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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GRAY AREA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,693,873
Total expenses
$6,995,262
Contributions and grants received
$1,714,428
Grants paid
$15,120
Program service revenue
$4,981,718
Investment income
-$2,273
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,346,614
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,289,009
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$57,605
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,702,193
Management and general expenses
$236,011
Fundraising expenses
$57,058
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,702,193

Program services were 95.8% 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

    $37,635

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $357,506

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,319,287

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES CONTRACT REVE

    total $4,287,683 · related or exempt $4,287,683

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $257,814 · related or exempt $257,814

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $230,930 · related or exempt $230,930

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $83,296 · related or exempt $83,296

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TUITION/WORKSHOPS

    total $82,828 · related or exempt $82,828

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $39,167 · related or exempt $39,167

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,712 · excluded $3,712

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

    other assets $5,985

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$5,985

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,985 · excluded -$5,985

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $15,120 · program services $15,120

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $202,348 · program services $190,610 · management and general $7,730 · fundraising $4,008

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,527,730 · program services $1,439,104 · management and general $58,363 · fundraising $30,263

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,323 · program services $70,932 · management and general $4,209 · fundraising $2,182

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $143,323 · program services $135,082 · management and general $5,427 · fundraising $2,814

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $65,780 · management and general $65,780

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,844,609 · program services $3,827,769 · management and general $16,834 · fundraising $6

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $88,463 · program services $88,317 · management and general $125 · fundraising $21

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,857 · program services $54,023 · management and general $27,331 · fundraising $2,503

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,140 · program services $15,386 · management and general $2,928 · fundraising $2,826

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $342,771 · program services $327,453 · management and general $15,183 · fundraising $135

  • 17 · Travel

    total $126,144 · program services $125,899 · management and general $245

  • 20 · Interest

    total $23,634 · program services $48 · management and general $23,586

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,115 · program services $29,115

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,577 · program services $6,684 · management and general $4,859 · fundraising $34

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT & SUPPLIE

    total $230,273 · program services $230,231 · management and general $36 · fundraising $6

  • 24b · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PAYM

    total $103,955 · program services $103,955

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES

    total $42,617 · program services $40,028 · management and general $1,712 · fundraising $877

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $12,398 · program services $1,009 · management and general $6 · fundraising $11,383

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,085 · program services $1,428 · management and general $1,657

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $542,012 · end of year $307,864

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $781,826 · end of year $537,490

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $704,227

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $406,446 · end of year $277,754

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,824 · end of year $5,848

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

    $637,870

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

    $557,282

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $64,096 · end of year $80,588

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,144 · end of year $3,067

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $11,029 · end of year $18,503

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $503,596 · end of year $411,273

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $458,446 · end of year $692,144

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,508,726 · end of year $1,596,865

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $156,435 · end of year -$378,857

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $193,366 · end of year $436,462

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GRAY AREA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS APPLIES ART AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT THROUGH EDUCATION, INCUBATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. IT TESTS AND SCALES PROJECTS WITH HIGH IMPACT POTENTIAL AND TEACHES DIGITAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS. GRAY AREA OPERATES THE GRAND THEATER TO SUPPORT CULTURAL EVENTS YEAR-ROUND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GRAY AREA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS APPLIES ART AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT.

  • PUBLIC EVENTS:WE HOSTED NINETY-FIVE (70) TOTAL EVENTS IN 2023. TWENTY-ONE (21) OF THESE WERE FREE FOR THE PUBLIC. EIGHTEEN (18) OF THESE EVENTS WERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WE SUPPORTED THROUGH SHARING RESOURCES AND STAFF. WE DIRECTLY PAID 397 ARTISTS. WE ELEVATE A PLURALITY OF VOICES THROUGH THOUGHTFUL CURATION OF ARTISTS AND PRESENTERS, INCLUDING LGBTQIA2+ AND BIPOC ARTISTS, HIGHLIGHTING ISSUES AND INTERESTS IMPORTANT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN 2023, WE GENERATED $1.8MM IN REVENUE PAID DIRECTLY TO 93 UNDERREPRESENTED OR MARGINALIZED ARTISTS, REPRESENTING 33% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET. GRAY AREA ENJOYS AN IN-PERSON AUDIENCE OF OVER 30,000 VISITORS A YEAR. OUR AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS INCLUDE DIVERSE GENDER, ETHNICITY, INCOME, AND AGE REPRESENTATION: 72% OF OUR AUDIENCE IDENTIFIES AS BIPOC, AND 70% AS LGBTQIA2+.AS A FLAGSHIP EFFORT TO CREATE DIALOGUE WITH OUR LOCAL MISSION DISTRICT, IN 2023 GRAY AREA PRODUCED TECHS-MECHS, A NEW SURVEY OF TEN WORKS BY RENOWNED MEXICAN-CANADIAN MEDIA ARTIST RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER. SPANNING IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS, KINETIC SCULPTURES, GENERATIVE ANIMATIONS, AND LARGE-SCALE SHADOW THEATERS, TECHS-MECHS PRESENTED CANONICAL WORKS FROM THE ARTIST'S OEUVRE ALONGSIDE A RICH CHRONOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURAL HISTORY IN LOZANO-HEMMER'S NATIVE MEXICO. TECHS-MECHS WELCOMED AROUND 10,000 VISITORS OVER ITS TWO MONTH RUN. ADMISSION WAS OFFERED FOR FREE TO MISSION DISTRICT RESIDENTS, REPRESENTING AROUND 25% OF ALL ATTENDEES.WE DID NOT PRODUCE A DEDICATED FUNDRAISING EVENT IN 2023.

