ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A260

Classification

2000

Street

300 E MAIN 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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• ARTLINK INC

  EIN 35-1461761

• FORT WAYNE BALLET INC

  EIN 35-6006394

• FOUNDATION FOR ART AND MUSIC IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION INC

  EIN 35-1719238

Mission and programs · 2024

• CULTURAL DISTRICT: AU ACTIVATES AND DEVELOPS ARTS CAMPUS FORT WAYNE (ACFW), A STATE-DESIGNATED CULTURAL DISTRICT, GENERATING 40+ MILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ANNUALLY. -AU PARTNERS WITH LOCAL/STATE GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE ACFW, ENABLING PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND A COORDINATED APPROACH TO DEVELOPING THIS COMMUNITY AMENITY. -AU IS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE TO INCLUDE ACFW ON THE URBAN TRAIL, WHICH WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND ENHANCE VISIBILITY FOR ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS. -AU MANAGES 4 FACILITIES WITH 8 LEASE-HOLDING TENANT ORGANIZATIONS. THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY CONTINUE THEIR ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF 750,000 TO SUSTAIN THE OPERATION OF THESE FACILITIES. AU OFFERS FULL- SERVICE LEASES AT A LOW RATE OF 5-7 PER SQ. FT.; COMPARABLE DOWNTOWN LEASES ARE 20-25 PER SQ. FT. AU OPERATES 2 PERFORMANCE VENUES, THE ARTS UNITED CENTER AND PARKVIEW PHYSICIANS GROUP ARTSLAB. -AU SPECIALIZES IN HELPING LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TAKE THEIR PRODUCTIONS FROM CONCEPT-TO-AUDITION-TO-REHEARSAL-TO-CURTAIN BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE, TAILORED, WRAPAROUND TECHNICAL THEATER EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT STAFF.

  Expenses $1,162,898 · Revenue $515,417

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: AU COORDINATES PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT ARTS ADVOCACY, CULTURAL PLANNING, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION. DIRECT SUPPORT IS PROVIDED TO PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH GRANT PROGRAMS. -IN 2024, AU ADMINISTERED 3 GRANT PROGRAMS, AWARDING 43 GRANTS TOTALING 260,161 TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS AND NONPROFITS. IN 2025, AU WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THESE GRANTS TO SUPPORT CREATIVE INITIATIVES. -AU IS THE REGION 3 ARTS PARTNER FOR THE INDIANA ARTS COMMISSION (IAC). IN THIS CAPACITY, AU FACILITATES GRANT MAKING FOR IAC'S ARTS ORGANIZATION SUPPORT AND ARTS PROJECT SUPPORT (APS). IN 2024, AU FACILITATED 45 AWARDS TOTALING 333,227. NEW IN 2025, APS WILL INCLUDE A 2ND FALL CYCLE. -AU PROVIDES INDIRECT SUPPORT BY GENERATING VISIBILITY AND ATTENDANCE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ACTIVITIES. -EVENTS LIKE TASTE OF THE ARTS AND THE ARTS UNITED AWARDS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO FEATURE AND CELEBRATE THE ARTISTRY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF LOCAL CREATIVES. -THE WEEKLY ARTS AND CULTURE FORECAST EMAIL AND CALENDAR ARE FREE RESOURCES THAT SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS. -THE ARTS CAMPUS FORT WAYNE (ACFW) SEASON BROCHURE IS A FREE, ANNUAL RESOURCE HIGHLIGHTING THE MISSIONS, PROGRAMS, AND SEASONS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PRESENT PERFORMANCES IN ACFW VENUES. THIS IS SHARED WITH LOCAL RETAIL SHOPS, HOTELS, AND RESTAURANTS, AS WELL AS REGIONAL VISITOR BUREAUS, TO HIGHLIGHT ARTS AND CULTURE IN FORT WAYNE. -ARTS AND CULTURE ARE VALUED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY PLANNING. VISIT FORT WAYNE LAUNCHED ITS MUSIC ECONOMY TASKFORCE IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLEN COUNTY TOGETHER PLAN (ACT), WHICH INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACFW. THE NORTHEAST INDIANA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LAUNCHED ITS LEI ARTS CREATIVITY ECONOMY STUDY TO EXAMINE HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE CREATIVE SECTOR AS AN ECONOMIC CLUSTER SUPPORTING REGIONAL GROWTH. -AU IDENTIFIES AND FILLS GAPS THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED BY LOCAL NONPROFITS OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. AU PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE TO COORDINATE THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, WHICH GOVERNS THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART PROGRAM. -AU HAS A SUBSIDIARY LLC THAT PROVIDES FISCAL AGENCY FOR BOLD, NEW PROGRAMS AND IS EXPLORING A POTENTIAL PROGRAM TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCE IN THE FUTURE.

