Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$13,553,516

Total expenses

$13,501,764

Contributions and grants received

$11,972,666

Grants paid

$11,010,040

Program service revenue

$1,532,555

Investment income

$89,587

Other revenue

-$41,292

Total assets, end of year

$13,778,006

Total liabilities, end of year

$11,165,478

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,612,528

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,820,607

Management and general expenses

$222,525

Fundraising expenses

$458,632

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,820,607

Program services were 95.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FUNDRAISING: IN FY24, UNITED ARTS RAISED OVER $13.6 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF ARTS AND CULTURE FROM ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING $7.6 MILLION IN PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING, $4.2 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, AND $1.7 MILLION IN EARNED INCOME THROUGH CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES, OTHER GIFTS AND IN-KIND DONATIONS.UNITED ARTS ACTIVELY RAISES FUNDS FOR ITSELF AND THE REGION'S ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ITS ANNUAL COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN. THE ANNUAL COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS IS THE LARGEST COLLABORATIVE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS YEAR, 37 ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS OF VARYING SIZES AND GENRES ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN RAISING UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY. DONORS ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO WRITE IN THE NAME OF ANY NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION THEY WISH AND INCLUDE THEM IN THEIR CAMPAIGN GIFT. DONATIONS DESIGNATED TO ONE OR MORE OF THE 37 CAMPAIGN PARTNERS DURING THE COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN, WHICH RUNS FROM DECEMBER 1 - APRIL 30 ANNUALLY, ARE MATCHED UP TO 15% BY UNITED ARTS. IN FY24, FOR A FIFTH YEAR, THE CAMPAIGN PARTNERS WERE PROVIDED A $500K CHALLENGE GRANT BY ORANGE COUNTY TO HELP STIMULATE NEW AND INCREASED GIVING. THE CAMPAIGN EXCEEDED ITS GOAL, RAISING NEARLY $6.8 MILLION AND UNLOCKING THE ORANGE COUNTY CHALLENGE GRANT FOR A FIFTH YEAR, INFUSING AN ADDITIONAL $500K INTO THE ARTS COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $7,803,973 · Grants $7,341,014

• INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY: UNITED ARTS'S VISION IS THAT ALL PEOPLE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE ACCESS TO ARTS, SCIENCE, AND HISTORY. TO FACILITATE THAT VISION UNITED ARTS INVESTS DIRECTLY IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH GRANT MAKING, MARKETING AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, COLLABORATIVE FUNDRAISING, AND CONTRACT SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. COMBINED WITH CONTRACT SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, DESIGNATED GIVING AND MATCHING FUNDS, UNITED ARTS INVESTED NEARLY $11 MILLION INTO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY IN FY24 TO HELP MAKE ART THRIVE. UNITED ART'S GRANTS SUPPORT ARTS, SCIENCE AND HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE FOUR-COUNTY REGION THROUGH BOTH OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROJECT GRANTS. IN FY24, THE ORGANIZATION INVESTED ALMOST $5.0 MILLION THROUGH THE FOLLOWING FUNDING PROGRAMS: 1) OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS (OSG) PROVIDE STABILIZING OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE REGION'S ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH FULL SEASONS OF PROGRAMMING AND ALL OPERATING BUDGET SIZES. IN FY24, $2,329,700 IN FUNDING WAS AWARDED TO 44 ORGANIZATIONS. 2) PROJECT GRANTS - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING OF UP TO $5,000 FOR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS SUCH AS EXHIBITIONS, FAIRS AND FESTIVALS THAT CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE ARTS AND ACT AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE. ALL NONPROFITS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. THE PROJECT MUST BE ROOTED IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES, OR HISTORY. IN FY24, UNITED ARTS AWARDED $100,000 IN PROJECT GRANT FUNDING TO 24 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 3) VENUE SUBSIDY GRANTS FUNDED THROUGH SUPPORT FROM ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, VENUE SUBSIDY GRANTS SUPPORT THE RENTAL OF PERFORMANCE VENUES THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY. FOURTY THREE ORGANIZATIONS SHARED AWARDS TOTALING OVER $500,000. 4) EMERGING GRANTS PROVIDED OPERATING SUPPORT TO SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROGRAM AIMED TO HELP THE GROWTH AND STABILITY OF SMALL ORGANIZATIONS. IN FY24, UNITED ARTS AWARDED $55,000 TO 9 ORGANIZATIONS. 5) CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF ORLANDO AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BOARD UNITED ARTS HAS WITH THE AID OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT ART INTO THE PUBLIC SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY FROM FLOWER INSTALLATIONS, AFFORDABLE ARTIST STUDIOS AND STREET MUSICIANS. 6) CULTURAL TOURISM WITH THE SUPPORT OF VISIT ORLANDO UNITED ARTS HAS CREATED A CULTURAL TOURISM DEPARTMENT WHOSE AIM IS TO PROMOTE THE ARTS NOT ONLY TO LOCAL RESIDENTS BUT TO THE MANY TOURISTS WHO VISIT CENTRAL FLORIDA EACH YEAR.

