Our Mission is to transform the lives of youth through culturally responsive art and dismanlting systems of oppression with and through our art We envision a world where young people have the tools they need to successfully navigate life obstacles and ultimately embrace their gifts and purpose.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 3 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

Before you give

FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $8K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$182K
to officers and key staff · 39% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 39% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $67K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$302K
90% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 90% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$407K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$469K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$34K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$407K
FY2025▼ -7%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$189K
FY2021$220K
FY2022$455K
FY2023$378K
FY2024$439K
FY2025$407K
Expenses
$469K
FY2025▲ +10%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$254K
FY2022$333K
FY2023$454K
FY2024$428K
FY2025$469K
Net assets
$34K
FY2025▼ -65%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$73K
FY2021$39K
FY2022$161K
FY2023$85K
FY2024$96K
FY2025$34K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2013.

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% · $304K Management & general 35% · $165K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $182K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder, CEO
$99,846Pt VII · Sec A
$82,346Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nichole Morgan’s $100K as Founder, CEO is at the 88th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nichole Morgan$99,846$83,904$95,000$76,786$74,990$42,500
Clarence Morgan III$82,346$69,583$80,000$62,354$59,980$28,800
Latisha Carnes————$17,907—

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.

See Thegifted Arts INC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Develops youth character, confidence, and leadership through arts and mentorship.

Questions for Thegifted Arts INC

Tap to ask. Thegifted Arts INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Thegifted Arts INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

2 programs · $33K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Giftedacademy

A signature year-round program where 205 students explore dance, Theater, Fashion, Spoken-word, and Music programming. TGA produced a number of different events tha reached 4,890 audience members

$30Kprogram expense
02

Giftedsummer

A Unique, Ful-Day, Five-week cultural performing arts camp for rising 3rd-10th grade students interested in exploring the performance arts world, with daily educational project-based recreational activities throughout the summer

$3Kprogram 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$67K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$407K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$334K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$73K
Investment incomeLn 3$75
Money outPt IX
$469K
Ln 25
Programscol B$304K
Managementcol C$165K
Owns and owesPt X
$34K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$94K
Total assetsLn 16$336K
LiabilitiesLn 26$302K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$334K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$73K
Investment incomeLn 3$75
Total revenueLn 12$407K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$94K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$94K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$234K
Total assetsLn 16$336K
LiabilitiesLn 26$302K
Net assetsLn 32$34K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 63
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$112K$94K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Total assetsLn 16$118K$336K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$302K
Net assetsLn 32$96K$34K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$192K$182K$11K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$43K$43K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$18K$2K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$19K$1K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$0$12K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12K$7K$6K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$2K$6K$0
OccupancyLn 16$85K$0$85K$0
TravelLn 17$4K$1K$3K$0
InterestLn 20$1K$0$1K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$0$4K$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$44K$29K$15K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$20K$3K$17K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$469K$304K$165K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $407K$469K−$62K$34K 990 PDF
FY2024 $439K$428K$11K$96K 990 PDF
FY2023 $378K$454K−$76K$85K 990 PDF
FY2022 $455K$333K$122K$161K 990 PDF
FY2021 $220K$254K−$34K$39K 990 PDF
FY2020 $189K$73K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

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 $407,001 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $383,943$333,806
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $55,209$73,120
I-10 Investment income$75
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $439,152$407,001
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $277,079$275,453
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $150,768$193,519
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $427,847$468,972
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $11,305−$61,971
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $407,001 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$333,806
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$333,806
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$73,120
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$75
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $73,195 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$407,001
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $468,972 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $181,919 · Management $10,505 · Fundraising $0$192,424
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $42,575 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$42,575
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,920 · Management $2,140 · Fundraising $0$20,060
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,328 · Management $1,066 · Fundraising $0$20,394
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $12,076 · Fundraising $0$12,076
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,790 · Management $5,702 · Fundraising $0$12,492
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,361 · Management $6,415 · Fundraising $0$8,776
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $84,845 · Fundraising $0$84,845
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,369 · Management $2,552 · Fundraising $0$3,921
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $1,142 · Fundraising $0$1,142
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $3,563 · Fundraising $0$3,563
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,370 · Fundraising $0$2,370
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $28,732 · Management $15,477 · Fundraising $0$44,209
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,290 · Management $16,835 · Fundraising $0$20,125
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $304,284 · Management $164,688 · Fundraising $0$468,972
Part X · Balance sheet $335,569 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $111,613$94,462
X-4 Accounts receivable$24
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$1,710
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$4,920
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,313$234,453
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $117,926$335,569
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$23,802
X-19 Deferred revenue$1,894
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$179,267
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $21,893$96,544
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,893$301,507
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $96,033$34,062
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $117,926$335,569
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $34,062 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$407,001
XI-2 Total expenses$468,972
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$61,971
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$96,033
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$34,062

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.