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← CULTUREWORKS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CULTUREWORKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,148,905
Total expenses
$1,150,227
Contributions and grants received
$1,116,497
Grants paid
$565,975
Program service revenue
$24,000
Investment income
$6,597
Other revenue
$1,811
Total assets, end of year
$558,403
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,585
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$527,818
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,007,539
Management and general expenses
$69,670
Fundraising expenses
$73,018
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,007,539

Program services were 87.6% 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)

    $519,464

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $597,033

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Admin Fees

    total $24,000 · related or exempt $24,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,597 · excluded $6,597

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $1,811 · related or exempt $1,811

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,811

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $515,975 · program services $515,975

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $173,924 · program services $121,747 · management and general $17,392 · fundraising $34,785

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $191,798 · program services $168,399 · management and general $4,881 · fundraising $18,518

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,350 · program services $6,624 · management and general $509 · fundraising $1,217

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,932 · program services $22,449 · management and general $1,730 · fundraising $3,753

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $586 · program services $470 · management and general $29 · fundraising $87

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,590 · program services $5,769 · management and general $10,041 · fundraising $780

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,694 · program services $20,824 · management and general $4,870

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,180 · program services $1,456 · management and general $2,538 · fundraising $4,186

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,371 · program services $24,979 · management and general $2,478 · fundraising $4,914

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,775 · program services $2,590 · management and general $12,323 · fundraising $862

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,909 · program services $2,929 · management and general $257 · fundraising $723

  • 24a · Other expenses: Marketing, Promotion an

    total $68,115 · program services $60,298 · management and general $5,839 · fundraising $1,978

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $7,998 · management and general $6,783 · fundraising $1,215

  • 24c · Other expenses: Direct Program Fees and

    total $3,030 · program services $3,030

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $546,522 · end of year $467,743

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $82,350 · end of year $51,276

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,173 · end of year $13,383

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

    $42,893

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

    $22,710

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,092 · end of year $20,183

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $762 · end of year $5,818

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,785 · end of year $16,005

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $131,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,974 · end of year $14,580

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $361,949 · end of year $420,658

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $167,191 · end of year $107,160

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CultureWorks is committed to its mission: strengthening artists and arts and culture organizations to increase their impact in our region.

  • The CultureWorks Grants Program was developed with the intent to support smaller 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, with limited resources and operating budgets less than $750,000, as well as funding for individual practicing artists. With few sources of support available in the Richmond and Tri-Cities Regions focused entirely on helping small to mid-size arts and culture organizations, the Grants Program is able to fulfill this need and fund quality programs, events and initiatives for our community. Grant funding is available to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and individual artists in the Richmond and Tri-Cities Regions and focuses on two funding priorities - Cultural Equity and Building Capabilities.

    Expenses $190,603 · Grants $124,600

  • The city of Richmond and the counties of Hanover and Henrico provide financial support annually. These funds were allocated for general operating support to the member organizations of the arts and culture funding consortium. This consortium is the only designated entity able to administer the combined public funding of the community arts and cultural organizations.

    Expenses $461,299 · Grants $441,375

  • artoberVA is a month-long celebration of arts and culture across the Richmond and Tri-Cities region. It provides a common marketing platform that enables the promotion of hundreds, even thousands, of arts and culture events presented by the full spectrum of non-profit arts and culture organizations and artists in our region. The goal of the event is to engage the public in these arts and culture events during artoberVA, and throughout the year which leads to greater economic, educational and social impacts in our region.

    Expenses $85,252

  • Other program services include quarterly networking events, Tri-Cities Arts & Culture Action Plan, AEP6 Economic Impact Study, and other collaborative, educational or advocacy programs supporting arts and culture nonprofit organizations and artists.

    Expenses $270,385

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • W Weldon Hill

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Matt Murcko

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judith Wagoner Pahren

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • D Brennen Keene

    Immediate Past Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frazier Armstrong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Baliles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pam Martin Comstock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley S Brooks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donald B Garber

    Ex-Officio

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tameka Jefferson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer M McLemore

    Parliamentarian

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Hammer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • R Blake O'Brien

    Chair-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenni Kirby

    Ex-Officio

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justin Laughter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lucretia Marie Anderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sherman V Burroughs IV

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Conaway B Haskins III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Gates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Simmons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Gilliam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dee A Raubenstine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Wells

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerry Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Garka

    President

    Total calculated
    $173,924
    From this org
    $168,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,066
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,100
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,758
    Deferred
    $5,066
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $173,924

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
The Board of Directors approves the salary of the President and a written employment contract is signed.

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349304641

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