    Expenses $791,494 · Grants $7,620

  • EDUCATION:GRAY AREA'S EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE WORKSHOPS AND INTENSIVE COURSES. GRAY AREA DEVELOPS STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART, AND MATHEMATICS) CURRICULUM FOR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT BY TEACHING INTERDISCIPLINARY SKILLS THROUGH THE CREATION OF ARTWORK. WE PRIORITIZE ENROLLMENT FOR A DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUNDS WITHIN OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, 80% OF OUR STUDENTS SELF-IDENTIFIED AS WOMEN, MINORITIES, OR OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN TECHNOLOGY FIELDS. IN THE LAST YEAR, WE RAN 25+ UNIQUE ONLINE, FREE, AND LOW-COST EDUCATION ACTIVITIES LED BY ARTISTS, OFFERED TO OVER 1600 STUDENTS, 73% OF WHOM WERE WOMEN/LGBTQIA2+ AND 72% BIPOC. OUR ONLINE COURSES WELCOMED OVER 300 GLOBAL STUDENTS.GRAY AREA'S CREATIVE RESOURCE LIBRARY IS A FREE LENDING LIBRARY OFFERING THE TOOLS NEEDED TO CREATE ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND SOUND ART. PAIRED WITH ACCESS TO WORKSHOPS, LABS, AND EVENTS THIS COLLECTIVE RESOURCE HELPS ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO CREATION FOR COMMUNITY ARTISTS.

    Expenses $406,628 · Grants $7,500

  • RESEARCH:GRAY AREA'S RESEARCH SERVICES INCLUDE RESIDENCY, RESEARCH LAB, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. GRAY AREA COLLABORATES WITH ARTISTS AND CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS WHO CRITICALLY INVESTIGATE NEW IDEAS, CREATE AND ADAPT TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH THEIR WORK, AND ENGAGE WITH PRESSING SOCIAL AND CIVIC ISSUES.OUR CRIPTECH METAVERSE LAB GATHERED A NATIONAL COHORT OF DISABLED CREATIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO TO EXPERIENCE IMMERSIVE MEDIA WORKS. THIS LAB SOUGHT TO GENERATE COLLECTIVE, PARTICIPATORY ACCESS THROUGH CONVENINGS THAT INVITED TEN ARTISTS WORKING IN DIFFERENT MODALITIES FROM SOUND DESIGN AND DANCE TO VIRTUAL REALITYTO ENCOUNTER AND COLLECTIVELY IMAGINE OR "CRIP" NEW CREATIVE PATHWAYS FOR EXPERIENCING METAVERSE ARTWORKS.

    Expenses $5,444,928

  • MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:

    Expenses $59,143

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Selken

    CO -CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dave Elfving

    CO -CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Abby Diaz Hadidian

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dorothy Santos

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nadav Hochman

    ASSOC. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,500
    From this org
    $95,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Martin Rauchbauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grace Wong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barry Threw

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $106,848
    From this org
    $106,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cameron Lonyear

    AIR OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $178,098
    From this org
    $178,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,098
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $178,098

  • Jessica Shaefer

    AIR PROGRAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $146,162
    From this org
    $146,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anne Schneider

    AIR PROJECT PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $140,083
    From this org
    $140,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stephanie Baptist

    AIR PROJECT PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $125,972
    From this org
    $125,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachelle Reichert

    AIR OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $118,878
    From this org
    $113,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,000
    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

None.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349326139

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