Totals
- Total revenue
- $104,460
- Total expenses
- $98,289
- Contributions and grants received
- $81,324
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $18,037
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $4,991
- Investment income (line 4)
- $108
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $75,407
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $75,407
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $98,289
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
AURORA PHOTOCENTER'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT VISUAL ARTISTS WORKING IN PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, VISITING ARTIST TALKS, AND ACCESS TO CREATIVE TOOLS. AS THE ONLY NONPROFIT IN INDIANA DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PHOTOGRAPHY, AURORA IS AN ESSENTIAL HUB FOR THE MEDIUM IN OUR ARTS COMMUNITY. AURORA ALSO SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN LOCAL ARTISTS AND THE GREATER PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY, WITH A REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL SCOPE. AURORA IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY'S EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL POWER AS AN ART MEDIUM IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
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AURORA'S EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHT EMERGING WORK BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND FOSTER NEW IDEAS, INSPIRATION, AND CONNECTIONS TO OUR ARTS COMMUNITY BY FEATURING THE WORK OF INTERNATIONALLY EXHIBITING, AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHERS. AURORA HELD 12 EXHIBITIONS IN 2025; THE EXHIBITIONS WERE VIEWED BY OVER 6,000 PEOPLE.
Expenses $10,438
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AURORA'S WORKSHOPS INTRODUCE ARTISTS TO NEW SKILLS AND WAYS OF WORKING, PROVIDING ACCESS TO EVER-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT. AURORA HELD OVER 35 WORKSHOPS IN 2025; THE WORKSHOPS SERVED OVER 150 ARTISTS.
Expenses $4,160
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AURORA'S RESIDENCIES OFFER INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND EXCHANGE AND HIGHLIGHT OUR INDIANAPOLIS ARTS COMMUNITY AS A CENTER OF CREATIVE PRODUCTION. AURORA HOSTED 6 RESIDENTS IN 2025.
Expenses $10,000
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AURORA'S PUBLIC-ACCESS DARKROOM AND DIGITAL IMAGING AREA OFFER ACCESS TO CREATIVE TOOLS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IMAGES FROM CAMERA TO PRINT.AURORA'S VISITING ARTIST TALKS KEEP LOCAL ARTISTS CONNECTED TO THE CURRENT DIALOG ON PHOTOGRAPHY BEYOND OUR COMMUNITY.
Expenses $73,691
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Mary GoodwinMARY GOODWIN
DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Carrie CooperCARRIE COOPER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Abigail HedgesABIGAIL HEDGES
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Justin A CarneyJUSTIN A CARNEY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Matthew CarrollMATTHEW CARROLL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Jeremy HatchJEREMY HATCH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Osama James NakagawaOSAMA JAMES NAKAGAWA
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Stefan PetranekSTEFAN PETRANEK
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Jacinda RussellJACINDA RUSSELL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Betsy StirrattBETSY STIRRATT
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Ellise Antoinette SmithELLISE ANTOINETTE SMITH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Laren ZollLAREN ZOLL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 17 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202631989349200423
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