Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$195,933

Total expenses

$136,822

Contributions and grants received

$195,933

Grants paid

$36,450

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$182,623

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$182,623

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$118,892

Management and general expenses

$14,830

Fundraising expenses

$3,100

Program service expenses (Part III)

$118,892

Program services were 86.9% 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 · 2022

• FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN A PREMIER SPONSOR OF BOCA DE ORO, THE FIRST FREE LITERARY ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA. THE FESTIVAL CURATES DIVERSE AND EVOCATIVE WRITERS, POETS, STORYTELLERS, AND ARTISTS WHO PRESENT THEIR WORK THROUGH LITERARY READINGS, WORKSHOPS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, POETRY SLAMS, SPOKEN WORD STYLES, AND MYRIAD VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCES. BOCA DE ORO BROUGHT TOGETHER 100 AUTHORS, 3,100 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTISTS, AND 3,000 SANTA ANA UNIFIED STUDENT PERFORMERS/CONTRIBUTORS TO PRESENT A DIVERSE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ACCESSIBILITY AND LITERACY IN THE ARTS. AFTER PIVOTING TO A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL IN 2021, THE BOCA DE ORO FESTIVAL OF LITERARY, VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS ROARED BACK IN-PERSON THIS YEAR. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT'S SUPPORT OF BOCA DE ORO INCLUDES SPONSORSHIP OF ARTISTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING A UK ARTIST WHO CREATED A BRILLIANT MURAL THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALSO FUNDS THE WORK OF A CREATIVE IN SAN JOSE, CA WHO DIRECTS AND ENGAGES OUTSIDE ARTISTS FOR MURAL AND OTHER IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AT SEVERAL AFFORDABLE APARTMENT PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. AMONG THE MONTHLY EVENTS SHE CURATED IN 2022, THE CREATIVE AND A LOCAL ARTIST CREATED A SPECIAL EVENT CENTERED AROUND THE LEGEND OF LA CIEBA, THE SACRED TREE OF THE MAYA THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE UNDERWORLD, EARTH AND HEAVEN. THE EVENING PROVIDED RESIDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECTIVELY SHARE POETRY AND STORIES ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES WHO HAD PASSED, RECALL PRECIOUS MEMORIES, AND CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES. SEVERAL RESIDENTS READ THEIR POEMS IN FRONT OF THE GROUP, AND OTHERS SHARED THEIR MEMORIES ONE-ON-ONE. ALL WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THEIR POEMS AND STORIES WHERE THEY CAN BE REFLECTED ON AND ADDED TO IN THE FUTURE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPONSORED THE FEEL BETTER COMMUNITY'S OUTREACH BY PROVIDING FREE YOGA CLASSES IN AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS. DURING COVID, THE PROGRAM QUICKLY SHIFTED TO VIRTUAL CLASSES/EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP RESIDENTS COPE WITH MONTHS OF LOCKDOWNS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. IN 2022, THE FEEL BETTER COMMUNITY CONTINUED THEIR WORK IN SENIOR APARTMENTS WITH VIRTUAL CLASSES.

  Expenses $43,834 · Grants $10,950

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ART PROJECTS ARE CRITICAL TO FOSTERING A VIBRANT, MORE CONNECTED SOCIETY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING GRANTS THAT SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS AND CREATIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PROJECTS. ONE OF OUR PRIMARY INITIATIVES IS OUR ARTISTS & CREATIVES GRANTS, WHICH AWARDS FUNDING TO THOSE PARTICULARLY IN MINORITY OR LGBQT COMMUNITIES MAKING OR PRESENTING CREATIVE WORK RELATING TO OR ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THESE PROJECTS ARE DIVERSE AND IMPACTFUL, SUCH AS PUBLIC MURALS THAT EXPRESS A COMMUNITY'S VOICE, VIDEOS AND PHOTOS THAT CAPTURE A COMMUNITY'S STORIES, AND INNOVATIVE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN CONNECT THROUGH SHARED CREATIVE EXPERIENCES. IN 2022, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARDED 10 ARTISTS/CREATIVES WITH INDIVIDUAL GRANTS RANGING FROM $1,500 TO $5,000. SINCE OUR INCEPTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS AWARDED INDIVIDUAL GRANTS TO 231 ARTISTS AND CREATIVES IN ITS COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD LESS ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL ARTS FUNDING. THESE TALENTED INDEPENDENT CREATIVES AND ARTIST COLLECTIVES ARE PRESENTING ART THAT ENGAGES COMMUNITIES IN NEW, DISTINCT AND IMAGINATIVE WAYS.

  Expenses $40,368 · Grants $25,500

• CREATIVES-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, CONCEIVED IN COOPERATION WITH GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER, BROADENS THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES. THE PROGRAM PLACED OUR CREATIVES IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND INVITED RESIDENTS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COLLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS, FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS THE GROWTH OF THIS MOVEMENT BY PROVIDING AN APARTMENT AND A STIPEND TO OUR CREATIVES AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP PLACE-BASED PROGRAMMING. A SHARED ART EXPERIENCE CAN BE A POWERFUL WAY TO CONNECT AND HEAL. IN 2022 IN PHOENIX, AZ, A NEW MURAL HAS BROUGHT THE VIBRANT DESERT LANDSCAPE ALIVE IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. THE ARTWORK WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT'S CREATIVE-IN-RESIDENCE WHO WORKED TOGETHER TO DESIGN AND PAINT THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL IN THE PLAYGROUND AREA. INITIATIVES SUCH AS THESE CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE VIBRANT, ENGAGED COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $34,690

As filed on the 2022 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

• SANTA ANA BUSINESS COUNCIL

  $10,950

  BOCA DE ORO FESTIVAL

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

14 July 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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