Celtic Arts Foundation: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 91-1878785)

Cayley Schmid’s $99K as Executive Director is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Skye K Richendrfer	—	—	$130,566	$125,000	$120,000
Cayley Schmid	$98,624	$93,357	$58,633	—	—

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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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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Promotes Celtic culture through events and educational activities.

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3 programs · $159K · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Musical instruction and seminars at the organization's annual winter school that brings together the world's finest bagpipers, scottish drummers and fiddlers with other musicians from throughout the united states and CANADA.IN 2021 winter school was held remotely due to covid.

$120Kprogram expense

02

Sponsored 2021 skagit valley highland games celebrating traditional scotish music, art and sport. This event was cancelled due to covid but various costs were incurred related to the event.

$35Kprogram expense

03

The foundation sponsors the robert burns dinner every january featuring the works of the famed scottish poet.

$3Kprogram 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 · FY2025

Celtic Arts Supporting OrganizationFY2025$45K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$45K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$54K

Investment incomeLn 3$27K

Money outPt IX

$513K

Ln 25

Programscol B$221K

Managementcol C$289K

Fundraisingcol D$2K

Owns and owesPt X

$3.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$461K

Total assetsLn 16$3.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$20K

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a8

IndependentVI 1b8

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M

Government grantsLn 1e$401K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$54K

Investment incomeLn 3$27K

Other incomeLn 4–11$10K

Gains on assetsLn 7$2K

Total revenueLn 12$1.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$461K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$461K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$779K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M

Other assetsLn 15$10K

Total assetsLn 16$3.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$20K

Net assetsLn 32$3.1M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 55

VolunteersI 6200

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$203K	$461K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$430K	$779K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.9M	$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16	$2.6M	$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$82K	$20K
Net assetsLn 32	$2.5M	$3.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$3K	$3K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$125K	$45K	$80K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$103K	$40K	$63K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$9K	$4K	$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$3K	$1K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$22K	$7K	$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$5K		$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$14K	$5K	$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$7K		$7K
TravelLn 17	$1K	$72	$1K	$20
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$75K	$50K	$24K	$1K
InsuranceLn 23	$9K		$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$126K	$65K	$60K	$736
All other expensesLn 24e	$10K	$645	$9K	$409
Total functional expensesLn 25	$513K	$221K	$289K	$2K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.2M	$1.1M	$156K	$3.6M	990 PDF
FY2023	$883K	$992K	−$109K	$3.4M	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.1M	$642K	$451K	$3.4M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$1.1M	$513K	$604K	$3.1M	990 PDF
FY2020	$539K	$585K	−$46K	$2.5M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,117,015 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $352,208$1,025,296

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $139,936$54,239

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $33,414$27,305

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,563$10,175

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $539,121$1,117,015

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,637$2,524

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $247,993$262,582

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $334,505$248,096

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $585,135$513,202

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$46,014$603,813

Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8

VI-1b Independent voting members8

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 $1,117,015 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $28,458 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1b Membership dues$10,175

VIII-1e Government grants$401,396

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$613,725

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,025,296

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $25,781$25,781

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $25,783$25,783

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,522$1,522

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $824$824

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $9,351$9,351

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $54,239 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $37,480$1,117,015

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $513,202 across 15 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,524$2,524

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $45,000 · Management $80,000$125,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $39,730 · Management $63,360$103,090

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,525 · Management $5,315$8,840

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,230 · Management $1,987$3,217

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,128 · Management $15,307$22,435

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,550$4,550

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,760 · Management $9,610$14,370

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,689$1,689

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $6,692$6,692

IX-17 TravelPrograms $72 · Management $1,087 · Fundraising $20$1,179

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $49,788 · Management $23,659 · Fundraising $1,245$74,692

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,410$9,410

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $65,227 · Management $59,933 · Fundraising $736$125,896

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $645 · Management $8,564 · Fundraising $409$9,618

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $221,318 · Management $289,474 · Fundraising $2,410$513,202

Part X · Balance sheet $3,104,935 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $203,400$461,042

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,911,013$1,854,488

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $429,782$779,392

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $11,136$10,013

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,557,226$3,104,935

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,053$309

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $80,700$19,323

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $81,753$19,632

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,316,390$2,842,400

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $159,083$242,903

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,475,473$3,085,303

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,557,226$3,104,935

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,085,303 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,117,015

XI-2 Total expenses$513,202

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$603,813

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,475,473

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,017

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,085,303

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