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← FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IN PROVINCETOWN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IN PROVINCETOWN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,833,892
Total expenses
$3,344,274
Contributions and grants received
$2,063,117
Grants paid
$405,857
Program service revenue
$703,653
Investment income
$96,075
Other revenue
-$28,953
Total assets, end of year
$8,507,892
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,567,164
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,940,728
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,502,172
Management and general expenses
$495,968
Fundraising expenses
$346,134
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,502,171

Program services were 74.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $339,438

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $582,853

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,140,826

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $414,338 · related or exempt $414,338

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $223,264 · related or exempt $223,264

  • 2c · Program service revenue: APPLICATION FEES

    total $66,051 · related or exempt $66,051

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $96,075 · excluded $96,075

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $218,134

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $339,438

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $283,034

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$64,900

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $38,493

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,546

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $35,947 · related or exempt $35,947

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $381,985 · program services $381,985

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $23,872 · program services $23,872

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $151,856 · program services $83,521 · management and general $30,371 · fundraising $37,964

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $776,101 · program services $616,245 · management and general $45,740 · fundraising $114,116

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $114,178 · program services $88,382 · management and general $8,046 · fundraising $17,750

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,489 · program services $57,847 · management and general $6,177 · fundraising $12,465

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,810 · management and general $4,810

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,000 · management and general $56,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $120,498 · fundraising $120,498

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $23,318 · management and general $23,318

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $658,691 · program services $645,972 · management and general $11,185 · fundraising $1,534

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,264 · program services $31,114 · fundraising $5,150

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,745 · program services $20,128 · management and general $69,015 · fundraising $1,602

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $156,095 · program services $119,449 · management and general $36,646

  • 20 · Interest

    total $76,366 · program services $40,331 · management and general $36,035

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $243,737 · program services $165,741 · management and general $77,996

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $180,294 · program services $73,280 · management and general $84,466 · fundraising $22,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MATERIALS

    total $137,368 · program services $137,368

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $35,607 · program services $16,937 · management and general $6,163 · fundraising $12,507

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $222,244 · end of year $241,808

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $140,510 · end of year $46,052

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $944,114 · end of year $479,851

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $10,269

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,500 · end of year $4,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $72,511 · end of year $100,499

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

    $8,090,769

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

    $3,980,656

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,178,758 · end of year $4,110,113

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,964,374 · end of year $3,514,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $288,151 · end of year $229,169

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $30,339 · end of year $19,470

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,141,788 · end of year $1,168,525

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $144,131 · end of year $150,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,006,760 · end of year $3,196,706

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,915,842 · end of year $3,744,022

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IS AN ARTIST-LED ORGANIZATION BASED IN PROVINCETOWN AND CONNECTED TO THE WORLD. WE SUPPORT ARTISTIC FREEDOM, NURTURE CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, AND MAKE POSSIBLE ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS IMPORTANT TO THE LARGER CULTURE.

  • SUMMER PROGRAM: WITH MORE THAN 60 WEEK-LONG WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY MANY OF THE MOST RENOWNED WRITERS AND ARTISTS WORKING TODAY, THIS YEAR'S SUMMER WORKSHOP PROGRAM PRESENTS CLASSES IN POETRY, FICTION, MEMOIR, NONFICTION, PAINTING, DRAWING, PRINTMAKING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MIXED MEDIA, AS WELL AS A NEW MASTER PRINTER SERIES. THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CLASSES IN PRINTMAKING, PERFORMANCE ART, VIDEO, AND SONGWRITING. COURSES ARE OFFERED AT ALL LEVELS AND WITH AN INTENSIVE COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY OF EXPRESSION. A WRITING LAB AND THE VISUAL ART STUDIOS ARE OPEN, AROUND THE CLOCK, CREATING AN ARTISTICALLY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPLETE IMMERSION IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

    Expenses $802,098 · Grants $23,672 · Revenue $428,887

  • FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: SEVEN-MONTH RESIDENCIES FOR EMERGING WRITERS AND ARTISTS: THE FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S PREEMINENT LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES, OFFERING A UNIQUE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR WRITERS AND VISUAL ARTISTS IN THE CRUCIAL EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS. THE WORK CENTER PROVIDES SEVEN-MONTH FELLOWSHIPS TO TWENTY FELLOWS EACH YEAR IN THE FORM OF LIVING/WORK SPACE AND A MONTHLY STIPEND. RESIDENCIES RUN FROM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH APRIL 30. FELLOWS PURSUE THEIR WORK INDEPENDENTLY IN A DIVERSE AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY OF PEERS WHILE LIVING IN AN AREA OF SPECTACULAR NATURAL BEAUTY. PAST FELLOWS HAVE WON EVERY MAJOR NATIONAL AWARD AND PRIZE, INCLUDING THE PULITZER, MACARTHUR, WHITING, POLLOCK-KRASNER, TIFFANY, PRIX DE ROME, GUGGENHEIM, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, PUBLISHING HUNDREDS OF BOOKS AND EXHIBITING IN COUNTLESS MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES WORLDWIDE. FINE ARTS WORK CENTER FELLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE AND WORK IN PROVINCETOWN DURING THE FELLOWSHIP YEAR. OPTIONAL GROUP ACTIVITIES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS VISITING ARTISTS AND WRITERS OF NOTE.

    Expenses $717,027 · Revenue $135,253

  • ONLINE WRITING PROGRAM: BUILDING ON THE WORK CENTER'S TRADITION OF CREATIVE EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY, 24PEARLSTREET OFFERS AN ENGAGING ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCE LED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POETS AND WRITERS. STUDENTS CAN FOCUS ON DOING THEIR BEST WORK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LOCATION OR SCHEDULE. THE PROGRAM RUNS YEAR ROUND IN THREE GENRES: POETRY, FICTION, AND NONFICTION.

    Expenses $298,418 · Grants $200 · Revenue $139,513

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $684,628 · Grants $381,984

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHARON POLLI

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $162,128
    From this org
    $152,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,280
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,848
    Filer's total
    $162,128

  • NEAL BALKOWITSCH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN VAN BERGEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YVETTE DRURY DUBINSKEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES EVERETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ESTHER PASTER GROSSMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARKE HOWE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLIOTT HUNDLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAJOR JACKSON

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE SKILES DANZER JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY KATZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAVIN KENNEDY

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LYNNE KORTENHAUS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JHUMPA LAHIRI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TED MALONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAWN MANDERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANDI MCKINLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SOPHIE MCMANUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEAL MINAHAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW MOCKLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN MOLESWORTH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK NOLAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACK PIERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN RAFANELLI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FEDERICO ROA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DUANE SLICK

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL WARSHAWSKY

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK WUNDERLICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202533099349301313

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