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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARTS & BUSINESS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,375,957
Total expenses
$1,068,373
Contributions and grants received
$6,272,337
Grants paid
$311,030
Program service revenue
$99,781
Investment income
$3,839
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,549,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,491
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,408,715
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$765,006
Management and general expenses
$232,856
Fundraising expenses
$70,511
Program service expenses (Part III)
$765,006

Program services were 71.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $101,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,171,137

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,410,846

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $87,222 · related or exempt $87,222

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL/WORKSHOP F

    total $12,559 · related or exempt $12,559

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,839 · excluded $3,839

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $311,030 · program services $311,030

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $179,142 · program services $109,276 · management and general $32,246 · fundraising $37,620

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $212,251 · program services $167,971 · management and general $28,844 · fundraising $15,436

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,534 · program services $11,673 · management and general $2,262 · fundraising $1,599

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $259 · program services $185 · management and general $40 · fundraising $34

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,186 · program services $39,169 · management and general $8,595 · fundraising $7,422

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,417 · management and general $73,417

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $140,407 · program services $92,267 · management and general $42,000 · fundraising $6,140

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,762 · program services $6,762

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,272 · program services $18,874 · management and general $11,138 · fundraising $2,260

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,123 · program services $847 · management and general $20,276

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,990 · program services $6,952 · management and general $14,038

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $290,433 · end of year $378,029

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,616,548 · end of year $1,362,923

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $209,886 · end of year $164,642

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $13,051 · end of year $15,941

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,059 · end of year $207,883

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,000 · end of year $5,419,788

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $125,512 · end of year $140,491

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,583,786 · end of year $6,757,171

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $437,679 · end of year $651,544

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL/BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND AFFORDABLE ARTS SPACES FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS/CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

  • VARIETY OF LEGAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS/CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, OFTEN PROVIDED PRO BONO. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE PROVIDING SAFE, AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT ARTIST WORK SPACES WHERE WORK IS MADE, REHEARSED AND SHARED. IN FY 2025 MORE THAN 500 ARTISTS BENEFITTED FROM THESE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $765,006 · Grants $311,030 · Revenue $99,781

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bithyah Israel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Buza

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1 related
  • Awilda Irizarry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joanne Kaliontzis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ruxandra Tentis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Minerva Pinto

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marisa Murtagh Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lisa Nickerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kathleen Gondek PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Reed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Newth

    FORMER BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dayla Arabella Santurri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Guerra

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Tougias

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ayana Mack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anastasia Daou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Eckhoff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn G Pudelka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Gavis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Grace Esq

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $199,767
    From this org
    $149,207
    From related orgs
    $45,000
    Other
    $5,560
    Hours/week
    37 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,207 + $45,000 related
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,767 + $45,000 related
  • Lucas Blackadar

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $106,600
    From this org
    $102,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,196
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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

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

  • STIGGITY STACKZ WORLDWIDE INC

    $109,850

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • MASARY STUDIOS

    $60,008

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • ROXBURY DISTRICT INCREMENT FINANCING PROJECT

    $21,850

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE

    $17,759

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • REFUGE LOWELL

    $16,846

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • HUMPHREY STREET STUDIOS

    $14,036

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • ART IN THE PARK

    $13,066

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • ARTEVERYWHERE

    $10,989

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • GRANT TO RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

  • #ARTSTAYSHERE COALITION

    $8,593

    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CREATIVE CAMPUS ABC WORCESTER INC

    C · REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · MA · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by ARTS & BUSINESS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543509349301304

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