The Drawing Studio INC

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The Drawing Studio, INC. Is a visual arts center in tucson, AZ. The Drawing Studio inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to embrace art practice as a pathway to personal growth and healthy community.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 86-0992193) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
54¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $76K a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
54%
of spending
54% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$105K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
2.6 mo
of spending, in cash
2.6 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $202K
7 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$407K
34% of total assets
Liabilities are 34% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
7 of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$585K
+0.7% vs prior year
Spent
$740K
To programs
54%
Net assets
$797K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$585K
FY2025▲ +0.7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$490K
FY2021$516K
FY2022$924K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$581K
FY2025$585K
Expenses
$740K
FY2025▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$544K
FY2021$438K
FY2022$568K
FY2023$704K
FY2024$781K
FY2025$740K
Net assets
$797K
FY2025▼ -16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$289K
FY2021$367K
FY2022$723K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$953K
FY2025$797K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2000.

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

Where the money goes

54 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 54% · $398K Management & general 22% · $160K Fundraising 25% · $182K

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; $105K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$93,510Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$7,830Pt VII · Sec A
External Affairs Chair
$1,965Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/External Affairs
$1,264Pt VII · Sec A
Internal Affairs/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Governance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maggie Rush-Miller’s $94K as Executive Director is at the 85th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maggie Rush-Miller$93,510$12,000————
Emily Martin Brott——$40,643$67,644$59,904$65,962
Anton Russell——$60,008———
Joanna Marroquin$7,830$300————
Nancy Chilton——$4,180$2,775$5,850$4,845
Andy Rush———$1,860$2,975$3,350
Julie Ragland$1,965—$100———
Randiesia Fletcher————$1,890—

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 15aYes

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Inspires personal growth and community through visual arts for all ages.

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3 programs · $398K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Adult Education Program

Our adult education program has a yearly enrollment of 1500 in 200+ courses and workshops offered in our main studio in tucson arizona. Highly skilled teaching artists offer fundamental course sequences in drawing and design as well as classes and workshops in a wide variety of media and genres including painting (oil, acrylic…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 86-0992193) · Dispute this line
$239Kprogram expense
02

Youth Education Program

Since 2002, we have conducted an intensive summer studio arts immersion program and today serve ages 6-17. We also conduct weekend classes throughout the school year. These programs serve 200+ youth annually.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 86-0992193) · Dispute this line
$99Kprogram expense
03

Partnership Program

The drawing studios partnership program reaches 400 plus individuals per year with free art experiences and art instruction. We work with seniors, veterans, refugees, people who are homeless, and others who cannot access our main studio location at libraries, senior and neighborhood centers.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 86-0992193) · Dispute this line
$60Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$585K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$394K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$171K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Money outPt IX
$740K
Ln 25
Programscol B$398K
Managementcol C$160K
Fundraisingcol D$182K
Owns and owesPt X
$797K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$161K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$407K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$394K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$25K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$171K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Total revenueLn 12$585K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$34K
SavingsLn 2$127K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$161K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$10K
Accounts receivableLn 4$24K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$961K
Other assetsLn 15$48K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$407K
Net assetsLn 32$797K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$48K$48K$48K$48K$48K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$194K$161K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$958K$961K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$407K$407K
Net assetsLn 32$953K$797K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$94K$0$94K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$195K$119K$0$77K
Office expensesLn 13$30K$16K$4K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$17K$15K$721$609
InterestLn 20$19K$16K$2K$658
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$19K$16K$3K$694
InsuranceLn 23$9K$7K$2K$299
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$110K$109K$109$109
All other expensesLn 24e$248K$100K$55K$93K
Total functional expensesLn 25$740K$398K$160K$182K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 22, 2026 $585K$740K−$155K$797K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 24, 2025 $581K$781K−$200K$953K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 1, 2024 $1.1M$704K$430K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 10, 2023 $924K$568K$356K$723K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Dec 14, 2021 $516K$438K$78K$367K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 27, 2021 $490K$544K−$54K$289K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $584,850 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $358,304$394,082
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $209,343$171,301
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,299$8,023
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,115$11,444
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $581,061$584,850
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $312,800$289,122
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $468,483$451,158
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $781,283$740,280
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$200,222−$155,430
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $584,850 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$17,899
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$376,183
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$25,302
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$394,082
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$171,301
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$8,023
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $11,444 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$11,444
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $190,768 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$584,850
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $740,280 across 9 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $0 · Management $93,965 · Fundraising $0$93,965
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $118,540 · Management $0 · Fundraising $76,617$195,157
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,951 · Management $3,525 · Fundraising $10,809$30,285
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $15,189 · Management $721 · Fundraising $609$16,519
IX-20 InterestPrograms $15,851 · Management $2,169 · Fundraising $658$18,678
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $15,956 · Management $2,609 · Fundraising $694$19,259
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,243 · Management $1,561 · Fundraising $299$9,103
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $109,308 · Management $109 · Fundraising $109$109,526
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $99,707 · Management $55,403 · Fundraising $92,678$247,788
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $397,745 · Management $160,062 · Fundraising $182,473$740,280
Part X · Balance sheet $1,204,696 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $15,589$33,644
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $178,146$126,994
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $108,750$10,500
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $50,500$24,233
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $957,653$960,912
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,122$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $48,413$48,413
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,360,173$1,204,696
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $54,115$67,208
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $11,334$15,997
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $67,000$55,834
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $275,037$268,400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $407,486$407,439
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $635,202$631,627
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $317,485$165,630
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $952,687$797,257
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,360,173$1,204,696
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $797,257 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$584,850
XI-2 Total expenses$740,280
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$155,430
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$952,687
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$797,257

Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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