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← GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,398,605
Total expenses
$25,151,602
Contributions and grants received
$20,795,837
Grants paid
$18,470,607
Program service revenue
$1,177,123
Investment income
$412,776
Other revenue
$12,869
Total assets, end of year
$15,191,269
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,463,948
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,727,321
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,316,243
Management and general expenses
$2,809,866
Fundraising expenses
$25,493
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,316,243

Program services were 88.7% 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)

    $20,387,013

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $408,824

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL

    total $1,154,206 · related or exempt $1,154,206

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESCINDED GRANTS

    total $14,400 · related or exempt $14,400

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $3,517 · related or exempt $3,517

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $365,567 · excluded $365,567

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,321,027

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

    securities $1,273,818

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $47,209

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $47,209 · excluded $47,209

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. REVENUE

    total $12,869 · excluded $12,869

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,869

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,137,657 · program services $16,137,657

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,314,033 · program services $2,314,033

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $18,917 · program services $18,917

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $635,280 · program services $21,000 · management and general $614,280

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,254,275 · program services $509,885 · management and general $744,390

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $135,038 · program services $52,927 · management and general $82,111

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $220,052 · program services $71,474 · management and general $148,578

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $121,501 · program services $35,568 · management and general $85,933

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $174,686 · program services $84,098 · management and general $90,588

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,502 · program services $2,796 · management and general $40,706

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $120,000 · program services $30,000 · management and general $90,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $25,493 · fundraising $25,493

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $55,313 · management and general $55,313

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $726,361 · program services $393,806 · management and general $332,555

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $135,878 · program services $118,181 · management and general $17,697

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,303 · program services $12,809 · management and general $34,494

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $321,258 · program services $234,882 · management and general $86,376

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $183,279 · program services $8,074 · management and general $175,205

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,094 · program services $8,310 · management and general $32,784

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $69,705 · program services $21,499 · management and general $48,206

  • 20 · Interest

    total $693 · management and general $693

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $96,308 · program services $23,397 · management and general $72,911

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,320 · program services $30,037 · management and general $18,283

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTS FESTIVAL OPERATION

    total $880,758 · program services $880,758

  • 24b · Other expenses: COLUMBUS MAKES ART CAMP

    total $725,273 · program services $725,273

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS

    total $433,692 · program services $433,692

  • 24d · Other expenses: WORKSHOPS AND ASSISTANC

    total $118,930 · program services $118,930

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $67,003 · program services $28,240 · management and general $38,763

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,088,088 · end of year $2,748,004

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,776,830 · end of year $3,047,294

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $118,296 · end of year $414,459

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $18,921 · end of year $16,698

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $189,371 · end of year $91,928

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

    $964,005

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

    $658,674

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $302,551 · end of year $305,331

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,296,662 · end of year $8,023,547

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $663,397 · end of year $544,008

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $572,121 · end of year $498,637

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $5,583,515 · end of year $5,417,335

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $128,960 · end of year $110,240

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $571,355 · end of year $437,736

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,706,993 · end of year $7,479,308

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $891,172 · end of year $1,248,013

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MISSION: TO CHAMPION AND ELEVATE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION OF GREATER COLUMBUS.VISION: POWER OF ART REALIZED. PEOPLE ENGAGED. CITY ENERGIZED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF GREATER COLUMBUS.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $19,219,340 · Grants $18,435,607 · Revenue $14,750

  • COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL - GCAC ORGANIZES THE ANNUAL COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL, WHICH IS HELD IN EARLY JUNE. THE FESTIVAL PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO VIEW AND PURCHASE WORK OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTISTS, LISTEN TO CONTINUOUS LIVE MUSIC, AND PARTICIPATE IN ART ACTIVITIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE REVENUES OF THE FESTIVAL REPRESENT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND BOOTH AND TENT RENTALS, AS WELL AS REVENUES FROM CONCESSIONS. FESTIVAL EXPENSES ARE FOR OPERATIONS, PROGRAMMING, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    Expenses $1,257,816 · Revenue $1,154,206

