Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARTS COUNCIL OF NEW ORLEANS.

Totals

Total revenue: $3,050,078
Total expenses: $2,887,032
Contributions and grants received: $1,892,789
Grants paid: $559,048
Program service revenue: $866,928
Investment income: $261,785
Other revenue: $28,576
Total assets, end of year: $6,504,791
Total liabilities, end of year: $4,673,014
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,831,777
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,453,814
Management and general expenses: $349,861
Fundraising expenses: $83,357
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,453,814

Program services were 85.0% 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

$17,029
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$261,252
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,614,508
2a · Program service revenue: Contracted Services

total $678,472 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: Arts Market

total $81,241 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue: Concession Sales

total $44,539 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue: Event Tickets

total $62,676 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $261,785 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $261,785
11a · Other revenue: Other Income

total $28,576 · related or exempt $28,576 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$28,576

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $559,048 · program services $559,048
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $595,983 · program services $420,556 · management and general $118,583 · fundraising $56,844
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $9,207 · program services $1,407 · management and general $7,800 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $80,348 · program services $56,618 · management and general $16,041 · fundraising $7,689
10 · Payroll taxes

total $48,254 · program services $34,050 · management and general $9,442 · fundraising $4,762
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $25,933 · program services $12,796 · management and general $13,137 · fundraising $0
14 · Information technology

total $54,663 · program services $19,018 · management and general $35,551 · fundraising $94
16 · Occupancy

total $105,184 · program services $62,772 · management and general $42,267 · fundraising $145
17 · Travel

total $29,010 · program services $24,235 · management and general $4,775 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $27,094 · program services $0 · management and general $27,094 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $17,234 · program services $5,829 · management and general $11,405 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Office Expense

total $53,226 · program services $41,966 · management and general $10,825 · fundraising $435
24b · Other expenses: Professional Fees

total $60,553 · program services $42,669 · management and general $12,089 · fundraising $5,795
24c · Other expenses: Other Expenses

total $34,736 · program services $18,896 · management and general $15,741 · fundraising $99
24d · Other expenses: Coferences, Conventions and Meetings

total $212,795 · program services $196,306 · management and general $11,995 · fundraising $4,494
24e · All other expenses

total $973,764 · program services $957,648 · management and general $13,116 · fundraising $3,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $787,765 · end of year $251,257
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $1,527,903 · end of year $502,590
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $581,770 · end of year $246,792
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$155,498
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$79,427
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $103,165 · end of year $76,071
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $201,696 · end of year $228,591
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $3,911,496 · end of year $5,173,465
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $28,975 · end of year $26,025
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $218,279 · end of year $80,332
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $385,371 · end of year $317,880
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $4,870,389 · end of year $4,274,802
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,241,509 · end of year $1,283,801
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $427,222 · end of year $547,976

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Arts Council of New Orleans dba Arts New Orleans is a private, 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1975 and designated as the o cial arts agency for the City of New Orleans. Arts New Orleans also serves as a Regional Arts Agency on behalf of the Louisiana Division of the Arts for Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines Parishes. Since our founding, Arts New Orleans has established a history of successfully working in partnership with individuals, community groups, education providers, all levels of governmental agencies, as well as other nonprofit arts organizations and businesses to meet the arts and cultural needs of its constituents in the greater New Orleans region. Building on the abundant cultural wealth and creativity of our community, Arts New Orleans envisions a New Orleans in which arts and culture play a pivotal role in all areas of policy, planning, and placemaking. We believe art and artists should be central to all community and economic development efforts from public heal

Activities or mission (Part I)

Percent for Art: Begun in 1986, the NOLA percent for Art program is the City of New Orleans public art collection. PFA places original works by local artists throughout city-operated public spaces, everywhere from branch libraries to City Hall to recreational centers to neutral grounds. There are currently more than 400 PFA artworks enlivening our citys landscape, representing the creativity and strength of the artists who make New Orleans unlike any other city in the world. Funded by 1.5% of eligible projects, PFA supports local artists through commissions, exhibitions, direct purchases, community outreach, and education.

Expenses $766,801
Grantmaking: Arts New Orleans believes that all citizens should be able to participate in a creative life and that the arts drive a vibrant and equitable community. All people, their culture, and their art contribute to the meaning and understanding of our humanity and should be honored and celebrated. We are proud of the broad range of arts and cultural activities supported by the Community Arts Grants program made possible by the City of New Orleans and the Louisiana Project Grants made possible by the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the State of Louisiana.

Expenses $613,697
LUNA FETE/BALL: LUNA Fete is New Orleans annual festival of light, art, and technology and the nations longest running projection mapping festival. LUNA Fete is a visionary initiative created by Arts New Orleans to demonstrate the power of art to transform communities. This free and open to the public festival celebrates New Orleans creative industries and provides a memorable experience for more than 100,000 diverse event attendees.

Expenses $478,504
Young Artist Movement: YAM i s an arts education and workforce development program that beautifies neighborhoods and connects youth to their communities through public art and placemaking. YAM was founded in 2016 by a collective of youth advocates, artists, and educators to provide transformative job and educational opportunities for local creative youth. At the heart of our work is the power of community, collaboration, and the capacity for young people to imagine and inspire positive change.

Expenses $161,792
PUBLIC ART: We are the support system of public art and placemaking. Public art adds enormous value to the cultural and economic vitality of a community. Our public art projects range from production of a 10-story mural to operating a free artists studio and exhibition space to working with artists adn residents to produce public projects that build awareness about the citys water infrastructure.

Expenses $334,851
Arts Market: Consistently recognized as New Orleans best arts market by Gambit Weeklys reader polls, the Arts Market New Orleans is the regions largest juried fine arts and crafts market. Celebrating 15 years the twice-monthly open-air market has provided local artists with a steady platform to showcase artworks, test new products, and refine their craft to attract new consumers and increase sales.

Expenses $98,169

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Edwin Bragg

Vice-Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Susan G Brennan

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chenoia Bryant

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mali Carow

Director

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$0

Hours/week

1
Steve Dumez

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rosa Dunlap

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Scott Fisher

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Samantha Francois

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nurhan Gokturk

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Catherine Gorman Kuuskra

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Neely Griffith

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
jessie Haynes

Director

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$0

Hours/week

1
Nomita Joshi-Gupta

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tung Ly

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Karen Mackie

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rachel Mahler Czishcke

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Josh Mayer

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Emel Mize

Director

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$0

Hours/week

1
Gina Monette

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Erika Olinger

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Elizabeth Owen

Director

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$0

Hours/week

1
Rebecca Rau

Director

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$0

Hours/week

1
Andrew Rodgers

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Matt Schwartz

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nyka Scott

Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Beth Shapiro-Lavin

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristi Taglauer

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chuck Taylor

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brian Turner

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ariel Wilson-Harris

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amanda Winstead

Vice-Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

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Tax year: 2023
Filed: 23 October 2024
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