Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$8,298,403

Total expenses

$10,383,597

Contributions and grants received

$7,806,508

Grants paid

$4,471,635

Program service revenue

$121,743

Investment income

$349,936

Other revenue

$20,216

Total assets, end of year

$15,041,398

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,640,970

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,400,428

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,547,815

Management and general expenses

$2,459,392

Fundraising expenses

$376,390

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,547,815

Program services were 72.7% 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

• SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES AIMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE DIVERSITY OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND EXCELLENCE IN THE SOUTHEAST. SOUTH ARTS ANNOUNCED AND AWARDED 17 ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT ARTS AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN STEWARDSHIP THROUGHOUT THEIR NINE-STATE REGIONALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TENNESSEE. SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES ORGANIZATIONS WITH TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN AGENCY AND INSTITUTIONAL NARRATIVES. THE INITIATIVE ENCOURAGED GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHNOT ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARTS, BUT ALSO IN THE IMPACT ON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

  Expenses $2,042,237 · Grants $1,752,679

• JAZZ ROAD IS AN ARTIST-CENTRIC TOURING AND RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO ENSURE JAZZ IS PERFORMED AND PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE PROGRAM ENSURES PAID WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAZZ ARTISTS, AS WELL AS BOLSTERS DEEPER ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN JAZZ MUSICIANS, PRESENTERS AND COMMUNITIES. U.S.-BASED JAZZ ARTISTS WHO DEFINE THEMSELVES AS EMERGING TO MORE ESTABLISHED ALONG A CAREER SPECTRUM ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT JAZZ ARTISTS FOR WHICH A GRANT WOULD OFFER NEW AND SIGNIFICANT CAREER IMPACT. JAZZ ROAD IS SUPPORTED BY THE DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION.

  Expenses $1,817,747 · Grants $1,472,542

• SERVICE TO THE FIELD INCLUDES THE NATIONAL COALITION - SOUTH ARTS CO-CHAIRS THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR ARTS' PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ADMINISTERED A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS TO SUPPORT COALITION ACTIVITIES. THE COALITION IS A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AND USES A COMBINED STRATEGY OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY TO STRENGTHEN DISASTER READINESS AND RESILIENCE WITHIN THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR.

  Expenses $1,753,745 · Grants $203,427

• SOUTH ARTS, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, OFFERS GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES IN AN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN PRESENTERS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, AND TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND MARKETS FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS. THROUGH OUR TOURING FUNDS, WE SUPPORT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS TO ENGAGE WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORTS HIGH ARTISTIC QUALITY PROJECTS WITH STRONG EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH COMPONENTS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE REGION. INCLUDED ARE TRAINING, EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FILM SCREENINGS, TRADITIONAL ARTS, AND TOURING GRANTS TO PERFORMING AND LITERARY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES CROSS-SECTOR IMPACT GRANTS THAT AIM TO FACILITATE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND OTHER SECTORS (NON-ARTS ORGANIZATIONS).IN THESE MOUNTAINS INITIATIVE PRESERVES AND PERPETUATES THE TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE OF CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND TENNESSEE. THROUGH A SERIES OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS SUPPORTING PRACTITIONERS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES, IN THESE MOUNTAINS SUPPORTS THE LONGEVITY AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS THAT HAVE GROWN IN THIS UNIQUE REGION. AS WE LEARN AND GROW, WE CONTINUE TO REFINE HOW WE SUPPORT THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES WITH IMPACTFUL PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $1,934,086 · Grants $1,042,987 · Revenue $121,743

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• BB KING MUSEUM & DELTA INTERPRETIVE CNT

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• BALLETHNIC DANCE COMPANY INC

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• COLOUR OF MUSIC INC

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• DEEP CENTER INCORPORATED

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• EFFORTS OF GRACE INC

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• JAZZARTS CHARLOTTE

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• JUNEBUG PRODUCTIONS INC

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR CULTURAL PRODUCTION

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

• TRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY

  $120,000

  SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541329349301509

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