Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ARTS SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $687,590
- Total expenses
- $833,951
- Contributions and grants received
- $347,550
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $324,988
- Investment income
- $13,136
- Other revenue
- $1,916
- Total assets, end of year
- $967,983
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $433,024
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $534,959
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $800,976
- Management and general expenses
- $32,801
- Fundraising expenses
- $174
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $800,976
Program services were 96.0% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$3,374
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$330,012
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$14,164
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2a · Program service revenue: Publishing Income
total $324,988 · related or exempt $324,988
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3 · Investment income
total $13,136 · excluded $13,136
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $1,916 · excluded $1,916
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $349,685 · program services $349,685
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $6,186 · program services $6,186
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $13,442 · program services $13,442
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $25,661 · program services $25,661
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $35 · management and general $35
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $24,180 · management and general $24,180
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $290,529 · program services $287,014 · management and general $3,515
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $8,060 · program services $7,740 · management and general $320
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,237 · program services $8,307 · management and general $930
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14 · Information technology
total $9,219 · program services $7,832 · management and general $1,387
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $21,103 · program services $21,103
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17 · Travel
total $60,549 · program services $60,311 · management and general $64 · fundraising $174
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $853 · program services $853
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20 · Interest
total $566 · management and general $566
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $330 · management and general $330
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23 · Insurance
total $3,183 · program services $1,880 · management and general $1,303
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24a · Other expenses: Program Supplies
total $10,962 · program services $10,962
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and other charges
total $171 · management and general $171
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,040,431 · end of year $94,011
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $166,728 · end of year $48,818
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $106,929 · end of year $110,389
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,883 · end of year $5,920
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,312
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,321
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,321 · end of year $991
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $36,738 · end of year $664,433
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,562 · end of year $43,421
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $15,781 · end of year $30,590
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $271,500 · end of year $204,559
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $82,000 · end of year $82,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $323,683 · end of year $115,875
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $203,696 · end of year $283,692
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $466,932 · end of year $251,267
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The mission of the Organization is to identify new avenues to serve the art, science, and technology community. The Organization is recognized as a global leader in the interdisciplinary world of art, science, and technology. For over 50 years, the Organization has promoted and publicized the work of creative individuals who look beyond the barriers that separate the arts and sciences, focusing instead on the strengths that emerge from cross-fertilization among disciplines. As for now, the Organization sees heightened awareness and interest in hybridized practices, as the challenges facing society become increasingly complex.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Leonardo/ISAST fosters collaborative explorations that intersect art, science, and technology by facilitating interdisciplinary projects and documenting and disseminating information about interdisciplinary practice.
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Creative Impact LabsCreative Impact Labs are international exchanges that utilize innovative, community-driven, technology-powered art projects to address social and environmental challenges. The Leonardo Creative Impact Labs are a continuation and evolution of our strategic partner ZERO1s International Exchange program, an innovative model for cultural exchange at the intersection of art, science, and technology. In FY23, Leonardo implemented its very first Creative Impact Lab in Amman, Jordan with host partner IDare for Sustainable Development and began a second Lab in Otepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand with host partner Tuhura Otago Museum, which continued into FY24. Each of the two exchanges was led by a U.S. lead artist and a group of 12-20 local participants. The lead artist facilitates 5-6 days of workshop activity followed by 3-5 weeks of project development towards a culminating exhibition of collaborative project prototypes.Other ProgramsLeonardo participated in several arts-science-tech festivals, exhibits and symposia, including: the Emerge Festival of Ideas (The ASU MIX Center, Mesa, AZ), CyFest satellite exhibitions (National Arts Club, NYC, NY; The ASU MIX Center, Mesa, AZ), Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria), ISEA and Espronceda (Barcelona, Spain), JRC Summer School (Summer School, Ispra, Italy). Collaborative research projects with the ASU Interplanetary Initiative looked at: (1) Space Exploration and Earth Sustainability, and (2) J.E.D.I. in Space travel.
Expenses $516,582 · Revenue $10,500
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CripTech IncubatorLaunched in 2021, Leonardo CripTech Incubator is an art-and-technology fellowship centered on disability innovation. Encompassing residencies, workshops, presentations, publication and education, this innovation incubator creates a platform for disabled artists to engage and remake creative technologies through the lens of accessibility. In 2023, we showcased several outcomes from 2022s incubation efforts: E.A.A.T. or Experiments in Art, Access and Technology, the culminating exhibition for the fellowship, took place from September 2023 through January 2024 at UC Irvines Beall Center for Art and Technology, with a corresponding ongoing virtual exhibition developed as a web prototype centering accessibility that we are deploying for other projects. In collaboration with Gray Area, we also ran the CripTech Metaverse Lab, an experiential research lab dedicated to creative access in immersive media; this lab resulted in a research paper, an online archive, and 3 VR commissions, all of which were showcased at the 2023 Gray Area Festival. We also worked closely with associated artists for a themed issue of Leonardo journal, Criptech and the Art of Access, which was published the following year.
Expenses $237,615 · Revenue $2,500
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PublicationsLeonardo/ISAST serves as a critical content provider through our Publications Program scholarly journals published by MIT Press (Leonardo), the Leonardo Book Series (MIT Press), Leonardo Electronic Almanac (MIT Press), and the Leonardo family of websites and experimental projects on evolving digital platforms. Leonardo is published six times per year. In 2023 the Book Series published Kat Mustateas VOIDOPOLIS, an augmented reality work informed by the COVID-19 pandemic, experimental literature, and a modified text generator, resulting in a work programmed to disappear and regenerate at yearly intervals.
Expenses $22,521 · Revenue $311,988
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Diana Ayton-Shenker
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $219,221
- From this org
- $182,527
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,694
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $182,527
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $13,031
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,663
- Filer's total
- $219,221
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Marc Hebert
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Gordon Knox
Secr/Treas
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Raphael Arar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michael Bennett
Exec Com Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alan Boldon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Felicia Cleper-Borkovi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Andy Cunningham
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nina Czegledy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Adiraj Gupta
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Xin Wei Sha
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Joel Slayton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Timothy C Summers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Minu Ipe
Director
- 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part II, Compensation from Unrelated Organizations
- In 2019, Leonardo/ISAST began a partnership with Arizona State University, the ASU-Leonardo Initiative. Leonardo/ISASTs CEO, Diana Ayton-Shenker, is also Executive Director of the ASU-Leonardo Initiative. Her salary is paid by ASU, where she is on faculty.
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
- 12 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202413189349302431
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