BERKS ARTS COUNCIL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A260

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 12763

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• JAZZ PROGRAMMING - BERKS JAZZ FEST IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FESTIVALS OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION, BERKS JAZZ FEST BRINGS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JAZZ ENTHUSIASTS TO GREATER READING EACH SPRING TO ENJOY MORE THAN 40 MAJOR CONCERTS OVER THE COURSE OF TEN JAZZ-FILLED DAYS. IN ADDITION, BERKS ARTS COUNCIL HELD THE ART OF JAZZ: THE VISUAL ART COMPONENT OF BERKS JAZZ FEST, FEATURING A JURIED EXHIBITION WITH JAZZ/MUSIC-INSPIRED ARTWORK FROM REGIONAL ARTISTS IN ALL MEDIUMS. GETJAZZED EDUCATION: GETJAZZED EDUCATION WAS REBRANDED IN 2022 TO ALIGN MORE CLOSELY WITH THE BERKS JAZZ FEST. THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO INSPIRE STUDENT MUSICIANS TO EXPLORE JAZZ AS MUSICIANS, SUPPORTERS, AND ENTHUSIASTS THROUGH MEMORABLE JAZZ EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. ADDITIONALLY, THE GETJAZZED EDUCATION PROGRAM GREW IN SCOPE TO INCLUDE A NEW "JAM ON THE ROAD" INITIATIVE IN PHILADELPHIA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOST VENUE, SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL.

  Expenses $1,358,980 · Grants $4,000 · Revenue $944,873

• READING BLUES FEST: AN ANNUAL WEEKEND CELEBRATION OF TRADITIONAL BLUES AND ITS CONTEMPORARY SUBGENRES, HELD EACH NOVEMBER.

  Expenses $171,571 · Revenue $75,392

• OTHER PROGRAMS - VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN BERKS COUNTY. EVENTS INCLUDED SPECIAL CONCERTS AND EXIBITIONS HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASONARTS ROUNDTABLE: A BI-MONTHLY PROGRAM FOR LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS TO MEET, SHARE IDEAS, DISCUSS CURRENT TRENDS/PROGRAMS AND FUNDING. SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O.PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS: 30 CREATIVE SECTOR FLEX FUND GRANTS TOTALING $150,000 AND 30 GRANTS TOTALING $60,000 FOR THE CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR ACCELERATOR PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.FAST LANE ART: A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC ART AND ART EDUCATION, IN WHICH BERKS ARTS WORKS WITH LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO DISPLAY STUDENT ARTWORK IN UNIQUE PUBLIC SETTINGS.SUMMER FEST: ARTS PARTNERS WITH FIRST ENERGY STADIUM AND THE CITY OF READING AND COUNTY OF BERKS TO HOST FREE WEEKEND OF COMMUNITY CONCERTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN EACH SUMMER AT THE READING PHILLIES HOME STADIUM.BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2022, A PARTNERSHIP WAS FORMED WITH MUSIC EDUCATORS OF BERKS COUNTY (MEBC) FOR BERKS ARTS TO PRODUCE/PRESENT SCHOLASTIC MUSIC FESTIVALS FOR THE COHORT OF TEACHERS, RESULTING IN PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE THAN 1,200 STUDENTS GRADES 6- 12 COUNTYWIDE IN THE AREAS OF BAND, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA.

  Expenses $268,647 · Grants $54,423 · Revenue $55,559

• BANDSHELL CONCERTS - ARTS PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF READING AND COUNTY OF BERKS TO HOST FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTS EACH SUMMER AT THE CITY PARK BANDSHELL.

  Expenses $39,867 · Revenue $373

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,849,270

  Expenses

  $2,135,018

  Contributions

  $698,677

  Grants paid

  $58,423

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,945,831

  Expenses

  $2,152,079

  Contributions

  $819,427

  Grants paid

  $180,056

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,850,286

  Expenses

  $2,125,528

  Contributions

  $877,900

  Grants paid

  $167,704

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,932,092

  Expenses

  $1,565,155

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,426,252

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,144,926

  Expenses

  $373,922

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,590,361

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $787,214

  Expenses

  $816,462

  Assets (EOY)

  $833,119

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,692,188

  Expenses

  $1,702,504

  Assets (EOY)

  $129,485

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,814,141

  Expenses

  $1,768,358

  Assets (EOY)

  $123,761

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,486,071

  Expenses

  $1,570,658

  Assets (EOY)

  $140,591

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,487,357

  Expenses

  $1,541,994

  Assets (EOY)

  $152,146

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,469,404

  Expenses

  $1,495,891

  Assets (EOY)

  $218,254

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,294,028

  Expenses

  $1,290,478

  Assets (EOY)

  $207,081

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,348,859

  Assets (EOY)

  $282,735

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $52,200

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

  $14,200

  2024 · RESTRICTED GRANT FOR JAZZ EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

  $13,700

  2022 · RESTRICTED GRANT FOR GET JAZZED, SUMMER JAZZ CAMP, AND MEC FESTIVALS

• READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

  $13,700

  2023 · RESTRICTED GRANT FOR GET JAZZED, SUMMER JAZZ CAMP, AND MEC FESTIVALS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $8,400

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,600

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,633

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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