Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$343,025

Total expenses

$349,634

Contributions and grants received

$243,339

Grants paid

$12,823

Program service revenue

$99,450

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$236

Total assets, end of year

$19,543

Total liabilities, end of year

$17,251

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,292

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$278,302

Management and general expenses

$57,584

Fundraising expenses

$13,748

Program service expenses (Part III)

$278,302

Program services were 79.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• WE PROVIDED MANY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, EDUCATIONAL SERIES & CONFERENCES WHICH EXPLORED CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND RESILIENCE. WE PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO OUR BLOG, A LIVING COLLECTION OF FREE RESOURCE GUIDES & INTERVIEWS.IN 2023, WE BROUGHT THE FUTURE FRONT HOUSE - A 2500 SQ. FT. COMMUNITY SPACE AT 1900 12TH ST IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN EAST AUSTIN - TO LIFE. SINCE WEVE OPENED OUR DOORS, THE HOUSE HAS BEEN HOME TO 50 FREE CREATIVE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, LIKE CERAMIC WORKSHOPS AND FIGURE DRAWING CLUBS.IN 2023, 88 VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY CURATORS AND COLLABORATORS JOINED US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CONTRIBUTE 850+ HOURS OF SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  Expenses $123,991 · Grants $12,823 · Revenue $188,715

• IN 2023, ACROSS THE FRONT MARKETS SPRING AND FALL SEASONS, WE EXHIBITED 403 INDEPENDENT CREATIVES, DESIGNERS, MAKERS, ARTISTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND CHEFS FROM TEXAS. THE PROGRAMS TWO SEASONS OF EXHIBITION WELCOMED MORE THAN 10,000 PUBLIC VISITORS. THE ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM SURPASSED $250,000.

  Expenses $107,555 · Revenue $107,555

• THROUGH OUR FESTIVAL, THE FRONT FESTIVAL, WE PROVIDE $10,000+ IN PEFORMANCE AND COMMISSION OPPORTUNITIES TO ARTISTS, WHILE CONNECTING THEM TO NEW FANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN 2023, THE FRONT FESTIVAL HAD A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR, WITH 1,600 ATTENDEES SUPPORTING 33 WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ ARTISTS ACROSS FOUR DAYS OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC, FILM AND ART.

  Expenses $38,083 · Revenue $38,083

• IN 2023, WE PRODUCED THE RETURN OF THE WORK CONFERENCE, AN ANNUAL CREATIVE BUSINESS EDUCATION AND CREATIVE LEADERSHIP EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN AUTIN, TEXAS. DESIGNED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE RESOURCES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, THIS PROGRAM SERVED 200 EMERGING, UNDERREPRESENTED CREATIVE LEADERS IN TEXAS.

  Expenses $8,673 · Revenue $8,673

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

Listed in Part VII

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

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202443209349327284

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