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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by COUNTERPUBLIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,583,802
Total expenses
$2,285,362
Contributions and grants received
$2,654,584
Grants paid
$391,386
Program service revenue
$10,521
Investment income
$920,609
Other revenue
-$1,912
Total assets, end of year
$17,170,047
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,398
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,153,649
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,853,991
Management and general expenses
$340,121
Fundraising expenses
$91,250
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,853,991

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $504

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,654,080

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ART EXHIBITIONS

    total $10,521 · related or exempt $10,521

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $823,624 · excluded $823,624

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $790,939

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $693,954

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $96,985

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $96,985 · excluded $96,985

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $327

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,239

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$1,912 · related or exempt -$1,912

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $391,386 · program services $391,386

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $162,063 · program services $97,238 · management and general $48,619 · fundraising $16,206

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $452,457 · program services $271,475 · management and general $135,736 · fundraising $45,246

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $73,925 · program services $44,355 · management and general $22,177 · fundraising $7,393

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,036 · program services $25,221 · management and general $12,611 · fundraising $4,204

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,779 · program services $29,867 · management and general $14,934 · fundraising $4,978

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,115 · management and general $3,115

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,090 · management and general $5,090

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,492 · management and general $17,492

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $575,952 · program services $533,441 · management and general $42,511

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $171,249 · program services $171,249

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,085 · program services $18,009 · management and general $10,269 · fundraising $8,807

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,688 · program services $5,688 · management and general $4,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,330 · program services $32,330

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77,419 · program services $77,419

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,625 · program services $5,000 · fundraising $2,625

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,791 · fundraising $1,791

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,003 · program services $17,003 · management and general $8,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,829 · program services $11,829

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

    total $76,919 · program services $76,919

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10,109 · program services $10,109

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    total $8,032 · program services $8,032

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $5,567 · management and general $5,567

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,421 · program services $27,421 · management and general $10,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,855 · end of year $300,460

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,279,199 · end of year $16,719,570

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

    $175,020

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

    $25,003

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $150,017

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,576 · end of year $16,398

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,627,478 · end of year $17,153,649

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

COUNTERPUBLIC IS A TRIENNIAL EXHIBITION REIMAGINGING THE POSSIBILITIES OF ART IN PUBLIC LIFE.

  • LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS, COUNTERPUBLIC CONNECTS ART WITH LASTING IMPACT BY BRINGING TOGETHER BOLD IDEAS WITH THE REGION'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES. AS ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC ART EXHIBITIONS IN THE NATION, COUNTERPUBLIC CELEBRATES AND SPOTLIGHTS THE ST. LOUIS REGION AS AN EPICENTER OF ART AND CULTURE THROUGH ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING. THE FOCAL POINT IS A THREE-MONTH, CITYWIDE EXHIBITION WITH DOZENS OF THE WORLD'S LEADING ARTISTS. WORKING IN PUBLIC PLACES, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, HISTORIC HOUSES, AND COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES, COUNTERPUBLIC COMMISSIONS ARTISTS, AND CULTURAL LEADERS, AND CIVIC STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE AND PRESENT ARTWORKS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O...)AND IDEAS THAT ENGAGE HISTORY AND IMAGINE NEW FUTURES. IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING ARTWORKS, PROGRAMS, AND PUBLISHING, COUNTERPUBLIC RETHINKS THE MODEL FOR ART EXHIBITIONS, SEEDING CIVIC INITIATIVES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE EXHIBITION. GUIDED BY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EACH THREE-YEAR CYCLE FOCUSES ON A NEW SET OF DYNAMIC SITES AND QUESTIONS, REMAINING RESPONSIVE TO THE MOMENT AND ALIGNING WITH THE MOST IMPACTFUL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE REGION TO CULTIVATE GENERATIONAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $1,853,991 · Grants $391,386 · Revenue $8,609

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • James McAnally

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,063
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,063
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,063
    Filer's total
    $162,063

  • Lee Broughton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Cara Starke

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lyah Leflore-Ituen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Wessel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Marcela Manjarrez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristin Fleischmann Brewer

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,600
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,600
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,000
    Filer's total
    $151,600

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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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, LINE 3
COUNTERPUBLIC'S COMPENSATION POLICY FOR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND STAFF WAS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AN INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING COMPANY AT THE END OF 2023. THE COMPANY CREATED AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION REPORT THAT RECOMMENDED PAY SCALES FOR ALL EXISTING STAFF POSITIONS BASED ON COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET PERIOD AND REMAIN IN USE AT PRESENT.

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

  • OSAGE NATION

    $0

    REMATRIATION OF SUGARLOAF MOUND TO TRIBAL NATIONS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
22 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611759349300606

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