P S Arts FY2023 filing

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Los Angeles, CA501(c)(3)EIN 95-3931147Revenue $7.1M in FY2023

On file with the IRSpsarts.org2121 W Temple St, 90026-4915 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Dec 1993Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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P.S. Arts is dedicated to advancing equity and opportunity for children and youth by providing Arts education in systemically under-resourced schools and communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$300K 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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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $584K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$300K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$239K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.1M
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$4.7M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$9.0M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$7.1M
FY2023▲ +31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$7.1M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$5.0M
Expenses
$4.7M
FY2023▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$4.7M
FY2024$4.9M
FY2025$5.6M
Net assets
$9.0M
FY2023▲ +39%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$6.5M
FY2023$9.0M
FY2024$8.7M
FY2025$8.4M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1993.

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

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $3.5M Management & general 11% · $541K Fundraising 14% · $675K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $300K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Deputy Director
$130,961Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$119,161Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Executive Officer (from 09/22)
$49,470Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
John Lawler$214,113$203,310$49,470——
Kristen Paglia———$179,886$160,963
Elda Pineda$150,095$146,577$130,961$117,089—
Guillaume Wateau$136,683$131,052$119,161$109,311—
Tiffany Owens$130,534$124,334———
Jennifer Garratt———$113,213—
Louis Sanchez$106,172$102,007———
Nikki Manibhai$103,950————

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

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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

Programs and updates

Provides arts education to children and youth in under-resourced schools and communities.

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1 program · $3.5M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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The organization provides high-quality california visual and performing arts (vapa) standards-based arts education programs in music, dance, drama, and visual arts, both virtually and in-person.

$3.5Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$154K
Money outPt IX
$4.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.5M
Managementcol C$541K
Fundraisingcol D$675K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$794K
Total assetsLn 16$9.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$239K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$222K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$15K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$168K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$154K
Total revenueLn 12$7.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$784K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$794K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$38K
Other assetsLn 15$28K
Total assetsLn 16$9.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$239K
Net assetsLn 32$9.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 592
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$745K$794K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.2M$5.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$46K$38K
Total assetsLn 16$6.7M$9.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$234K$239K
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M$9.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$444K$268K$130K$46K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.1M$2.5M$163K$358K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$181K$149K$11K$21K
Payroll taxesLn 10$294K$236K$24K$34K
Investment management feesLn 11f$22K$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$229K$87K$53K$90K
Office expensesLn 13$132K$24K$58K$49K
OccupancyLn 16$72K$40K$13K$19K
TravelLn 17$40K$7K$23K$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$9K$2K$868
InsuranceLn 23$38K$239$38K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$178K$178K
All other expensesLn 24e$51K$5K$46K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.7M$3.5M$541K$675K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $5.0M$5.6M−$521K$8.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.3M$4.9M−$598K$8.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $7.1M$4.7M$2.3M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.4M$3.8M$1.6M$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.0M$2.8M$170K$5.6M 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
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Part I · Summary $7,067,260 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,459,352$4,823,764
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,669,311$2,089,411
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $271,046$154,085
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,399,709$7,067,260
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,240,583$3,973,392
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $608,477$774,293
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,849,060$4,747,685
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,550,649$2,319,575
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $7,067,260 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$168,231
VIII-1e Government grants$222,359
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,433,174
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$15,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,823,764
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,089,411$2,089,411
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $154,085$154,085
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,089,411 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $154,085$7,067,260
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,747,685 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $268,177 · Management $129,508 · Fundraising $45,876$443,561
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,533,052 · Management $163,027 · Fundraising $358,404$3,054,483
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $149,307 · Management $10,723 · Fundraising $20,986$181,016
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $236,049 · Management $24,261 · Fundraising $34,022$294,332
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $22,017$22,017
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $86,589 · Management $53,014 · Fundraising $89,841$229,444
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,882 · Management $58,475 · Fundraising $49,343$131,700
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $40,206 · Management $12,768 · Fundraising $19,130$72,104
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,752 · Management $23,153 · Fundraising $10,044$39,949
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,962 · Management $1,617 · Fundraising $868$11,447
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $239 · Management $37,849$38,088
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $178,394$178,394
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $4,723 · Fundraising $46,427$51,150
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,531,609 · Management $541,135 · Fundraising $674,941$4,747,685
Part X · Balance sheet $9,256,581 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $734,769$783,680
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10,458$10,468
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $659,304$2,441,191
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,104$7,571
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $10,825$15,875
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $23,720$11,259
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $46,491$38,243
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,158,972$5,920,605
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $50,708$27,689
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,703,351$9,256,581
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $234,336$238,810
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $234,336$238,810
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,361,468$3,728,877
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,107,547$5,288,894
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,469,015$9,017,771
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,703,351$9,256,581
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,017,771 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,067,260
XI-2 Total expenses$4,747,685
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,319,575
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,469,015
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$229,181
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,017,771

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