ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

101 W VERMILION ST

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• CURRENT MEDIA INC

  EIN 82-2971272

Mission and programs · 2024

• VISUAL ART EXHIBITS AND PERFORMANCES- THE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED A ROBUST EXHIBITION SCHEDULE IN APPROXIMATELY 6,000 SQUARE FEET OF MUSEUM- QUALITY GALLERY SPACE. IN 2024-2025, ACA OPENED 18 EXHIBITIONS FEATURING 211 EXHIBITING ARTISTS AND WELCOMED 14,049 VISITORS, INCLUDING MEMBERS, STUDENTS, TOURISTS, AND PUBLIC PROGRAM ATTENDEES. EXHIBITIONS ADDRESSED REGIONAL HISTORY, ECOLOGY, AND PLACE, AND INCLUDED A LARGE THEMATIC EXHIBITION INVITING LOUISIANA ARTISTS TO INTERPRET "OUR POINT IN SPACE." ACROSS ALL GALLERIES, ACA PRESENTED A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIA AND PERSPECTIVES, FOSTERING DIALOGUE BETWEEN ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS AND BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES.

  Expenses $435,396 · Revenue $214,838

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - ACA'S ARTS IN EDUCATION (AIE) PROGRAM IS A PRIMARY EXPRESSION OF THE TEACH PATHWAY WITHIN LET CULTURE LEAD AND REPRESENTS ONE OF THE LARGEST YOUTH-SERVING ARTS EFFORTS IN LOUISIANA. IN 2024-2025, AIE SERVED 41,650 STUDENTS AT 97 SCHOOLS, DELIVERED 8,950 CLASSROOM SESSIONS, PROVIDED 204 FIELD-TRIP PERFORMANCES AND ARTS-BASED STUDENT EXPERIENCES, EMPLOYED 80 TEACHING ARTISTS, AND OFFERED 131 EDUCATOR TRAININGS. APPROXIMATELY 9,000 STUDENTS RECEIVED WEEKLY ARTS-INTEGRATED CLASSES FOR 16 WEEKS THROUGH THE PACE (PRIMARY ACADEMIC CREATIVE EXPERIENCES) PROGRAM. THE YEAR ALSO MARKED A FULL DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP WITH VERMILION PARISH, DEEPER WORK IN LAFAYETTE PARISH THROUGH THE "EVERYBODY GROWS" PILOT AT THREE ACE SCHOOLS, AND NEW AGREEMENTS TO EXPAND AIE INTO EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES IN 2025-2026. VISIONARIES DONOR SUPPORT, ORGANIZED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA, CONTINUED TO PROVIDE CRITICAL MATCHING FUNDS TOWARD A LONG-TERM GOAL OF SERVING 203 SCHOOLS AND MORE THAN 80,000 STUDENTS BY 2030.

  Expenses $900,805 · Grants $15,252 · Revenue $651,420

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING ACADIANA'S CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM AND SUPPORTING ARTISTS, CULTURE-BEARERS, AND COMMUNITIES. IN 2024-2025, ACA DELIVERED 34 PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EVENTS (WORKSHOPS, ARTIST ROUNDUPS, ARTIST TALKS, STATE OF THE ARTS, AND INFORMATION SESSIONS) WITH 917 TOTAL ATTENDEES AND ENGAGED 1,397 ARTISTS AND CREATIVES, INCLUDING PARTICIPANTS IN GRANT PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS. ACA HOSTED 11 PAID WORKSHOPS AND ROUNDTABLES WITH 141 ATTENDEES AND DISTRIBUTED 222,966 IN GRANTS AND STIPENDS TO 60 AWARDEES THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS ARTSPARK, ARTS GRANTS FOR TEACHERS, LOUISIANA PROJECT GRANT, LAFAYETTE ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT, THE COURTNEY GRANGER MEMORIAL AWARD, AND THE JEAN BREAUX AWARD. PARTICIPANTS REPORTED THAT THE COMBINATION OF FUNDING, WORKSHOPS, AND MENTORING MADE OPPORTUNITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE AND COLLABORATIVE. ACA ALSO DEEPENED PARTNERSHIPS WITH LFT FIBER, THE LAFAYETTE PUBLIC ART NETWORK, AND REGIONAL PUBLIC AGENCIES TO ALIGN CULTURAL PROGRAMMING WITH BROADER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

