699K
+194% vs prior year
Spent
$463K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$422K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$699K
FY2024▲ +194%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$167K
FY2020$346K
FY2021$254K
FY2022$415K
FY2023$238K
FY2024$699K
Expenses
$463K
FY2024▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$157K
FY2020$213K
FY2021$261K
FY2022$329K
FY2023$493K
FY2024$463K
Net assets
$422K
FY2024▲ +127%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$32K
FY2020$164K
FY2021$155K
FY2022$441K
FY2023$186K
FY2024$422K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2011.

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Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $311K Management & general 33% · $152K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $166K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Artistic & Executive Director
$106,454Pt VII · Sec A
General Manager
$59,992Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea Assaf’s $106K as Artistic & Executive Director is at the 91st 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Andrea Assaf$106,454$80,016$78,196$88,667$75,000$61,923
Gabrielle Vigueira$59,992$54,746$55,246———
Dora Arreola———$1,000$3,200—

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 15aYes

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Creates and presents original theater and performances, supporting diverse artists and fostering cultural equity.

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3 programs · $298K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

A2a Originals

As part of our on-going new works creation series, "A2A Originals," we developed and presented new work by commissioned artists including: "The Seasoned Woman," "Tomorrow Will Be Sunday," "Mujeres en Ritual," "Staging Testimony" at venues such as The Carver Community Cultural Center, the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) national…

$190Kprogram expense
02

Eleven Reflections on the Nation

In this multi-year series of performance works, Andrea Assaf co-creates and directs multidisciplinary, community-based, devised performances in cities across the United States. "11Reflections: San Francisco" was developed and presented in partnership with Golden Thread Productions and premiered at BRAVA Theatre Center, October 4-5, 2024.

$56Kprogram expense
03

Directing Institute

The National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation was co-organized and co-directed by Art2Action and Pangea World Theater in Minneapolis, June 24 - July 2, 2024. It included a 10-day intensive peer-exchange with 25 professional directors, culminating in a community sharing of new devised performance material.

$52Kprogram 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
Grants received · FY2024
Ford FoundationFY2024$325K
South Arts INCFY2024$22K
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$452K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$699K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$495K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$200K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$463K
Ln 25
Programscol B$311K
Managementcol C$152K
Owns and owesPt X
$422K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$294K
Total assetsLn 16$430K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$495K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$200K
Investment incomeLn 3$104
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$699K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$294K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$294K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Total assetsLn 16$430K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
Net assetsLn 32$422K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 648
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$121K$294K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$190K$430K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$8K
Net assetsLn 32$186K$422K
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
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$170K$117K$53K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$0$13K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$0$9K$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$118K$104K$14K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$1K$612$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$1K$2K$0
Information technologyLn 14$11K$7K$4K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$19K$2K$18K$0
TravelLn 17$98K$72K$26K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$1K$5K$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$0$3K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$9K$6K$4K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$463K$311K$152K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $699K$463K$236K$422K 990 PDF
FY2023 $238K$493K−$255K$186K 990 PDF
FY2022 $415K$329K$86K$441K 990 PDF
FY2021 $254K$261K−$7K$155K 990 PDF
FY2020 $346K$213K$133K$164K 990 PDF
FY2019 $167K$157K$10K$32K 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
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Part I · Summary $699,393 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $116,269$495,100
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $120,540$200,200
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $317$104
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $864$3,989
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $237,990$699,393
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 $148,854$183,195
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $344,628$279,799
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $493,482$462,994
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$255,492$236,399
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $699,393 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,489 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$495,100
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$495,100
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $199,700 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$199,700
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $104 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$104
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $204,293 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$699,393
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $462,994 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-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $116,512 · Management $53,184 · Fundraising $0$169,696
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
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 $0 · Management $13,499 · Fundraising $0$13,499
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 $9,250 · Fundraising $0$9,250
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 $104,260 · Management $13,892 · Fundraising $0$118,152
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,218 · Management $612 · Fundraising $0$1,830
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,369 · Management $2,429 · Fundraising $0$3,798
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,088 · Management $4,080 · Fundraising $0$11,168
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,542 · Management $17,611 · Fundraising $0$19,153
IX-17 TravelPrograms $72,219 · Management $25,511 · Fundraising $0$97,730
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,295 · Management $5,224 · Fundraising $0$6,519
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 amortizationFundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,707 · Fundraising $0$2,707
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,504 · Management $3,988 · Fundraising $0$9,492
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $311,007 · Management $151,987 · Fundraising $0$462,994
Part X · Balance sheet $429,778 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $121,107$293,523
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $65,061$134,787
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $405$405
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,483$1,063
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $190,056$429,778
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,360$7,683
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,360$7,683
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $157,131$388,084
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $28,565$34,011
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $185,696$422,095
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $190,056$429,778
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $422,095 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$699,393
XI-2 Total expenses$462,994
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$236,399
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$185,696
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$422,095

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