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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,522,015
Total expenses
$2,443,826
Contributions and grants received
$977,133
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,546,535
Investment income
-$2,125
Other revenue
$472
Total assets, end of year
$2,231,084
Total liabilities, end of year
$404,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,826,484
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,024,105
Management and general expenses
$291,411
Fundraising expenses
$128,310
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,024,105

Program services were 82.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $101,334

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $392,337

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $483,462

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CLASS REVENUE

    total $1,255,954 · related or exempt $1,255,954

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER ART MARKET

    total $140,702 · related or exempt $140,702

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PARTICIPANT FEES

    total $110,103 · related or exempt $110,103

  • 2d · Program service revenue: GALLERY ART SALES

    total $25,422 · related or exempt $25,422

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OUTREACH PROGRAMS

    total $13,214 · related or exempt $13,214

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $1,140 · related or exempt $1,140

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $2,125

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$2,125

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,125 · excluded -$2,125

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $472 · excluded $472

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $472

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $160,028 · program services $72,013 · management and general $48,008 · fundraising $40,007

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,155,850 · program services $950,649 · management and general $158,805 · fundraising $46,396

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,559 · program services $12,791 · management and general $1,645 · fundraising $123

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $47,490 · program services $41,900 · management and general $5,284 · fundraising $306

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $121,211 · program services $94,771 · management and general $18,802 · fundraising $7,638

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $105,749 · program services $49,902 · management and general $45,014 · fundraising $10,833

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,832 · program services $12,564 · management and general $4,268

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,635 · program services $27,174 · management and general $117 · fundraising $1,344

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $29,422 · program services $28,184 · management and general $285 · fundraising $953

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $80,027 · program services $76,658 · management and general $776 · fundraising $2,593

  • 17 · Travel

    total $88,650 · program services $88,650

  • 20 · Interest

    total $53,091 · program services $52,570 · management and general $120 · fundraising $401

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $97,683 · program services $93,570 · management and general $948 · fundraising $3,165

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUMMER ART MARKET

    total $94,433 · program services $94,433

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $89,315 · program services $85,748 · management and general $3,128 · fundraising $439

  • 24c · Other expenses: COURSE EXPENSE

    total $75,705 · program services $75,705

  • 24d · Other expenses: RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE

    total $73,163 · program services $70,083 · management and general $710 · fundraising $2,370

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $111,983 · program services $96,740 · management and general $3,501 · fundraising $11,742

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $403,838 · end of year $128,973

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $616,185 · end of year $1,055,271

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,500 · end of year $15,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,111 · end of year $7,520

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

    $1,452,256

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

    $678,841

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $845,353 · end of year $773,415

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $244,062 · end of year $250,905

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $146,912 · end of year $94,046

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $120,419 · end of year $162,082

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $148,472

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,488,611 · end of year $1,579,558

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $244,107 · end of year $246,926

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ASLD OFFERS COURSES AND PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER GROWTH FOR ARTISTS AT EVERY LEVEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER (ASLD) OFFERS COURSES AND PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER GROWTH FOR ARTISTS AT EVERY LEVEL.

  • ART COURSES: ASLD FOCUSES ON TEACHING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE VISUAL ARTS TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN STUDYING WITH NO REQUIREMENT OF BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE. THE TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IS THE ATELIER (MASTER/ APPRENTICE) METHOD. THE IMMERSION APPROACH PROVIDES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH A MASTER ARTIST IN THE STUDIO. WHEN ASLD FIRST OPENED, IT EMPLOYED ONLY A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS WHO TAUGHT FEWER THAN 100 STUDENTS. CURRENTLY WE EMPLOY MORE THAN 100 PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS SERVING APPROXIMATELY 800 STUDENTS PER MONTH. WE OFFER MORE THAN 400 HANDS ON WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, LECTURES AND YOUTH COURSES.

    Expenses $1,769,639 · Revenue $1,255,954

  • SUMMER ART MARKET: SUMMER ART MARKET (SAM) IS ASLD'S ANNUAL OUTDOOR STREET FAIR, HELD SINCE 1992. THE EVENT SHOWCASES ALMOST 300 LOCAL ARTISTS, ALL OF WHOM ARE PART OF THE ASLD COMMUNITY, AS FACULTY, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS. EACH YEAR, 10,000 PEOPLE ATTEND, COMPRISING A LOYAL BASE OF COLLECTORS, DONORS, SPONSORS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT HAS WIDELY BEEN CALLED THE BEST ART MARKET IN ALL OF COLORADO. ASLD MAKES NO MONEY FROM THE SALE OF ART, BUT DOES RAISE FUNDS THROUGH BOOTH RENTAL FEES, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES AT THE EVENT. EXPENSES INCLUDE EVENT PLANNERS, LICENSES, ENTERTAINMENT, SUPPLIES, MARKETING, SECURITY, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.

    Expenses $94,433 · Revenue $140,702

  • OTHER PROGRAMS: OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, ASLD HAS PURSUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ART EXPERIENCES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHERE ASLD FACULTY ARTISTS TEACH HANDS-ON ART WORKSHOPS IN LIBRARIES TO INTERGENERATIONAL AUDIENCES; JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, WHERE FACULTY TEACH ART TEACHERS STUDIO TECHNIQUES; AND WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER ART ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER JOINT PROGRAMMING. REVENUE FOR THESE PROGRAMS COMES FROM A COMBINATION OF GRANTS AND REGISTRATION FEES. EXPENSES INCLUDE WAGES AND SUPPLIES. ASLD HOSTS A VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS AT OUR HISTORIC GRANT STREET BUILDING AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS CREATIVE SPACES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. REPRESENTING THE DIVERSITY OF THE THRIVING DENVER ARTS COMMUNITY, OUR EXHIBITIONS ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE CURRENT TRENDS AND PURCHASE ORIGINAL FINE ART FROM FACULTY, STUDENTS AND CELEBRATED ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. EACH YEAR, THE VISITING ARTIST SERIES BRINGS SEVERAL NOTABLE ARTISTS TO ASLD TO TEACH MASTER CLASSES, WHICH SUPPLEMENT EXISTING ONGOING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. THIS EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS STUDENTS AND ARTISTS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO WORK AND LEARN FROM SOME OF TODAY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKING ARTISTS.

    Expenses $160,033 · Revenue $149,879

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • RACHEL BASYE

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $140,527
    From this org
    $123,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,173
    Hours/week
    40

  • NANCY WALSH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KATHERINE ROONEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HARRY UTTER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEREDITH BADLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH BREWER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKAELA GIBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICA JACOBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAHA KAMAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERALDINE KIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNA MILLHOLLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT SAVI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY VALDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRANT SPANNUTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH BURGESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAM MCLAUGHLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,699
    From this org
    $6,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEB ROSENBAUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,572
    From this org
    $3,572
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430169349303353

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