Pulse Arts
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Pulse Arts is an arts and culture nonprofit based in Los Angeles, CA. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $136K in revenue, $212K in expenses, and $-433 in net assets.Pt I
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This year we served 9 schools and approximately 5,500 students and 4 parent communities. Weve been responding to the school community needs and district priorities and offered more parent engagement activities through art. This increases parent support extends to student participation.
La Promise Fund
We expanded our programming support for the Girls Build program to include 2 program retreats that supported 6 middle and high schools, virtual programming that supported 20 schools in LA County, virtual awards ceremony, and in school programing for the 24-25 school year.
La County
We did a toy distribution for 600 high school students at Diego Rivera Learning Complex in Unincorporated LA for the holidays. We also provided free weekly art programs to Angeles Mesa Elementary for their students with disabilities in partnership with Otis School of Art and Design and the program culminated with a field trip to The…
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Keysha Bayness’s $79K as Executive Director is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2213 $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
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keysha Bayness | $78,600 | $64,625 | — | — |
| Keysha Baynes | — | — | $18,750 | — |
| Allison Frenzel | — | — | — | $1,900 |
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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Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 100% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Revenue growth | -42% | — | — |
| Investment management fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Legal fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 3% | — | — |
Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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