Pro Arts INC FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Oakland, CA501(c)(3)EIN 94-2259269Revenue $267K in FY2021

On file with the IRSproartsgallery.org150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, 94612-2007 · Oakland, CATax-exempt since Jul 1974Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Pro Arts supports art that pushes boundaries, generates critical discourse, and challenges the status quo. Annually Pro Arts presents over 200 artists, working in diverse artistic fields

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$65K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $6K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$65K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $10K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$128K
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$267K
-50% vs prior year
Spent
$515K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$142K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$267K
FY2021▼ -50%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$531K
FY2021$267K
FY2022$527K
FY2023$137K
FY2024$24K
Expenses
$515K
FY2021▲ +80%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$286K
FY2021$515K
FY2022$501K
FY2023$144K
FY2024$70K
Net assets
$142K
FY2021▼ -64%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$396K
FY2021$142K
FY2022$166K
FY2023$159K
FY2024$115K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 1974.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $444K Management & general 5% · $24K Fundraising 9% · $47K

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; $65K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$65,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Natalia Mount$53,000$62,820$25,406$65,000$68,750
Sarah Lockhart—$2,000———

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Presents over 200 artists annually, supporting boundary-pushing, discourse-generating, and status-quo-challenging art.

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1 program · $444K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Visual art exhibitions, performances, and multi-disciplinary events held at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, as well as outdoors at Frank H Ogawa Plaza and other temporary locations; publishing artist books and zines artists services including fiscal sponsorship, community collaborations and space rentals

$444Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$10K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $866K · 2019–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$13,268
Unitemized GrantFY2022$12,195
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,169
Betti Ono FoundationCA · FY2021$314,037
Betti Ono Gallery & OcncFY2020$225,010
Unitemized GrantFY2020$60,010
Betti Ono Gallery & OcncFY2019$100,102
Unitemized GrantFY2019$93,673
Vulcan Tenants UnionCA · FY2019$46,940

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$267K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$254K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$295
Money outPt IX
$515K
Ln 25
Programscol B$444K
Managementcol C$24K
Fundraisingcol D$47K
Owns and owesPt X
$142K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$137K
Total assetsLn 16$270K
LiabilitiesLn 26$128K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$254K
Government grantsLn 1e$42K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$295
Total revenueLn 12$267K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$137K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$137K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K
Other assetsLn 15$122K
Total assetsLn 16$270K
LiabilitiesLn 26$128K
Net assetsLn 32$142K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$321K$137K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$11K
Total assetsLn 16$468K$270K
LiabilitiesLn 26$73K$128K
Net assetsLn 32$396K$142K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$225K$225K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$60K$60K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$71K$28K$7K$35K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11K$10K$210$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$696$174$869
Legal feesLn 11b$285$0$285$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$0$1K$698
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$97K$95K$300$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$532$213$53$266
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$299$830
Information technologyLn 14$90$36$9$45
OccupancyLn 16$5K$2K$456$2K
TravelLn 17$1K$490$112$560
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$161$803
InterestLn 20$4K$0$4K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$1K$329$2K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$1K$758$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$23K$15K$8K$231
Total functional expensesLn 25$515K$444K$24K$47K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $24K$70K−$46K$115K 990 PDF
FY2023 $137K$144K−$7K$159K 990 PDF
FY2022 $527K$501K$26K$166K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $267K$515K−$248K$142K 990 PDF
FY2020 $531K$286K$245K$396K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $267,140 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $510,858$253,687
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $19,779$13,158
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $311$295
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $530,948$267,140
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $93,673$285,020
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $100,542$83,111
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $91,366$146,816
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $285,581$514,947
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $245,367−$247,807
Part VI · Governance 8 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $267,140 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$41,645
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$212,042
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$253,687
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$13,158
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $295$295
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,158 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $295$267,140
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $514,947 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $225,010$225,010
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $60,010$60,010
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,345 · Management $7,086 · Fundraising $35,431$70,862
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $10,300 · Management $210 · Fundraising $0$10,510
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $696 · Management $174 · Fundraising $869$1,739
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $285 · Fundraising $0$285
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $1,328 · Fundraising $698$2,026
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $95,310 · Management $300 · Fundraising $1,500$97,110
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $213 · Management $53 · Fundraising $266$532
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,773 · Management $299 · Fundraising $830$2,902
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $36 · Management $9 · Fundraising $45$90
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,824 · Management $456 · Fundraising $2,280$4,560
IX-17 TravelPrograms $490 · Management $112 · Fundraising $560$1,162
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,167 · Management $161 · Fundraising $803$3,131
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $4,350 · Fundraising $0$4,350
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,317 · Management $329 · Fundraising $1,646$3,292
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,431 · Management $758 · Fundraising $1,789$3,978
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,977 · Management $8,190 · Fundraising $231$23,398
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $443,899 · Management $24,100 · Fundraising $46,948$514,947
Part X · Balance sheet $269,990 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $321,369$136,719
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,077$11,121
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $122,150$122,150
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $468,496$269,990
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,910$14,305
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $58,783$75,156
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $72,693$128,456
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $152,228−$61,666
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $243,575$203,200
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $395,803$141,534
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $468,496$269,990
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $141,534 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$267,140
XI-2 Total expenses$514,947
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$247,807
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$395,803
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$141,534

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