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
80 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
12 people listed on the 990; $74K paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Programs and updates
Inspires personal growth and community through visual arts for all ages.
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Adult Education Program
Our adult education program has a yearly enrollment of 800 in 130+ 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 workships in a wide variety of media and genres including painting (oil, acrylic…
Partnership Program
The drawing studio's partnership program reaches 400 plus individuals per year with free art experiences and art instruction. We work with those who cannot access our main studio location through libraries, senior and neighborhood centers, public schools, congregant living centers and the veterans affairs hospital.
Youth Education Program
Since 2002, we have conducted an intensive summer studio arts immersion program. Today, these serve ages ranging from toddler -17 years old. We also conduct classes throughout the school year. These programs serve 100+ youth annually.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $198K | $475K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $562K | $570K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $822K | $1.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $456K | $403K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $367K | $723K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $74K | $74K | $0 | $0 |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $150K | $105K | $27K | $18K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $23K | $19K | $3K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $20K | $16K | $2K | $2K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $628 | $503 | $75 | $50 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $23K | $19K | $3K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $14K | $11K | $2K | $1K |
| InterestLn 20 | $15K | $12K | $2K | $1K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $17K | $13K | $1K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $5K | $681 | $454 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $112K | $110K | $970 | $647 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $113K | $70K | $8K | $36K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $568K | $454K | $49K | $64K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $585K | $740K | −$155K | $797K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $581K | $781K | −$200K | $953K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.1M | $704K | $430K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $924K | $568K | $356K | $723K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $516K | $438K | $78K | $367K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $490K | $544K | −$54K | $289K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $923,518 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $923,518 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $567,510 across 12 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,125,231 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $722,672 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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