Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$547,753

Total expenses

$476,695

Contributions and grants received

$505,313

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$42,043

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$397

Total assets, end of year

$269,800

Total liabilities, end of year

$450

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$269,350

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$392,571

Management and general expenses

$41,920

Fundraising expenses

$42,204

Program service expenses (Part III)

$392,571

Program services were 82.4% 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 · 2024

• COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS CONSISTS OF FREE, CONSISTENT, AND ENDURING EXPRESSIVE ART WORKSHOPS THAT CREATE A SPACE FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM POPULATION-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO CONNECT TO A LARGER COMMUNITY ONCE THEIR PROGRAM IS COMPLETED. THESE WORKSHOPS CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO REACH ACROSS DIFFERENCES IN DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIFE EXPERIENCE, TO FIND CONNECTION AND EMPATHY. THE PUBLIC VALUE OF CONNECTION BETWEEN VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES, AND THE BROADER CITIZENSHIP THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

  Expenses $220,842 · Revenue $40,742

• POPULATION SPECIFIC WORKSHOP PROGRAMMING CONSISTS OF SHORT-TERM AND ENDURING WORKSHOP SERIES OF ALL GENRES DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND VETERANS; OR MILITARY FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS. PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PROGRAMS ARE INTRODUCED TO THE ARTS AS A TOOL FOR SELF-CARE AND RESILIENCE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE A SAFE ENTRY POINT FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY-CONNECTED PEOPLE TO BEGIN EXPRESSING THE INEXPRESSIBLE. HAVING THEIR SELF-EXPRESSION WITNESSED BY OTHERS WITH COMMON EXPERIENCES IS POWERFUL, EXPANSIVE, HEALING, AND OFTEN LIFE-CHANGING.

  Expenses $122,484

• EVENTS ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELECTED PARTICIPANTS, TYPICALLY FROM THE POPULATION-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, TO SHARE THEIR ARTWORK AND STORIES WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THESE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT A LOW-COST OR ARE FREE, AND ALWAYS INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONNECT AND MINGLE. FOR THE ARTIST PARTICIPANTS, THE BENEFIT IS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SEEN; AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD EMPATHY AND CONNECT WITH OTHER STORIES, AND THROUGH THEM PERHAPS CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH THEIR OWN STORIES. THE CAPSTONE IN-PERSON EVENT, A DAY OF BELONGING, IS HELD EACH YEAR IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND.

  Expenses $49,245 · Revenue $1,698

As filed on the 2024 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

2024

Filed

13 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533219349311953

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