Artpreneurs INC FY2021 filing

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more) Claim it free, then get the verified mark for $1,000 a year, plus $10 a year for the ID check.

How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

Arts on the block empowers creative young people to imagine and shape fulfilling futures and contribute to the quality of life of their communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$225K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2021 · 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 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $101K a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$225K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $183K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$646K
77% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 77% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.1M
+177% vs prior year
Spent
$876K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$195K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2021▲ +177%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$404K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$464K
FY2023$783K
FY2024$559K
FY2025$430K
Expenses
$876K
FY2021▲ +15%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$764K
FY2021$876K
FY2022$786K
FY2023$653K
FY2024$824K
FY2025$465K
Net assets
$195K
FY2021▲ +492%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$50K
FY2021$195K
FY2022−$127K
FY2023$3K
FY2024−$262K
FY2025−$388K

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

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2021 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2025) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2009.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $629K Management & general 22% · $193K Fundraising 6% · $54K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $225K 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
$58,467Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$58,467Pt VII · Sec A
Former Executive Director
$53,890Pt VII · Sec A
Former Executive Director
$53,890Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher Barclay’s $73K as Executive Director is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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
Christopher Barclay$72,800——$58,467$58,467—
Chris Barclay—$72,800$65,184———
Anne L'Ecuyer———$53,890$53,890$69,620

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 Artpreneurs INC executive salaries →

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

Programs and updates

Empowers youth through art to build futures and improve communities.

Questions for Artpreneurs INC

Tap to ask. Artpreneurs INC sees how many people are interested.

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

2 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Arts on the block teaches life and job readiness skills to creative, underserviced youth from those areas of montgomery county having the greatest need for supplemental services.

$629Kprogram expense
02

Arts on the block teaches life and job readiness skills to creative, underserviced youth from those areas of montgomery county having the greatest need for supplemental services.

$626Kprogram expense

Funders

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
See all 5 funders →
Grants paid · 3 grants · $65K · 2019–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$21,536
Unitemized GrantFY2020$21,536
Unitemized GrantFY2019$21,536

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1
Money outPt IX
$876K
Ln 25
Programscol B$629K
Managementcol C$193K
Fundraisingcol D$54K
Owns and owesPt X
$195K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$183K
Total assetsLn 16$841K
LiabilitiesLn 26$646K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$928K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$183K
Total assetsLn 16$841K
LiabilitiesLn 26$646K
Net assetsLn 32$195K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 29, 2026 $430K$465K−$35K−$388K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 9, 2025 $559K$824K−$264K−$262K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 22, 2024 $783K$653K$130K$3K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 5, 2023 $464K$786K−$323K−$127K 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 20, 2022 $1.1M$876K$245K$195K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 11, 2021 $404K$764K−$360K−$50K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 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.

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.