  Expenses $302,735 · Grants $174,548 · Revenue $91,403

• OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS - THE LOUISIANA MUSIC MUSEUM ADVANCED AS A FLAGSHIP PROJECT WITHIN ACAS BUILD PATHWAY, HOSTING 104 PLANNING MEETINGS AND ENGAGING 565 STAKEHOLDERS, WHILE SECURING 3.5 MILLION TOWARD ITS CAPITAL GOAL TO CREATE A MUSEUM-QUALITY FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE. THE LOUISIANA SCORING INITIATIVE COMPLETED ITS FIRST FULL YEAR, SERVING NINE CLIENTS, EMPLOYING 128 MUSICIANS, AND PRODUCING ORCHESTRAL AND MEDIA SCORES, STRENGTHENING LOUISIANAS MUSIC WORKFORCE. ACA AMPLIFIED ITS REACH THROUGH MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT, GROWING ITS EMAIL LIST TO 11,663, SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE TO NEARLY 34,000, AND RAISING 1.1 MILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDS, WITH LET CULTURE LEAD COMMITMENTS REACHING 5.84 MILLION. MEMBERSHIP INCREASED BY 16% TO 692, AND OPERATIONS HOSTED 60 RENTALS WHILE COMPLETING A 600,000 ROOF REPLACEMENT, ENSURING THE FACILITY REMAINS A DURABLE CULTURAL ANCHOR.

  Expenses $617,293

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $5,382,823

  Expenses

  $4,057,164

  Contributions

  $3,346,850

  Grants paid

  $189,799

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,206,921

  Expenses

  $3,461,341

  Contributions

  $2,029,164

  Grants paid

  $205,585

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,909,111

  Expenses

  $3,171,352

  Contributions

  $1,076,123

  Grants paid

  $178,767

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

  $2,734,982

  Expenses

  $2,704,846

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,214,037

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,244,207

  Expenses

  $1,578,639

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,942,635

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,624,237

  Expenses

  $1,853,125

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,100,335

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,128,318

  Expenses

  $2,245,366

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,235,287

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,767,587

  Expenses

  $2,947,614

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,377,374

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,618,253

  Expenses

  $2,368,656

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,541,532

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,386,756

  Expenses

  $2,330,661

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,263,347

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,034,622

  Expenses

  $2,164,680

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,257,213

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,265,423

  Expenses

  $2,424,274

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,419,594

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,786,123

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,529,435

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

• BASIN ARTS

  $21,469

  2022

• LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS

  $15,938

  2024

• BASIN ARTS

  $15,788

  2024

• BASIN ARTS

  $15,488

  2023

• PERFORMING ARTS SERVING ACADIANA

  $13,313

  2023

• SOUTHERN SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL

  $13,125

  2023

• PERFORMING ARTS SERVING ACADIANA

  $11,750

  2022

• PERFORMING ARTS SERVING ACADIANA

  $11,438

  2024

• SOUTHERN SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL

  $11,428

  2024

• SOUTHERN SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL

  $11,400

  2022

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA

  $89,867

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT, EXPANSION OF ARTS PROGRAM

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA

  $71,902

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA

  $30,350

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ALBERTINE FOUNDATION

  $22,000

  2022 · EDUCATION PROGRAM

• LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

  $20,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SERVICE

• KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL INC

  $13,000

  2024 · DONATION FOR PROGRAM THAT OFFERS TO INTRODUCE PEOPLES TO LIVE DANCE, MUSIC, AND THEATRE.

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $8,230

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MID ATLANTIC ARTS INC

  $7,500

  2022 · PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTING AND TOURING;

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