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CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP

EIN 52-1015413 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2023
$1,820,265
Expenses 2023
$2,001,774

Program services were 88.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
545 7TH ST SE

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.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS, CHAW ENVISIONS A PLACE WHERE THE ARTS CONNECT AND TRANSFORM PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES IN: DISCOVERING INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL; EVERYONE CAN BOTH LEARN AND TEACH; EVERYONE IS VALUABLE AND DESERVES RESPECT; THE ARTS CREATE A COMMON GROUND; THE ARTS CHALLENGE; AND THE ARTS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS.

  • ARTS INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE ADVANCEMENT : THE ARTS INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE ADVANCEMENT IS AN INTENSIVE EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN TECHNICAL THEATER TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM OR UNDER-ENGAGED IN SCHOOL AND WORK TO ENTER DC'S CREATIVE ECONOMY. YOUTH AGES 18-24 ARE PREPARED FOR CAREERS AS OFFSTAGE THEATER PROFESSIONALS WHOSE ROLES INCLUDE LIGHTING AND AUDIO ENGINEERING, SET CONSTRUCTION, SCENIC PAINTING, RIGGING, AND STAGE MANAGEMENT. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE IMPACT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH 17 OF THE LARGEST ARTS EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS IN DC. CHAW SERVES AS A PARTNER AND MANAGER FOR THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $863,490 · Grants $118,895

  • ART INSTRUCTION: PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN VISUAL ARTS, DANCE, CERAMICS, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MUSIC FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS BUILDING CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY. THROUGH ITS MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS PROGRAMS TAUGHT BY TEACHING ARTISTS WITH A PASSION TO SHARE THEIR DISCIPLINES, CHAW FOSTERS A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, EXPERIENCING THE ARTISTIC PROCESS, AND EXPANDING APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.

    Expenses $802,657 · Revenue $734,139

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: THROUGH WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITS, AND PERFORMANCES, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INNOVATE ARTS PROGRAMMING FOR THE GREATER COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $100,631 · Revenue $32,830

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.

  • Rebecca Bock See Schedule O

    FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $2,050
    From this org
    $2,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    13

  • Lisa Oksala

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ashley Shah

    VP & IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Minh Vuong

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Emily Welsh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Samantha Grunberg

    AT-LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Maria Conticelli

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Jung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tigist Kassahun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marisa Summers

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ty Voyles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sophie Press

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Nickerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Moore

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,680
    From this org
    $88,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,680
    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
    $1,820,265
    Expenses
    $2,001,774
    Contributions
    $1,045,349
    Grants paid
    $118,895
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,672,796
    Expenses
    $1,581,650
    Contributions
    $982,189
    Grants paid
    $87,753

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
    $1,714,402
    Expenses
    $1,049,973
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,092,932

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $851,000
    Expenses
    $845,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $456,749

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $946,055
    Expenses
    $950,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $538,097

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $894,337
    Expenses
    $864,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $522,491

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $995,223
    Expenses
    $844,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $484,931

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,002,358
    Expenses
    $973,339
    Assets (EOY)
    $365,209

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,122,859
    Expenses
    $1,105,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $421,837

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,141,835
    Expenses
    $1,097,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $403,322

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,089,275
    Expenses
    $1,073,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $341,453

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,022,416
    Expenses
    $1,032,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $325,469

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

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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 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.