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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MEETINGHOUSE ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$314,225
Total expenses
$315,460
Contributions and grants received
$181,447
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$130,070
Investment income
$2,708
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$662,640
Total liabilities, end of year
$959
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$661,681
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$275,276
Management and general expenses
$26,300
Fundraising expenses
$13,884
Program service expenses (Part III)
$275,276

Program services were 87.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $6,090

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $27,610

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $147,747

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Art Sales

    total $47,688 · related or exempt $47,688 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Performances and Space Rental

    total $82,382 · related or exempt $82,382 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,708 · related or exempt $2,708 · 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

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $54,230 · program services $37,961 · management and general $10,846 · fundraising $5,423

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $26,890 · program services $18,823 · management and general $5,378 · fundraising $2,689

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,206 · program services $4,346 · management and general $1,240 · fundraising $620

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $249 · management and general $249

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,000 · program services $2,100 · management and general $600 · fundraising $300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,366 · program services $7,420 · management and general $1,964 · fundraising $982

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,202 · program services $5,842 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,360

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,145 · program services $1,500 · management and general $431 · fundraising $214

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,022 · program services $13,022

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,037 · program services $41,897 · management and general $2,760 · fundraising $1,380

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $54,454 · program services $54,454 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,624 · program services $6,876 · management and general $1,832 · fundraising $916

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $2,581 · program services $2,581 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Credit Card Fees

    total $1,904 · program services $1,904 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Commissions to Artists

    total $37,397 · program services $37,397 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fees to Performers

    total $39,153 · program services $39,153 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $95,850 · end of year $53,658

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,101 · end of year $70,998

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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

  • 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

    $690,830

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

    $152,846

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $543,006 · end of year $537,984

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,042 · end of year $959

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · 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

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $662,915 · end of year $661,681

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Meetinghouse Arts is to cultivate Greater Freeport as a vibrant center for arts and culture by fostering creative collaboration, expanding access to arts and cultural assets, and amplifying the arts and culture as powerful tools to create, strengthen, and connect community.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of Meetinghouse Arts is to cultivate Greater Freeport as a vibrant center for arts and culture by fostering creative collaborations, expanding access to arts and cultural resources, and amplifying the arts and culture as tools to economically strengthen, educate, and connect community.

  • 2023 saw progress on numerous fronts. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded us an "Our Town" grant to help finance a project to capture a moment in time in Freeport, ME. As the town looks to diversify from its identity as an outlet store mecca, this project identifies the qualities residents most value and celebrate about their hometown. The NEA grant is especially valued as it seldom goes to organizations as young as Meetinghouse Arts. The project is taking place in 2024.

  • Helping to fulfill our mission, we mounted a multi-faceted exhibit of Robert Shetterly's "Americans Who Tell The Truth" project in our Gallery, with support activities on our Stage. The exhibit included: * a showing of Shetterly's portraits of truth-tellers in our Gallery, * a one-woman show on our Stage focussed on truth-teller Rachel Carson, * an Indigenous Peoples panel discussion and screening of the related movie "Dawnland," It also provided an opportunity to engage with our schools. We worked with teachers on lesson plans inspired by Shetterly's truth-tellers. Students visited the Gallery to witness and discuss Shetterly's portraits and the difference individuals can make through the strength of their convictions.

    Expenses $8,500 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $2,550

  • The Onion Foundation also supported our work with an operational grant which has had the follow-up benefit of workshops to help strengthen Meetinghouse Arts as an organization. Meetinghouse Arts offers a variety of theatrical genres and cultural diversity exhibits for both local and regional artists. These include new vaudevillians, circus arts performers, improv comedy teams, jazz musicians, classical musicians, dance and spoken word artists. We collaborated with other not for profit organizations to bring engaging lectures to our stage as well as musical performances.

    Expenses $266,776 · Grants $10,000 · Revenue $301,517

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Suzanne Watson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Daric Ebert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Webster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Evan Haynes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jane Bradley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stacey Lodato

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Scott Miller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kate Werner

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Penny Davis Dublin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lynn Shaffer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Nancy Salmon

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Randy Mraz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jamie Peloquin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Audrey Piltch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shari Broder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
28 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433039349300908

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