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ARTS COUNCIL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

EIN 94-2600140 SANTA CRUZ, CA

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Revenue 2023
$2,811,463
Expenses 2023
$2,645,509

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A260
Classification
1000
Street
1070 RIVER 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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • SPECTRA AND MARIPOSA ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFER ART, MUSIC, DANCE, CREATIVE WRITING AND THEATER CLASSES IN AND AFTER SCHOOL, OFFERING A PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO BE FULLY THEMSELVES, TO BELONG. THESE ARTS CLASSES TEACH CREATIVE THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, TEAMWORK, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND OTHER ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS. MORE THAN 16,000 YOUTH THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARTICIPATE IN OUR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE ALSO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO EXPLORE ART TOGETHER THROUGH 12 FAMILY ARTS NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND OUR TEACHING ARTIST GATHERINGS PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TEACHING ARTISTS.

    Expenses $933,322 · Grants $14,975 · Revenue $878,485

  • SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING. WE MAKE MORE THAN $200,000 GRANTS EACH YEAR TO MORE THAN 80 ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING CREATIVE PROJECTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ORGANIZATION OPERATIONS. OPEN STUDIOS CONNECTS MORE THAN 300 VISUAL ARTISTS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, GENERATING CLOSE TO $1,000,000 IN ARTS SALES EACH YEAR. ADVOCACY AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL HELPS ENSURE POLICIES AND FUNDING FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR.

    Expenses $601,455 · Grants $206,700 · Revenue $237,266

  • THE TANNERY ARTS CENTER IS HOME TO 100 AFFORDABLE LIVE/WORK ARTIST LOFTS, 28 ARTIST STUDIOS, A DANCE STUDIO, A GALLERY, A 250 SEAT PROFESSIONAL THEATER, AND THE ARTS COUNCIL OFFICES. THE ARTS COUNCIL PLAYS A COORDINATING ROLE AT THE TANNERY, PRODUCING COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE TENANT ARTISTS SHARE THEIR CRAFT, MARKETING THE CAMPUS, AND ITS OFFERINGS TO THE PUBLIC, AND WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP TO SUPPORT A COHESIVE, CREATIVE COMMUNITY. OPEN STUDIOS - OPEN STUDIOS ART TOUR IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING ART EVENTS OF THE YEAR, CONNECTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SANTA CRUZ RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO MORE THAN 300 ARTISTS ACROSS SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. ARTISTS CONNECT WITH COLLECTORS, NEIGHBORS AND EACH OTHER, CREATING A STRONGER COMMUNITY AND GENERATING MORE THAN $700,000 IN ART SALES.

    Expenses $318,668 · Revenue $298,435

  • See Schedule O

    Expenses $294,356 · Revenue $400,844

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.

  • Jim Brown

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,156
    From this org
    $128,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,079
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mireya Gomez-Contreras

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $98,048
    From this org
    $81,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,963
    Hours/week
    40

  • Annabella Sakasai

    FINANCE DIRECTOR (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $74,758
    From this org
    $68,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,628
    Hours/week
    40

  • Consuelo Alba

    DIRECTOR, FORMER BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Auman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jody Biehl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ana Elizabeth

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peggy Flynn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rosa Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Colleen Martin-Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reiko Michisaki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leo Rocha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Weng

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valeria Miranda

    VICE CHAIRPERSON (THROUGH 6/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angela Chestnut

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Veronica Leon

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alex Santana

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sally Green

    INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    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
    $2,811,463
    Expenses
    $2,645,509
    Contributions
    $1,538,517
    Grants paid
    $221,675
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,654,081
    Expenses
    $2,797,934
    Contributions
    $510,064
    Grants paid
    $316,128

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
    $2,443,130
    Expenses
    $2,512,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,391,593

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,573,468
    Expenses
    $2,146,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,610,381

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,058,406
    Expenses
    $2,470,430
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,958,210

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,497,076
    Expenses
    $2,344,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,285,128

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,568,986
    Expenses
    $1,963,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,268,285

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,171,599
    Expenses
    $1,681,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,431,859

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,331,302
    Expenses
    $1,483,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $869,425

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,269,734
    Expenses
    $1,830,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $972,216

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.

Grants made

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

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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 11 November 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.