CHICAGO AVENUE FIRE ARTS CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A990

Classification

1000

Street

3749 CHICAGO AVE

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

• EDUCATION: IN 2023, CAFAC PROVIDED MORE THAN 150+ CLASSES IN A VARIETY OF FIRE ARTS FORMS, INCLUDING BLACKSMITHING, GLASS JEWELRY, METAL CASTING, NEON WELDING, AND MORE. THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS WE GENERATED 950+ ENROLLMENTS BY ADULTS AND YOUTH OF VARYING BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES. CFAC MAINTAINS A SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION BY BIPOC LEARNERS; WE AWARDED $16,000 IN 2023 WITH MORE THAN HALF GOING TO BIPOC STUDENTS. WE EXTEND OUR REACH THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS, PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ART TEACHERS IN MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TAILORED LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO VETERANS. THROUGH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH DODGE NATURE CENTER, WE ALSO STARTED OFFERING POPULAR BLACKSMITHING WORKSHOPS AT A NEW LOCAL IN THE SOUTHEAST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

  Expenses $265,096 · Revenue $276,242

• PUBLIC ART: CAFAC HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTAITON AS A CONDUIT BETWEEN EMERGING PUBLIC ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING LARGE-SCALE WORK, BY PROVIDING DESIGN EXPERTISE, FABRICATION FACILITIES, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND TRAINING FOR ARTISTS SEEKING TO BUILD THEIR PUBLIC ART PORTFOLIOS. 2023 SAW THE UNVEILING OF A MASSIVE NEW PUBLIC ARTWORK CREATED AT CAFAC BY A GROUP OF 15 LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS, CALLED THE JOHN BIGGERS SEED PROJECT. THE CULMINTATION OF SEVERAL YEARS OF DESIGN AND FABRICATION, THIS NEW PIECE SPANS A BRIDGE OVER INTERSTATE 94 ON MINNEAPOLIS'S NORTH SIDE. (WWW.CAFAC.ORG/PUBLIC-ART-PORTFOLIO).

  Expenses $141,690 · Revenue $114,746

• ARTIST SUPPORT: THIS IMPORTANT THREAD IS WOVEN THROUGH ALL OF OUR WORK AS WE SUPPORT ARTISTS IN DEVELOPING THEIR CAREERS, LEARNING NEW SKILLS, AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO PARTICIPAITON. IN 2023 WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDED FOCUSED, SUPPORTED TIME FOR FOUR ARTISTS TO WORK IN THE CAFAC STUDIOS. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SERVE DOZENS OF ARTISTS WITH OUR SPARC (STUDIO PASS AT REDUCED COST) PROGRAM TO ACCESS THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT THEY NEED. WE PROVIDE A REFERRAL RESOURCE FOR ARTISTS THROUGH OUR CRAFTSPERSON COMMISSION CONNECTION PROGRAM, CONNECTING A ROSTER OF LOCAL CRAFTSPEOPLE, ARTISTS, AND FABRICATORS TO INDIVIDUALS NEEDING REPAIR, FABRICATION, OR CUSTOM WORK. CAFAC ALSO HAS A GALLERY THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITS AS WELL AS COMMISSION SALES.

  Expenses $136,227 · Revenue $33,998

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.

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

  $651,934

  Expenses

  $671,491

  Contributions

  $226,169

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $936,138

  Expenses

  $598,100

  Contributions

  $591,013

  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

  $489,115

  Expenses

  $412,528

  Assets (EOY)

  $435,791

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $376,005

  Expenses

  $340,109

  Assets (EOY)

  $222,839

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $325,321

  Expenses

  $331,804

  Assets (EOY)

  $227,860

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $456,104

  Expenses

  $377,546

  Assets (EOY)

  $219,074

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $252,900

  Expenses

  $231,077

  Assets (EOY)

  $126,816

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $330,817

  Expenses

  $281,348

  Assets (EOY)

  $80,719

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $234,057

  Expenses

  $224,630

  Assets (EOY)

  $118,514

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $194,049

  Expenses

  $254,610

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,169

• 2013 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $122,387

  Expenses

  $145,667

  Assets (EOY)

  $68,685

• 2011 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $83,855

  Expenses

  $140,922

  Assets (EOY)

  $51,280

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,100

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• LAKE STREET COUNCIL

  $12,437

  2022 · General support

• GEORGE FLOYD COMMUNITY BENEVOLENCE FUND

  $10,000

  2023 · Grants to businesses, organizations, or 501(c)(3)'s near where Mr. Floyd was murdered.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $6,100

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $5,100

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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