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ARTS ASYLUM

EIN 27-3791414 KANSAS CITY, MO

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Revenue 2023
$293,051
Expenses 2023
$246,784

Program services were 34.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A40
Classification
1000
Street
824 E MEYER BLVD

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

THE ARTS ASYLUM WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE SPACE AND ASSISTANCE TO ARTISTS OF ALL VARIETIES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE OFFERING OF GALLERY SPACE TO BOTH CREATE AND SHARE AT AFFORDABLE RATES, STUDIOS FOR ARTISTS, THE JAMES AND MARJORIE THEATER FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS, AND ONGOING PROGRAMMING, AND ASSISTANCE FROM OUR TEAM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ARTS ASYLUM WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE SPACE AND ASSISTANCE TO ARTISTS OF ALL VARIETIES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE OFFERING OF GALLERY SPACE TO BOTH CREATE AND SHARE AT AFFORDABLE RATES, STUDIOS FOR ARTISTS, THE JAMES AND MAJORIE THEATER FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS, AND ONGOING PROGRAMMING, AND ASSISTANCE FROM OUR TEAM.

  • THEATRE PROGRAM - INCLUDES PRODUCING AND CO-PRODUCING AN ANNUAL SEASON OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITY PERFORMANCES FROM LOCAL TALENT AT ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE PRICES. IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN PRODUCTIONS, THE ARTS ASYLUM RENTS OUR FULLY-EQUIPPED THEATRE TO LOCAL COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $59,613 · Revenue $96,680

  • OUTREACH PROGRAMS - INCLUDES PROVIDING VISUAL ART WORKS TO THE PUBLIC GALLERIES AT THE ARTS ASYLUM'S ANNEX GALLERY AT CRAFT SAGE FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE CROSSROADS, AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT PENDLETON ARTSBLOCK AND QUINLAN PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS; COORDINATING ARTS PROGRAMMING AT PENDLETON ARTSBLOCK; AND MANAGING AN OUR TOWN GRANT FROM THE NEA ("LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE") THAT IS DEVELOPING A PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM IN KANSAS CITY'S HISTORIC NORTHEAST.

    Expenses $14,890 · Revenue $23,400

  • EDUCATION PROGRAM - INCLUDES PROVIDING THEATRE ARTS EDUCATION AT THE SOUTH KANSAS CITY PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY AS PART OF THE SCHOOL'S REGULAR CURRICULUM AND CONTRACTING WITH LOCAL PROFESSIONALS AS FACULTY.

    Expenses $11,191 · Revenue $11,000

  • OTHER ARTS ASYLUM PROGRAM RELATED ACTIVITIES

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.

  • Megan Forbes

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Perry

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Courtney Perry

    EDUCATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Evie Craig

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christopher Barksdale-Burns

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marlena Richardson Blackman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allison Eblen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Korey Childs

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $293,051
    Expenses
    $246,784
    Contributions
    $149,035
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $164,434
    Expenses
    $179,128
    Contributions
    $57,461
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $268,015
    Expenses
    $305,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $573,680

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $163,573
    Expenses
    $246,909
    Assets (EOY)
    $224,702

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $464,000
    Expenses
    $330,231
    Assets (EOY)
    $168,876

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $214,937
    Expenses
    $212,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,982

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer
Courtney Perry
Mailing address
1000 E 9th stkansas city MO 64106
Website
www.theartsasylum.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.