ASSEMBLY FOR THE ARTS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R30

Classification

2000

Street

6539 EUCLID AVE STE 110

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 · 2023

• LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 (JULY 1, 2023 - JUNE 30, 2024) ASSEMBLY FOR THE ARTS (ASSEMBLY) WORKS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN GREATER CLEVELAND BENEFITS FROM A DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR, AND RECOGNIZES THAT THE ARTS ARE AN ESSENTIAL, DEFINING ELEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIAL FABRIC, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE REGION. ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS THIS AIM BY SERVING CULTURAL NONPROFITS, ARTISTS, AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES THROUGH ADVOCACY FOR INCLUSIVE CULTURAL POLICY, RACIAL EQUITY INITIATIVES, RESEARCH AND MARKETING THAT ELEVATES ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE REGION. DURING THE 2023-24 FISCAL YEAR, ASSEMBLY FOR THE ARTS ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING: ONLINE RESOURCES - ASSEMBLY FOR THE ARTS HOSTS FREE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ON ITS OWN WEBSITE AND COLLABORATED ON MANAGING THE FREE WEBSITE CLEVELAND ARTS AND EVENTS. THE WEBSITES CONTAIN EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT BUSINESS PLANNING FOR ARTISTS, RESEARCH ABOUT GREATER CLEVELAND ARTS AND CULTURE, GRANTS, LOANS, SPACE, ARTIST REGISTRY AND OTHER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. ARTS AND CULTURE POLICY - ASSEMBLY FACILITATED MULTIPLE COMMUNITY DIALOGUES, FORUMS AND INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS AND THE LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY ON LOCAL PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. RESEARCH - ASSEMBLY DISSEMINATED THE RESULTS OF A NATIONAL STUDY OF ARTS AND CULTURE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT INCLUDED GREATER CLEVELAND. ASSEMBLY HELD A LISTENING CAMPAIGN AND RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE NEEDS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONSULTANCIES - STAFF OFFERED FREE INDIVIDUALIZED COUNSEL TO ARTISTS, CULTURAL NONPROFITS, AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES AND THOSE WISHING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM. SESSIONS PRIMARILY PROVIDED STRATEGIC ADVICE POINTING TO PERTINENT RESEARCH, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND CONTACTS THAT COULD SUPPORT THEIR ARTS AND CULTURAL ENDEAVORS. ARTIST SUPPORT - ASSEMBLY WORKED WITH 16 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY AND THROUGH OTHER SUPPORT SERVES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS INCLUDING PROJECTS SUCH AS A YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM, SUSTAINABLE RAIN BARREL ART PROGRAM, INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE PROGRAM AND OTHERS. ASSEMBLY ALSO OFFERED COURSES ON QUICKBOOKS FOR SMALL ARTIST BUSINESSES AND PARTNERED ON A COMMUNITY EVENT TO CONNECT ARTISTS WITH BUSINESS SUPPORT NONPROFITS. ASSEMBLY PROVIDED FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR A NUMBER MISSION-DRIVEN ARTS AND CULTURAL PROJECTS INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, A DANCE ORGANIZATION TO PRESERVE POSITIVE HIP HOP CULTURE, ART-PRINT WORKSHOPS FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH, AND A FREE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH WITH CREATIVE PERFORMANCES AND LOCAL RESOURCES.

  Expenses $1,317,398 · Revenue $98,331

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.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,140,010

  Expenses

  $1,522,760

  Contributions

  $1,037,706

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,300,637

  Expenses

  $3,000,578

  Contributions

  $3,261,580

  Grants paid

  $1,501,500

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

  $844,284

  Expenses

  $995,123

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,686,811

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,915,552

  Expenses

  $2,493,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,992,382

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $886,973

  Expenses

  $945,373

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,491,137

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $482,728

  Expenses

  $760,936

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,459,919

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $738,574

  Expenses

  $1,160,326

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,853,536

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,198,232

  Expenses

  $1,374,520

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,244,296

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,683,012

  Expenses

  $1,121,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,409,600

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $893,489

  Expenses

  $1,716,894

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,021,692

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,705,663

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,773,755

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,562,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,521,333

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

• 65 FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES

  $914,963

  2022 · ART SECTOR SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $770,000

  2024 · MCC TENANT IMPROVEMENTS

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $740,248

  2023 · ENDOWMENT DISTRIBUTION

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $323,500

  2022 · STAFFING CAPACITY FOR THE REGION'S NEWLY RECONSTITUTED ARTS AND CULTURE INTERMEDIARY

• EQUITY IN THE ARTS FUND

  $45,000

  2023 · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP - CLEVELAND BURLESQUE ACADEMY PROJECT MARINKA *ACCESSIBLE ARTISTIC ECDYSIAST

• EQUITY IN THE ARTS FUND

  $30,000

  2022 · 10K MOVEMENT SUMMER STREET DANCE INTENSIVE

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND

  $20,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC

  $17,125

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING, CREATION AND/OR PRESENTING SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,300

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• IN OUR BACKYARDS INC

  $6,351

  2022 · TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR LORDS OF THE LAND II (HIP HOP & STREET DANCE FESTIVAL)

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

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