  Expenses $1,017,053 · Grants $270,161 · Revenue $4,355

• MEMBER SERVICES: AU FACILITATES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, CREATING A CONNECTED, COLLABORATIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE SECTOR. -MEMBER SERVICES INCLUDES THE REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL (RAC), BUSINESS SERVICES COUNCIL, AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHICH ARE MEMBER-LED AND DRIVEN, EACH WITH A CHAIR ELECTED ANNUALLY BY MEMBERS. -44 RAC MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. PLANNED 2025 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SESSIONS ON 401K OFFERINGS, PLANNED GIVING STRATEGIES, IDEA, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR EVENTS, AMONG OTHER TOPICS. -23 BUSINESS SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBERS UTILIZE COLLECTIVE PURCHASING POWER TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE HEALTH, DENTAL, AND LIFE INSURANCE, HEALTH SCREENINGS/VACCINATIONS, AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WORKER'S COMPENSATION, GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE, PAYROLL PROCESSING, AND RETIREMENT PLANNING. AS A RESULT, MEMBERS CAN OFFER HIGH-QUALITY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS THAT SUPPORT PROMOTION AND RETENTION. -20 ARTSTIX COMMUNITY BOX OFFICE MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM A CENTRALIZED PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL ONE-STOP SHOP FOR TICKETING WITH BOX OFFICE STAFF WHO MANAGE TICKET SALES 7 DAYS A WEEK AND TRAVEL TO VENUES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. NEW THIS YEAR, AU WILL IMPLEMENT AND TRAIN MEMBERS ON NEW TICKETING SOFTWARE.

  Expenses $247,977 · Revenue $41,894

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $9,835,230

  Expenses

  $3,256,056

  Contributions

  $7,533,630

  Grants paid

  $270,161

• 2023

  Revenue

  $21,463,070

  Expenses

  $5,772,094

  Contributions

  $20,213,110

  Grants paid

  $187,833

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,300,517

  Expenses

  $3,419,704

  Contributions

  $8,221,845

  Grants paid

  $472,954

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

  $6,643,931

  Expenses

  $3,964,469

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,008,939

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,773,379

  Expenses

  $4,084,934

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,534,301

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,510,282

  Expenses

  $3,644,160

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,922,270

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,298,570

  Expenses

  $3,448,539

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,846,046

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,512,775

  Expenses

  $2,335,076

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,228,415

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,147,432

  Expenses

  $2,791,146

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,207,851

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,334,250

  Expenses

  $2,684,336

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,001,502

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,964,920

  Expenses

  $2,523,275

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,000,746

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

• INDIANA TECH

  $25,200

  2022 · IDEA ACTION PLAN

• EMBASSY THEATRE

  $21,533

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• FORT WAYNE BALLET

  $19,870

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• FORT WAYNE CIVIC THEATRE

  $19,612

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• THE HISTORY CENTER

  $18,137

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• FORT WAYNE DANCE COLLECTIVE

  $18,026

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC

  $17,900

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• FORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S CHOIR

  $17,531

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• AUDIENCES UNLIMITED

  $16,883

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

• FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE

  $16,769

  2022 · RESILIENCE/RECOVERY

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• PARKVIEW HEALTH SYSTEM INC

  $2,800,000

  2024 · CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION

• AWS FOUNDATION INC

  $2,000,000

  2023 · CAPITAL

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $283,291

  2023 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• PARKVIEW HEALTH SYSTEM INC

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAMS SUPPORTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $96,850

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $82,550

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $80,935

  2022 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $65,453

  2025 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $61,500

  2024 · ARTS AND HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $50,500

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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