Totals
- Total revenue
- $108,846
- Total expenses
- $109,815
- Contributions and grants received
- $108,836
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $10
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $22,613
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $22,613
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $56,955
Program services were 51.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
Friends of the Orphan Signs is a collaborative public art and educational initiative that revitalizes abandoned road signs along historic Route 66. FOS facilitates collaborations with local communities with the aim of designing new imagery to install in the signs as public art pieces that explore neighborhood identity. In 2024 we developed artworks with 18 artists and developed relationships with 6 unique community groups and organizations. We installed 22 unique artworks on signs throughout the city of Albuquerque developed and installed an exhibition and held a series of three design charrettes that culminated in 15 new printed artworks that were incorporated in the City of Albuquerques public art collection.
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New Iconic Signs Design Charrette. In 2024 Friends of the Orphan Signs partnered with Risolana and the City of Albuquerques Public Art Program to launch the New Iconic Signs Design Charrette. This project invited local artists to reimagine Albuquerques empty signs as rich cultural symbols:Services Provided: Workshops were held where 15 selected artists engaged in collaborative design thinking and brainstorming around themes of cultural identity storytelling community care and resistance. Each artist then produced an original risograph print expressing their vision of a modern "iconic sign." These prints were compiled into a portfolio and curated into an exhibition at Gallery One in City Hall. Beneficiaries:15 participating artists received professional development stipends of $500 each mentorship and public exposure.The general public benefited from a free Gallery One exhibition Dec 2024Feb 14 2025 which displayed prints to an estimated 2,000+ visitors offering accessible engagement with community art. Relevant Outcomes: Established four guiding design principles: culture history storytelling and resistance that anchored subsequent initiatives Signal & Turn and ID Park Art. Produced a signed printed portfolio of 15 artworks that were added to the City of Albuquerques public art collection ensuring long-term cultural impact. Elevated the professional profiles of local artists and forged new collaborations between creatives public agencies and community print studios.
Expenses $27,463 · Grants $27,200
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Signal & TurnTemporary Sign Art Installations: This program transformed designs generated during the charrettes into temporary public artworks installed on five unused signs throughout Albuquerque. Services Provided: Commissioned artists to adapt their conceptual designs into large-format printed artworks which were then mounted onto existing vacant signage structures. Beneficiaries: Although there was no formal public programming the installations were publicly visible and estimated to have reached 200,000+ residents and commuters over a six-month display period. Relevant Outcomes:Activated neglected signage infrastructure with vibrant site-specific temporary artworks. Extended the reach of charrette-generated ideas into the public sphere. Elevated visibility for local artists working at the intersection of design storytelling and place-based cultural expression.
Expenses $18,317 · Grants $16,667
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International District Park Art Project: This ongoing project brings together four artists with four distinct communities in Albuquerques International District to co-create a permanent public artwork inspired by roadside signs. Services Provided: Facilitated a structured community-engaged design process where each artist was paired with a different cultural or geographic community to develop concept proposals. Beneficiaries: Engaged over 200 residents through in-person workshops interviews and outreach activities. The final installation expected in 2025 will serve an estimated 5,000+ park users annually. Relevant Outcomes: Co-developed culturally resonant design proposals rooted in the lived experiences of the IDs diverse populations. Built a collaborative model for public art creation grounded in community participation. Advanced a long-term vision for signage as both infrastructure and cultural monument.
Expenses $11,175 · Grants $25,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Lindsey Fromm
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $20,275
- Compensation
- $20,275
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202531679349200603
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