Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,126,684

Total expenses

$1,301,158

Contributions and grants received

$897,131

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$221,847

Investment income

$7,246

Other revenue

$460

Total assets, end of year

$601,745

Total liabilities, end of year

$230,178

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$371,567

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$831,987

Management and general expenses

$383,308

Fundraising expenses

$85,863

Program service expenses (Part III)

$831,987

Program services were 63.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SCHOOLS: IN 24-25, WE CARRIED OUT 33, SEMESTER OR YEAR-LONG SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION/ INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS, REACHING 350 STUDENTS AGES BIRTH TO 21 WITH A RANGE OF DISABILITIES IN MINNESOTA. IN OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TEAMS OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LEAD MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ACTIVITIES IN THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, POETRY AND VISUAL ARTS DESIGNED TO BUILD SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. WE WORK IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE METRO AREA, WITH OUR BIGGEST PRESENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $278,687 · Revenue $37,964

• ADULT: IN 24-25, WE CARRIED OUT 23 ADULT PROGRAMS INCLUDING A FOCUS ON ART OF RELATIONSHIPS AND ART OF PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, OUR INNOVATIVE SEX EDUCATION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PROGRAMMING THAT WORKS TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. IN OUR PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, TEAMS OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LEAD MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ACTIVITIES IN THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, POETRY AND VISUAL ARTS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP SOFT SKILLS SPECIFIC TO SELF ADVOCACY, THE WORKPLACE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AGES 21-75+. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO BENEFIT SUPPORT STAFF IN DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PARENTS/ GUARDIANS/ SUPPORT STAFF, WHO RECEIVE TRAINING ON CREATIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE VOICE AND CHOICE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. SOME OF OUR ADULT PROGRAMS ARE RUN IN COLLABORATION WITH ADULT DAY PROGRAMSORGANIZATIONS WHERE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL SERVICES. WE ALSO OFFER OPEN ENROLLMENT SELF ADVOCACY CLASSES FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WHERE THE ARTS OFFER A WAY TO NURTURE SELF-EXPRESSION AND SELF-DETERMINATION; ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES CAN USE THEIR MN STATE WAIVERED DOLLARS TO ATTEND THESE CLASSES.

  Expenses $443,035 · Revenue $117,943

• COMMUNITY/OUT OF STATE/MILWAUKEE: UPSTREAM ARTS CARRIES OUT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, LIBRARIES, CHURCHES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE ALSO DO TOURING COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND TRAINING OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. WE HAVE AN ONGOING PRESENCE IN MILWAUKEE, WI, WHERE WE CARRY OUT SCHOOL, ADULT AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUALLY. WE CARRY OUT REGULAR PROGRAMMING WITH MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND HARRY & ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER. IN 24-25, WE WORKED AT MILWAUKEE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THEIR ADULT CHAVERIM GROUP, AND WITH THEIR NEW ADULT DAY PROGRAM. WE ALSO CARRIED OUT RESIDENCIES IN MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, AND OFFERED A ROBUST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SERIES FOR MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS.

  Expenses $52,376 · Revenue $29,400

• ARTIST TRAINING: BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT ARTISTS ARE THE CATALYSTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, EACH YEAR WE INVEST IN TRAINING OUR ROSTER OF 30+ TEACHING ARTISTS WHO TEACH OUR PROGRAMS. WE PROVIDE TRAININGS ON UPSTREAM ARTS' APPROACH TO ACCESSIBLE ARTS-INFUSED INSTRUCTION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AND BRING IN EXTERNAL TRAINERS ON DISABILITY, ARTS OR EDUCATION RELATED TOPICS. IN 24-25 WE PROVIDED 45 HOURS OF TRAINING.

  Expenses $34,020

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: WE SHARE CREATIVE TOOLS FOR ADVANCING INCLUSION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAININGS ON ACCESS, UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND ART BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS. IN 24-25, WE CARRIED OUT 28 TRAININGS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, REACHING 1500 PEOPLE

  Expenses $23,869 · Revenue $37,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

10 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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