Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by UPSTREAM ARTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $218,576
Total expenses: $590,074
Contributions and grants received: $172,005
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $43,394
Investment income: $2,541
Other revenue: $636
Total assets, end of year: $0
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $0
Program services expenses (Part IX): $267,964
Management and general expenses: $314,574
Fundraising expenses: $7,536
Program service expenses (Part III): $267,964

Program services were 45.4% 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.

1c · Fundraising events

$3,750
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$151,027
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$17,228
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$300
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES & TUITION

total $43,394 · related or exempt $43,394
3 · Investment income

total $2,541 · excluded $2,541
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$3,750
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

total $636 · related or exempt $636
11e · Other revenue, total

$636

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $294,512 · program services $98,890 · management and general $193,153 · fundraising $2,469
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $106,938 · program services $96,649 · management and general $9,861 · fundraising $428
9 · Other employee benefits

total $11,280 · program services $7,528 · management and general $3,456 · fundraising $296
10 · Payroll taxes

total $46,336 · program services $14,761 · management and general $31,236 · fundraising $339
11b · Fees: legal

total $15,360 · management and general $15,360
11c · Fees: accounting

total $24,680 · program services $16,074 · management and general $6,491 · fundraising $2,115
11g · Fees: other

total $2,896 · program services $1,309 · management and general $1,415 · fundraising $172
13 · Office expenses

total $1,154 · program services $24 · management and general $1,130
14 · Information technology

total $12,141 · program services $9,385 · management and general $1,905 · fundraising $851
16 · Occupancy

total $6,900 · program services $3,496 · management and general $2,944 · fundraising $460
17 · Travel

total $1,694 · program services $1,694
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $239 · management and general $239
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $4,733 · program services $3,245 · management and general $1,488
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $1,212 · management and general $1,212
23 · Insurance

total $6,940 · program services $3,094 · management and general $3,453 · fundraising $393
24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

total $48,792 · program services $11,325 · management and general $37,467
24b · Other expenses: FIXED ASSET DISPOSALS

total $3,407 · management and general $3,407
24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

total $573 · program services $490 · management and general $70 · fundraising $13
24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

total $287 · management and general $287

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $183,983 · end of year $0
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $305,538 · end of year $0
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $78,777 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $3,358 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $18,870 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $4,619 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $6,600 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $225,248
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $4,930
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $259,967 · end of year $0
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $111,600 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

UPSTREAM ARTS USES THE POWER OF THE CREATIVE ARTS TO ACTIVATE AND AMPLIFY THE VOICE AND CHOICE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

SCHOOLS: IN 25-26, WE CARRIED OUT SEMESTER OR YEAR-LONG SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION/ INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS, REACHING STUDENTS AGES BIRTH TO 21 WITH A RANGE OF DISABILITIES IN MINNESOTA. IN OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TEAMS OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LEAD MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ACTIVITIES IN THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, POETRY AND VISUAL ARTS DESIGNED TO BUILD SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. WE WORK IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE METRO AREA, WITH OUR BIGGEST PRESENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Expenses $8,741 · Revenue $11,016
ADULT: IN 25-26, WE CARRIED OUT ADULT PROGRAMS INCLUDING A FOCUS ON ART OF RELATIONSHIPS AND ART OF PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, OUR INNOVATIVE SEX EDUCATION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PROGRAMMING THAT WORKS TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. IN OUR PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, TEAMS OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LEAD MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ACTIVITIES IN THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, POETRY AND VISUAL ARTS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP SOFT SKILLS SPECIFIC TO SELF ADVOCACY, THE WORKPLACE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AGES 21-75+. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO BENEFIT SUPPORT STAFF IN DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PARENTS/ GUARDIANS/ SUPPORT STAFF, WHO RECEIVE TRAINING ON CREATIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE VOICE AND CHOICE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. SOME OF OUR ADULT PROGRAMS ARE RUN IN COLLABORATION WITH ADULT DAY PROGRAMSORGANIZATIONS WHERE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL SERVICES. WE ALSO OFFER OPEN ENROLLMENT SELF ADVOCACY CLASSES FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WHERE THE ARTS OFFER A WAY TO NURTURE SELF-EXPRESSION AND SELF-DETERMINATION; ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES CAN USE THEIR MN STATE WAIVERED DOLLARS TO ATTEND THESE CLASSES.

Expenses $215,274 · Revenue $20,014
COMMUNITY/OUT OF STATE/MILWAUKEE: UPSTREAM ARTS CARRIES OUT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, LIBRARIES, CHURCHES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE ALSO DO TOURING COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND TRAINING OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. WE HAVE AN ONGOING PRESENCE IN MILWAUKEE, WI, WHERE WE CARRY OUT SCHOOL, ADULT AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUALLY. WE CARRY OUT REGULAR PROGRAMMING WITH MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND HARRY & ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER. WE WORKED AT MILWAUKEE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THEIR ADULT CHAVERIM GROUP, AND WITH THEIR NEW ADULT DAY PROGRAM. WE ALSO CARRIED OUT RESIDENCIES IN MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, AND OFFERED A ROBUST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SERIES FOR MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS.

Expenses $29,771 · Revenue $13,000
ARTIST TRAINING: BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT ARTISTS ARE THE CATALYSTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, EACH YEAR WE INVEST IN TRAINING OUR ROSTER OF 30+ TEACHING ARTISTS WHO TEACH OUR PROGRAMS. WE PROVIDE TRAININGS ON UPSTREAM ARTS' APPROACH TO ACCESSIBLE ARTS-INFUSED INSTRUCTION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AND BRING IN EXTERNAL TRAINERS ON DISABILITY, ARTS OR EDUCATION RELATED TOPICS.

Expenses $14,178

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Steve AndersonSTEVE ANDERSON

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tabitha MontgomeryTABITHA MONTGOMERY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Noel RaymondNOEL RAYMOND

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Peter BeierwaltesPETER BEIERWALTES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristin BurgessKRISTIN BURGESS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rebecca SlabyREBECCA SLABY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ann MacheledtANN MACHELEDT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Julie GuidryJULIE GUIDRY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$151,179

From this org

$127,974

From related orgs

$0

Other

$23,205

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$127,974

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$23,205

Filer's total

$151,179
Matt GuidryMATT GUIDRY

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$143,336

From this org

$138,061

From related orgs

$0

Other

$5,275

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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 1 June 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.1
Source object: 202621829349300502

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