Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,710,769

Total expenses

$1,570,421

Contributions and grants received

$920,549

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$781,885

Investment income

$3,551

Other revenue

$4,784

Total assets, end of year

$878,308

Total liabilities, end of year

$240,439

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$637,869

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,232,137

Management and general expenses

$236,375

Fundraising expenses

$101,909

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,232,137

Program services were 78.5% 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

• CREATIVE COMMUNITY COMPAS DELIVERS CREATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT SPAN A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMING, VISUAL, LITERARY, DIGITAL, AND MUSICAL DISCIPLINES. THE 120+ TEACHING ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES WHO MAKE UP OUR ROSTER DELIVER IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA (SHELTERS, LIBRARIES, YOUTH CENTERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CENTER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, JUSTICE PROGRAMS, OLDER ADULT CENTERS, ETC.). TEACHING ARTISTS REPRESENT MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND RACIAL BACKGROUNDS AND BRING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT IGNITE PARTICIPANTS' CREATIVITY WHETHER PROGRAMS ARE WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, OR LONGER RESIDENCIES. NO MATTER THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAM, COMPAS ENSURES THAT EACH PARTICIPANT FULLY EXPERIENCES THE ARTFORM AND IS EXPOSED TO ITS CONTEXT AND HISTORY INSTEAD OF BEING PASSIVE AUDIENCE MEMBERS. CREATIVE COMMUNITY: CREATIVE PROGRAMMING IS BROUGHT INTO ALL TYPES OF COMMUNITY. SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND TRAINING ENABLE OUR TEACHING ARTISTS TO PARTNER WITH SITES TO DEVELOP ACTIVELY CREATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT BUOY THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS AND INTERESTS.EXAMPLE PROGRAMS: YOUTH PROGRAMS: TEENS CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE THROUGH CREATIVE PROGRAMMING, MENTORSHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS DESIGNED WITH AND FOR YOUTH.ARTFUL AGING: OLDER ADULTS EXPERIENCE JOY AND SATISFACTION FROM HANDS-ON, THERAPEUTIC, ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES. PEOPLE DISCOVER NEW TALENTS, REKINDLE OLD INTERESTS, BANISH ISOLATION & CREATE STUNNING ART. DELIVERED BY ART KITS - VIRTUALLY AND SOME IN-PERSON.ANYPLACE ARTS: CREATIVE PROGRAMMING AT LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SHELTERS, FESTIVALS AND OTHER SITES STRETCH PARTICIPANTS' CREATIVE MUSCLES AND OPEN THEIR EYES TO WHAT THEY ARE TRULY CAPABLE OF. ACCESS ARTS: THROUGH THE ARTS, ADULTS LIVING WITH INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES ARE EMPOWERED TO BE CREATIVE, CONNECT WITH OTHERS, AND THRIVE. JUSTICE ARTS PROGRAM: WOMEN IN COUNTY JAILS BUILD CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS AND DEVELOP A POWERFUL TOOL FOR REFLECTING ON THEIR LIVES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING. COMPAS SERVES PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUTH, WHO ARE INCARCERATED OR IN ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE-RELATED PROGRAMS. TEACHING ARTISTS USE AN ARTFORM TO FACILITATE A PROCESS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO USE CREATIVE EXPRESSION TO REFLECT ON AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND SHARE THEIR REFLECTIONS WITH THEIR PEERS, FAMILY, AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE GOAL OF GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING. TOTAL NUMBER SERVED: 26,107

  Expenses $681,653 · Revenue $444,332

• CREATIVE CLASSROOM: MORE THAN 23,000 STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 21 YEARS OF AGE ARE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED COMPAS TEACHING ARTIST TO LEARN AN ARTFORM THAT IS SELECTED BY EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS TO BEST MEET THEIR NEEDS. THE RANGE IN ARTFORMS INCLUDES PERFORMING, VISUAL, LITERARY, DIGITAL, AND MUSICAL DISCIPLINES AND IS OFTEN CONNECTED TO STATE CURRICULUM GUIDELINES. COMPAS' TEACHING ARTISTS WORK WITHIN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS (TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL), OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMS AND SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR OWN ARTMAKING ABILITIES WHILE PARTICIPATING IN MAKING AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF ART IN THEIR SCHOOL SETTING. THIS PROCESS HELPS PARTICIPANTS ADVANCE THEIR CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES AND BUILDS COMMUNITY AMONG STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.

  Expenses $550,484 · Revenue $337,553

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 December 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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