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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$107,062,208
Total expenses
$109,474,661
Contributions and grants received
$19,129,928
Grants paid
$29,853,777
Program service revenue
$83,424,063
Investment income
$4,795,980
Other revenue
-$287,763
Total assets, end of year
$328,001,796
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,553,233
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$151,448,563
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$88,784,840
Management and general expenses
$17,524,983
Fundraising expenses
$3,164,838
Program service expenses (Part III)
$88,784,840

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $793,456

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $396,947

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,939,525

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $106,387

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $77,172,149 · related or exempt $77,172,149

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAFE & FOOD SERVICES

    total $3,216,715 · related or exempt $3,216,715

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

    total $1,923,000 · related or exempt $1,923,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER AUXILIARY INCOME

    total $645,353 · related or exempt $645,353

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER STUDENT REVENUE

    total $466,846 · related or exempt $466,846

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,606,925 · unrelated business $939 · excluded $1,605,986

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $25,130,567 · other assets $5,521,628

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $24,399,740 · other assets $3,063,400

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $730,827 · other assets $2,458,228

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,189,055 · excluded $3,189,055

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $793,456

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $287,763

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$287,763 · excluded -$287,763

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $29,763,849 · program services $29,763,849

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $89,928 · program services $89,928

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,948,077 · program services $300,290 · management and general $1,246,557 · fundraising $401,230

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,595,029 · program services $31,593,610 · management and general $4,351,918 · fundraising $1,649,501

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $671,596 · program services $588,805 · management and general $57,168 · fundraising $25,623

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,099,434 · program services $5,542,295 · management and general $2,103,535 · fundraising $453,604

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,783,663 · program services $2,406,560 · management and general $272,661 · fundraising $104,442

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,730,573 · program services $5,253 · management and general $1,724,627 · fundraising $693

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $354,400 · management and general $354,400

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $149,670 · management and general $149,670

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,803,201 · program services $4,757,303 · management and general $998,653 · fundraising $47,245

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $752,336 · program services $470,839 · management and general $72,940 · fundraising $208,557

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,160,120 · program services $921,310 · management and general $218,552 · fundraising $20,258

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,475,174 · program services $716,381 · management and general $1,667,086 · fundraising $91,707

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,019,425 · program services $3,105,429 · management and general $5,912,081 · fundraising $1,915

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,371,935 · program services $1,174,839 · management and general $73,988 · fundraising $123,108

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,739,224 · management and general $1,739,224

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $665,955 · program services $991 · management and general $664,964

  • 24a · Other expenses: WORK STUDY

    total $1,297,244 · program services $1,260,612 · management and general $33,348 · fundraising $3,284

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVEL & EMP. RELATION

    total $208,050 · program services $91,493 · management and general $115,932 · fundraising $625

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALLOC. OF INDIR. COSTS

    total $0 · program services $5,893,045 · management and general -$5,921,456 · fundraising $28,411

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,795,778 · program services $102,008 · management and general $1,689,135 · fundraising $4,635

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $19,515,298 · end of year $16,371,292

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $430,130 · end of year $13,648,706

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,649,427 · end of year $4,702,950

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,668,576 · end of year $2,499,117

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $65,372 · end of year $1,775

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $58,641 · end of year $65,333

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,337,973 · end of year $1,495,119

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $211,097,085

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $45,565,183

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $106,173,745 · end of year $165,531,902

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $54,488,469 · end of year $46,584,615

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $879,474 · end of year $854,229

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $78,007,985 · end of year $76,246,758

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,926,853 · end of year $27,812,949

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,381,142 · end of year $3,955,744

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $30,110,458 · end of year $67,980,468

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $817,928 · end of year $20,492

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,440,886 · end of year $1,215,184

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $76,754,922 · end of year $75,568,396

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,385,959 · end of year $51,364,231

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $96,456,942 · end of year $100,084,332

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS EDUCATES STUDENTS TO SHAPE CULTURE AND SOCIETY THROUGH THE PRACTICE AND CRITICAL STUDY OF ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND WRITING. BENEFITTING FROM ITS SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LOCATION, THE COLLEGE PREPARES STUDENTS FOR LIFELONG CREATIVE WORK BY CULTIVATING INNOVATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE STUDENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN AREAS OF FINE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, & WRITING.

  • POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS (CCA) IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOUNDED IN 1907 TO EDUCATE STUDENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN FINE ARTS, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, AND WRITING. THE COLLEGE'S MAIN CAMPUS IS IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE COLLEGE CURRENTLY ENROLLS APPROXIMATELY 991 STUDENTS IN 23 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS AND 304 STUDENTS IN 11 GRADUATE PROGRAMS. CCA IS ACCREDITED BY THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES SENIOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMMISSION (WSCUC/WASC), THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF ART AND DESIGN (NASAD), AND THE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ACCREDITING BOARD (NAAB).

    Expenses $88,784,840 · Grants $29,853,777 · Revenue $83,424,063

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • NOEL PERRY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACK WADSWORTH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORNA F MEYER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AARON GENSLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABBY SADIN SCHAIR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALYSSA WARNOCK

    TRUSTEE (THRU 3/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN MORHAUSER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BYRON D KUTH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE CHRISTENSEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CALVIN B WHEELER MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARINA WONG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARL BASS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLIE WILMANS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE COURAGE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID KIRSHMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE JEWETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA FARRON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOYCE LINKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDY TIMKEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH NOVACK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLEE SWIG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIAM CASEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUCILLE TENAZAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA GIUDICE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA HEMPHILL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARV TSEU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY L ZLOT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL MUSCARDINI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY S FORSTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GENE SAVIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RITU KALRA

    TRUSTEE (THRU 6/21/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIMON J BLATTNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STANLEE GATTI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN CUMMINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE RANDOLPH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN BEAL

    PRESIDENT (THRU 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $539,487
    From this org
    $503,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,776
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $488,159
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,552
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,276
    Filer's total
    $539,487

  • DAVID HOWSE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $47,975
    From this org
    $47,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • SUSAN AVILA

    SENIOR VP, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $240,664
    From this org
    $220,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,905
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,759
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $645
    Filer's total
    $240,664

  • SUZANNE GREVA

    TREASURER, VP OF FIN, ACCT & BUS SVCS

    Total calculated
    $255,756
    From this org
    $237,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,513
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,243
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,648
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,865
    Filer's total
    $255,756

  • REMY HATHAWAY

    ACTING CFO (START 4/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • TAMMY RAE CARLAND

    PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $352,919
    From this org
    $300,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,799
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,120
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $299
    Filer's total
    $352,919

  • MARA HANCOCK

    COO/CIO/SENIOR VP, OPS

    Total calculated
    $325,872
    From this org
    $269,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,437
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,937
    Filer's total
    $325,872

  • SCOTT CLINE

    VP ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $282,740
    From this org
    $255,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,058
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,682
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,558
    Filer's total
    $282,740

  • MAIRA LAZDINS

    VP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $198,170
    From this org
    $171,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,082
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,088
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,210
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,872
    Filer's total
    $198,170

  • TRICIA BRAND

    VICE PRESIDENT, DEIB

    Total calculated
    $274,940
    From this org
    $216,501
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,439
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,501
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,939
    Filer's total
    $274,940

  • LEIGH SATA

    VP, CHIEF INFO. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $237,290
    From this org
    $199,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,322
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,968
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,322
    Filer's total
    $237,290

  • GEORGE SEDANO

    VP, STUDENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $196,548
    From this org
    $182,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,458
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,090
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,458
    Filer's total
    $196,548

  • HELEN MARIE NUGENT

    DEAN OF DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $211,030
    From this org
    $191,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,932
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,098
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,164
    Nontaxable benefits
    $768
    Filer's total
    $211,030

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

Answered yes

  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
CCA REIMBURSED THE PRESIDENT, STEPHEN BEAL, FOR FINANCIAL AND TAX PLANNING SERVICES. THESE BENEFITS WERE REPORTED ON HIS FORM W-2.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349312880

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