Educate teachers and others in education and education-related fields how to leverage the arts and humanities as catalysts for social change in order to advance creative solutions to social challenges in the United States and internationally. Along with public events, seminars and conferences to promote art and artful thinking as resourses for leadership, provide training for educators at all levels to integrate art activities into academic teaching in order to promote high-order literacy, innovation, and citizenship.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$34K 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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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $28K a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$34K
to officers and key staff · 38% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 38% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
41 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 40.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $24K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$137K
+22% vs prior year
Spent
$88K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$301K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$137K
FY2025▲ +22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$99K
FY2021$169K
FY2022$42K
FY2023$331K
FY2024$113K
FY2025$137K
Expenses
$88K
FY2025▼ -39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$204K
FY2021$178K
FY2022$216K
FY2023$230K
FY2024$146K
FY2025$88K
Net assets
$301K
FY2025▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$367K
FY2021$358K
FY2022$184K
FY2023$285K
FY2024$253K
FY2025$301K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2016.

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

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $66K Management & general 26% · $23K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $34K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$33,600Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jose Luis Falconi’s $34K as President is at the 28th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022FY2020
Jose Luis Falconi$33,600$40,000$26,500$54,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Trains educators to use arts and humanities for social change and creative problem-solving.

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1 program · $66K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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The teacher training program is called pre-texts. Pre-texts is a train- the-trainers pedagogy developed by the cultural agents initiative at harvard university, and available to outside partners through cultural agents, inc.

$66Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$24K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$137K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$137K
Money outPt IX
$88K
Ln 25
Programscol B$66K
Managementcol C$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$301K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$301K
Total assetsLn 16$301K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$137K
Total revenueLn 12$137K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$301K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$301K
Total assetsLn 16$301K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$301K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
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$251K$301K
Total assetsLn 16$253K$301K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$253K$301K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$34K$29K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$44K$37K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$88K$66K$23K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $137K$88K$49K$301K 990 PDF
FY2024 $113K$146K−$33K$253K 990 PDF
FY2023 $331K$230K$101K$285K 990 PDF
FY2022 $42K$216K−$174K$184K 990 PDF
FY2021 $169K$178K−$9K$358K 990 PDF
FY2020 $99K$204K−$104K$367K 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 $137,055 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $112,780$137,055
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $112,780$137,055
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$33,600
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $145,566$54,809
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $145,566$88,409
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$32,786$48,646
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $137,055 across 2 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $137,055$137,055
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $137,055$137,055
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $88,409 across 5 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,560 · Management $5,040$33,600
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,225$5,225
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,021$4,021
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,894$1,894
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,119 · Management $6,550$43,669
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $65,679 · Management $22,730 · Fundraising $0$88,409
Part X · Balance sheet $301,195 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $251,064$301,195
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $252,549$301,195
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $252,549$301,195
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $252,549$301,195
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $252,549$301,195
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $301,195 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$137,055
XI-2 Total expenses$88,409
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$48,646
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$252,549
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$301,195

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