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← CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,060,170
Total expenses
$1,256,492
Contributions and grants received
$751,083
Grants paid
$427,496
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$309,087
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,530,996
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,273,077
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,257,919
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$926,503
Management and general expenses
$231,503
Fundraising expenses
$98,486
Program service expenses (Part III)
$926,503

Program services were 73.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $162,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $588,583

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $163,322 · excluded $163,322

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $768,655

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $622,890

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $145,765

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $145,765 · excluded $145,765

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $127,542 · program services $127,542

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $299,954 · program services $299,954

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $167,165 · program services $83,583 · management and general $50,150 · fundraising $33,432

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $228,668 · program services $178,334 · management and general $30,200 · fundraising $20,134

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,964 · program services $1,951 · management and general $607 · fundraising $406

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,733 · program services $5,222 · management and general $1,507 · fundraising $1,004

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,500 · program services $18,891 · management and general $6,965 · fundraising $4,644

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,197 · management and general $15,197

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,203 · management and general $34,203

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $22,122 · management and general $22,122

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,906 · program services $58,095 · management and general $37,625 · fundraising $28,186

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,960 · management and general $10,361 · fundraising $1,599

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,143 · management and general $7,831 · fundraising $4,312

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,846 · program services $31,705 · management and general $6,428 · fundraising $4,713

  • 17 · Travel

    total $668 · management and general $612 · fundraising $56

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,257 · management and general $1,257

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,123 · management and general $6,123

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTREACH, RECRUITING, AND COMMUNICATION

    total $84,641 · program services $84,326 · management and general $315

  • 24b · Other expenses: GUEST ARTISTS

    total $36,900 · program services $36,900

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $197,960 · end of year $594,577

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,456,810 · end of year $1,174,936

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,920 · end of year $7,563

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

    $11,728

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

    $11,611

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,375 · end of year $117

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,815,286 · end of year $4,753,803

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $155,762 · end of year $284,428

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $939,075 · end of year $988,649

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,960,328 · end of year $1,919,088

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,424,186 · end of year $3,338,831

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION CSSSAF SUPPORTS THE STUDENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CSSSA FROM PRE-APPLICATION THROUGH COLLEGE AND BEYOND.

  • CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION CSSSAF SUPPORTS CSSSA ALUMNI DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS PROGRAMS. PRIMARILY, THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION, CSSSAF PROVIDES COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THE CSSSA SUMMER PROGRAM. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, CSSSAF AWARDED 336,000 IN NEW COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 21 CREATIVE TEENS AND DISBURSED OVER 230,000 TO SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY AWARDED SCHOLARS. FOUNDATION STAFF COUNSELED AND SUPPORTED STUDENTS ON THEIR COLLEGE JOURNEYS AND WORKED WITH OVER 30 DIFFERENT SCHOOL FINANCIAL AID OFFICES TO FACILITATE AND MAXIMIZE THE AWARD. STUDENTS ATTENDED SCHOOLS SUCH AS CALARTS, ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, UC BERKELEY, BARD COLLEGE, CAL STATE FULLERTON, UCLA, USC, AND NYU TISCH. IN ADDITION, CSSSAF PARTNERS WITH COLLEGES TO OFFER INSTIUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS FOR CSSSA ALUMNI AND PROVIDES COLLEGE AND CAREER INFORMATION TO THE ALUMNI COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $348,779 · Grants $299,954

  • CSSSAF PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR EACH CSSSA SUMMER PROGRAM AND ITS STUDENTS THROUGH NEED-BASED TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TEACHING GUEST ARTISTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL SUPPORT. IN JULY AND AUGUST 2023, APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE SECOND IN-PERSON SESSION POST-PANDEMIC. CSSSAF PROVIDED 127,542 IN FULL AND PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO APPLIED FOR AND WERE APPROVED TO RECEIVE NEED-BASED FINANCIAL AID. CSSSAF PROVIDED ALL STUDENTS WITH A SUBSCRIPTION TO ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD, A FIELD TRIP TO SONY STUDIOS FOR FILM STUDENTS, AND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AS NEEDED. CSSSAF PROVIDED INDUSTRY EXPERTS, ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS, AND HIGH-PROFILE GROUPS AS TEACHING GUEST ARTISTS FOR EACH ARTS DISCIPLINE. THESE GUEST ARTISTS INCLUDED INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS, PERFORMERS, AND TEACHERS SUCH AS FAMED DANCER, SIDRA BELL VISUAL ARTIST, LAMONT WALKER. AND AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER, ED ZWICK WITH CONTRACTS TOTALING OVER 36,900 THESE ARTISTS PROVIDED INDUSTRY EXPOSURE, REAL-WORLD ADVICE, AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $356,076 · Grants $127,542

  • CSSSAF MANAGES A VARIETY OF OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CSSSA PROGRAM HELP ENSURE THE STUDENT BODY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF CALIFORNIAS DIVERSE POPULATION AND ENGAGE ALUMNI TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR CSSSA EXPERIENCE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, CSSSAF INCREASED ITS IN-SCHOOL RECRUITING AND VIRTUAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ARTS ORGS, AND IN AREAS OF THE STATE UNDERREPRESENTED AT CSSSA. CSSSAFS FULL-TIME PROGRAM MANAGER THE FORMER OUTREACH COORDINATOR CONTINUED THE WORK TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE OUTREACH AND TO MANAGE A GROWING NUMBER OF IN-SCHOOL PRESENTERS, BOTH CSSSA FACULTY AND ALUMNI, TO INSPIRE STUDENT INTEREST AND APPLICATIONS. CSSSAF ALSO PROVIDES IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING WITH ACCEPTED CSSSA STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE CSSSA SUMMER. CSSSAF ALSO MANAGES VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS THAT ENGAGE ALUMNI, PROVIDE INFORMATION ON OPPORTUNITIES, AND KEEPS THEM CONNECTED TO THEIR CSSSA NETWORK AND TO THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $221,648

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Emily Nye See Sch O

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,660
    From this org
    $113,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,643
    Hours/week
    50

  • Linda Horner From Aug 2023

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $49,559
    From this org
    $49,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Donna Miller Casey

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Cannone

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Masako Carpenter To Jul 2023

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Buck From Sep 2023

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Dolgen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Goldberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Morikawa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Rae Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Hirsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Drake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teri Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Kershaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janice Pober

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith McWilliams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER

    $127,542

    SEE PART IV

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531479349300958

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