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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARTS OF LIFE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,236,950
Total expenses
$2,398,510
Contributions and grants received
$1,153,166
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,033,895
Investment income
$8,751
Other revenue
$41,138
Total assets, end of year
$992,510
Total liabilities, end of year
$332,057
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$660,453
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,727,122
Management and general expenses
$315,455
Fundraising expenses
$355,933
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,727,122

Program services were 72.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $25,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,127,666

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,152

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GRANTS FROM GOVERNMENT

    total $833,396 · related or exempt $833,396

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $104,540 · related or exempt $104,540

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ART DONATIONS

    total $69,444 · related or exempt $69,444

  • 2d · Program service revenue: LICENSING FEES

    total $26,515 · related or exempt $26,515

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,751 · related or exempt $8,751

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,928

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $25,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,264

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $33,664 · excluded $33,664

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $7,474 · related or exempt $7,474

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,474

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,388,992 · program services $1,067,998 · management and general $54,885 · fundraising $266,109

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $160,155 · program services $76,202 · management and general $78,861 · fundraising $5,092

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $103,510 · program services $79,803 · management and general $3,626 · fundraising $20,081

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,602 · management and general $6,602

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $117,716 · program services $24,444 · management and general $62,602 · fundraising $30,670

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,062 · program services $17,883 · fundraising $5,179

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,177 · program services $22,785 · management and general $11,727 · fundraising $665

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $168,860 · program services $168,860

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,832 · management and general $18,832

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,893 · program services $675 · management and general $20,100 · fundraising $118

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTS' STIPENDS

    total $68,731 · program services $68,731

  • 24b · Other expenses: ART SUPPLIES

    total $40,422 · program services $40,121 · fundraising $301

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $40,000 · management and general $40,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $37,739 · program services $37,739

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $167,819 · program services $121,881 · management and general $18,220 · fundraising $27,718

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $193,660 · end of year $311,559

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $330,525 · end of year $60,313

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $160,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $204,024 · end of year $194,316

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,586 · end of year $26,275

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

    $219,438

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

    $146,108

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $88,869 · end of year $73,330

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,603 · end of year $13,829

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $189,220 · end of year $152,888

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,573 · end of year $184,262

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $180,017 · end of year $147,795

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $706,432 · end of year $405,370

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,465 · end of year $255,083

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ARTS OF LIFE SUPPORTS OVER 60 ADULT ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES AT TWO COLLECTIVE ART STUDIOS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. STUDIO PROGRAMMING IS DICTATED BY THE SPECIFIC INTERESTS AND TALENTS OF OUR ARTISTS, WHO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP THE STUDIO. WE ARE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES THAT ALL ARTISTS, REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY, SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MEMBERS OF AN ARTISTIC COMMUNITY THAT 1)DEVELOPS ORGANICALLY BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE NEEDS; 2)IS CONSTANTLY SHAPED BY THEIR OPINIONS, CHOICES, AND INTERESTS; AND 3)CONTRIBUTES TO THE LARGER ARTS COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION ADVANCES THE CREATIVE ARTS COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING ARTISTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES A COLLECTIVE SPACE TO EXPAND THEIR PRACTICE AND STRENGTHEN THEIR LEADERSHIP.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY, INNOVATIVE SERVICES THROUGH THE ARTS TO INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA.

    Expenses $1,727,122 · Revenue $1,050,120

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Gustafson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Martell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Michrina

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe McLlhattan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patty Klingbiel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Troxel-Chmyr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Riddell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cortney Lederer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Hicks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Goldberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Masi

    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
2023
Filed
4 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500949349300445

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