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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$690,753
Total expenses
$590,735
Contributions and grants received
$678,596
Grants paid
$252,068
Program service revenue
$12,700
Investment income
$4,137
Other revenue
-$4,680
Total assets, end of year
$391,446
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,841
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$379,605
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$488,601
Management and general expenses
$65,088
Fundraising expenses
$37,046
Program service expenses (Part III)
$488,601

Program services were 82.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $10,004

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $22,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $355,212

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $291,380

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Events

    total $10,200 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Trolley Advertising

    total $2,500 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,249 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,249

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,888

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,888

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,888 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,888

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,000

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

    $22,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,714

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,714 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$4,714

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $34 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $34

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $34

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $252,068 · program services $252,068

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,006 · program services $57,404 · management and general $12,301 · fundraising $12,301

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $135,625 · program services $94,938 · management and general $20,343 · fundraising $20,344

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,215 · program services $12,051 · management and general $2,582 · fundraising $2,582

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,100 · program services $0 · management and general $12,100 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,458 · program services $0 · management and general $1,458 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,850 · program services $2,850 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,347 · program services $2,232 · management and general $1,115 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,204 · program services $6,617 · management and general $3,815 · fundraising $1,772

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $622 · program services $622 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,403 · program services $9,003 · management and general $8,400 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,644 · program services $1,549 · management and general $48 · fundraising $47

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,384 · program services $2,458 · management and general $2,926 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Programming - Connection

    total $22,762 · program services $22,762 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Programming - Advocacy

    total $22,547 · program services $22,547 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: In-Kind Expense

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $30,193 · end of year $171,740

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $83,260 · end of year $43,304

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,058 · end of year $2,180

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $162,386 · end of year $174,222

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,511 · end of year $11,841

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $158,859 · end of year $181,869

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $111,527 · end of year $197,736

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of ArtsAVL (formerly Asheville Area Arts Council) is to keep the arts at the heart of our community. The Arts Council fulfills its mission by supporting arts professionals and businesses in Buncombe County through Connection, Advocacy, and Grants.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Keep the arts at the heart of our community. ArtsAVL fulfills its mission by supporting arts organizations and artists in Buncombe County through connection, advocacy, and grants.

  • Connection- ArtsAVL is connecting the community to creatives and creatives to each other through a new Creative Portal microsite launched in early 2023. Members receive access to a dashboard that not only provides them with resources but also allows them to create a public-facing directory profile. With a directory profile, members can provide information about their business and work and share upcoming events and opportunities. ArtsAVL is also making it easy to explore Ashevilles art scene while supporting arts businesses with the ArtsAVL Trolley program. This free service links key arts destinations in Downtown Asheville and the River Arts Districts. Data shows a marked increase in both patronage and sales on trolley days. Monthly impact surverys from businesses in the RAD and Downtown are reporting a 46% increase in sales and a 52% increase in visitors on Trolley Days than on non-trolley days.

    Expenses $488,601 · Grants $252,068 · Revenue $12,700

  • Advocacy- In addition to annual Creative Economy reporting, ArtsAVL partnered with Americans for the Arts on the 6th nationwide Arts & Economic Prosperity Study published in October 2023 and led a Creative Spaces study looking at studio and performance space needs in Asheville Metro published in May 2024. ArtsAVL also held a series of three ArtsAVL Town Hall events which focused on Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Arts Marketing, and Creative Spaces, and hosted the annual State of the Arts Brunch. The Brunch celebrates our creative side while demonstrating the major role the arts play in Buncombe County. Additionally, ArtsAVL advocated for continuation of the Citys strategic event partnership funding and increased state funding support for the arts.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katie Cornell

    Executive Director/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $79,506
    From this org
    $79,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Pete Perez

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandy Bourne

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lori Hines

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Harper

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lauren Brunk

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micah Mackenzie

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luke Lingle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Liz Whalen Tallent

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ager

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexa Kincaid

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Moore

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hannah Randall

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kaye Phillips Zusmann

    Board Member

    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.

Grants on this return

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520579349301802

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