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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$125K 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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FY2021 · 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $250K a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$125K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.1 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $150K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$42K
0.6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$922K
+22% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
62%
Net assets
$7.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$922K
FY2021▲ +22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$754K
FY2021$922K
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2021+0.1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$7.2M
FY2021▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$7.6M
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$6.9M
FY2025$6.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1999.

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Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $743K Management & general 23% · $277K Fundraising 15% · $187K

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; $125K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$125,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacqueline Scoones’s $127K as Past Executive Director is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jacqueline Scoones$126,731$75,000————
Stephan Grot—$62,500$125,000$125,000$125,000$122,395
Jessica Vonnagy$71,228$75,000————
Chris Kircher$37,650—————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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1 program · $743K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Provide the public with an awareness and appreciation of the arts and creativity.

$743Kprogram 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$150K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$922K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$911K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$743K
Managementcol C$277K
Fundraisingcol D$187K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6K
Total assetsLn 16$7.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$42K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$911K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$28K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9K
Investment incomeLn 3$25
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$373
Total revenueLn 12$922K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$6K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.5M
Other assetsLn 15$599K
Total assetsLn 16$7.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$42K
Net assetsLn 32$7.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8K$6K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.8M$6.5M
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M$7.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$61K$42K
Net assetsLn 32$7.5M$7.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$125K$50K$38K$38K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$379K$230K$86K$62K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$12K$6K$3K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$74K$40K$20K$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$41K$23K$10K$8K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$65K$2K$41K$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$8K$9K$907
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$1$1
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$101
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$830$830
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$221K$177K$24K$21K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$18K$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$197K$168K$16K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$46K$23K$21K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$743K$277K$187K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.7M−$370K$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.5M−$51K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$2.1M−$698K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$1.7M$358K$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $922K$1.2M−$285K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $754K$1.2M−$452K$7.5M 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $922,037 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $677,275$910,778
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $13,939$9,200
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,002−$348
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $61,527$2,407
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $753,743$922,037
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $600,147$631,102
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $605,613$576,091
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,205,760$1,207,193
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$452,017−$285,156
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $922,037 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,251 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$15,611
VIII-1c Fundraising events$27,740
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$867,427
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$910,778
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,200$9,200
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $25$25
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $7,290$7,290
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$373−$373
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$7,134−$7,134
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $18,368 · Excluded from tax −$7,109$922,037
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,207,193 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,000 · Management $37,500 · Fundraising $37,500$125,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $230,396 · Management $86,328 · Fundraising $61,870$378,594
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,449 · Management $3,209 · Fundraising $2,491$12,149
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,502 · Management $19,655 · Fundraising $15,256$74,413
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,661 · Management $10,199 · Fundraising $8,086$40,946
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,500 · Management $41,113 · Fundraising $22,409$65,022
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,747 · Management $8,931 · Fundraising $907$17,585
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $3,764$3,764
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1$1
IX-17 TravelManagement $2,693 · Fundraising $101$2,794
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $830$830
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $176,888 · Management $23,659 · Fundraising $20,563$221,110
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,790 · Management $2,379 · Fundraising $2,068$22,237
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $167,681 · Management $15,761 · Fundraising $13,700$197,142
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,642 · Management $21,386 · Fundraising $1,578$45,606
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $743,257 · Management $277,407 · Fundraising $186,529$1,207,193
Part X · Balance sheet $7,282,859 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,790$6,496
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $185,627$95,413
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $300$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $40,160$40,125
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$8,931
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,753,631$6,532,521
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $599,373$599,373
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,586,881$7,282,859
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,501$16,400
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,660$12,795
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $61,161$42,295
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,500,301$6,325,151
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,025,419$915,413
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,525,720$7,240,564
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,586,881$7,282,859
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,240,564 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$922,037
XI-2 Total expenses$1,207,193
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$285,156
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,525,720
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,240,564

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