  • COLUMBUS MAKES ART CAMPAIGN - ART MAKES COLUMBUS/COLUMBUS MAKES ART IS A CITYWIDE MARKETING CAMPAIGN IN CENTRAL OHIO THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH THE ARTS AND ARTS EXPERIENCES. THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDES MARKETING OF ARTISTS AND ARTS EVENTS VIA A SEARCHABLE CALENDAR, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PAID DIGITAL BROADCAST AND PRINT ADS AND PROMOTING SELF-GUIDED PUBLIC ART TOURS. THE PUBLIC CAN BROWSE THE COLUMBUS MAKES ART WEBSITE TO FIND THOUSANDS OF ARTS EVENTS EACH YEAR, EXPLORE THE ARTISTS THAT CALL CENTRAL OHIO HOME AND FIND PUBLIC ART IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY.

    Expenses $725,273

  • FILM COLUMBUSFILM COLUMBUS AIMS TO GROW THE FILM INDUSTRY IN COLUMBUS AND CENTRAL OHIO BY CREATING JOBS AND PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE AREA. FILM COLUMBUS STRIVES TO BUILD COLUMBUS AS A TOP CITY FOR FILM EDUCATION, EXHIBITION, AND PRODUCTION. BEGINNING IN 2020, FILM COLUMBUS BECAME A DIVISON OF GCAC.ART IN PUBLIC PLACESIN 2025 GCAC LAUNCHED THE GREATER COLUMBUS PUBLIC ART STRATEGY, THE FIRST EVER COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC ART PLAN FOR COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. IT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM AT GCAC TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ARTISTS, BUSINESSES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO: CREATE PUBLIC ART, CONDUCT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ON PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, DEVELOP NEW PUBLIC ART PLANS FOCUSED ON BOTH ARTISTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY, DIRECTLY COMMISSION PUBLIC ART AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FOR PROJECTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT NEED TO NAVIGATE CITY AND COUNTY SERVICES AND PERMITS.COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS:JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTTHE PROGRAM IS THE WORLD'S LARGET ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT WORKFORCE READINESS, ENTREPRENEURESHIP, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY THROUGH EXPERIENCES, HANDS ON PROGRAMS. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAMS HELP PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE REAL WORLD BY SHOWING THEM HOW TO GENERATE WEALTH AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGE IT, HOW TO CREATE JOBS WHICH MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES MORE ROBUST, AND HOW TO APPLY ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING TO THE WORKFORCE. STUDENDS PUT THESE LESSONS INTO ACTION AND LEARN THE VALUE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.BROAD & HIGHGCAC'S PARTNERSHIP WITH WOSU HELPS PRODUCE A TELEVISED PROGRAM TO PROMOTE GREATER APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN CENTRAL OHIO. THE PROGRAM HAS GONE ON TO WIN NUMEROUS REGIONAL EMMY AWARDS, RECOGNIZING THEIR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE LOCAL ARTS.

    Expenses $1,113,814 · Grants $35,000 · Revenue $8,167

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jim Negron

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christie Angel

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Teed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefan Thomas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lourdes Barroso De Padilla

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raj Bellani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Brooks-Sullivan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Bukach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Cain

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Cavanaugh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valda Clark Christian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Frommeyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Currecia Gamble

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lea Goldsmith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian Labitue

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Celeste Malvar-Stewart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emmanuel Remy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Satterwhite

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krystopher Scott

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marshall Shorts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jayme Staley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tariq Tarey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yohannan Terrell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Townes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Webster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mitch Menchaca

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $43,150
    From this org
    $41,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,255
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Katzenmeyer

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $396,278
    From this org
    $353,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,787
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,456
    Bonus
    $73,035
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,899
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,888
    Filer's total
    $396,278

  • Kayla Green

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $195,851
    From this org
    $155,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,383
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,468
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,468
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,915
    Filer's total
    $195,851

  • Jami Goldstein

    CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $187,318
    From this org
    $152,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,347
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,971
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,556
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,791
    Filer's total
    $187,318

  • Alison Barret

    VP OF GRANTS & SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $169,742
    From this org
    $134,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,677
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,065
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,869
    Filer's total
    $169,742

  • John Daugherty

    FILM COLUMBUS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,598
    From this org
    $117,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,688
    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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
29 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621219349301017

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