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MCCOLL CENTER FOR ART & INNOVATION

EIN 51-0195015 CHARLOTTE, NC

Revenue 2024
$1,488,926
Expenses 2024
$2,338,383

Program services were 60.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A400
Classification
1200
Street
721 N TRYON ST

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

Mission

WE ENVISION A COMMUNITY WHERE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND AN ENGAGED PUBLIC ENHANCE THEIR CREATIVE CAPACITY THROUGH RELEVANT, DIVERSE, AND ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE CHAMPION CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND SPARK CREATIVE EXPERIENCES FOR POSITIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT.

  • STUDIOS, CO-OP, + LABSTHE STUDIOS AT MCCOLL CENTER IS A STUDIO RENTAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BUILD A CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT EMERGING LOCAL ARTISTS IN THE REGION. OUR STUDIOS ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENT BY ARTISTS AT SUBSIDIZED RATES, WHILE OFFERING ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNAL LABS FOR PRINTMAKING, 3D PRINTING AND LASER CUTTING, DIGITAL MEDIA, CERAMICS, WOODWORKING, AND SCULPTURE FABRICATION. ARTIST STUDIOS AT MCCOLL CENTER MAINTAIN A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC EVENTS, SHARE THEIR PRACTICES AND IDEAS, AND ENRICH FELLOW ARTISTS BOTH WITHIN THE BUILDING AND IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.THE CO-OP PROGRAM IS AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO OFFER TANGIBLE, DIRECT OPTIONS THAT EMPOWER ARTISTS AND CREATIVES TO THRIVE BY OPENING FLEXIBLE ACCESS TO MCCOLL CENTER LABS, TOOLS, SPACE AND RESOURCES. OUR CO-OP PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO GIVE LOCAL ARTISTS ACCESS TO OUR FACILITIES AND JOIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOOKED FOR ARTISTS WHO RECEIVED A GRANT AND NEEDED FACILITIES AND SPACE TO CREATE THE WORK, WERE EXPANDING THEIR CURRENT CONCEPT IN SCALE OR MEDIUM, NEEDED TEMPORARY ACCESS TO OUR LABS TO CREATE NEW WORK OR DEVELOP AN IDEA, AND WERE PROFICIENT IN THEIR CHOSEN MEDIUM BUT WANTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT LIKE A LARGER PRINTING PRESS OR TABLE SAW TO WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY OR TRY OUT BEFORE THEY PURCHASE ONE FOR THEIR OWN STUDIO.MCCOLL CENTERS CO-OP PROGRAM GIVES CHARLOTTE ARTISTS ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNAL LABS FROM A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS WITH 24/7 ACCESS. UNLIKE OUR STUDIO RENTAL PROGRAM, THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A YEAR-LONG LEASE. THE MCCOLL CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH A WOODSHOP, CERAMIC LAB, METAL LAB, MEDIA LAB, PRINTMAKING LAB, AND A 3D PRINTING AND LASER CUTTING LAB ALONG WITH VARIOUS TOOLS

