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← THE DESERT BIENNIAL

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE DESERT BIENNIAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,269,162
Total expenses
$2,839,083
Contributions and grants received
$1,241,762
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$27,400
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$511,716
Total liabilities, end of year
$166,272
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$345,444
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,386,452
Management and general expenses
$148,097
Fundraising expenses
$304,534
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,386,452

Program services were 84.1% 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)

    $105,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,136,762

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $18,144

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRANSPORT TO ART EXHIB

    total $27,400 · related or exempt $27,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $145,210 · program services $87,126 · management and general $29,042 · fundraising $29,042

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $307,243 · program services $154,484 · management and general $7,154 · fundraising $145,605

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $36,775 · program services $19,638 · management and general $2,942 · fundraising $14,195

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,440 · program services $19,459 · management and general $2,915 · fundraising $14,066

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $86,230 · management and general $86,230

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $33,781 · fundraising $33,781

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $193,508 · program services $172,455 · fundraising $21,053

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,139 · program services $16,193 · management and general $6,155 · fundraising $13,791

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,343 · program services $7,918 · management and general $553 · fundraising $9,872

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,520 · program services $38,402 · management and general $3,935 · fundraising $5,183

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,096 · program services $5,925 · management and general $888 · fundraising $4,283

  • 24a · Other expenses: ART EXHIBITS - PRODUCTI

    total $1,592,847 · program services $1,592,802 · management and general $45

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EDU

    total $248,606 · program services $248,606

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER SUPPLIES

    total $27,201 · program services $5,300 · management and general $8,238 · fundraising $13,663

  • 24d · Other expenses: GOODS AND MATERIALS FOR

    total $18,144 · program services $18,144

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,941,498 · end of year $429,016

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $73,664 · end of year $82,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $99,797 · end of year $166,272

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,890,365 · end of year $345,444

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE DESERT BIENNIAL PRODUCES AND PRESENTS INTERNATIONAL SITE- SPECIFIC ART EXHIBITS THAT ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS. THE EXHIBITIONS FEATURE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE WHO FOCUS ATTENTION ON SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN RESPONSE TO THE DESERT LANDSCAPE. THE ORGANIZATION CREATES AND PRESENTS CONCURRENTLY FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN THAT ENHANCE AND EXPAND THE ARTISTS' WORKS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE DESERT BIENNIAL PRODUCES AND PRESENTS FREE TO THE PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL SITE SPECIFIC ART EXHIBITS IN DESERT LANDSCAPES.

  • THE DESERT BIENNIAL SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED AND PRESENTED DESERT X 2023, AN INTERNATIONAL SITE-SPECIFIC EXHIBITION IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY THAT WAS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. OVER THE COURSE OF TEN WEEKS. UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CURATORS, THE EXHIBITION WAS COMPRISED OF TWELVE HIGHLY PRAISED CONTEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS CREATED BY ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE EXHIBITIONS WERE PRESENTED IN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND NO TRACE OF THE EXHIBITIONS REMAINED ONCE THEY WERE REMOVED. FOR TEN WEEKS DESERT X 2023 WELCOMED AN AUDIENCE OF 500,000 TO ITS TWELVE EXHIBITIONS AND TWENTY FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THE EDUCATION INITIATIVES SERVED OVER 2,500 STUDENTS ACROSS THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INCLUDED A PUBLIC END-OF-YEAR EXHIBITION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS' WORK DEVELOPED UNDER OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 20,000 BILINGUAL PRINTED PROGRAMS WITH INTERPRETATIVE MATERIALS WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THROUGH OUR PARTNER CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS 10,000 BI-LINGUAL FAMILY GUIDES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

    Expenses $2,386,452 · Revenue $27,400

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SUSAN DAVIS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • VICKI HOOD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • STEVEN NASH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ELIZABETH SORENSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LINDA USHER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DIANE ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALYSE ARCHER-COLTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JARVIS CRAWFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICHOLAS GALANIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMIE KABLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZOE LUKOV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH RUDIN DEWOODY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL SANCHEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROSWITHA SMALE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY WEARSTLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNY GIL

    HIGHEST COMP EMP

    Total calculated
    $122,188
    From this org
    $122,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421349349308557

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