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← VERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by VERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,723,478
Total expenses
$9,531,281
Contributions and grants received
$9,660,673
Grants paid
$8,045,102
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$62,805
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,667,819
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,385,121
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,282,698
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,028,915
Management and general expenses
$446,751
Fundraising expenses
$55,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,028,915

Program services were 94.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,119,616

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $541,057

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $62,805 · excluded $62,805

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,838,137 · program services $7,838,137

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $206,965 · program services $206,965

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $183,353 · program services $125,481 · management and general $54,783 · fundraising $3,089

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $604,543 · program services $413,727 · management and general $180,631 · fundraising $10,185

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,136 · program services $21,992 · management and general $9,602 · fundraising $542

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $112,266 · program services $76,830 · management and general $33,544 · fundraising $1,892

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,449 · program services $41,370 · management and general $18,061 · fundraising $1,018

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $460 · program services $240 · management and general $220

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,500 · management and general $18,500

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $25,060 · fundraising $25,060

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $127,438 · program services $127,293 · management and general $145

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,800 · program services $7,800

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,251 · program services $17,694 · management and general $6,868 · fundraising $2,689

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $53,847 · program services $19,279 · management and general $28,270 · fundraising $6,298

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,124 · program services $35,325 · management and general $25,290 · fundraising $2,509

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,944 · program services $10,794 · management and general $9,472 · fundraising $678

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,211 · management and general $5,211

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,294 · management and general $4,294

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIUM AND FEES

    total $69,174 · program services $68,274 · management and general $0 · fundraising $900

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSITION RECRUITMENT

    total $48,447 · program services $0 · management and general $48,447 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10,379 · program services $8,230 · management and general $1,394 · fundraising $755

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $9,580 · program services $9,389 · management and general $191 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,923 · program services $95 · management and general $1,828

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $937,223 · end of year $2,975,547

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,338 · end of year $27,977

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $519,063 · end of year $484,771

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,240 · end of year $20,375

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

    $80,783

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

    $72,633

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,276 · end of year $8,150

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $146,370 · end of year $150,999

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $48,556 · end of year $17,477

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $473,052 · end of year $351,085

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,960,424

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $61,080 · end of year $56,135

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $653,232 · end of year $662,959

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $432,640 · end of year $619,739

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE COUNCIL'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE AND PRESERVE THE ARTS AT THE CENTER OF VERMONT COMMUNITIES. IT OFFERS GRANTS AND SERVICES INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ARTS INFORMATION, AND IS THE STATE'S FOREMOST ARTS ADVOCATE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCE AND PRESERVE THE ARTS AT THE CENTER OF VERMONT COMMUNITIES.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OCOMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS PROVIDE GRANTS AND SERVICES TO STRENGTHEN VERMONT COMMUNITIES THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE POSITIVE ROLE PLAYED BY ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO 85 INDIVIDUALS AND 201 ORGANIZATIONS IN EVERY COUNTY AND 100 TOWNS ACROSS VERMONT. PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS INCLUDED 6 ANIMATING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS THAT SUPPORTED PROJECTS INTEGRATING ART INTO COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. CULTURAL FACILITIES GRANTS ENABLED 16 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE CRITICAL UPGRADES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS OR TO MAKE PUBLIC ARTS FACILITIES SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELCOMING TO PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES. UNPRECEDENTED ONE-TIME FUNDING FROM THE STATE ENABLED THE ARTS COUNCIL TO OFFER THE CREATIVE FUTURES GRANT PROGRAM FOR CREATIVE SECTOR ENTITIES THAT SUSTAINED ECONOMIC HARM DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.THE VERMONT CREATIVE NETWORK (VCN), A COALITION OF INDIVIDUAL CREATIVES, LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNERS AND POLICYMAKERS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, AND CULTURAL AND NONPROFIT LEADERS FORMED IN 2016, CONVENED STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO ADVANCE VERMONT'S CREATIVE ECONOMY. THE COUNCIL ALSO CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A FOUNDING PARTNER IN VERMONT'S FIRST STATEWIDE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS NETWORK FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR.

    Expenses $8,037,488 · Grants $7,183,000

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $199,987 · Grants $125,065

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $791,440 · Grants $737,037

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca McMeekin

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Paus

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Sargent

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Clark

    SECRETARY (TERM 06/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sabrina Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Pietricola

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Pite

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Cutler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Clute

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Will Kasso Condry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Fantl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Foley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Holly Groschner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Bernard

    TRUSTEE (TERM 06/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Mittelman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TERM 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $150,207
    From this org
    $121,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,136
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,071
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,213
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,923
    Filer's total
    $150,207

  • Amy Cunningham

    INTERIM EXEC. DIR. (11/22 - 05/23)

    Total calculated
    $120,496
    From this org
    $98,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,437
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Evans McClure

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (START 05/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

None.

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

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431139349300918

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