Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,597,815

Total expenses

$1,773,637

Contributions and grants received

$1,572,163

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$25,652

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$277,191

Total liabilities, end of year

$410,991

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$133,800

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,521,180

Management and general expenses

$247,593

Fundraising expenses

$4,864

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,521,180

Program services were 85.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT TRANSFORMS COMMUNITIES THROUGH LARGE-SCALE MURAL INSTALLATIONS, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING, AND COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECTS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE PROGRAM HAS INSTALLED OVER 170 MURALS ACROSS LOUISIANA, TEXAS, AND COLORADO, BRINGING VIBRANCY TO PUBLIC SPACES WHILE FOSTERING LOCAL ARTISTIC TALENT. BY COMMISSIONING AND COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, THE WALLS PROJECT HAS GENERATED OVER 1.5 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR CREATIVES, REINFORCING THE POWER OF PUBLIC ART AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $233,731

• CULTIVATE - CULTIVATE EMBODIES THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING YOUNG ADULTS BY PROVIDING DIVERSE PATHWAYS TO ACQUIRE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, ALL WHILE EMPHASIZING CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WITHIN THIS PROGRAM, WE PROUDLY ADMINISTER THE FUTURES FUND. THE FUTURES FUND IS THE WALLS PROJECTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL LITERACY INITIATIVE, DESIGNED TO EQUIP YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH THE TECHNICAL SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS IN TODAYS JOB MARKET. THROUGH INDUSTRY-DRIVEN TRAINING IN CODING, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE PROGRAM BRIDGES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND PROVIDES PATHWAYS TO HIGH-WAGE CAREERS. FUTURES FUND HAS EMPOWERED THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS BY OFFERING HANDS-ON LEARNING, MENTORSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES. WHETHER THROUGH AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WORKFORCE READINESS WORKSHOPS, OR TECH- FOCUSED COMMUNITY EVENTS, FUTURES FUND ENSURES THAT INDIVIDUALSREGARDLESS OF BACKGROUNDGAIN ACCESS TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO THRIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WORLD. ADDITIONALLY, CULTIVATE ENCOMPASSES BATON ROOTS, OUR THRIVING URBAN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, WE CULTIVATE A 5-ACRE GARDEN AT HOWELL PARK IN BATON ROUGE, LA, AND EXTEND OUR OPERATIONS TO 11 HOUSING AUTHORITY SITES AND THREE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. BY SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING THESE PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER GROWTH, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $833,471

• REACTIVATE - REACTIVATE IS OUR DEDICATED INITIATIVE AIMED AT COMBATTING BLIGHT WITHIN THE BATON ROUGE AND DALLAS COMMUNITIES BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM. THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS EFFORT IS OUR ANNUAL MLK FEST, A VIBRANT CELEBRATION THAT DRAWS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND RESIDENTS EACH YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR IMPACT BY INTRODUCING JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS IN BOTH BATON ROUGE AND DALLAS, FURTHER ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE FESTIVALS, WE ORGANIZE NUMEROUS CITY CLEAN-UP PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REVITALIZATION OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THROUGH THESE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR MISSION TO ADDRESS BLIGHT AND CREATE MORE VIBRANT, WELCOMING COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $243,675

• ONE ROUGE COALITION - THE ONE ROUGE COALITION IS A DYNAMIC RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC, AIMING TO DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. WITH A NETWORK OF OVER 400 ORGANIZATIONS, THIS COALITION LEVERAGES A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL THAT UNITES VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS. BY CHAMPIONING STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS, AND COLLABORATIVE TEAMS, THE COALITION MOBILIZES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WORK TOGETHER ON SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WE STRIVE TO ENHANCE BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY CAPACITIES, PROMOTE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR THOSE IN NEED, FOSTERING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ALIKE.

  Expenses $210,303

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

3 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520349349302062

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.