Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$9,028,042

Total expenses

$9,421,779

Contributions and grants received

$8,862,333

Grants paid

$5,078,041

Program service revenue

$372,594

Investment income

-$206,885

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$13,146,086

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,720,567

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$11,425,519

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,410,174

Management and general expenses

$1,777,552

Fundraising expenses

$234,053

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,410,174

Program services were 78.6% 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 · 2022

• Regional Initiatives: Arts Midwest's regional initiatives include services that support artists, arts leaders, and arts organizations in the Midwest region. Efforts include giving grants to arts organizations through the the American Rescue Plan and in partnership with the City of Minneapolis; support to projects and partners in the Midwest; service to our member State Arts Agencies, and a new effort to support storytelling and research around the Midwest's creative sector.

  Expenses $2,087,159 · Grants $1,332,882

• Performing Arts: Arts Midwest's performing arts programs connect artists to audiences in the Midwest and nationally. In FY23, our efforts primarily focused on GIG Fund, World Fest, Shakespeare in American Communities and We the Many.GIG Fund provides grants to arts organizations in our region for performances and community events with artists. Through the 2022-2023 cycle, we awarded more than $687,000 to organizations across the Midwest.World Fest connects rural Midwestern communities to world cultures through week-long residencies with global performers. In 2022-2023, we toured three bands, Pamuya, Okaidja Afroso, and Okra Playground to nine communities in the Midwest.Arts Midwest manages Shakespeare in American Communities on behalf of the National Edowment for the Arts. During the 2022-2023 program cycle, we made $1 million in grants to 40 nonprofit, professional theater companies from 25 states and the District of Columbia to present productions of Shakespeare plays and related educational activities to middle and high school students. In addition, Arts Midwest made nine grants to organizations providing Shakespeare programming for young people in the U.S. Criminal Justice System.Through We the Many, we work with rural communities to co-create performing arts residencies. These residencies help Midwesterners understand and appreciate the power of creativity in their communities. They also invite conversation on how to create welcoming spaces for new voices. In 2022-2023, we partnered with organizations in Mandan, ND, Hampton, IA, and Northwest Indiana.

  Expenses $3,486,158 · Grants $2,427,591 · Revenue $395

• Literary Arts: Arts Midwest manages NEA Big Read on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA Big Read provides support to organizations that bring communities together to read and discuss a book. Participating organizations receive a grant, access to online training resources and opportunities, and educational and promotional materials designed to support widespread community involvement. In 2022-2023, we awarded more than $1 million to 62 organizations in 32 states plus Puerto Rico to conduct NEA Big Read events.

  Expenses $1,458,288 · Grants $1,205,018 · Revenue $339,345

• Learning Initiative:Arts Midwest provides arts leaders opportunities to come together and explore new ideas, deepen their strategic practices, and build new skills and relationships.From 2019-2023, Arts Midwest served as operating partner for the Bush Foundation's Community Creativity Cohort Program, is a cohort of 40 organizations across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the Native nations that share that geography. The cohort focused on helping organizations increase their capacity to make art and culture central to problem solving.Arts Midwest also provided virtual resources and training support through our new ideas hub, an online toolkit of curriculum and training materials for arts administrators . In 2022, Arts Midwest partnered with New Bedford Creative in New Bedford, MA, to bring our creating connection training and support to artists and arts organizations in that community.

  Expenses $378,569 · Grants $112,550 · Revenue $32,854

As filed on the 2022 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. 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

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

• Heartland Performing Arts Incorporated

  $125,000

  MacKenzie Scott

• For the Love of The Arts Inc

  $100,000

  We The Many

• La Luz Centro Cultural

  $100,000

  We The Many

• Sacred Pipe Resource Center

  $100,000

  We The Many

• Ohio Arts Professionals Network

  $90,500

  Conference

• Kentucky Shakespeare Inc

  $85,000

  Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools

• California Shakespeare Theater

  $50,000

  Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools

• Denver Center for the Performing Arts

  $50,000

  Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools

• The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc

  $50,000

  Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools

• Tennessee Shakespeare Company

  $45,000

  Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

20 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202323259349301107

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