Totals
- Total revenue
- $966,873
- Total expenses
- $799,514
- Contributions and grants received
- $861,024
- Grants paid
- $168,887
- Program service revenue
- $33,743
- Investment income
- $22
- Other revenue
- $72,084
- Total assets, end of year
- $634,046
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $66,939
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $567,107
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $651,763
- Management and general expenses
- $147,751
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $651,763
Program services were 81.5% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$2,000
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$308,252
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$550,772
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2a · Program service revenue: Fees
total $28,086 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Fresh Arts Summit
total $5,657 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $22 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $22
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$133,758
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$62,959
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $70,799 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $70,799
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11a · Other revenue: Sale of Artwork
total $1,285 · related or exempt $1,285 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,285
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $168,887 · program services $168,887
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $239,060 · program services $181,938 · management and general $57,122 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $19,839 · program services $3,207 · management and general $16,632 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $17,782 · program services $14,561 · management and general $3,221 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,485 · program services $0 · management and general $4,485 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $34,411 · program services $33,130 · management and general $1,281 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $57,109 · program services $56,824 · management and general $285 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,157 · program services $1,823 · management and general $3,334 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $4,219 · program services $3,963 · management and general $256 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $69,309 · program services $24,948 · management and general $44,361 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,732 · program services $3,817 · management and general $4,915 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $4,109 · program services $1,116 · management and general $2,993 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $166,415 · program services $157,549 · management and general $8,866 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $362,939 · end of year $578,999
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $86,071 · end of year $53,268
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,994 · end of year $1,779
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $11,705 · end of year $25,042
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $41,897 · end of year $41,897
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $311,994 · end of year $479,699
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $87,408 · end of year $87,408
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To empower Houston artists through programs that build knowledge, amplify local resources, and connect communities through art.
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Fiscal Sponsorship: Fresh Arts offers a Model C fiscal sponsorship program that provides fiduciary oversight & other administrative services to help build the capacity of charitable arts projects. Fiscal sponsorship allows Houston-area small arts organizations & artist-led community projects to receive support for their work through otherwise inaccessible grants, corporate contributions, & individual donations. In 2024, Fresh Arts distributed $169,111 to 18 projects across multiple disciplines.
Expenses $232,028 · Grants $188,096 · Revenue $240,651
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Community Programs: Fresh Arts supports the local arts ecosystem through management of Arts District Houston (ADHou), the Space Taking Artist Residency (STAR), & Art on Tap. Our programming in ADHou, a state-designated cultural district & home to 500+ local artists, creates opportunities for artists to showcase their work & for the public to participate in arts activities outside of traditional institutions. STAR is an ongoing six-week opportunity for underrepresented local artists to utilize public space in innovative ways. STAR & ADHou provide more equality of opportunity for the citys diverse artist community & free, high-quality arts experiences for 330,000 residents & visitors annually. Art on Tap, our arts events newsletter, has 6,000+ subscribers & provides free listings for 15,000 local events annually.
Expenses $329,828 · Revenue $341,008
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Skill Building Programs: Fresh Arts skill-building programs for creatives include in-person workshops; the eight-week Artist INC intensive seminar, artist-centric events; a career-focused podcast, & free online resources including an artist registry, downloadable toolkits, video workshops, artist opportunity board, & more. These programs support artists & arts collectives in cultivating audiences, fostering artistic growth, & building financial sustainability.
Expenses $89,907 · Revenue $89,907
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Tina Zulu
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bob Card
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marita Fairbanks
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Faith Cisneros
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jackie Staple
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sean Collins
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andrea Downs
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jocelyn Gutierrez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Austin Thomas
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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Dance Afrikana LLC
no cash amount reported
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Garza Studios
no cash amount reported
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Houston Climate Justice Museum
no cash amount reported
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Monarch Chamber Players
no cash amount reported
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Tazeen Zahida LLC
no cash amount reported
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Texas Salsa Congress
no cash amount reported
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UP Art Studio
no cash amount reported
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 7 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523219349318317
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