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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$187,380
Total expenses
$346,492
Contributions and grants received
$179,501
Grants paid
$25,000
Program service revenue
$4,045
Investment income
$3,834
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$362,106
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,953
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$339,153
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$136,045
Management and general expenses
$150,021
Fundraising expenses
$60,426
Program service expenses (Part III)
$136,045

Program services were 39.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $93,700

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $85,801

  • 2a · Program service revenue: JUMP STARTER PROGRAM

    total $2,555 · related or exempt $2,555

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CRAFTBOSTON ON THE MOVE

    total $1,490 · excluded $1,490

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,031 · excluded $11,031

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $78,812 · other assets $1,000

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

    securities $85,810 · other assets $1,199

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,998 · other assets -$199

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,197 · related or exempt -$7,197

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $136,362 · program services $81,571 · management and general $23,802 · fundraising $30,989

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,913 · program services $6,153 · management and general $1,228 · fundraising $2,532

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,622 · program services $6,354 · management and general $1,854 · fundraising $2,414

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,542 · management and general $24,542

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $84,685 · program services $1,250 · management and general $73,120 · fundraising $10,315

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,088 · program services $954 · management and general $37 · fundraising $4,097

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,327 · program services $145 · management and general $4,007 · fundraising $175

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,911 · management and general $7,911

  • 17 · Travel

    total $638 · management and general $638

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $436 · management and general $436

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $936 · management and general $936

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,363 · management and general $7,363

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYMENTS TO CRAFTSPEOPLE

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS

    total $8,691 · program services $329 · management and general $692 · fundraising $7,670

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,398 · program services $84 · management and general $2,712 · fundraising $602

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $2,540 · program services $174 · management and general $734 · fundraising $1,632

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,040 · program services $2,031 · management and general $9

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,119 · end of year $75,705

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $130,637 · end of year $216,835

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $129,093 · end of year $69,272

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $951 · end of year $294

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

    $76,403

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

    $76,403

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,135

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $76,798

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,636 · end of year $21,023

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,365 · end of year $1,930

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $465,935 · end of year $309,804

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,797 · end of year $29,349

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS IS TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE IN CRAFTS BY ENCOURAGING THE CREATION, COLLECTION, AND CONSERVATION OF THE WORK OF CRAFT ARTISTS AND BY EDUCATING AND PROMOTING PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP. TO FULFILL OUR MISSION, THE SOCIETY SPONSORS EXHIBITIONS, AWARD PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. WE ALSO PROMOTE THE WORK OF OVER 400 CRAFT ARTISTS IN OUR VIRTUAL GALLERY ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

  • CRAFTBOSTON ON THE MOVE ALLOWS THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFT TO PARTNER WITH OTHER LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATION SUCH AS MUSEUMS, SCHOOLS, CRAFT ORGANIZATION TO HIGHLIGHT THE VARIOUS CRAFTS AND ARTISTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM IS TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AN TO EMPHASIZE THE WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS IN LARGER INSITUTIONS.

    Expenses $109,045 · Revenue $1,490

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING ARTIST MENTORING PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL CRAFT TOURS AND BUSINESS TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR CRAFT ARTISTS FEATURING PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON SELECTING A MARKET, PRICING OF THE ARTISTS' WORKS, LEGAL, TAX, FINANCE AND INSURANCE ISSUES, ERGONOMICS FOR THE STUDIO ARTIST AND A PORTFOLIO REVIEW AND SLIDE CRITIQUES.

    Expenses $27,000 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $2,555

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marica Young

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $44,220
    From this org
    $44,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lorraine Bressler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Ellen-Deane Cummins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jeannine Falino

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11
  • Lynne Francis-Lunn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20.5
  • Aspen Golann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Katina Leodas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    21
  • Jane Lorch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Colleen Messing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Judith Obermayer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Queen Allotey- Pappoe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gary Roberts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lois Russell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Josephine Stealey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Tracy Steepy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Martin Wice

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
5 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202442219349300414

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