Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← ART SPARKS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ART SPARKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$277,681
Total expenses
$427,882
Contributions and grants received
$275,007
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,700
Investment income
$753
Other revenue
-$2,779
Total assets, end of year
$32,669
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,669
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$318,669
Management and general expenses
$95,026
Fundraising expenses
$14,187
Program service expenses (Part III)
$318,669

Program services were 74.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $21,330

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $90,029

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $163,648

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DANCE EDUCATION CLASSE

    total $4,700 · related or exempt $4,700

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $753 · excluded $753

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $21,330

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,779

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,779 · excluded -$2,779

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $131,333 · program services $26,000 · management and general $93,333 · fundraising $12,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $195,092 · program services $195,092

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,990 · program services $12,990

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,150 · program services $32,150

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,271 · program services $2,271

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,141 · program services $17,808 · management and general $146 · fundraising $2,187

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $675 · program services $675

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,759 · program services $2,759

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,447 · management and general $1,447

  • 24a · Other expenses: RENT EXPENSE

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $5,783 · program services $5,783

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,614 · program services $5,614

  • 24d · Other expenses: CLASSROOM MATERIALS

    total $3,107 · program services $3,107

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,420 · program services $4,420

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $127,654 · end of year $16,700

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $55,216 · end of year $15,969

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $181,370 · end of year $31,169

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ARTSPARKS MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY DANCE PROGRAMMING; TO FOSTER THE UNDERSTANDING OF DANCE AS AN ART FORM; AND TO CHALLENGE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO DISCOVER NEW HEIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH FOCUSED ATTENTION, CREATIVE EXPLORATION AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY MIGHT JOYFULLY DANCE THEIR WAY TO BECOMING A MORE CONFIDENT HUMAN-BEING THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THEY STEPPED ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE DANCERS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN,PERFORM,&PROMOTE THE ART & CREATIVITY OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.

  • READY, SPARK, KINDERGARTEN IS A 30-WEEK ARTS EDUCATION (DANCE AND MUSIC) KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM THAT TEACHES CONCEPTS RELATED TO ACADEMIC BENCHMARKS AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN EVERY AKRON PUBLIC SCHOOL PREK CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $100,670

  • DYNAMITE DUOS IS AN ARTS EDUCATION DANCE AND MUSIC PROGRAM THAT PAIRS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WITH THEIR SAME AGED PEERS. THE PROGRAM TAKES PLACE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IN THE AKRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CULMINATES IN AN END OF THE YEAR PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $92,491

  • THE 3RD GRADE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM SERVES EVERY 3RD GRADER IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 28 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE PROGRAM TEACHES DANCE AND MUSIC AND UNDERSCORES AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA EACH YEAR. THAT SUBJECT AREA BECOMES THE BASIS FOR THE CULMINATING PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $47,706

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE POP UP DANCE CLASSES AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE AKRON AREA, TNT PROGRAMING, AND ADVANCED TRAINING FOR ALUMNI STUDENTS.

    Expenses $77,802 · Revenue $4,700

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Dunn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Miya Timura

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Kayla Sharp

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Hopson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Breiding

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Able

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Genevive Bohnak

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Huffman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Shaklee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Cea

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Erica Piper

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $51,741
    From this org
    $51,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shauna Conzaman

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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
2023
Filed
4 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413099349302541

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.