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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR ART AND MUSIC IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$142,719
Total expenses
$204,376
Contributions and grants received
$104,222
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$32,120
Investment income
$1,532
Other revenue
$4,845
Total assets, end of year
$85,847
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$85,847
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$94,389
Management and general expenses
$78,381
Fundraising expenses
$31,606
Program service expenses (Part III)
$94,389

Program services were 46.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $10,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,099

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,123

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATIONS

    total $30,160 · related or exempt $30,160

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $1,960 · related or exempt $1,960

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,532 · excluded $1,532

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,750

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,750 · excluded $1,750

  • 11a · Other revenue: BOOTH RENTAL

    total $2,575 · excluded $2,575

  • 11b · Other revenue: PROGRAM ADS

    total $520 · excluded $520

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,095

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $57,557 · program services $16,919 · management and general $28,779 · fundraising $11,859

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $36,998 · program services $52 · management and general $21,788 · fundraising $15,158

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,554 · program services $1,311 · management and general $3,932 · fundraising $1,311

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,246 · program services $30,230 · management and general $777 · fundraising $3,239

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,062 · program services $3,062

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,260 · program services $13,638 · management and general $622

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $458 · program services $208 · management and general $250

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,247 · program services $14,937 · management and general $4,310

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,582 · program services $2,582

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,803 · management and general $6,803

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,293 · program services $1,647 · management and general $1,646

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $10,825 · program services $8,941 · management and general $1,884

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,893 · program services $862 · management and general $1,992 · fundraising $39

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $598 · management and general $598

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $17,539 · end of year $3,521

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $71,827 · end of year $30,101

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

    $113,982

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

    $61,757

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,138 · end of year $52,225

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $136,570 · end of year $85,069

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,934 · end of year $778

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF FAME IS TO FOSTER AND PERPETUATE CREATIVITY THROUGH MULTICULTURAL ARTS EDUCATION: WE BELIEVE IN THE VALUE AND POWER OF THE ARTS TO KINDLE THE IMAGINATION, ENCOURAGE CREATIVE THINKING AND ENHANCE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

  • ARTS CAMP - A WEEK LONG OVER-NIGHT SUMMER RESIDENTIAL ARTS CAMP AT CAMP LUTHERWALD. 42 CAMPERS (AGES 8-16) TOGETHER WITH AN OUTSTANDING FACULTY OF ARTS EDUCATORS GATHERED TO CREATE A UNIQUE STUDENT ARTIST COLONY. CLASSES IN MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, DRAMA, DANCE, AND STORYTELLING ARE INTERSPERSED WITH CAMP ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SWIMMING, BOATING AND ROCK WALL CLIMBING. THE CLASSES ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMMERSION IN THE CREATIVE ARTS CONCENTRATED AROUND THE ANNUAL CULTURAL FOCUS. FOR 2023-24 THE CULTURAL FOCUS WAS SCANDANAVIA AND THE NORDIC REGION "MYTHS AND LEGENDS." VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM - FAME'S MULTICULTURAL VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM SEEKS TO BROADEN CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH PERFORMANCES BY LEADING EXPERTS FROM DIVERSE CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. USING THE ANNUAL CULTURAL FOCUS TO GUIDE SELECTIONS, VISITING ARTISTS ARE MASTERS OF ETHNIC ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND HAVE INCLUDED PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS, DANCERS, SINGERS AND ACTORS. MUSIC AND ART FESTIVALS - HELD EVERY YEAR DURING SPRING IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, THESE TWO-DAY FESTIVALS IN FORT WAYNE AT THE GRAND WAYNE CENTER AND WABASH AT THE HONEYWELL CENTER FEATURE AN AVERAGE OF 220 PERFORMING GROUPS, 6,100 STUDENT PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES, AND THE IMAGINARIUM HANDS-ON CREATIVE ARTS CENTER. PERFORMANCES BY VISITING ARTISTS, THE INTERACTIVE INSTRUMENT PLAYGROUND ALL ADD TO THE EXUBERANT ATMOSPHERE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE CREATIVITY OF INDIANA'S ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. ANNUALLY, APPROXIMATELY 28,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN FAME FESTIVALS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 40,000 SPECTATORS. 150 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY COME TO HELP WITH THE WORK.

    Expenses $94,389 · Revenue $32,120

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kryste Wallen

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $46,444
    From this org
    $42,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,726
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ann Gordon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Andie Mosley

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Diana Bartscht

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Wendy Bloom

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jomare Bowers-Mizzell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Micaiah Chacon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kevin Christenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lisa Christman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Janice Furtner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cindy Haggenjos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Heather Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dona Mossburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brandon Porter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • William Roach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Peter Yee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
14 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202412279349300016

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