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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FIRSTWORKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,820,065
Total expenses
$1,885,455
Contributions and grants received
$1,636,246
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$233,812
Investment income
$2,263
Other revenue
-$52,256
Total assets, end of year
$843,653
Total liabilities, end of year
$552,112
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$291,541
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,413,996
Management and general expenses
$303,338
Fundraising expenses
$168,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,413,996

Program services were 75.0% 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

    $88,780

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $427,040

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,120,426

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES REVEN

    total $233,812 · related or exempt $233,812

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,263 · excluded $2,263

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,243

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

    $88,780

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,499

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$52,256 · excluded -$52,256

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $105,698 · program services $63,419 · management and general $26,425 · fundraising $15,854

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $389,562 · program services $216,431 · management and general $55,778 · fundraising $117,353

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,531 · program services $13,296 · management and general $5,189 · fundraising $7,046

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,451 · program services $22,525 · management and general $7,117 · fundraising $10,809

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,339 · program services $57,911 · fundraising $2,428

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,302 · management and general $55,302

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,216 · management and general $20,216

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,145 · management and general $5,145

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $791,120 · program services $702,872 · management and general $84,348 · fundraising $3,900

  • 24b · Other expenses: VENUE AND SITE RELATED

    total $264,164 · program services $264,164

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND OTHER

    total $127,927 · program services $73,378 · management and general $43,818 · fundraising $10,731

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $575,297 · end of year $459,595

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $107,160 · end of year $179,719

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,830 · end of year $123,152

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

    $126,533

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

    $115,424

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,324 · end of year $11,109

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $116,430 · end of year $70,078

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,291 · end of year $110,599

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $354,438 · end of year $361,914

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $130,881 · end of year $79,599

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $356,931 · end of year $112,690

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $178,851

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FIRSTWORKS' MISSION IS TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC FABRIC OF RHODE ISLAND BY ENGAGING DIVERSE AUDIENCES WITH WORLD-CLASS PERFORMING ARTS AND EDUCATION.

  • ACROSS OUR 2023-2024 SEASON WE HAVE FOCUSED ON NURTURING PARTNERSHIPS, CREATING ACCESS FOR RHODE ISLANDERS, AND LIFTING VOICES IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE PRESENTED 140 ARTISTS AND PROVIDED OVER 100 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVES. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDES ARTS ACCESS TO YOUTH ACROSS RI - WE OFFERED 50+ WORKSHOPS WITH WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS, REACHED 80+ EDUCATORS, AND EARNED 25,000 VIEWS OF OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING SERIES BY EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $1,413,996 · Revenue $233,812

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frederick K Butler Esq

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Terry Taylor

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen E Silva EdD Che

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin S Hundley CPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert J Allio

    BOARD ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deming E Sherman Esq

    BOARD ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Akanska Aga

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Siu-Li Khoe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Adamonis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tomas Avila

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brendan Chipley Roane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Richard Ratcliffe

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nirva Lafortune

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Snape Wisniewski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isabelle Tadmoury

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sydney Skybetter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evan Villari

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • H Jack Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grafton Willey IV

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Chille

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie R Ravestein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Kagan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lt Governor Sabina Matos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Chakraborty

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Pletcher

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $102,660
    From this org
    $96,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,382
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521289349302527

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