    Expenses $698,045

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTCREATIVITY CAMPS (JULY-AUGUST 2024, JUNE 2025) ARE A SERIES OF WEEK-LONG, FULL DAY ART CAMPS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG ARTISTS TO SPARK IMAGINATION, ENCOURAGE SELF-DISCOVERY, AND MAKE LIFELONG CONNECTIONS TO MANY EXPRESSIONS OF ART. CAMPS INCLUDED CERAMICS, DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION, MIXED MEDIA, FASHION, SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, DRAWING, AND PAINTING.YOUNG ARTIST STUDIO SERIES (6-WEEK SERIES) IS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG ARTISTS IN GRADES 2ND THROUGH 8TH WHO WANT TO DELVE INTO AND MASTER THE BASICS OF A SPECIFIC MEDIUM. PARTICIPANTS CHOSE FROM SEVERAL EXCITING COURSES: FASHION, DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION AND CERAMIC SCULPTURE. TEACHING ARTISTS GUIDED STUDENTS THROUGH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THEIR CHOSEN MEDIUM; FOSTERING CREATIVITY AND ENCOURAGING EXPLORATION.ADULT ARTIST STUDIO SERIES (6-WEEK SERIES) IS FOR ARTISTS OF ANY SKILL LEVEL WHO WANT TO LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES AND EXPAND THEIR PRACTICE. WHETHER THEY ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR JOURNEY OR LOOKING TO TRY A NEW MEDIUM, OUR TEACHING ARTISTS GUIDED THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HELPED THEM MAKE IT THEIR OWN. RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR A FINISHED PRODUCT, THESE CLASSES HELPED ARTISTS APPLY NEW SKILLS TO PLAY AND TAKE RISKS AND CREATE WORK IN THEIR OWN VOICE. WE HELD 14 ARTIST STUDIO SERIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.BEYOND THE STUDIO SERIES (2 WORKSHOPS) EXPLORED EVERYTHING AN ARTIST NEEDS TO KNOW BEYOND MAKING ART TO GROW AND EXPAND THEIR PRACTICE. ONE WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON SPREADSHEETS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR ARTISTS, INCLUDING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR COLLECTORS, ARCHIVES, AND FINANCES. THE OTHER WORKSHOP FEATURED AN ARTIST WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND SHARED INSIGHT ON LICENSING ARTWORK, NAVIGATING DESIGN-BASED MARKETS, AND EXPANDING AUDIENCES. THESE WORKSHOPS WERE LED BY ART PROFESSIONALS WHO GUIDED PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE MANY PATHWAYS OF A CREATIVE CAREER. MCCOLL CENTER AIMED TO HELP ARTISTS CLARIFY WHAT SUCCESS MEANS TO THEM AND SUPPORT THEM IN BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM PRACTICE.EACH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PARTICIPATED IN A UNIQUE AND INTENTIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY, FULFILLING OUR MISSION TO SPARK CREATIVE, RELEVANT, AND ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCES FOR AN ENGAGED PUBLIC. PROGRAMING INCLUDED A RANGE OF WORKSHOPS, ARTIST TALKS, OPEN STUDIOS, AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES THAT CONNECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS DIRECTLY WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND THEIR PRACTICES.MCCOLL CENTER ALSO HOSTED EIGHT FAMILY DAYS, EACH FEATURING HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES INSPIRED BY THE EXHIBITIONS AND ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE ON VIEW. THESE FREE, MULTIGENERATIONAL EVENTS INVITED TODDLERS, TEENS, AND ADULTS TO CREATE ARTWORKS TOGETHER AND EXPLORE THE GALLERIES THROUGH ACCESSIBLE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROGRAMMING.WORKSHOPS INCLUDED SENSORY-INCLUSIVE TEXTILE DYEING WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS; COLLABORATIVE ART-MAKING EXPLORING NATURE AND CULTURE; TRANSFORMING BATTERY-OPERATED TOYS INTO KINETIC SCULPTURES; AN INTRODUCTION TO WEAVING; A TEEN ZINE WORKSHOP USING HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY IMAGERY OF CHARLOTTE; A SESSION ON RESTARTING AND SUSTAINING AN ART PRACTICE; A MASTER-LEVEL PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP; AND AN ALL-AGES FRANKENSTUFFIES WORKSHOP WHERE PARTICIPANTS DECONSTRUCTED AND REASSEMBLED SOFT TOYS TO CREATE NEW, ORIGINAL CREATURES. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS INTO CONTEMPORARY ART AND OFFERED PARTICIPANTS DIRECT INSIGHT INTO ARTISTS PROCESSES.MCCOLL CENTER ALSO HOSTED NINE ARTIST TALKS, INCLUDING THREE SETS FEATURING THE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE AND ADDITIONAL TALKS FOR EACH EXHIBITION, WITH TWO OFFERED VIRTUALLY TO EXPAND ACCESS.THE CENTER PRESENTED TWO OPEN STUDIO SATURDAYS AND A STUDIO SOCIAL EVENING EVENT, PROVIDING FREE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT STUDIOS, LEARN ABOUT WORK IN PROGRESS, AND ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE ARTISTS.A YOGA WORKSHOP OFFERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE EXHIBITION WAS PROVIDED AT A BELOW-MARKET, ACCESSIBLE RATE TO ENCOURAGE BROADER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.THE WINTER ART MARKET FEATURED FIFTEEN CHARLOTTE-BASED ARTISTS PRESENTING AFFORDABLE SMALL-SCALE FINE ART, SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND INCREASING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ORIGINAL WORK.

