Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$246,152

Total expenses

$237,366

Contributions and grants received

$174,725

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$71,355

Investment income

$72

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$146,808

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$146,808

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$193,628

Management and general expenses

$42,890

Fundraising expenses

$848

Program service expenses (Part III)

$193,628

Program services were 81.6% 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 · 2024

• EDUCATION: WIAC SPONSORS 4 PROGRAMS WITH ART INSTRUCTION AND EXPLORATION TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AND 1 IN CULTURAL EXCHANGE. ARTS ALIVE WHIDBEY, ARTS IN EDUCATION, AND ISLAND STRINGS SUPPORT OUR YOUTH BY BRINGING AFFORDABLE, NO COST, AND SCHOLARSHIP-FUNDED INSTRUCTION, AND OFTEN PROVIDES DONATED SUPPLIES AND INSTRUMENTS, AND RECITALS FOR STRING STUDENTS. ARTS IN EDUCATION HELD ART CLASSES WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS AND HELD A TIE-DYE PARTY WITH 60 YOUTH. CREATE SPACE LANGLEY BRINGS ADULTS AFFORDABLE AND PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN CLASSES AND TYPICALLY ATTRACTS 1,200 STUDENTS A YEAR TO EXPLORE A WIDE RANGE OF THE ARTS FROM UKULELE TO BOOKMAKING TO WATERCOLOR TO READING MUSIC WITH TEACHERS DEVOTING 8,400 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION. IN 2024, WIAC CREATED THE KAY PARSONS MEMORIAL FUND TO BROADEN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ESTABLISHED ITS CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. THE INAUGURAL EVENT WORD SALAD WAS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH PARTICIPANTS FOR POETIC WORD PLAY, SELF-REFLECTION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DANCE, PAINT, DRAW, SING, AND PHOTOGRAPH FOR SELF-REFLECTION.

  Expenses $15,438 · Revenue $11,552

• PERFORMING ARTS: WIAC SPONSORS 2 PERFORMANCE-BASED PROGRAMS. MEANDER DANCE COLLECTIVE OFFERS SPACE FOR ADULT DANCE ARTISTS TO PRACTICE THEIR ART AND PERFORM FOR THE PUBLIC OUTDOORS IN DANCE CONCERTS THAT ARE DONATION BASED, PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO VIEW DANCE ART. WHIDBEY ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL, A SEASONED PROGRAM ON WHIDBEY, BRINGS TOGETHER TALENTED MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOR PERFORMANCES AND DISCUSSIONS YEAR-ROUND IN THE SUBLIME BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC.

  Expenses $97,080 · Revenue $33,497

• VISUAL ARTS: WIAC SPONSORS 7 PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING ARTISTS PURSUITS AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN CREATIVE EXPERIENCES. LANGLEY ARTS FUND PROVIDES NUMEROUS PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS WITH WALL ART, SCULPTURE, COLORFUL ART-WRAPPED UTILITY BOXES AND IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ARTWORK DISPLAYS. SOUNDSPACE ON EARTH SANCTUARY IS A NEW VENTURE FOR A MONUMENTAL VISUAL ART STRUCTURE DESIGNED AS AN ACOUSTICALLY TUNED CHAMBER MOUND FOR EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF SOUND; THE STRUCTURE WILL OFFER ACOUSTICAL LEARNING, PERFORMANCE AND RECORDINGS, MEDITATION AND SINGING SPACE AS WELL AS SOUND HEALING, MUSIC THERAPY, AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH. UPRISE GALLERY, LAUNCHED IN 2024, IS A VIBRANT GALLERY SPACE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS TO LEARN, CREATE, AND DISPLAY WORK. WHIDBEY ART MARKET IS AN EVOLVING GROUP OF LOCAL FINE ARTISTS, ARTISANS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO SHARE AND SELL THEIR ART WITH 3 PUBLIC EVENTS IN 2024 THAT ATTRACTED 1,500 VISITORS. WHIDBEY ART TRAIL IS A YEAR-ROUND, SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF 20 WORKING STUDIOS, GALLERIES AND SCULPTURE PARKS ACROSS SCENIC WHIDBEY AND IS SUPPORTED BY A PRINTED MAP, BROCHURE AND EASY-TO-NAVIGATE WEBSITE. WHIDBEY ISLAND SCULPTURE EXPERIENCE, OFFERS AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE OF ART IN NATURE WITH 70 LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ON 10 ACRES AND WELCOMED NEARLY 200 VISITORS IN 2024. WHIDBEY WORKING ARTISTS' ANNUAL STUDIO TOUR CELEBRATED ITS 20TH YEAR. MORE THAN 60 ARTISTS WELCOMED VISITORS INTO THEIR STUDIOS TO EXPLORE A RANGE OF ARTS THAT INCLUDED TEXTILES, WOODWORK, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

  Expenses $80,850 · Revenue $26,306

• OTHER: ISLAND BOHEMIANS IS AN INCLUSIVE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY WITH 1,200 MEMBERS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL ACROSS ALL FORMS OF CREATIVITY VISUAL, MUSIC, LITERATURE, THEATER, DANCE, DESIGN, FINE CRAFT, AND CULINARY AND BOTANICAL ARTS. WIAC GIFTS AN ARTIST GRANT FUND EACH YEAR FOR ITS ADULT MEMBERS, PROVIDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT CREATIVE PROJECTS. IN 2024, FIVE ARTISTS WERE EACH AWARDED 500. WIAC ALSO PROVIDES EMERGENCY ARTIST RELIEF GRANTS FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY DISASTERS AND OFFERS HARDSHIP RELIEF GRANTS. IN 2024, WIAC'S MEMBERSHIP REACHED 142 INDIVDUAL, FAMILY, AND BUSINESS MEMBERS. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 23% OVER 2023. WIAC ADMINISTRATION IS THE BACKBONE TO THESE CHARITABLE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS BY PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS, MARKETING AND OUTREACH AND FOSTERS ARTISTS AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY THROUGH A SOPHISTICATED CALENDAR OF EVENTS FREE TO ALL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS ON WHIDBEY ISLAND TO LIST THEIR ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $260

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202522899349301502

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