Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,007,584
- Total expenses
- $1,002,759
- Contributions and grants received
- $57,741
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $946,943
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $2,900
- Total assets, end of year
- $132,384
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $27,133
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $105,251
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $842,936
- Management and general expenses
- $93,884
- Fundraising expenses
- $65,939
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $842,936
Program services were 84.1% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$57,741
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: SPARC
total $885,888 · related or exempt $885,888 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Rich Oak Tickets
total $19,123 · related or exempt $19,123 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2c · Program service revenue: Revisions
total $32,932 · related or exempt $32,932 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2d · Program service revenue: Educators for Empathy
total $9,000 · related or exempt $9,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2e · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $0 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11a · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11b · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11c · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $2,900 · related or exempt $2,900 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,900
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $133,513 · program services $33,378 · management and general $46,730 · fundraising $53,405
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,771 · program services $1,943 · management and general $2,720 · fundraising $3,108
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $9,316 · program services $2,329 · management and general $3,261 · fundraising $3,726
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,486 · program services $0 · management and general $10,486 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $3,000 · fundraising $3,000
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $786,522 · program services $782,228 · management and general $4,294 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,534 · program services $6,534 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $27,337 · program services $14,989 · management and general $12,348 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $14,026 · program services $0 · management and general $12,226 · fundraising $1,800
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
17 · Travel
total $1,535 · program services $1,535 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $702 · program services $0 · management and general $702 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Bank Charges & Fees
total $1,117 · program services $0 · management and general $1,117 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Fundraising Expenses
total $900 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $900
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24c · Other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $126,086 · end of year $101,972
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,412
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,477 · end of year $27,133
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $18,946 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $101,663 · end of year $105,251
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Bay Area Creative supports positive change through creative and expressive arts that uphold cultures provide therapeutic benefits and enhance communication skills primarily in underrepresented communities. We are driven by our resolute mission to actively disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline champion marginalized cultures and carve out a sanctuary for unbridled self-expression.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Bay Area Creative provides opportunities for creative expression and development of communication skills through work in spoken word programs with predominantly families of color in underserved neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
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Bay Area Creatives transformative journey from July 1 2023 to June 30 2024 was a beacon of artistic growth and community enrichment through our main program SPARC. SPARC provided over 17000 students across 63 sites the opportunity for growth through creative and artistic expression. This is both through SPARC workshops and community events hosted in schools throughout the Bay Area. 67% of those served through SPARC programming come from low income homes. 30% are English Language Learners with 73% identifying as BIPOC LatinX or AAPI students. This program delivered more than 5000 hours of workshops provided by 37 working artists to 5 Bay Area counties.
Expenses $748,123 · Revenue $885,888
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Rich Oak became a program of Bay Area Creative this year and continued to produce the Berkeley Slam the longest running poetry slam on the west coast. Rich Oak brings together local known and new poets including participants in the SPARC program with well-known poets from around the world for a weekly slam in the Bay Area. Audience and performers form a diverse reflection of the Bay Area community including BIPOC AAPI LatinX LGBTQ+ and all other types of identifying performers to a single stage. Serving an audience of a combined total of more than 3,200 people at 58 shows between July 1 2023 and June 30 2024. 32 featured performers headlined and over 700 poets and artists performed at Rich Oak events.
Expenses $68,626 · Revenue $19,123
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Revisions is Bay Area Creatives therapeutic arts program that works with organizations and providers to create lasting difference in participants lives through creative therapy such as writing and empathy education. Working with organizations such as The Social Changery BAC provided 150 participants access to therapeutic arts in 26 workshops focused on accessing trauma and healing in creative methods such as writing.
Expenses $23,787 · Revenue $32,932
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Educators for Empathy is a program designed to train educators in working with diverse students. This program served 500 teachers and staff in training to work with their specific students and communities.
Expenses $2,400 · Revenue $9,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Michael Taylor
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $58,105
- From this org
- $58,105
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Patrick Ohslund
Deputy Director
- Total calculated
- $55,298
- From this org
- $55,298
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Katherine Whitcraft
President of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Gloria Tse
Secretary of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mandy Bynum
Treasurer of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Marcus Scott
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kiely Corti
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jamie Kennedy
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kamikazi Taylor
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kelly Mendez Dimond
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jason Bayani
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Seana Condit-Gordon
President of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 24 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202510559349300201
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