    Expenses $442,342

  • ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCEMCCOLL CENTERS NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM PROVIDED SPACE AND TIME TO 13 ARTISTS TO DEVELOP THEIR PRACTICE, TAKE RISKS, AND EXPLORE IDEAS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CHARLOTTE: IOANNIS ANASTASIOU (POLAND/GREECE), BALAM BARTOLOM (MEXICO), CHAKAIA BOOKER (NY), JEN CLAY (FL), MAJKA DOKUDOWICZ (POLAND), CLAIRE KEISTER (NC), ANDREW LEVENTIS (NC), CATHY MCCLURE (WA), JLIA PONTS (NY/BRAZIL), OSWALDO RUIZ CHAPA (MEXICO), PHIL SANDERS (NC), SEPIDEH TAJALIZADEH DASHTI (TN/IRAN), MICHAEL WEBSTER (NC).IN ADDITION, MCCOLL CENTER PARTNERED WITH THE MINT MUSEUM TO HOST TWO ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE WHO RECEIVED STUDIO SPACE, LAB ACCESS, AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT: MAYA GODED (MEXICO0 AND LAURA WALKINGSTICK (NC).

    Expenses $276,328

  • EXHIBITIONSMCCOLL CENTER PRESENTED FOURTEEN EXHIBITIONS DURING THE YEAR, ALL OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC WITH NO ADMISSION FEE. THESE EXHIBITIONS SHOWCASED LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND PRESENTED A WIDE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES, MATERIAL APPROACHES, AND THEMES.SUMMER EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED THE 2024 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SHOWCASE, FEATURING WORK BY THE PARENT AND EDUCATOR ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE, AND SPLINTER AND SEED, WHICH EXPLORED THE CREATIVE AND CONCEPTUAL POTENTIAL OF WOOD THROUGH THE WORK OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS. LIMINAL DIVINE BROUGHT TOGETHER FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS WORKING IN MEDIA RANGING FROM DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND SOUND TO METALWORK, SCULPTURE, AND FIBER, EXAMINING THE SACRED MOMENTS FOUND IN THE EVERYDAY.FALL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED AMERICAN HONEY, FEATURING TEN QUEER ARTISTS REIMAGINING AMERICANA ACROSS MULTIPLE MEDIA; THE AUDACITY, A GROUP EXHIBITION THAT INTERROGATED THE GOLDILOCKS DILEMMA AND THE CONFLICTING EXPECTATIONS PLACED ON WOMEN; THE FALL 2025 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SHOWCASE; AND TWO POP-UP EXHIBITIONS FEATURING ADDITIONAL WORK BY THE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE.WINTER EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED THE TIES THAT BIND, A PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES DOCUMENTING MCCOLL CENTER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE FROM 19992008; THE WINTER 2025 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SHOWCASE; AND TWO POP-UP EXHIBITIONS FEATURING IN-PROCESS WORK.SPRING EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED DARK AND DIVINE, A GROUP EXHIBITION CENTERING BLACK DIVINITY, SENSUALITY, AND THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE BLACK BODY; SOVEREIGN: BODILY AUTONOMY, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXHIBITION ADDRESSING THEMES OF CONSENT, AGENCY, IDENTITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; AND THE PAGLEES, A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION OF SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA ARTISTS EXPLORING DECOLONIAL FEMINIST NARRATIVES. REVERBERATE, PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SECLT, COMMEMORATED THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE MOVEMENTS AND CULTURAL SHIFTS THAT FOLLOWED.

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.

  • Armando Bellmas

    Interim Pres

    Total calculated
    $129,591
    From this org
    $126,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,189
    Hours/week
    50

  • Brian Bernhardt

    Gov. Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ingrid Amols

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vicki Block

    Finance Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Smith

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jami Farris

    Governance Chai

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Kaufman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ulrike Miles

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paige Roselle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Campbell

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Derrick Thompson

    Operations Chai

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Audra Tyree

    Devel. Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Bolshakov

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nelia Verano

    Boad Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Roberts

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Cradle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanne Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Casey Smith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivan Toth Depena

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MyLoan Dinh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $1,488,926
    Expenses
    $2,338,383
    Contributions
    $1,242,332
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,425,870
    Expenses
    $2,070,631
    Contributions
    $1,223,139
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,642,105
    Expenses
    $2,061,105
    Contributions
    $1,489,045
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,530,914
    Expenses
    $1,939,028
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,612,021

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,070,929
    Expenses
    $1,740,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,434,456

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,439,387
    Expenses
    $1,597,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,043,354

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,161,966
    Expenses
    $1,611,539
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,002,930

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,934,839
    Expenses
    $1,900,824
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,146,117

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,659,827
    Expenses
    $1,899,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,305,159

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

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.