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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$615,824
Total expenses
$1,405,207
Contributions and grants received
$565,944
Grants paid
$113,217
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$49,880
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,288,617
Total liabilities, end of year
$430,388
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,858,229
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$811,542
Management and general expenses
$411,130
Fundraising expenses
$182,535
Program service expenses (Part III)
$811,542

Program services were 57.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $565,944

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $49,880 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $49,880

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $108,217 · program services $108,217

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $228,315 · program services $166,500 · management and general $52,452 · fundraising $9,363

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $128,486 · program services $70,974 · management and general $48,319 · fundraising $9,193

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,339 · program services $4,988 · management and general $4,970 · fundraising $381

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,484 · program services $25,340 · management and general $2,144 · fundraising $2,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,650 · management and general $12,650

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,284 · management and general $64,284

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $469,142 · program services $217,811 · management and general $147,331 · fundraising $104,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,128 · program services $739 · management and general $389

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,031 · program services $42,801 · management and general $21,187 · fundraising $43

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,271 · program services $206 · management and general $1,065

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,409 · program services $35,411 · management and general $998

  • 17 · Travel

    total $108,393 · program services $64,059 · management and general $11,740 · fundraising $32,594

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $65 · program services $65

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,455 · program services $19,894 · management and general $561

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,040 · program services $1,973 · management and general $2,067

  • 24a · Other expenses: DESIGN AND BRANDING

    total $68,473 · program services $27,500 · management and general $40,973 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS AND RECEPTIONS

    total $45,025 · program services $20,064 · management and general $0 · fundraising $24,961

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,829,827 · end of year $43,605

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,011,923

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,825,397 · end of year $408,736

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,522 · end of year $29,987

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

    $368,632

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

    $21,395

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,820 · end of year $347,237

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $5,079,851

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $367,278

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $63,309 · end of year $61,722

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $368,666

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,874,196 · end of year $4,386,168

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,722,061 · end of year $2,472,061

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER FOR ART AND ADVOCACY (THE CENTER) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2022 TO SERVE AS A DIRECT PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY FOR ARTISTS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. BUILT ON THE SUCCESS OF THE RIGHT OF RETURN FELLOWSHIP (ROR), FOUNDED IN 2017 BY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED ARTISTS JESSE KRIMES AND RUSSELL CRAIG, THE CENTER WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE A MULTI-PURPOSED NETWORK THAT ACTIVELY ENGAGES IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES-AND THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CENTER FOR ART AND ADVOCACY (THE CENTER) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2022 TO SERVE AS A DIRECT PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY FOR ARTISTS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. BUILT ON THE SUCCESS OF THE RIGHT OF RETURN FELLOWSHIP (ROR), FOUNDED IN 2017 BY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED ARTISTS JESSE KRIMES AND RUSSELL CRAIG, THE CENTER WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE A MULTI-PURPOSED NETWORK THAT ACTIVELY ENGAGES IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES-AND THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY-AT LARGE.

  • THE ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT LAUNCHED IN LATE 2022 AND ANNUALLY SUPPORTS SIX FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS, THROUGH CREATIVE INDUSTRY MENTORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, NETWORKING AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, AND PRACTICE SUSTAINABILITY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TO HELP BUILD THEIR ARTISTIC CAREERS. AS THE PROGRAM GROWS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. WE HAVE FOUR PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE THE GENERAL, EDUCATION, FELLOWSHIPS, AND EXHIBITION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $811,542 · Grants $113,217

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jesse Krimes

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $175,351
    From this org
    $164,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,285
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,066
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,285
    Filer's total
    $175,351

  • Kate Fowle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Ingrassia

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daveen Trentman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Capshaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dwayne Betts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russel Craig

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Asia Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Cole Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tamara White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Shechtman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621059349301447

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