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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by 3ARTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,557,868
Total expenses
$1,917,306
Contributions and grants received
$1,232,453
Grants paid
$1,033,514
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$325,415
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,486,596
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,295
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,464,301
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,409,533
Management and general expenses
$200,486
Fundraising expenses
$307,287
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,409,533

Program services were 73.5% 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)

    $94,730

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,137,723

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $15,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $249,899 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $982,904

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

    securities $907,388

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $75,516

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $75,516 · related or exempt $75,516 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $256,471 · program services $256,471

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $777,043 · program services $777,043

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $332,897 · program services $137,241 · management and general $77,205 · fundraising $118,451

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $216,802 · program services $89,379 · management and general $50,281 · fundraising $77,142

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,626 · program services $1,495 · management and general $840 · fundraising $1,291

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,173 · program services $9,141 · management and general $5,143 · fundraising $7,889

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,952 · program services $15,234 · management and general $8,570 · fundraising $13,148

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,644 · program services $11,809 · management and general $6,643 · fundraising $10,192

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,177 · program services $16,151 · management and general $9,086 · fundraising $13,940

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,660 · program services $7,281 · management and general $4,095 · fundraising $6,284

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $85,181 · program services $35,117 · management and general $19,755 · fundraising $30,309

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,740 · program services $3,603 · management and general $2,027 · fundraising $3,110

  • 17 · Travel

    total $539 · program services $222 · management and general $125 · fundraising $192

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,879 · program services $5,722 · management and general $3,219 · fundraising $4,938

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $854 · program services $352 · management and general $198 · fundraising $304

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,114 · program services $2,521 · management and general $1,418 · fundraising $2,175

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional Membership

    total $2,884 · program services $1,189 · management and general $669 · fundraising $1,026

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contract Services

    total $38,912 · program services $16,042 · management and general $9,024 · fundraising $13,846

  • 24c · Other expenses: Artists Professional Development

    total $14,530 · program services $14,530 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other Expenses

    total $8,571 · program services $3,333 · management and general $2,188 · fundraising $3,050

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,657 · program services $5,657 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $417,364 · end of year $686,691

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $872,880 · end of year $194,576

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,915 · end of year $26,509

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

    $30,547

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

    $28,640

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,761 · end of year $1,907

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,194,390 · end of year $10,311,888

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $265,025 · end of year $265,025

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,040 · end of year $22,295

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,545,017 · end of year $10,555,520

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,200,278 · end of year $908,781

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts is an Illinois nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area, including women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists. By providing unrestricted awards, project funding, residencies, professional development, and promotion, the Organization helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers over time. The Organization is supported primarily through public contributions, government grants, and investment income.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts is an Illinois nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area, including women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists. By providing unrestricted awards, project funding, residencies, professional development, and promotion, the Organization helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers over time.

  • 3Arts Awards: 3Arts provides three types of unrestricted awards to Chicago artists. 3Arts Awards are $30,000 grants given to 10 artists annually. Awardees are selected by national jury panels comprised of leaders in their fields. The awards program is the entry point to multiyear support that includes project funding, professional development, and residency fellowships. Each new 3Arts awardee participates in Make a Wave, an artist-to-artist giving program in which they select another 10 artists to receive $2,000 grants.The Next Level Awards are second grants of $60,000 each, given to past 3Arts Award recipients at critical junctures in their careers.

    Expenses $737,474 · Grants $735,970

  • 3AP Project Support: 3Arts artists are invited to participate in 3AP, a unique crowdfunding platform that supports the creation of 20 new art works annually. 3Arts pays for 1/3 of each projects funding goal, produces project video, and provides training in marketing and fundraising. To date 3Arts has supported over 200 new art works. This program maintains a 100% success rate with all artists reaching their funding goal.

    Expenses $140,143 · Grants $140,143

  • Residency Fellowships: 3Arts Residency Fellowships provide artists with uninterrupted time and space to focus on their creative practices at artist communities that are restorative and stimulating. In partnership with Artist Communities Alliance, we offer all-expenses-paid fellowships with $2,000 honoraria and airfare to artists in our network who want a creative sojourn to partner sites in France, Florida, California, and Maine. In partnership with Bodies of Work, a consortium that includes the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Access Living, 3Arts provides local residencies for Deaf and disabled artists to support the creation of new work, professional development, and public presentations.

    Expenses $75,927 · Grants $75,927

  • Peer Mentorship, Professional Development.

    Expenses $455,989 · Grants $81,469

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Katie Dowling

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kimberly Manuel - Dickens

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mel Smith

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Remberto Del Real

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joanie Friedman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Cochran

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pete Buse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sebastian Marentes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cheryl Desir

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alice DuBose

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Whitney Hill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erica Hubbard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erica Kubly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Mohrfeld

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Quiara

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathryn Simmons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Siurek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Wang

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Acasia Wilson Feinberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Esther Grimm

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $219,505
    From this org
    $186,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,923
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,582
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,323
    Filer's total
    $219,505

  • Sara Slawnik

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $113,392
    From this org
    $108,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,392
    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 March 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349315327

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