Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,251,279

Total expenses

$1,206,607

Contributions and grants received

$729,047

Grants paid

$101,710

Program service revenue

$522,232

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$523,594

Total liabilities, end of year

$235,449

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$288,145

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,012,441

Management and general expenses

$194,166

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,012,441

Program services were 83.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ARTS IN THE HEART OF AUGUSTA FESTIVAL HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. A 2-1/2 DAY CELEBRATION FOR THE AREA TO PROMOTE ARTS, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND CRAFTS. APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE OF 60,000. PLANNED BY BOARD AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS WORK DURING THE 2-1/2 DAY EVENT. THE CITY OF AUGUSTA AND SPONSORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVENT. THE EVENT FEATURES BOOTHS FROM OVER 15 LOCAL ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS, 70 ARTIST BOOTHS, AND 4 STAGES INCLUDING PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL SINGERS, DANCERS, ACTORS, WRITERS AND ART SCHOOLS. A FREE HANDS ON CHILDREN'S AREA IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS ETHNIC PERFORMANCES THAT BRAND OUR EVENT.

  Expenses $548,065 · Revenue $497,948

• VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GOALS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS. GOALS INCLUDE STRENGTHENING THE AREA'S CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF ART AND MUSIC. THEY ALSO SERVE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CULTURAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CSRA.

  Expenses $339,581 · Revenue $24,284

• REGRANT CITY FUNDS TO INDIVIDUAL ART GROUPS THROUGH GRANT PROGRAM. THE GREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL ACTS AS THE CULTURAL ARM OF THE CITY OF AUGUSTA. EACH YEAR, WE REGRANT FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE CITY TO NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION PROGRAMS IN RICHMOND COUNTY.

  Expenses $124,795 · Grants $101,710

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• AUGUSTA MINI THEATER

  $13,529

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• BAREFOOT PRODUCTIONS CREATIVE IMPRESSIONS

  $11,000

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC

  $9,865

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS

  $6,210

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART

  $6,146

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• THE AUGUSTA SYMPHONY

  $6,145

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS

  $6,081

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF

  $5,953

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• RON COLTON BALLET DANCE

  $5,825

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

• CREATIVE IMPRESSIONS

  $5,440

  TO ENHANCE LOCAL ART

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

30 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202433489349300943

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