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← POLK ARTS ALLIANCE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POLK ARTS ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$250,687
Total expenses
$230,892
Contributions and grants received
$167,724
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$82,917
Investment income
$46
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$147,433
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,226
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$88,207
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$183,836
Management and general expenses
$47,056
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$183,836

Program services were 79.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $6,165

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $82,719

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $78,840

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HALL OF FAME GALA

    total $52,630 · related or exempt $52,630

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ART-I-FACT MAGAZINE

    total $28,242 · unrelated business $28,242

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BEST OF POLK ART SHOW

    total $2,045 · related or exempt $2,045

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46 · excluded $46

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,000 · program services $42,000 · management and general $18,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,590 · program services $3,213 · management and general $1,377

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,109 · management and general $1,109

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,920 · management and general $5,920

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,258 · program services $18,258

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,218 · program services $24,218

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,928 · management and general $2,928

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,293 · management and general $1,293

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,907 · management and general $11,907

  • 17 · Travel

    total $889 · management and general $889

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,903 · management and general $1,903

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $850 · management and general $850

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIFACT MAGAZINE

    total $50,151 · program services $50,151

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $45,996 · program services $45,996

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $427 · management and general $427

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $453 · management and general $453

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $35,962 · end of year $58,559

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $50,037 · end of year $75,083

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,983 · end of year $5,650

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,889 · end of year $5,611

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

    $1,530

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,530 · end of year $1,530

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,989 · end of year $59,226

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,756 · end of year $3,756

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $64,656 · end of year $84,451

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE POLK ARTS ALLIANCE, INC. IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ALL THE ARTS FLOURISH. THIS CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED GENERALLY TO DEVELOP, COORDINATE, AND PROMOTE THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS IN POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

POLK ARTS ALLIANCE IS THE DESIGNATED LOCAL ARTS AGENCY FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.

  • ARTS MAGAZINE- DELIVERS INFORMATION ABOUT CULTURAL EVENTS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF POLK COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

    Expenses $99,078

  • HALL OF FAME GALA - INDUCTS PEOPLE INTO THE POLK ARTS & CULTURE HALL OF FAME FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN POLK'S ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR. THE EVENT ALSO HONORS LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AS A PART OF THE ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION (AT THE HALL OF FAME GALA). THE 2023 GALA HAD 280 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

    Expenses $50,595 · Revenue $52,630

  • POLK ARTS GUIDE - THIS IS AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE VISITORS AND NEW RESIDENTS CAN HAVE "ART EXPERIENCES." FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS A RESOURCE THAT LISTS WHERE TO GO TO HEAR LIVE MUSIC, WHERE THE MUSEUMS, THEATERS, ART GALLERIES, ETC. ARE LOCATED.

    Expenses $34,163 · Revenue $2,045

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ashley Bell Barnet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kemp Brinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Bohrer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nate Dunham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michell Githens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merissa Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Heid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirsten Hein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaret Landon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Marshall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara McCarley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Crystal Norman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Santiago

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Sexson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Tyrone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daryl Ward

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541699349300509

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