The mission of the Council is to connect and strengthen the Arts through strengthening and expanding the Arts organizations in our community, increasing Arts education opportunities, increasing Arts advocacy, increasing communications and communication services, strengthening administration and governance of the Council, and developing financial means to support the council's mission and goals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
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 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $18K a year · 9% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
2
named funders · $2K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$882
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$134K
-7% vs prior year
Net assets
$170K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$134K
FY2021▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$145K
FY2021$134K
FY2022$146K
FY2023$286K
FY2024$153K
FY2025$169K
Expenses
—
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$270K
FY2024$187K
FY2025$205K
Net assets
$170K
FY2021▲ +27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$134K
FY2021$170K
FY2022$176K
FY2023$192K
FY2024$158K
FY2025$140K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1974.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Publicrelati
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP Developme
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP Govnmt Re
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Emmons’s $24K as Executive Di is at the 20th 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

NameFY2022FY2020
Melinda H Reid—$49,484
Elizabeth Emmons$24,410—

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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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$2K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $117K · 2022–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$28,699
The Jackson SymphonyFY2022$21,790
Ballet Arts INC of JacksonTN · FY2022$20,700
The NedFY2022$19,165
Individual RecipientFY2022$12,113
City of ParsonsFY2022$8,483
ThecoFY2022$6,362

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$134K
Other income$134K
Owns and owes
$170K
net assets
Liabilities$882
People
23
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$134K
Total revenue$134K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$882
Net assets$170K
Operations
Employees3
Volunteers70
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $169K$205K−$36K$140K 990 PDF
FY2024 $153K$187K−$34K$158K 990 PDF
FY2023 $286K$270K$16K$192K 990 PDF
FY2022 $146K$176K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $134K$170K 990 PDF
FY2020 $145K$134K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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