Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$378,297

Total expenses

$424,352

Contributions and grants received

$377,855

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$257

Investment income

$185

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$34,716

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,750

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$26,966

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$319,766

Management and general expenses

$100,521

Fundraising expenses

$4,065

Program service expenses (Part III)

$319,766

Program services were 75.4% 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

• WITH SUPPORT FROM A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION, ONE COLUMBIA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST PUBLIC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND PUBLIC ART INTERN PROGRAMS AND CONTINUED THE PUBLIC ART ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. PUBLIC ART IN RESIDENCE LAUREN ANDREU SERVED FOR EIGTH MONTHS, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ON THE TOPIC OF MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, ART SESSIONS WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AND A GALLERY TALK AT SOUL HAUS GALLERY. SHE HAS COMPLETED A MURAL DESIGN BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT, AND A LOCATION IS BEING SECURED FOR INSTALLATION. PUBLIC ART INTERN JULIA GREEN JOINED THE TEAM TO CATALOG THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION. SHE DOCUMENTED LOCATIONS, ART TYPES, AND CONDUCTED A DIVERSITY AUDIT TO ASSESS ARTIST REPRESENTATION. THIS DATA WILL GUIDE FUTURE ACQUISTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS. JULIA ALSO CREATED A SELF GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF MAIN STREET'S PUBLIC ART, WHICH WAS FEATURED DURING PARKING DAY.

  Expenses $83,700

• PARTNERED WITH THE VISTA GUILD ON THE LINCOLN TUNNEL PROJECT, AN ARTISTIC LIGHTING INSTALLATION DESIGNED TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND BEAUTIFY THE TUNNEL CONNECTING TO THE VISTA. THIS PROJECT WILL BE A KEY GATEWAY AS FINLAY PARK REOPENS IN THE FALL OF 2025, IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY. ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE VISTA GUILD ON A PUBLIC MURAL ON THE 1100 BLOCK OF PARK STREET HONORING COLUMBIA'S LAURA SPONGE. THE WORK BLENDS IMAGERY OF A 19TH CENTURY TRAIN CONDUCTOR WITH A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST, CREATING A STRIKING PORTRAIT THAT BOTH CELEBRATES LOCAL HISTORY AND CONCEALS A TRASH RECEPTACLE--DEMONSTRATING HOW PUBLIC ART CAN BE BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND INSPIRING.

  Expenses $47,000

• ONE COLUMBIA CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY THE WORK OF THE COLUMBIA, SC CULTURAL COMMUNITY BY MAINTAINING A COMPREHENSIVE CULTURAL CALENDAR AND PROMOTING REGIONAL EVENTS. THE ORGANIZATION ADVISES CITY AND COMMMUNITY LEADERS ON HOW ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ENHANCE THE AREA'S VIBRANCY AND VITALITY WHILE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC ART POLICY.

  Expenses $110,000 · Revenue $257

• OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES.

  Expenses $79,066

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

7 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202543129349300014

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