Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,042,386

Total expenses

$1,040,936

Contributions and grants received

$1,023,347

Grants paid

$61,515

Program service revenue

$10,966

Investment income

$8,073

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$722,265

Total liabilities, end of year

$22,669

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$699,596

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$760,234

Management and general expenses

$129,583

Fundraising expenses

$151,119

Program service expenses (Part III)

$760,234

Program services were 73.0% 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

• LEWISTON LANDING PAD PROJECT:Artists participated in peer based groups and received support through MIO's advocacy and support programs which are held by the Lewiston Landing Pad Project. Advocacy and Support involves helping navigate system involvement and personal and family crises by offering support with: fines, fees, and restitution; emergency funds; monthly support for emergency food and basic resources (diapers, formula); shelter; and transportation. MIO Connected 34 young people to resources for emergency food and basic resources in 2023. The landing pad project also holds community program projects including community lunches where artists are invited to prepare for upcoming performances and MIO also invites community resources to connect artists to and other live performances including open mic nights and a Juneteenth celebration in Lewiston's Kennedy Park. In 2023 there were 6 community lunches. There were 4 open mic nights: MIO Open Mic Night "Remembering Bobby Payzant aka Paco" on February 9, 2023; Maine Inside Out Presents "The System" on April 6, 2023; October 2023 Open Mic Night "Transformations" on October 19, 2023; December Open Mic Night "Lewiston Strong Art for Healing" on December 14, 2023. There was one Juneteenth Celebration: "Juneteenth: A Change We're Waiting For" on June 16, 2023

  Expenses $166,323 · Revenue $118,174

• LEWISTON SCHOOLS PROJECT -MIO started a pilot program in Lewiston Middle School in March of 2022. In 2023, the work with Lewiston Middle School students continued.The theater program at LMS had MIO staff engaging with students in our arts-based model for youth leadership, community support, and crisis intervention. Students were placed in groups to create and perform original theater in an 8-12 week process with three distinct phases. In the first phase, groups create agreements for values and conduct and engage in ice-breakers, collaborative problem solving, personal story sharing, and basic theater skill-building exercises. In the second phase, the groups synthesize personal stories and artistic content into a cohesive original play. In the third phase, the groups rehearse and perform in front of an invited audience such as staff and administrators, students, community members, and families. Performances are followed by a facilitated dialogue about the content of the performance. The performances offer students a productive strategy for sharing their experiences and engaging the community in improving policies that directly impact their well being. The performances offer staff, teachers, and school leadership the opportunity to witness "at risk" students as leaders and artists. Overall, the process strengthens community culture and relationships through artistic expression and connected dialogue. The students successfully completed one phase of the theater making process and the two groups performed plays in front of their families, school administration and peers. Live performances for Lewiston Middle School Students: May 15 & May 18

  Expenses $197,340 · Revenue $204,876

• FISCAL SPONSORSHIP-Maine Inside Out supports mission-aligned independent artists, organizations, and groups without 501(c)(3) tax status to apply for grant funding through formal fiscal sponsorship.Through fiscal sponsorship, MIO supports visionary artists and community organizers in the practical process of resourcing their ideas, reducing the administrative burden on emerging artists and projects and amplifying the collective community impact on social change. We meet with fiscal sponsor participants regularly to ensure alignment with the project and review expense reports.

  Expenses $61,515 · Grants $61,515 · Revenue $68,350

• MOUNTAINVIEW PROJECT -In March MIO continued theater programming with incarcerated artists at Mountain View Correctional Facility. In 2023, MIO was able to hold 2 sessions at the facility. The first group met over a 16 week period, and the second group met over a 15 week period to create and share an original piece of theater. At the beginning of the program, groups created agreements for values and conduct and engaged in ice-breakers, brainstorming, collaborative problem solving, writing exercises and basic theater skill-building exercises. The groups created and rehearsed an original theater piece and then performed the pieces they created. The first session performed on June 22 and the second session performed on November 3 in front of audiences of invited guests which included staff, administration, incarcerated individuals and those connected to the artists support systems such as their families, lawyers, probation officers and other service providers. Performances were followed by a facilitated dialogue about the content of the performance. Upon completion, successful participants engage in a culminating ceremony and receive a Letter of Completion and Certificate of Completion. Participants in the program are invited to join MIO's community programming upon release. MIO supported 20 incarcerated artists with regular phone calls for support and art sharing, re-entry support and planning, along with stipends for art creation and virtual event attendance.

  Expenses $93,137 · Revenue $45,009

• THEATER LAB PROJECT - The MIO Theater Lab is the overall container that holds any theater related work / activities. This includes: Lewiston School Projects, Portland School Projects, Mountain View Projects, and training / developing theater facilitators. The theater lab employs part-time employees and is responsible for growing their skills in theater facilitation so that they can become future facilitative leads of MIO.

  Expenses $48,493 · Revenue $18,951

• PORTLAND SCHOOLS PROJECT -MIO started a pilot program in King Middle School (Portland) in February 2023. The theater program at KMS had MIO staff engaging with students in our arts-based model for youth leadership, community support, and crisis intervention. Students were placed in groups to create and perform original theater in an 8-12 week process with three distinct phases. In the first phase, groups create agreements for values and conduct and engage in ice-breakers, collaborative problem solving, personal story sharing, and basic theater skill-building exercises. In the second phase, the groups synthesize personal stories and artistic content into a cohesive original play. In the third phase, the groups rehearse and perform in front of an invited audience such as staff and administrators, students, community members, and families. Performances are followed by a facilitated dialogue about the content of the performance. The performances offer students a productive strategy for sharing their experiences and engaging the community in improving policies that directly impact their wellbeing. The performances offer staff, teachers, and school leadership the opportunity to witness "at risk" students as leaders and artists. Overall, the process strengthens community culture and relationships through artistic expression and connected dialogue. The students successfully completed one phase of the theater making process and the two groups performed plays in front of their families, school administration and peers. Live performances for King Middle School Students: May 23 & May 24

  Expenses $193,426 · Revenue $95,016

As filed on the 2023 return.

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

• Sunlight Media Collective

  $61,515

  Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous media makers and activists working to document and share media about issues affecting the Wabanaki people, emphasizing the frequent intersections between the environment and Tribal rights. Most of their work is short format video and written news coverage, and short films. They also organize events and produce feature-length documentaries. Their media helps to inform and inspire Mainers who might not otherwise have access to the Indigenous side of the story on these topics. Expenses for Sunlight Media Collective include: transportation, food, technology (zoom, mailchimp, quickbooks, transcription services, event rental and catering services), utilities (phone and internet), printing, postage, stipends.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

2 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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