COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P28

Classification

1200

Street

3920 BIRCH ST STE 103

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 · 2025

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ART PROJECTS ARE CRITICAL TO FOSTERING A VIBRANT, MORE CONNECTED SOCIETY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING GRANTS THAT SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS AND CREATIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PROJECTS. ONE OF OUR PRIMARY INITIATIVES IS OUR ARTISTS & CREATIVES GRANTS, WHICH AWARDS FUNDING TO THOSE PARTICULARLY IN MINORITY OR LGBTQ COMMUNITIES MAKING OR PRESENTING CREATIVE WORK RELATING TO OR ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THESE PROJECTS ARE DIVERSE AND IMPACTFUL, SUCH AS PUBLIC MURALS THAT EXPRESS A COMMUNITY'S VOICE, VIDEOS AND PHOTOS THAT CAPTURE A COMMUNITY'S STORIES, AND INNOVATIVE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN CONNECT THROUGH SHARED CREATIVE EXPERIENCES. IN 2025, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARDED 46 ARTISTS/CREATIVES WITH INDIVIDUAL GRANTS OF UP TO $2,500 EACH. SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE HAVE AWARDED INDIVIDUAL GRANTS TO OVER 250 ARTISTS AND CREATIVES IN ITS COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD LESS ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL ARTS FUNDING. THESE TALENTED INDEPENDENT CREATIVES AND ARTIST COLLECTIVES ARE PRESENTING ART THAT ENGAGES COMMUNITIES IN NEW, DISTINCT AND IMAGINATIVE WAYS.

  Expenses $116,880 · Grants $112,300

• THE CREATIVES-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER, REDEFINES ARTIST RESIDENCIES BY EMBEDDING CREATIVES WITHIN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES TO FOSTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS, FAMILIES, AND NEIGHBORS THROUGH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES HOUSING AND A STIPEND, ENABLING RESIDENTS TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE, PLACE-BASED INITIATIVES TAILORED TO EACH COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. IN PHOENIX, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, OFFERING HOMEWORK HELP, SPORTS, HEALTHY SNACKS, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, AND COMMUNITY GAMES. RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS LIKE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND YOUTH-LED SERVICE ACTIVITIES ASSISTING ELDERLY AND DISABLED NEIGHBORS. THE "52 WEEKS OF KINDNESS" INITIATIVE REINFORCES A CULTURE OF COMPASSION THROUGH WEEKLY VISUAL REMINDERS. ARTS EXPOSURE, SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS, HOLIDAY-THEMED CRAFTS, AND HEALTH-FOCUSED ACTIVITIES LIKE POKEMON GO PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT, CREATIVITY, AND WELLNESS. RESIDENTS ALSO RECEIVE ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND ESSENTIAL NEEDS. OVERALL, THE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES HOW COMMUNITY-CENTERED, ART-DRIVEN INITIATIVES CAN STRENGTHEN CONNECTION, RESILIENCE, AND OPPORTUNITY.

  Expenses $39,629

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES TO FUND THE WORK OF A CREATIVE IN SAN JOSE, CA WHO DIRECTS AND ENGAGES OUTSIDE ARTISTS FOR IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AT SEVERAL AFFORDABLE APARTMENT PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. AMONG THE MONTHLY EVENTS SHE CURATED IN 2025 WAS A SIX MONTH LONG COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE A RESIDENT ARTIST WORKED WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BUILD HEALTHY EATING HABITS FOR RESIDENTS AND PROVIDED FRESH STAPLES ON A WEEKLY BASIS. RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED A RECIPE BOOK WITH SIMPLE, HEALTHY WAYS TO PREPARE MEALS. ANOTHER PROJECT INVOLVED RESIDENTS HAVING ACCESS TO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE LOCAL GALLERY, PRIMARILY A PIANO. THE ARTIST CREATED SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN AND "PLAY AND BE CURIOUS" WITH MUSIC.

  Expenses $10,690

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $166,076

  Expenses

  $171,207

  Contributions

  $166,076

  Grants paid

  $112,300

• 2024

  Revenue

  $139,934

  Expenses

  $127,656

  Contributions

  $139,934

  Grants paid

  $58,620

• 2023

  Revenue

  $166,341

  Expenses

  $165,066

  Contributions

  $166,393

  Grants paid

  $71,556

• 2022

  Revenue

  $195,933

  Expenses

  $136,822

  Contributions

  $195,933

  Grants paid

  $36,450

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

  $183,717

  Expenses

  $198,468

  Assets (EOY)

  $123,512

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $296,275

  Expenses

  $253,713

  Assets (EOY)

  $138,263

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $301,966

  Expenses

  $277,818

  Assets (EOY)

  $97,363

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $243,989

  Expenses

  $336,890

  Assets (EOY)

  $73,946

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $408,371

  Expenses

  $364,163

  Assets (EOY)

  $166,879

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 FRIDA CINEMA

  $15,131

  2023 · DTSA ARTWALK

• SANTA ANA BUSINESS COUNCIL

  $10,950

  2022 · BOCA DE ORO FESTIVAL

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS INC

  $132,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS INC

  $132,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS INC

  $118,500

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · SUPPORT OF LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES

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