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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by SAN JOSE DOWNTOWN FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$53,263
Total expenses
$45,588
Contributions and grants received
$80,067
Grants paid
$20,400
Program service revenue
$4,100
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
-$30,904
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$107,637
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$103,637
Program service expenses (Part III)
$38,888

Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

- PROMOTE CULTURAL AWARENESS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA AND TO THE GREATER BAY AREA IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA;- PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION REGARDING DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE WITH EMPHASIS ON SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;- ENCOURAGE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ACCESS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF FREE EVENTS, PROGRAMS AND CONCERTS.- BUILD COALITIONS AMONG GOVERNMENT, RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHER ACTIVE CIVIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THE CULTURAL OFFERINGS OF DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  • THE SAN JOSE DOWNTOWN FOUNDATION ADVANCES A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN BY FOSTERING CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION THROUGH ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMS. CORE VALUES INCLUDE BEING INCLUSIVE AND OPEN; VALUING CREATIVITY AND QUALITY; WORKING COLLABORATIVELY; COMMITTING TO THE SUCCESS OF PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY SJDF; AND HAVING AN ENTERPRISING SPIRIT. DOWNTOWN DOORS, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ART EXHIBIT/COMPETITION, IS THE FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PROJECT AND ENLIVENS THE DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE LANDSCAPE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PASSERSBY. DURING 2020-2022 PANDEMIC YEARS, THE PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH A TOTAL OF 40 NEW PIECES OF ART PLACED THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE. THE PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED ENTIRELY ONLINE, AND THE ARTIST RECEPTION WAS HELD VIRTUALLY. THE 40 PIECES CAME FROM THREE LOTS OF ENTRIES AND FOUR DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF JUDGING.THE PROCESS STARTS WTIH MIDDLE-/HIGH-SCHOOL ARTISTS WORK WITH TEACHERS - IN A CHARACTER-BUILDING EXERCISE THAT ALSO ENABLES THEM TO DEVELOP ARTISTIC SKILLS, LEARN ART AS BUSINESS, AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC ART ON URBAN SPACES - TO CREATE ART MEANT TO FIT ONTO OTHERWISE STARK SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-PANELED SERVICE DOORS, THE KIND REQUIRED FOR FIRE CODES IN LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. THE NORMAL SUBMISSION TIMELINE IS RETURNING IN 2023. SUBMISSIONS ARE MADE IN EARLY WINTER, THE ART IS JUDGED EARLY SPRING; SELECTED PIECES ARE TRANSFERRED IN MAY/JUNE TO VINYL DECALS COVERING DOORS LOCATED IN HIGH-PEDESTRIAN AREAS. THE ART IS FEATURED SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE BEING REPLACED. THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN FROM 4 SITES IN 2003 TO OVER 115 BY 2020, 1 SCHOOL TO 25, INVOLVING MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SAN JOSE. IN 20 YEARS, THIS SIMPLE BUT IMPACTFUL PROGRAM WILL HAVE EXHIBITED 330 DIFFERENT WORKS.

    Expenses $38,888 · Grants $20,400

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Manny Fernandez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jeanne Serpa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Autumn Young

    BOARD MEMBER (START 03/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Ramona Snyder

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Charlie McCollum

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Juan Borrelli

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401359349202285

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