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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TEPHRA INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$664,886
Total expenses
$639,125
Contributions and grants received
$454,938
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$207,851
Investment income
$597
Other revenue
$1,500
Total assets, end of year
$1,017,276
Total liabilities, end of year
$127,100
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$890,176
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$211,038
Management and general expenses
$428,087
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$211,041

Program services were 33.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $80,603

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $93,999

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $280,336

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXIHIBITION AND EVENT PROCEEDS

    total $200,275 · related or exempt $200,275

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $7,576 · related or exempt $7,576

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $597 · excluded $597

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $1,500

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $1,500

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,500 · related or exempt $1,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $247,558 · management and general $247,558

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,958 · management and general $18,958

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,683 · management and general $35,683

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $922 · management and general $922

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,428 · program services $44,193 · management and general $235

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,760 · program services $12,781 · management and general $1,979

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,300 · program services $3,664 · management and general $11,636

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,406 · management and general $30,406

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,430 · program services $3,586 · management and general $4,844

  • 20 · Interest

    total $315 · management and general $315

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,132 · management and general $36,132

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,510 · management and general $17,510

  • 24a · Other expenses: FRAMING

    total $3,177 · program services $3,177

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUPMENT RENTAL

    total $3,645 · program services $949 · management and general $2,696

  • 24c · Other expenses: SALARIED TEMPORARY LABOR

    total $3,848 · program services $2,248 · management and general $1,600

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACT TEMPORARY LABOR

    total $49,094 · program services $38,188 · management and general $10,906

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108,959 · program services $102,252 · management and general $6,707

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $150,854 · end of year $283,255

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,427 · end of year $55,359

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,642 · end of year $3,376

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

    $1,834,380

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

    $1,159,094

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $702,471 · end of year $675,286

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,512 · end of year $24,736

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $52,467 · end of year $102,364

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROMOTE INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY ART AND THINKING BY PROVIDING A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM OF CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS

  • EVENTS: TEPHRA ICA PRODUCES A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT EXPORE CONTEMPORARY ART AND OUR CURRENT EXHIBITIONS. THE TEPHRA ICA ARTS FESTIVAL, FORMERLY TITLED THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, IS A NATIONALLY RANKED JURIED, OUTDOOR SHOW OFFERING THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY AND PURCHASE SUPPERIOR FINE ART AND FINE CRAFT FROM OVER 200 ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FESTIVAL IS BOTH THE INSTITUTION'S LARGEST FUNDRAISER, AND ITS MOST-ATTENDED EVENT, TYPICALLY ATTRACTING OVER 20,000 PEOPLE TO RESTON TOWN CENTER THAT WEEKEND. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTRONS TO ENGAGE WITH ART AND ARTISTS, EXPERIENCE INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCES AND ACTIVATIONS, AND FOR FAMILIES TO ENGAGE IN CREATIVE ARTMAKING.

    Expenses $162,705 · Revenue $197,045

  • EDUCATION: TEPHRA ICA IS COMMITTED TO ITS DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT SEEK TO REACH AND ENGAGE A WIDE AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF ALL AGES. WE PARTNER WITH EXHIBITING ARTISTS, CURATORS, SCHOLARS AND EDUCATORS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIQUE PROGRAMS TO SERVE FAMILIES AND TEENS BOTH IN SCHOOL AND IN OUR GALLERIES. OUR WORKSHOPS INVITES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PARTICIPATE IN FREE WORKSHOPS EITHER LED OR INSPIRED BY EXHIBITING ARTISTS. OUR EARTH DAY PROGRAMMING OFFERS OUTDOOR, ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED, ARTS WORKSHOPS TO CREATIVES OF ALL AGES. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE ARTS VIA OUR CAREER SESSIONS AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,511 · Revenue $7,576

  • EXHIBITIONS: THE INSTITUTION MOUNTS SIX TO EIGHT CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS EACH YEAR, TYPICALLY FEATURING WORK BY EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ARTISTS. THIS INCLUDES SOLO EXHIBITIONS AS WELL AS THEMATIC GROUP SHOWS THAT PRESENT A BROAD RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WORKING IN A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIA. EACH EXHIBITION IS AUGMENTED WITH A SERIES OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CURATOR TALKS, ARTIST WORKSHOPS, AND OUR CREATIVE RESPONSE PROGRAM, FOR WHICH EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD RESPOND TO THE ARTWORK ON VIEW AND ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE IN CONVERSATION.

    Expenses $46,825 · Revenue $3,230

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ann Barbieri

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kerri Bouie

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Goudie

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Scott Cryer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janet Rems

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Saylor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Karen Lewis

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ricki Marion

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Justin Ruble

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephanie J Williams

    2ND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Talib Aleem

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wanda Raimundiortiz

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533369349300848

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