Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,128,951

Total expenses

$1,363,434

Contributions and grants received

$1,083,624

Grants paid

$896,945

Program service revenue

$23,902

Investment income

$18,764

Other revenue

$2,661

Total assets, end of year

$525,755

Total liabilities, end of year

$40,596

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$485,159

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,032,569

Management and general expenses

$269,857

Fundraising expenses

$61,008

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,032,569

Program services were 75.7% 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 · 2024

• CONVENING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SECTOR CONNECTIONARTSNOW CONVENED ARTISTS, ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS, FUNDERS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT FY2025 TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS, SHARE KNOWLEDGE, AND BUILD SHARED UNDERSTANDING. CONVENINGS INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, PLANNING SESSIONS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND LARGE-SCALE GATHERINGS SUCH AS THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING CONFERENCE.THESE ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON PRACTICAL SKILL BUILDING, PEER LEARNING, AND CROSS-SECTOR DIALOGUE, SUPPORTING BOTH INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS. ARTSNOW'S CONVENINGS STRENGTHENED ACCESS TO RESOURCES, INCREASED COORDINATION ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, AND SUPPORTED THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND RELEVANCE OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR IN SUMMIT COUNTY.PROVIDING ACCESS TO ARTS AND CULTURE INFORMATION AND RESOURCESARTSNOW CONTINUED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS WITH ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE OFFERINGS ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. THROUGH ITS ONLINE PLATFORMS, INCLUDING SUMMITLIVE365, ARTSNOW PROMOTED CULTURAL EVENTS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND CALLS FOR ARTISTS, SERVING AS A CENTRALIZED INFORMATION HUB FOR THE REGION.IN ADDITION, ARTSNOW PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS, ARTISTS, AND CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERS, INCLUDING CIVIC, BUSINESS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THESE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCAL CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM, IMPROVING ACCESS TO BEST PRACTICES, AND STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF PARTNERS TO ENGAGE WITH ARTS AND CULTURE AS A CORE COMPONENT OF COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.AGGREGATING DATA AND INFORMING STRATEGYIN FY2025, ARTSNOW CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN ITS ROLE AS A REGIONAL DATA RESOURCE BY AGGREGATING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION RELATED TO CULTURAL PARTICIPATION, INVESTMENT, AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. BUILDING ON THE AKRON/SUMMIT CULTURAL PLAN'S ORIGINAL STATIC MAPS, ARTSNOW ADVANCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH SUMMIT COUNTY PLANNING AND GIS STAFF TO DEVELOP UPDATED, DYNAMIC TOOLS THAT BETTER SUPPORT STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING, INVESTMENT ALIGNMENT, AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION.ARTSNOW ALSO USED DATA COLLECTED FROM GRANTEES, CONVENINGS, SURVEYS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO INFORM PROGRAM DESIGN, GRANTMAKING PRIORITIES, AND SECTOR SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTUREARTSNOW CONTINUED TO ADMINISTER AND GROW THE ARTSFORWARD GRANT PROGRAM, A COUNTYWIDE FUNDING INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO INVEST IN ARTISTS, ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROJECTS ADVANCING THE AKRON/SUMMIT CULTURAL PLAN. SINCE LAUNCHING ITS GRANTMAKING WORK, ARTSNOW HAS INVESTED $1,432,577 THROUGH ARTSFORWARD, SUPPORTING A TOTAL OF 135 GRANTEES, INCLUDING 54 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND 80 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2025, ARTSNOW AWARDED $507,343 TO 55 ARTSFORWARD GRANTEES. OUTCOMES REPORTED BY GRANTEES DEMONSTRATE THE BROADER IMPACT OF THIS WORK. IN A TWELVE-MONTH REPORTING PERIOD, 2023 ARTSFORWARD GRANTEES SECURED AN ADDITIONAL $155,231 IN FUNDING FROM LOCAL AND NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, AND EARNED INCOME; HOSTED 348 UNIQUE PERFORMANCES, CLASSES, AND WORKSHOPS; ENGAGED MORE THAN 20,000 PARTICIPANTS; AND EMPLOYED OR PAID 340 INDIVIDUALS. (THIS WORK OCCURRED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024.)

  Expenses $1,032,569 · Grants $896,945 · Revenue $23,902

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

• SUMMIT ARTSPACE

  $143,855

  ARTSFORWARD

• CITY OF GREEN

  $50,000

  ARTSFORWARD

• TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION

  $39,999

  ARTSFORWARD

• THE MOVEMENT PROJECT

  $38,000

  ARTSFORWARD

• SUMMIT CHORAL SOCIETY

  $26,500

  CREATIVE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

• ART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS

  $25,000

  ARTSFORWARD

• BALLET EXCEL OHIO

  $25,000

  ARTSFORWARD

• CITY OF STOW

  $25,000

  ARTSFORWARD

• CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER

  $25,000

  ARTSFORWARD

• DOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP INC

  $25,000

  ARTSFORWARD

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

16 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620489349300612

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