Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,221,009
- Total expenses
- $7,638,218
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,149,730
- Grants paid
- $7,259
- Program service revenue
- $3,119,172
- Investment income
- $18,250
- Other revenue
- -$66,143
- Total assets, end of year
- $11,942,582
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,275,368
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,667,214
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,688,794
- Management and general expenses
- $1,073,805
- Fundraising expenses
- $875,619
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,688,794
Program services were 74.5% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$118,960
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,192,415
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$838,355
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2a · Program service revenue: Educational Events
total $204,435 · related or exempt $204,435
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2b · Program service revenue: Other program revenue
total $131,331 · related or exempt $131,331
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2c · Program service revenue: Rental & Production
total $927,530 · related or exempt $927,530
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2d · Program service revenue: Sponsored Events
total $1,432,647 · related or exempt $1,432,647
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2e · Program service revenue: Ticket Sales
total $417,396 · related or exempt $417,396
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $5,833 · related or exempt $5,833
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3 · Investment income
total $18,250 · related or exempt $18,250
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $308,229
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $353,524
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property -$45,295
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total -$45,295 · unrelated business -$45,295
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$67,745
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$118,960
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$109,035
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$41,290
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$47,872
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$29,648
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $18,224 · related or exempt $18,224
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11a · Other revenue: Settlement Income
total $2,218 · related or exempt $2,218
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,218
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $7,259 · program services $7,259
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $830,742 · program services $330,736 · management and general $275,202 · fundraising $224,804
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,236,833 · program services $1,706,047 · management and general $182,201 · fundraising $348,585
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $37,724 · program services $29,843 · fundraising $7,881
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $213,470 · program services $143,225 · management and general $22,614 · fundraising $47,631
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $226,135 · program services $144,080 · management and general $35,519 · fundraising $46,536
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11a · Fees: management
total $22,105 · program services $16,453 · management and general $5,652
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11b · Fees: legal
total $20,477 · program services $15,242 · management and general $5,235
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $68,927 · program services $51,304 · management and general $17,623
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $43,133 · fundraising $43,133
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $5,698 · program services $4,241 · management and general $1,457
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11g · Fees: other
total $320,774 · program services $238,760 · management and general $82,014
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $569,637 · program services $562,380 · fundraising $7,257
-
13 · Office expenses
total $86,651 · program services $49,214 · management and general $28,911 · fundraising $8,526
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $272,638 · program services $166,416 · management and general $48,269 · fundraising $57,953
-
17 · Travel
total $57,345 · program services $48,510 · management and general $8,835
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $188,368 · program services $21,201 · management and general $167,167
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $353,117 · program services $327,013 · management and general $26,104
-
23 · Insurance
total $76,265 · program services $3,449 · management and general $72,816
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24a · Other expenses: Artist fees & royalties
total $828,030 · program services $765,487 · fundraising $62,543
-
24b · Other expenses: Production expenses
total $687,631 · program services $687,631
-
24c · Other expenses: Equipment
total $254,221 · program services $215,632 · management and general $23,811 · fundraising $14,778
-
24d · Other expenses: Bank & Credit Card Fees
total $105,205 · program services $78,399 · management and general $26,806
-
24e · All other expenses
total $125,833 · program services $76,272 · management and general $43,569 · fundraising $5,992
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $716,679 · end of year $2,397,195
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $535,429 · end of year $242,207
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $152,187 · end of year $288,996
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $7,624 · end of year $2,310
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $462,031 · end of year $107,197
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$8,989,640
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,133,691
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $7,845,945 · end of year $7,855,949
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $692,110 · end of year $710,071
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $7,502 · end of year $62,482
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $388,023 · end of year $276,175
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $719,726 · end of year $431,971
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $626,097 · end of year $2,630,286
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,958,056 · end of year $2,878,663
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $460,032 · end of year $334,448
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,351,509 · end of year $4,997,143
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $692,110 · end of year $670,071
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The mission of the Tacoma Arts Live is to energize community through performance, its vision is a south sound community that celebrates all cultures and enjoys shared prosperity. Development of youth is a main program element through a whole-child lens with emphasis on social-emotional learning and civil rights education.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The mission of the Tacoma Arts Live is to energize community through performance. Its vision is a south sound community that celebrates all cultures and enjoys shared prosperity. Development of youth is a main program element through a whole-child lens with emphasis on social-emotional learning and civil rights education.
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TACOMA ARTS LIVE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 144,000 PATRONS IN ITS FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 SEASON. SERVICES PROVIDED BY TACOMA ARTS LIVE INCLUDED LIVE PERFORMANCES, FESTIVALS, MARKETS, EVENTS, EDUCATION THROUGH THE ARTS PROGRAMS, VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, AND SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATION SERVICES. WE DELIVERED EDUCATION THROUGH THE ARTS PROGRAMS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH SOUND REGION OF WASHINGTON STATE. TACOMA ARTS LIVE ALSO COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH OUTDOOR EVENTS AND IN VARIOUS VENUES.
Expenses $5,688,794 · Revenue $3,119,172
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
David Fischer
CEO
- Total calculated
- $236,552
- From this org
- $216,159
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,393
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $204,872
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- $11,287
- Deferred
- $10,240
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,153
- Filer's total
- $236,552
-
Lacey Wright
Chief Mark. Off
- Total calculated
- $173,733
- From this org
- $155,855
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,878
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $155,813
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- $42
- Deferred
- $7,746
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,132
- Filer's total
- $173,733
-
Chris Tubig
COO
- Total calculated
- $127,074
- From this org
- $112,123
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,951
- Hours/week
- 40
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Susanne M Groshong
CFO
- Total calculated
- $115,436
- From this org
- $101,119
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,317
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Katharine M Lappier
Chief Prog. Off
- Total calculated
- $113,525
- From this org
- $103,508
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,017
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Joshua Knudson
Chief Adv. Off.
- Total calculated
- $92,963
- From this org
- $92,127
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $836
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Brian Bergren
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Stacey Guadnola
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Alison Beason
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dave Harmon
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Maria Tania Becerra Weingarden
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christina Blocker
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Holly Bocchi
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jon Bowser
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Romina Barrett
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marty Campbell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dana Carlisle
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Vanessa Jones
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marce Edwards Olson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maia Espinoza
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rosheida Meyers
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amanda Nathan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leslie Harbaugh
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ron Swarner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ron Klein
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa Kremer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bret Maddox
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephanie Nicklaus
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alisa O'Hanlon
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jill Purdy
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim Rhee
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Diamatris Winston
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $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. 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 · Compensation committee
- 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
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.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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TAL Venues
Supporting Tacoma Arts Live · WA · income $370,103 · assets $7,789,918
Directly controlled by Tacoma Arts Live
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Friends of Tacoma Arts Live
To support Tacoma Arts Live · WA
Directly controlled by Tacoma Arts Live
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202541339349303749
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