Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1981.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
16 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Joe Paulo’s $481K as CEO is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Paulo | $480,953 | $353,044 | $238,231 | $212,903 | $166,167 |
| Tim Dukes | $329,585 | $251,328 | — | — | — |
| Desiree Gonzalez | $282,717 | $221,084 | $134,841 | $99,761 | $70,821 |
| Elaine Welcome | — | $274,899 | $203,188 | $187,641 | $170,818 |
| Mike McCall | $240,047 | — | — | — | — |
| Nancy Overfield | $221,863 | $51,269 | — | — | — |
| Jim Marshall | $203,141 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Herrold | $200,355 | — | — | — | — |
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.
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By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 | $40.1M | $39.2M | $900K | $79.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $50.0M | $39.2M | $10.8M | $78.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $33.4M | $38.0M | −$4.6M | $67.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 12, 2023 | $27.0M | $20.3M | $6.8M | $71.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 3, 2022 | $19.2M | $14.9M | $4.2M | $39.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 13, 2021 | $13.5M | $13.8M | −$282K | $35.4M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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