Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$101,972

Total expenses

$108,686

Contributions and grants received

$90,557

Grants paid

$4,500

Program service revenue

$11,415

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$67,574

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$67,574

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$95,525

Management and general expenses

$9,261

Fundraising expenses

$3,900

Program service expenses (Part III)

$95,525

Program services were 87.9% 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

• WE HOSTED 4 DOWNTOWN CREATES EVENTS THAT ENGAGED THE PUBLIC IN CREATING AND SHARING ARTWORK. THEMED EVENTS INCLUDED STREET MUSIC NIGHT, CHALK ON THE TOWN AND PAINT OUT ON THE TOWN. THE SERIES INCLUDED LIGHT UP APPLETON WHICH FEATURED YOUTH AND CULTURAL PERFORMERS ON THE COMMUNITY MUSIC STAGE, ART AND CRAFT VENDORS, MAKE AND TAKE PROJECTS, INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS AND A TREAT WALK. EVENTS ARE THE THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND THE THIRD SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.

  Expenses $41,239

• ART AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND PUBLIC ART IS ANOTHER MAIN FOCUS. CDA WAS A PARTNER AND FISCAL AGENT FOR PAINT THE CITY 2 WHICH BROUGHT 20 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND A LOCAL ARTIST TOGETHER TO PAINT A LARGE SCALE MURAL ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BUILDING. THE MOBILE PARKLET WAS REINSTALLED ON WASHINGTON STREET INCLUDING PUBLIC SEATING, IMAGES OF WORLD MUSIC INSTRUMENTS, AND FRESH HERBS.

  Expenses $30,631

• AVENUE OF ICE IS A DISPLAY OF HANDCRAFTED ICE CARVINGS THROUGHOUT THE MILE OF DOWNTOWN APPLETON. CARVINGS ARE SPONSORED BY COMPANIES AND CDA COVERS THE COST OF A LARGER SCALE CARVING. IN 2023 WE ALSO HOSTED A FREE TROLLEY FOR THOSE UNABLE TO WALK THE DOWNTOWN TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE CARVINGS. THIS IS A FEBRUARY EVENT.

  Expenses $17,647

• MILE OF MUSIC PRODUCTION PARTNER. THE EVENT FEATURES ORIGINAL LIVE MUSIC FROM MORE THAN 600 PERFORMANCES AND PROVIDES A MUSIC EDUCATION SERIES FREE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE FOUR DAY FESTIVAL. OUTDOOR FREE MUSIC WAS PRESENTED IN SEVERAL ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF DOWNTOWN, JONES PARK, HOUDINI PLAZA AND LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AREA. CDA MANAGES JONES PARK LOGISTICS AND HELPS TO OVERSEE HOUDINI PLAZA. WE RECEIVE A STIPEND FOR OUR SUPPORT. CDA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ADI SUPPORTED TWO FREE CONCERTS IN JONES PARK.

  Expenses $6,008 · Grants $4,500 · Revenue $11,415

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• APPLETON DOWNTOWN INC

  501(C)(6) · ENERGIZE DOWNTOWN APPLETON'S RETAIL, BUSINESS, CULTURAL & EDUCATIONAL LIFE · WI

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202403189349304135

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