Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$849,776

Total expenses

$953,308

Contributions and grants received

$814,456

Grants paid

$461,414

Program service revenue

$17,662

Investment income

$17,658

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$712,452

Total liabilities, end of year

$181,793

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$530,659

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$859,637

Management and general expenses

$59,288

Fundraising expenses

$34,383

Program service expenses (Part III)

$859,637

Program services were 90.2% 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

• 1. PROVIDING ACCESS TO ARTS & CULTURE INFORMATION IN FY2024, ARTSNOW EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS TO CONNECT SUMMIT COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH THE DIVERSE ARTS AND CULTURE OFFERINGS AVAILABLE IN THE REGION. THROUGH PLATFORMS LIKE SUMMITLIVE365, ARTSNOW FEATURED OVER 17,000 EVENTS SINCE 2015 AND SHARED OVER 1,600 JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND CALLS FOR ARTISTS. THROUGH A PROJECT TITLED SEEN: ADVANCING EQUITY IN SUMMIT COUNTY, ARTSNOW INVESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS FROM HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO CAPTURE PHOTO AND VIDEO CONTENT HIGHLIGHTING THE DIVERSITY OF PATRONS, ARTISTS, AND PERFORMERS FROM ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. - 7 ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS - 17 SHOOTS - 14 LOCATIONS ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY - 1,328 VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS - 12,625 INVESTED IN LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS THE NEWLY LAUNCHED ACCESSIBILITY LIBRARY FURTHER SUPPORTED EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE ARTS BY OFFERING RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE THE INCLUSIVITY OF CULTURAL SPACES ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. 2. AGGREGATING AND ANALYZING DATA TO DRIVE SECTOR IMPROVEMENT ARTSNOW CONTINUED ITS LEADERSHIP IN DATA AGGREGATION AND ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR. A KEY FOCUS IN FY2024 WAS MONITORING AND CELEBRATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AKRON/SUMMIT CULTURAL PLAN. THROUGH SURVEYS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE IDENTIFIED THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR ARTSNOW, INCLUDING INCREASED ADVOCACY, FUNDING SUPPORT, AND FOSTERING CONNECTIONS AMONG STAKEHOLDERS. DATA INSIGHTS GUIDED OUR ARTSFORWARD GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN LEVERAGING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING FOR LOCAL PROJECTS. 3. CONVENING AND CONNECTING MAKERS AND PRESENTERS ARTSNOW HOSTED 19 EVENTS THROUGHOUT FY2024, WITH OVER 740 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND WORKSHOPS. OF ATTENDEES SURVEYED, 72% RATED THE EVENTS AS "EXCELLENT/EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS," WHILE 23% WERE "SATISFIED/MET EXPECTATIONS." OUR CONVENINGS CONNECTED 98% OF RESPONDENTS WITH VALUABLE RESOURCES, INCLUDING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, VENUES, AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS. THE TOP CONNECTIONS CITED WERE: - PEOPLE WITHIN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR - SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT - INFORMATION AND TRAINING ADDITIONALLY, ARTSNOW PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN FOSTERING COLLABORATIONS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING CONFERENCE, WHERE ARTISTS, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, AND CIVIC PARTNERS DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY SPACES THROUGH ARTS-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. 4. BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING FUNDING FOR ARTS & CULTURE THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE THE ARTSFORWARD GRANT PROGRAM, ARTSNOW SECURED CRITICAL FUNDING TO EMPOWER LOCAL ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROGRAM RAISED 1 MILLION IN 2023 AND 2024. IN FY2024, ARTSFORWARD GRANTEES SECURED 55,231 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT HOSTED OVER 20,000 ATTENDEES AND EMPLOYED 340 PEOPLE. THESE PROJECTS EXEMPLIFY THE SECTOR'S GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY. LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025 SURVEY RESPONDENTS HIGHLIGHTED THREE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR ARTSNOW'S CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN THE COMING YEAR: 1. MONITORING AND CELEBRATING THE PROGRESS OF THE AKRON/SUMMIT CULTURAL PLAN. 2. FACILITATING ARTSFORWARD GRANTS TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 3.ADVOCACY AT STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO AMPLIFY THE VALUE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.

  Expenses $859,637 · Grants $461,414 · Revenue $17,662

As filed on the 2023 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

• SUMMIT ARTSPACE

  $108,283

• CENTER FOR APPLIED THEATRE

  $94,500

• AKRON ART MUSEUM

  $25,000

• MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY

  $25,000

• THE NIGHTLIGHT

  $25,000

• AKRON SOUL TRAIN

  $21,400

• COLLIDE CUYAHOGA FALLS

  $20,000

• THE LIPMAN SCHOOL

  $20,000

• PROYECTO RAICES

  $16,250

• ARTSPARKS

  $15,000

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

17 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500539349300115

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