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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$65,746
Total expenses
$111,380
Contributions and grants received
$21,664
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$44,036
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$46
Total assets, end of year
$320,753
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,447
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$299,306
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,460
Management and general expenses
$13,278
Fundraising expenses
$91,642
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,460

Program services were 5.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $21,664

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Membership dues

    total $44,136 · related or exempt $44,136

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Participation fees

    total -$100 · related or exempt -$100

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous revenue

    total $46 · excluded $46

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $46

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,238 · management and general $11,238

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,588 · program services $5,588

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $73,781 · fundraising $73,781

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,744 · fundraising $10,744

  • 17 · Travel

    total $793 · program services $793

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $263 · management and general $263

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,777 · management and general $1,777

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Service Fees

    total $7,117 · fundraising $7,117

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership Dues

    total $79 · program services $79

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $198,806 · end of year $269,962

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,580 · end of year $17,805

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $17,450

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $101,946

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $86,410

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,337 · end of year $15,536

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $102,295 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,241 · end of year $15,290

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,157

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $237,049 · end of year $299,306

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $66,728 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

American for the Arts Action Fund (the Action Fund) was formed to engage citizens in education and advocacy in support of the arts and arts education. Its activities are designed to educate members and the general public on the arts and arts education generally, and the impact of governmental policies and actions on the arts. The Action Fund also works to mobilize members and the general public to become more active in helping influence those governmental policies and actions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

American for the Arts Action Fund was formed to engage citizens in education and advocacy in support of the arts and arts education. Its activities are designed to educate members and the general public on the arts and arts education generally, and the impact of governmental policies and actions on the arts. The Action Fund also works to mobilize members and the general public to become more active in helping influence those governmental policies and actions.

  • Citizen Involvement - The Arts Action Fund urges its members to become more involved in public policy to favorably impact governmental actions that affect the arts and arts education, and instruct its members on how to become so involved.

    Expenses $872

  • Public Education - The Action Fund publishes and distributes to its members, potential members and others print and electronic newsletters and other communications (including print materials included with member recruitment mailings) information, regarding the arts and arts education and in particular legislative and regulatory developments that impact the arts and arts education (primarily Federal, state and local governmental funding).

    Expenses $5,588

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nolen Bivens

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $562,698
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $551,698
    Other
    $11,000
    Hours/week
    1 + 36.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $550,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,698 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $562,698 related

  • William Lehr Jr

    Chair until 6/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Stephens

    Chair as of 6/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Ferguson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Folds

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Kopp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorothy P McSweeny

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Sheffer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven D Spiess

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Spring

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lyndon Boozer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Stock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Felix Sanchez

    Director as of 6/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colleen Jennings-Roggensack

    Director as of 6/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Brien

    Director as of 6/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nina Ozlu Tunceli

    Chief Counsel and Exec. Di

    Total calculated
    $307,897
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $291,860
    Other
    $16,037
    Hours/week
    10 + 27.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $272,084 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $19,776 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,037 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $307,897 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Lines 4a-b
Robert Lynch, President and CEO of AFTA until May 2021, was the beneficiary of contributions to a 457(f) non-qualified retirement plan. His separation agreement was activated upon his departure. Under the terms of the agreement, AFTA was obligated to pay $1,232,172, less applicable payroll tax and withholdings, in 2021. Further payments are required in 2022 under the agreement terms. In addition, Mr. Lynch will continue to receive premium payments on disability insurance through 2022.
Part I:
The Action Fund does not directly hire or compensate employees. All contract labor are employees of AFTA, a related organization under section 501(c)(3). The Action Fund has a contract labor agreement with AFTA. All officers of AFTA serve the Action Fund on a volunteer basis.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349331364

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