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ALLIANCE OF ARTISTS COMMUNITIES

EIN 58-2138525 PROVIDENCE, RI

Revenue 2023
$1,486,373
Expenses 2023
$1,357,646

Program services were 90.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S50
Classification
1000
Street
53 BROAD ST UNIT 23212

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 · 2023

Mission

BELIEVING THE CULTIVATION OF NEW ART AND IDEAS IS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN PROGRESS, OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT ARTISTS' COMMUNITIES, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE ENDEAVORS OF ARTISTS.

  • CONTRACTED AND CONSULTING SERVICES: ACA PARTNERSHIPS WITH GRANTMAKERS (INCLUDING PEW FELLOWSHIPS IN THE ARTS AND 3ARTS) PROVIDES RESIDENCIES AND FEES TO ARTISTS AND RESIDENCY HOSTS IN THE U.S., CANADA, AND EUROPE. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONSULT DIRECTLY WITH OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WITH BUSINESS PLANNING AND ASSESSMENTS.

    Expenses $1,174,948 · Grants $186,050

  • EMERGING PROGRAM INSITUTE: ACA HAS HISTORICALLY HOSTED AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE-SHARING AND EXCHANGE WITHIN THE ARTIST RESIDENCY FIELD. SINCE 2009, THIS CONFERENCE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER ARTS LEADERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, FUNDERS, POLICYMAKERS, EDUCATORS AND CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO GATHER IN VARIOUS CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE HAS BEEN ON HOLD SINCE 2020. ACA CONTINUES TO BUILD ITS VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING TO MAKE SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $11,950 · Revenue $21,625

  • EQUITABLE CAPACITY WORKSHOP: GROUNDED IN THE AAC'S FIVE PILLARS OF A HEALTHY RESIDENCY FRAMEWORK, THESE TRAININGS ENGAGED PROGRAMS ACROSS FIVE KEY AREAS OF ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH: IDENTITY, PROGRAM DESIGN, STEWARDSHIP, FUND DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDED TACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR CONSISTENT PROGRAM EVALUATION, EQUITABLE JURY AND SELECTION MODELS, STAFFING PROTOCOLS AND OTHER KEY AREAS OF RESIDENCY OPERATIONS. ARTISTS' EXPERIENCE CONTINUED TO BE CENTERED AND ARTISTS SERVED AS LEAD PRESENTERS. WORKSHOPS, RUNNING IN TANDEM WITH CONTINUED META- NETWORK AND FIELD CONVERSATIONS, MODELED A CULTURE OF REFLECTION, TRANSPARENCY, AND CHANGE. COHORTS OF LEADERS CREATED WITHIN THESE SESSIONS BUOYED A CONSTELLATION OF SUPPORT AND EXCHANGE ACROSS THE FIELD.

    Expenses $40,919 · Revenue $9,934

  • ACA IS AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ARTIST COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. ACA INCLUDES MORE THAN 400 MEMBERS A DIVERSE FIELD OF ARTIST COMMUNITIES, RESIDENCY PROGRAMS, INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT SUPPORT LIVING ARTISTS IN THE CREATION OF NEW WORK IN MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE AND IN ALL 50 U.S. STATES, WITH BUDGETS RANGING FROM 8,000 TO 4 MILLION. ACA MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO A RANGE OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND ADVOCACY.

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SANJIT SETHI

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH CHODOS

    CO-VICE CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

    CO-VICE CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIBRA A YOHANNES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TAMARA ROSS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROB BAILIS

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN DAVIS

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA FRANKLIN

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK GOLDEN

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GIA HAMILTON

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRAD KIK

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DS KINSEL

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA LEVIN

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ESTHER PARK

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CRAIG PETERSON

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HUONG VU

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMY WHEELER

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNI WU

    BOARD TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA HOFFMAN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $242,973
    From this org
    $218,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,846
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,562
    Filer's total
    $242,973

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,486,373
    Expenses
    $1,357,646
    Contributions
    $744,218
    Grants paid
    $186,050
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,059,338
    Expenses
    $1,035,617
    Contributions
    $402,793
    Grants paid
    $258,204

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
    $783,730
    Expenses
    $1,114,276
    Assets (EOY)
    $957,339

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,040,707
    Expenses
    $1,142,676
    Assets (EOY)
    $990,136

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,168,630
    Expenses
    $737,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $796,708

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $806,625
    Expenses
    $725,036
    Assets (EOY)
    $374,687

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $596,985
    Expenses
    $615,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $342,191

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $512,303
    Expenses
    $612,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $330,470

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $538,307
    Expenses
    $542,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $460,376

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $633,419
    Expenses
    $579,784
    Assets (EOY)
    $477,794

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $634,579
    Expenses
    $576,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $473,289

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $730,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $487,568

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.