  Expenses $3,921,094 · Grants $3,010,296 · Revenue $65,405

• ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING: UNITED ARTS FACILITATES CURRICULUM-BASED K-12 ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CONTRACTED SERVICES WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS AND TEACHING ARTISTS. UNITED ARTS' ARTS EDUCATION INITIATIVES EXPOSE STUDENTS TO MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE, FILM, BALLET, AND MUSEUMS OF ART, HISTORY AND SCIENCE. UNITED ARTS LARGEST EDUCATION CONTRACT IS WITH ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (OCPS) TO PROVIDE CURRICULUM-BASED ARTS EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OCPS STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 (CONTRACT AMOUNT - $596,322). IN FY24, THIS CONTRACT FACILITATED K-12 CURRICULUM-BASED ARTS EDUCATION EXPERIENCES FOR 90,101 STUDENTS. UNITED ARTS ACTIVELY SEEKS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE BREADTH OF ARTS EDUCATION EXPERIENCES EACH STUDENT WILL HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE SERVED EACH YEAR IN LAKE, OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. FOR FY24, UNITED ARTS RECEIVED $30,000 IN DONOR SPONSORED FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTS EDUCATION EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT LAKE, OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES, RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 11,634 STUDENTS HAVING EDUCATION EXPERIENCES THAT THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO. OVERALL, 200 UNIQUE SCHOOLS HAD ARTS EDUCATION EXPERIENCES AND OF THIS NUMBER 80 WERE TITLE 1 SCHOOLS. MAKING ART POSSIBLE IN THIS EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT ONLY SERVES AS ONE MORE WAY TO FULFILL OUR VISION OF INCREASING ACCESS TO ARTS, SCIENCE AND HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $784,787 · Grants $658,730 · Revenue $962,771

• UNITED ARTS PROVIDES PROGRAMMING THAT RAISES AWARENESS FOR THE ARTS, PROVIDES FREE MARKETING AVENUES TO BUILD AUDIENCES FOR THE REGION'S ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROVIDES EARNED INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA REGION. PROGRAMS INCLUDE: 1) ARTISTRY (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ORLANDO ARTS MAGAZINE) IS A BI-MONTHLY GLOSSY PUBLICATION (FIVE ISSUES PER YEAR) THAT ACTS AS A REFERENCE AND GUIDE TO ARTS AND CULTURAL HAPPENINGS IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA REGION AND TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE MAGAZINE IS A CULTURAL TOURISM ASSET AND IS OFFERED AS A DONOR PREMIUM FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF $50 OR MORE AND 15,000 COPIES ARE PRODUCED PER ISSUE WITH 155 DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS. A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE MAGAZINE IS ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO VISITOR DESTINATIONS.2) ARTS & CULTURE CALENDAR (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ORLANDOATPLAY) IS AN EVENTS WEBSITE SERVING THE SEVEN-COUNTY CENTRAL FLORIDA REGION. THE SEARCHABLE WEBSITE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON ARTS, SCIENCE AND HISTORY EVENTS AS WELL AS NATURE ACTIVITIES, FARMERS MARKETS AND PUBLIC ART. THE SITE SERVES RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE AS A COMPREHENSIVE SITE TO GO TO WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AND PROVIDES THE ARTS COMMUNITY WITH A CENTRAL LOCATION TO POST INFORMATION TO SHARE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. 3) UNITED ARTSCARD IS AN AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT TOOL AND DONOR PREMIUM FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF $100 OR MORE, THE ARTSCARD PROVIDES DISCOUNTED ADMISSIONS AND CLASSES TO OVER 20 PARTICIPATING AREA ARTS, SCIENCE, AND HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS. OVER 2,425 CARDS ARE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY.4) GRANTS MANAGEMENT SERVICES A FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM WHERE UNITED ARTS LENDS ITS EXPERTISE IN GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR OTHER AGENCIES WISHING TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY. IN FY24, UNITED ARTS MANAGED ALMOST $5 MILLION IN CULTURAL TOURISM GRANT AWARDS FOR ORANGE COUNTY ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 5) CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS UNITED ARTS FACILITATES WORKSHOPS AND CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSIST ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OPERATIONAL, FISCAL AND GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES.

  Expenses $310,753 · Revenue $495,879

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. 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

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

• DONOR DESIGNATED GRANTS - VARIOUS RECIPIENTS

  $6,155,011

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

  $828,167

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ORLANDO BALLET

  $579,758

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER

  $373,030

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER

  $351,586

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART

  $269,133

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• OPERA ORLANDO

  $226,118

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE

  $223,496

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF WINTER PARK

  $179,148

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

• ENZIAN THEATER

  $117,537

  GENERAL SUPPORT/PROGRAMMING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

28 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501199349301950

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