Totals
- Total revenue
- $543,707
- Total expenses
- $445,370
- Contributions and grants received
- $535,134
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $7,810
- Investment income
- $885
- Other revenue
- -$122
- Total assets, end of year
- $131,006
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $131,006
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $315,895
- Management and general expenses
- $115,726
- Fundraising expenses
- $13,749
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $315,895
Program services were 70.9% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$15,154
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$123,742
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$396,238
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2a · Program service revenue: Dance performances
total $7,810 · related or exempt $7,810
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3 · Investment income
total $885 · related or exempt $885
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$15,154
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$122
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$122 · excluded -$122
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $133,020 · program services $52,083 · management and general $77,337 · fundraising $3,600
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $187,123 · program services $187,123
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $32,962 · program services $16,481 · management and general $16,481
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $33,440 · program services $24,982 · management and general $8,082 · fundraising $376
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11b · Fees: legal
total $50 · management and general $50
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11g · Fees: other
total $4,751 · program services $2,500 · management and general $2,251
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $24,786 · program services $19,883 · management and general $29 · fundraising $4,874
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,742 · program services $467 · management and general $5,530 · fundraising $745
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16 · Occupancy
total $10,800 · program services $10,000 · fundraising $800
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23 · Insurance
total $1,447 · management and general $1,447
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24a · Other expenses: Equipment rental
total $153 · program services $153
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24b · Other expenses: Professional development
total $1,971 · management and general $1,971
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24c · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions
total $6,917 · program services $1,015 · management and general $2,548 · fundraising $3,354
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24d · Other expenses: Classroom materials
total $1,208 · program services $1,208
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $16,700 · end of year $14,229
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $15,969 · end of year $116,777
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $31,169 · end of year $129,506
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Artsparks mission is to provide access to high-quality dance programming, to foster the understanding of dance as an art form, and to challenge students of all ages and abilities to discover new heights of individual excellence through attention and creativity.
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Ready, Spart, Kindgergarten is a 30-week arts education (dance and music) kindergarten readiness program that teaches concepts related to academic benchmarks and social and emotional learning in every Akron Public School Pre-K classroom.
Expenses $100,981 · Revenue $112,000
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The TNT (Top Notch Team) and XD (Extra Dynamite) Programs are a collection of students throughout our in-school residencies. Students who embody energy and excellence in class are invited to join these scholarship teams. These students learn advanced choreography, theater and stage terminology, as well as the etiquette of being a professional.
Expenses $97,231
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Dynamite Duos is an arts education dance and music program that pairs students with disabilities with their same aged peers. The program takes place during the school day in the Akron Public Schools and culminates in and end-of-year performance.
Expenses $55,042 · Revenue $36,000
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Expenses $62,641
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Kara Cea
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $57,708
- From this org
- $57,708
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Erica Piper
Artistic Director
- Total calculated
- $52,083
- From this org
- $52,083
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Shauna Conzaman
Managing Director
- Total calculated
- $23,229
- From this org
- $23,229
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Miya Timura
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Robert Dunn
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kayla Keys
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mary Breiding
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rachel Huffman
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Genevieve Vogelsang
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim Able
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523219349327697
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