Provide a free after school arts literacy program integrating creative writing, art, music and drama for children iages eight through eleven in the Coachella Valley. Over 900 children served in 2021.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$123K 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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $73K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$123K
to officers and key staff · 33% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 33% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $399K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $11K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$435K
+36% vs prior year
Spent
$376K
To programs
68%
Net assets
$606K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$435K
FY2023▲ +36%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$251K
FY2022$321K
FY2023$435K
FY2024$576K
FY2025$523K
Expenses
$376K
FY2023▲ +74%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$197K
FY2022$217K
FY2023$376K
FY2024$473K
FY2025$480K
Net assets
$606K
FY2023▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$455K
FY2022$547K
FY2023$606K
FY2024$709K
FY2025$754K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2000.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $254K Management & general 15% · $55K Fundraising 18% · $67K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $123K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$87,413Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$35,462Pt VII · Sec A
Strategic Planning/Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Parliamentarian
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Program Oversight
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea Hecht’s $92K as Executive Director is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Andrea Hecht$92,074$92,864$87,413$59,799$55,874
Emily Culhan$46,973$20,167———
David Hirsch——$35,462$34,244$33,025

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

Programs and updates

Offers free after-school arts and writing programs for children aged eight to eleven.

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1 program · $254K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Provides a free after school art literacy program integrating writing, art, music and drama for children ages eight to eleven in the Coachella Valley.

$254Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$435K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$373K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$66K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Money outPt IX
$376K
Ln 25
Programscol B$254K
Managementcol C$55K
Fundraisingcol D$67K
Owns and owesPt X
$606K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$174K
Total assetsLn 16$615K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$373K
Government grantsLn 1e$4K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$280
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$173K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$66K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Total revenueLn 12$435K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$174K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$174K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$399K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$615K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$606K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$334K$174K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$187K$399K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$32K
Total assetsLn 16$552K$615K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$9K
Net assetsLn 32$547K$606K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$225K$157K$25K$43K
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$14K$2K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$360$360
Legal feesLn 11b$5$5
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$4K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$6K$1K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$4K$92$3K
OccupancyLn 16$30K$13K$13K$5K
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$4K$1K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$7K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$2K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$35K$31K$87$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$376K$254K$55K$67K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $523K$480K$43K$754K 990 PDF
FY2024 $576K$473K$103K$709K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $435K$376K$59K$606K 990 PDF
FY2022 $321K$217K$104K$547K 990 PDF
FY2021 $251K$197K$54K$455K 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 $434,709 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $350,749$372,780
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$66,476
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$11,935
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$29,943−$16,482
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $320,806$434,709
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 $163,017$243,550
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $53,727$132,560
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $216,744$376,110
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $104,062$58,599
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $434,709 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$20,100
VIII-1c Fundraising events$172,588
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$4,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$175,592
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$280
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$372,780
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $66,476 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$66,476
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $11,935 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$11,935
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$16,482−$16,482
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $78,411 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$16,482$434,709
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $376,110 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $156,552 · Management $25,329 · Fundraising $42,985$224,866
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,549 · Management $1,848 · Fundraising $3,287$18,684
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $360$360
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5$5
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,923 · Management $4,776$9,699
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,422$4,422
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,312 · Fundraising $1,714$6,026
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,585 · Management $1,295 · Fundraising $2,622$9,502
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,593 · Management $92 · Fundraising $2,523$6,208
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,518 · Management $12,872 · Fundraising $4,765$30,155
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,464$4,464
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,441 · Management $1,158 · Fundraising $5,608$11,207
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,512 · Management $3,543$10,055
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,816 · Management $3,898$5,714
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $31,446 · Management $87 · Fundraising $3,210$34,743
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $254,493 · Management $54,903 · Fundraising $66,714$376,110
Part X · Balance sheet $615,419 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $334,070$173,832
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,517$7,900
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,044$32,181
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $186,709$398,644
X-15 Other assets$2,862
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $552,340$615,419
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,004$1,509
X-25 Other liabilities$7,975
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,004$9,484
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $547,336$595,113
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$10,822
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $547,336$605,935
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $552,340$615,419
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $605,935 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$434,709
XI-2 Total expenses$376,110
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$58,599
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$547,336
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$605,935

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