NORTH POLE STUDIO

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A25

Classification

2000

Street

514 NW 11TH AVE STE 203

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

• OUR PROFESSIONAL STUDIO PROGRAM PROVIDES ARTISTS WITH AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE 18 YEARS AND OLDER WITH AN ACCESSIBLE, SUPPORTED STUDIO SPACE TO PURSUE A SELF-DETERMINED ART PRACTICE. IN THIS PROGRAM ARTISTS ACCESS THE SPACE, MATERIALS, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY TO PRODUCE, EXHIBIT AND SELL THEIR ARTWORK. THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAMMING, WE SERVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS WITH COMPLEX PHYSICAL, COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIORAL, AND SOCIAL NEURODIVERSITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY SPECIALIZED ART FACILITATORS, WHO EXIST TO FACILITATE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ALIGNED WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL'S GOALS AND DREAMS. IN 2025 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, WE BROUGHT IN $15,400 IN INCOME FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL STUDIO PROGRAM. IN 2025 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, WE SERVED 27 ARTISTS IN THE PROFESSIONAL STUDIO PROGRAM. 100% OF OUR ARTISTS WITH COLLECTIONS SOLD ORIGINAL ARTWORK, AND 100% OF THESE ARTISTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT EITHER LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY. IN ADDITION TO EXHIBITIONS, WE FACILITATED PAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS TO TEACH AND LECTURE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE SUPPORTED EVERY ARTIST WITH MAINTAINING A DIGITAL PORTFOLIO OF WORK, AND CREATED AN INDIVIDUALIZED WEBPAGE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TO SHOW AND SELL THEIR WORK.

  Expenses $97,637 · Revenue $15,400

• OUR WEEKLY ART CLASSES ARE OFFERED EACH QUARTER, AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR ARTISTS WITH AUTISM OR I/DD WHO ARE 16 YEARS AND OLDER. THIS PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SERVE "TRANSITION-AGED" YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16-25 AND ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES UPON GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THESE CLASSES COVER DIVERSE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A WIDE RANGE OF ART-MAKING METHODS. OUR WORKSHOPS ARE OFFERED ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND LESSONS ARE DESIGNED BASED ON ARTIST REQUEST AND ARE EITHER HOSTED IN THE STUDIO OR AT A PARTNERSHIP SITE. THESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNITY OFFERINGS (SUCH AS FIGURE DRAWING, POTTERY, DIGITAL DRAWING) THAT ARE OFTEN INACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. IN 2025 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, WE OFFERED OVER 73 OPPORTUNITIES TO A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF ART STUDENTS ACROSS FOUR, QUARTERLY CLASS TERMS. THROUGH THESE CLASSES, WE DELIVERED LESSONS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF ART METHODS AND MATERIALS INCLUDING DRAWING, SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, FIBER ARTS, POTTERY, GLASSWORKING, AND MORE. WE PARTNERED WITH OVER 21 COMMUNITY ARTISTS TO TEACH LESSONS IN THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE. THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, WE TAUGHT COMMUNITY ARTISTS ABOUT HOW TO INCORPORATE ACCESSIBLE PRACTICES INTO THEIR TEACHING METHODS. ADDITIONALLY, WE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS BASED ON ARTIST REQUEST. OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDED KEEN, THE MARIE LAMFROM FOUNDATION, LAIKA, STEPHEN'S PLACE AND MORE. COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKSHOPS ARE DESIGNED TO BUILD ORGANIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF ARTISTS THROUGH THE SHARED LANGUAGE OF THE ARTS. WE BROUGHT IN $11,420 IN PROGRAMMING REGISTRATION FEES IN 2025 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.

  Expenses $71,350 · Revenue $11,420

• OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING PROMOTES THE INCLUSION OF ARTISTS WITH AUTISM AND I/DD IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY, AND SEEKS TO INCREASE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS POPULATION'S EXPERIENCES. OUR STUDIO IS LOCATED IN PORTLAND'S PEARL DISTRICT, AN ARTS AND CULTURE CORRIDOR IN THE CITY. IN THIS SPACE, WE ENSURE THAT ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PROFESSIONAL ARTS COMMUNITY AND WE FACILITATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARTISTS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WE INCREASE REPRESENTATION OF ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES IN EXHIBITION SPACES, EVENTS, AND DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2025 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, WE WORKED WITH OVER 17 COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO FACILITATE EXHIBITION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS. WE FACILITATED 12 EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS LOCAL AND NATIONAL SPACES, INCLUDING COMPETITIVE AND REPUTABLE PROFESSIONAL GALLERIES SUCH AS WATERSTONE GALLERY AND THE OUTSIDER ART FAIR NYC. ALL EXHIBITIONS WERE WIDELY ATTENDED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES, AND GENERATED ART SALES AND VISIBILITY AROUND ARTIST'S STORIES. WE PARTNERED WITH SCHOOLS SUCH AS PPS AND VICTORY ACADEMY THROUGH WHICH NORTH POLE STUDIO ARTISTS TAUGHT WORKSHOPS AND DELIVERED LECTURES. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOSTED TRANSITION-AGED AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN THE STUDIO FOR TOURS. IN 2025 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE WE BROUGHT IN $33,157 IN ARTIST EARNED INCOME THROUGH ART SALES, LICENSING, LECTURING AND TEACHING AND $6,248 IN MERCHANDISE SALES.

  Expenses $206,539 · Revenue $39,405

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.

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

  $500,055

  Expenses

  $472,554

  Contributions

  $430,400

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $962,287

  Expenses

  $815,340

  Contributions

  $833,463

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $661,668

  Expenses

  $509,351

  Contributions

  $583,109

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $401,540

  Expenses

  $340,275

  Contributions

  $360,100

  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

  $219,695

  Expenses

  $149,183

  Assets (EOY)

  $143,760

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 2020

Tax period

1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

Principal officer

Heather Binns

Mailing address

7606 SW 36thPortland OR 97209

Website

www.northpolestudio.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $67,703

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $48,898

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $29,500

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL

  $25,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2023 · CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $22,522

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $16,068

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ONPOINT COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION

  $15,600

  2023 · COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $13,500

  2023 · Arts General

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

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