- Revenue 2024
- $1,133,723
- Expenses 2024
- $1,388,997
Program services were 93.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A20
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 377 LAKE EDEN RD
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
Mission
LEAF GLOBAL ARTS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON BUILDING COMMUNITY, CONNECTING CULTURES, AND ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH THE ARTS, LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY, WITH FESTIVALS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
COMMUNITY CULTURAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS, AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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LEAF EVENTS LEAF FESTIVAL IS LEAF'S FOUNDING EVENT. AN INTER- GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY GATHERS AT LAKE EDEN IN BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA FOR A DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE OF MUSIC, ART, AND CULTURE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. LEAF DOWNTOWN CELEBRATES CREATIVITY, DIVERSITY, AND FAMILIES IN THE HEART OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THIS SIGNATURE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY EVENT ENCOURAGES INTERPERSONAL EXCHANGE, CULTURAL AWARENESS, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, AND WELCOMING SPACES FOR ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
Expenses $892,210 · Grants $60,402 · Revenue $245,053
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LEAF IN SCHOOLS AND STREETS A LOCAL CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM THAT ISES THE ARTS TO BRIDGE CULTURES AND CREATE LIFE-AFFIRMING, COMMUNITY BUILDING EXPERIENCES, AND EMPOWERING YOUTH TO BECOME GLOBAL CITIZENS, LEADERS, AND AGENTS OF POSITIVE CHANGE.
Expenses $189,757 · Revenue $16,743
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LEAF INTERNATIONAL A COLLABORATION DEDICATED TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION, EXCHANGE, AND FOSTERING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP. LEAF COLLABORATES WITH COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT CULTURE-KEEPERS WHO TEACH LOCAL YOUTH THEIR TRADITIONAL ARTS.
Expenses $71,616
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LEAF GLOBAL: THE LEAF GLOBAL ARTS EXPERIENCE IS A CREATIVE IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE THAT WEAVES TOGETHER ELEMENTS OF AN INTERACTIVE MUSEUM AND AN ARTS CENTER.
Expenses $147,618 · Revenue $45,644
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.
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Jennifer PickeringJENNIFER PICKERING
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $58,337
- From this org
- $58,337
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Leigh MaherLEIGH MAHER
CFO
- Total calculated
- $33,333
- From this org
- $33,333
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Cori AndersonCORI ANDERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris BubenikCHRIS BUBENIK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nicole CushNICOLE CUSH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tiffany De'BellotTIFFANY DE'BELLOT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David DowdDAVID DOWD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Jennifer GaymuJENNIFER GAYMU
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Warren GivensWARREN GIVENS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael HaleMICHAEL HALE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Amy KawarAMY KAWAR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Herbert KinobeHERBERT KINOBE
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Jay LivelyJAY LIVELY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jay MoyeJAY MOYE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justice RogersJUSTICE ROGERS
CHAIR EMERIT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Brian SmithBRIAN SMITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick StevensonRICK STEVENSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Trenton ThomasTRENTON THOMAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Noah WilsonNOAH WILSON
SECRETARY/WH
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- $1,133,723
- Expenses
- $1,388,997
- Contributions
- $791,857
- Grants paid
- $60,402
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,666,389
- Expenses
- $1,883,824
- Contributions
- $675,363
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $1,688,239
- Expenses
- $1,875,841
- Contributions
- $625,383
- 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
- $2,454,886
- Expenses
- $1,351,866
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,845,862
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,530,622
- Expenses
- $2,202,515
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,858,833
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,640,020
- Expenses
- $2,260,640
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,369,702
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,239,738
- Expenses
- $2,186,684
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,005,048
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,280,598
- Expenses
- $1,981,845
- Assets (EOY)
- $979,866
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,151,928
- Expenses
- $1,871,411
- Assets (EOY)
- $729,988
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,924,128
- Expenses
- $1,851,070
- Assets (EOY)
- $443,264
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,574,782
- Expenses
- $1,556,481
- Assets (EOY)
- $374,337
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,470,624
- Expenses
- $1,461,377
- Assets (EOY)
- $350,519
-
2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,266,456
- Assets (EOY)
- $334,956
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
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2024 ADVANCING THE ARTS
-
2023 ADVANCING THE ARTS
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$26,000
2023 MUSIC GRANT
-
$20,000
2022 MUSIC GRANT
-
2022 ADVANCING THE ARTS
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$16,000
2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
-
$11,375
2023 Support Community Arts
-
BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$10,000
2022 TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
-
$7,500
2024 GRANT IS BEING GIVEN FOR CHARITABLE CAUSE TO THE NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR SUSTAINED NON PROFIT AGENDA
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.