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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARTS EDUCATION CONNECTION SAN DIEGO.

Totals

Total revenue
$614,372
Total expenses
$792,864
Contributions and grants received
$186,098
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$417,475
Investment income
$10,799
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$408,089
Total liabilities, end of year
$171,603
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$236,486
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$559,540
Management and general expenses
$176,198
Fundraising expenses
$57,126
Program service expenses (Part III)
$559,540

Program services were 70.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $74,090

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $112,008

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Art education programs

    total $417,475 · related or exempt $417,475

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,799 · excluded $10,799

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $90,420 · program services $65,102 · management and general $18,084 · fundraising $7,234

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $502,035 · program services $361,465 · management and general $100,407 · fundraising $40,163

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,831 · program services $28,679 · management and general $7,966 · fundraising $3,186

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $54,730 · program services $39,406 · management and general $10,946 · fundraising $4,378

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,543 · management and general $6,543

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,370 · program services $20,943 · management and general $9,427

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,467 · program services $4,467

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,147 · program services $2,266 · management and general $629 · fundraising $252

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,871 · program services $3,242 · management and general $1,343 · fundraising $286

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $471 · program services $471

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,987 · management and general $3,987

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,267 · management and general $11,267

  • 24a · Other expenses: IT, telephone, internet

    total $9,016 · program services $6,492 · management and general $1,803 · fundraising $721

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program materials

    total $18,655 · program services $18,655

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $6,484 · program services $4,668 · management and general $1,297 · fundraising $519

  • 24d · Other expenses: Storage

    total $4,832 · program services $3,479 · management and general $966 · fundraising $387

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,738 · program services $205 · management and general $1,533

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $306,461 · end of year $318,726

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $235,325

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,175 · end of year $29,102

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,443 · end of year $57,606

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,686 · end of year $2,655

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,060 · end of year $31,680

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,424

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $143,628 · end of year $139,923

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $393,703 · end of year $176,724

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,275 · end of year $59,762

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Arts Education Connection San Diego engages professional teaching artists to provide high-quality arts education programs in all art forms for students, educators, families and communities, advocating for, leading and advancing education in and through the arts.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Arts Education Connection San Diego transforms learning by bringing the joy and richness of the arts to schools and communities.

  • Arts Intervention programs address the special needs of our most vulnerable students in the Juvenile Court and Community Schools. These students may be incarcerated, pregnant and/or parenting, in foster care, expelled, chronically truant, in drug treatment, in group homes for neglected or abused children, and/or experiencing homelessness. Our programs give youth tools for positive self-expression and support their social/emotional and academic growth.

    Expenses $129,103 · Revenue $100,194

  • Artist in Residence programs are 8 to 32 week partnerships with local schools. Teaching Artists instruct students in weekly lessons that are focused on discrete art or arts integration. Students learn a variety of art concepts, vocabulary, and techniques, while also cultivating imagination, critical thinking and other crucial life skills needed to succeed in todays world.

    Expenses $347,600 · Revenue $263,009

  • Other programs include workshops, performances, teaching artist training, professional learning for classroom teachers, family arts nights, afterschool enrichment, and programs for military-connected youth. We also participate in advocacy events that demonstrate the value of arts education for all.

    Expenses $82,837 · Revenue $54,272

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adrienne Valencia

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $90,420
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $86,041
    Other
    $4,379
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jamey Murphy

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karah Lain

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brooke Stites

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emily O'Neal

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Cerasoli

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hilary Murdock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Giselle Rocha

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lakshmi Kari

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shannon Foley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Phillipa Sinnerton

    Director

    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
7 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610149349301136

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