The mission of the Northfield Arts Guild is to inspire our community by developing, supporting, and providing quality artistic opportunities. We offer classes, theater performances, concerts, a gallery and shop where people may participate as artists, learners, and audience members.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 350 volunteers and 30 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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FY2025 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $8K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $48K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$36K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$476K
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$524K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$780K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$476K
FY2025▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$416K
FY2021$393K
FY2022$487K
FY2023$651K
FY2024$399K
FY2025$476K
Expenses
$524K
FY2025▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$433K
FY2021$323K
FY2022$449K
FY2023$493K
FY2024$553K
FY2025$524K
Net assets
$780K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$629K
FY2021$741K
FY2022$737K
FY2023$914K
FY2024$798K
FY2025$780K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · 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 1966.

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

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $340K Management & general 32% · $170K Fundraising 3% · $15K

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

19 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Youth Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tim Peterson’s $61K as Executive Director is at the 56th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Tim Peterson$60,610$60,564
Rachel Haider$2,345—

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $239K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Education

The guild offers developmental, sequenced classes for all levels of students in theater, dance, music, and visual arts. Key programs include clay program, dance program, and classes in visual arts. In its 35TH year, the youth people's theater workshop again offered two in person three-week workshops.

$129Kprogram expense
02

Theatre Productions

The 65TH theater season included five plays. Over 200 volunteered in the cast or crew in addition to many more who helped out as ushers and box office attendants.

$69Kprogram expense
03

Gallery and Shop

The gallery exhibited high quality visual arts of over 100 adult artists plus hundreds more from northfield area schools. There were also several exhibitions in satellite gallery spaces. The shop sold works from over 100 regional artists. There were over 6,000 visitors to the gallery and shop.

$41Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$476K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$266K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$172K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Money outPt IX
$524K
Ln 25
Programscol B$340K
Managementcol C$170K
Fundraisingcol D$15K
Owns and owesPt X
$780K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$311K
Total assetsLn 16$815K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$266K
Government grantsLn 1e$64K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$172K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Total revenueLn 12$476K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$21K
SavingsLn 2$290K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$311K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$209K
Other assetsLn 15$236K
Total assetsLn 16$815K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
Net assetsLn 32$780K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 530
VolunteersI 6350
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$25K$25K$25K$25K$25K
Given inLn 1b$5K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$314K$311K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$234K$209K
Total assetsLn 16$837K$815K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K$36K
Net assetsLn 32$798K$780K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$10K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$224K$129K$95K
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$58K$57K$330$950
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$6K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$3K$5K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$16K$693$16K
RoyaltiesLn 15$10K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$63K$57K$4K$2K
TravelLn 17$344$344
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$426$718
InterestLn 20$88$88
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$28K$28K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$19K$14K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$3K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$524K$340K$170K$15K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 11, 2026 $476K$524K−$48K$780K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 28, 2025 $399K$553K−$153K$798K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 15, 2024 $651K$493K$159K$914K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2023 $487K$449K$38K$737K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 19, 2022 $393K$323K$70K$741K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 22, 2021 $416K$433K−$16K$629K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $476,461 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $195,333$266,027
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $169,079$172,264
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $9,375$10,068
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $25,623$28,102
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $399,410$476,461
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$10,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $263,503$240,376
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $289,341$273,885
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $552,844$524,261
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$153,434−$47,800
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $476,461 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $19,030 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$63,617
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$202,410
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$266,027
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $172,264$172,264
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,068$10,068
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $9,072$9,072
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $200,366 · Excluded from tax $10,068$476,461
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $524,261 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $10,000$10,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $128,858 · Management $95,000$223,858
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,518$16,518
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,965$13,965
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $56,929 · Management $330 · Fundraising $950$58,209
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,024 · Management $6,640$12,664
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,728 · Management $5,219 · Fundraising $9,184$17,131
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $693 · Management $15,754$16,447
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $9,562$9,562
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $56,829 · Management $4,108 · Fundraising $2,146$63,083
IX-17 TravelPrograms $344$344
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $426 · Management $718$1,144
IX-20 InterestManagement $88$88
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $28,468$28,468
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $12,713$12,713
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,354 · Management $13,903 · Fundraising $2,364$35,621
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,176 · Management $1,270$4,446
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $339,909 · Management $169,708 · Fundraising $14,644$524,261
Part X · Balance sheet $815,325 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,098$21,000
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $309,319$289,573
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $70,476$52,657
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,674$6,252
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $233,953$209,378
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $204,230$236,465
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $836,750$815,325
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,463$16,417
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $17,034$19,328
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $38,497$35,745
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $564,028$545,355
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $234,225$234,225
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $798,253$779,580
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $836,750$815,325
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $779,580 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$476,461
XI-2 Total expenses$524,261
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$47,800
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$798,253
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$29,127
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$779,580

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