Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$955,105

Total expenses

$1,220,512

Contributions and grants received

$873,931

Grants paid

$178,350

Program service revenue

$40,191

Investment income

$68

Other revenue

$40,915

Total assets, end of year

$409,887

Total liabilities, end of year

$261,027

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$148,860

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$677,277

Management and general expenses

$445,175

Fundraising expenses

$98,060

Program service expenses (Part III)

$677,277

Program services were 55.5% 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 · 2023

• AN INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE FOR BALTIMORE ARTISTS-BAKER ARTIST PORTFOLIOS:FOR 14 YEARS, GBCA HAS MANAGED A FREE ONLINE PORTFOLIO USED BY 600 TO 1,000 TO HELP AREA ARTISTS CREATE AND MAINTAIN A CURRENT COLLECTION OF THEIR WORK. IN MANY CASES, ARTISTS USE THE PORTFOLIOS FOR THEIR PRIMARY WEBSITE. TO DATE, THE ASSOCIATED BAKER ARTIST AWARDS HAVE RECOGNIZED OVER 100 ARTISTS AND AWARDED OVER $1.3 MILLION TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING AND WORKING IN THE REGION. AHEAD OF ITS TIME, THE PORTFOLIOS HAS CREATED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS THAT IS VISITED BY CURATORS, COLLECTORS, MUSEUM LEADERS, PHILANTHROPIC VISIONARIES, AND OTHERS IN ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES USE THE SITE AS A PRIMER FOR STUDENTS BEING INTRODUCED TO THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN BALTIMORE AND TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND BEYOND. THE AWARDS INCLUDE A DESIGNATED SEGMENT ON MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION'S ART WORKS SERIES, PORTIONS OF WHICH ARE REBROADCAST IN OTHER NATIONAL MARKETS; A SEMIANNUAL EXHIBITION OF VISUAL ARTS AWARDEES AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, AND FINALIST SHOWCASES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DURING THIS TIME WHEN ARTISTS STRUGGLE TO CREATE AUTHENTIC AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS IN AN ONLINE SETTING, THE BAKER ARTIST PORTFOLIOS HAS NEARLY 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND OFFERS A MODEL FOR AUTHENTIC ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATRONS AND AMONGST ARTISTS. IT IS A SOURCE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE AND INSPIRATION, AND A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF INCOME FOR ARTISTS.

  Expenses $234,778 · Grants $127,500 · Revenue $40,191

• A HISTORY OF EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ANTI-RACISM WORK:CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY, URBAN ARTS LEADERSHIP (UAL) HAS BEEN THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF THE GREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE'S EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS. UAL SERVES AS A CAREER PIPELINE FOR EMERGING LEADERS FROM BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF COLOR, IN THE CULTURAL WORKFORCE. HAVING DEEP EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING AND OPERATING UAL, GBCA IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO RESPOND TO THE CURRENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL UPHEAVALS EXACERBATED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND RACIAL INJUSTICE. WORKING TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO EQUITY IN THE CULTURAL WORKFORCE, THE PROGRAM ALSO FOCUSES ON TOOLS AND TRAINING FOR PARTICIPATING HOST CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY RECRUIT, HIRE, AND RETAIN A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE. GBCA RECEIVED RENEWED SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS TO DEEPEN THE WORK OF THE UAL THROUGH ITS GROUNDBREAKING FIELD SCHOOL. THE FIELD SCHOOL TEACHES THE PRACTICES OF FOLKLORISTS AS A MEANS FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE AUTHENTICALLY AND RESPECTFULLY IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMING. THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, BEAUTY BENEATH THE BLIGHT, FOCUSED ON THE STORIES OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN BALTIMORE CITY. SKILLS DEVELOPED BY FELLOWS THROUGH THE FIELD SCHOOL ARE REPLICABLE AND CARRIED WITH EACH INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACEMENTS AND THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS. PARTNERS FOR THIS INITIATIVE INCLUDE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE FOLKLIFE CENTER. IMPORTANTLY, OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS UAL ALUMNI HAVE LAUNCHED EXCITING CAREERS AND ARE PUTTING THEIR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND THEIR TRAINING TO WORK. ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BENEFITED BY HIRING ALUMNI INCLUDE THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS, MARYLAND CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS, MARYLAND VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS, GREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE, AND MANY MORE.

  Expenses $235,864 · Grants $50,850

• OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, GBCA HAS REFINED ITS ROLE AS A WAYFINDER AND PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY. THROUGH ITS REGIONAL EVENTS CALENDAR, CULTURE FLY IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE OF EVENTS AND NOW VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES. THE SITE IS EASY TO USE AND HIGHLY SEARCHABLE BY INTEREST, GEOGRAPHY, DISCIPLINE, AND MORE. IT INCLUDES A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER TO 16,000 SUBSCRIBERS, CULTURE FLYER, THAT PROMOTES A WIDE OFFERING OF FREE AND HALF PRICED EVENTS. BECAUSE GBCA ALREADY HAD THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AS SOON AS THE PANDEMIC WAS DECLARED ORGANIZATIONS WERE QUICKLY ABLE TO BEGIN PROMOTING ONLINE EVENTS. AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED NEEDS FOR LEARNING AT HOME AND WELL-BEING RESOURCES, THOSE CATEGORIES WERE QUICKLY ADDED TO THE SEARCH OPTIONS. JUST PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE CULTURE FLY SITE HAD 103,000 VIEWS ANNUALLY AND AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 400 EVENT POSTINGS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE FOR GBCA MEMBERS, SAVING ON MARKETING COSTS AND LABOR. JOBSPLUS IS THE NUMBER ONE RESOURCE FOR CULTURAL POSITIONS IN THE REGION AND IS THE MOST HIGHLY VISITED OF ALL GBCA WEBSITES. GBCA IS ALSO A SOURCE FOR UP-TO-DATE FUNDING, ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES, ADVOCACY, SPACE, AND OTHER RESOURCES.

  Expenses $206,635

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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