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ARTS IN STARK

EIN 34-6609771 CANTON, OH

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Revenue 2024
$2,730,673
Expenses 2024
$3,395,926

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
1200
Street
1001 MARKET AVE NORTH

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 · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF ARTSINSTARK IS TO USE THE ARTS TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY GOALS AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, WELL-BEING AND EDUCATION, IN ORDER TO MAKE STARK COUNTY A THRIVING AND VIBRANT REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF ARTSINSTARK IS TO USE THE ARTS TO ADVANCE COUNTY GOALS AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, WELL-BEING, AND EDUCATION, IN ORDER TO MAKE STARK COUNTY A THRIVING AND VIBRANT REGION.

  • ARTSINSTARK ADMINISTERS A PROGRAM THAT ANNUALLY AWARDS OPERATING AND SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, AND ARTISTS ACROSS STARK COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION LEADS PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS THAT ENHANCE THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, ARTSINSTARK OVERSEES THE SMARTS PROGRAM, WHICH INTEGRATES THE ARTS INTO EDUCATION TO SUPERCHARGE LEARNING IN COUNTY SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $1,076,714 · Grants $856,763 · Revenue $295,320

  • ARTSINSTARK MAINTAINS THE CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS CAMPUS, AN EIGHT-ACRE HUB FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IN DOWNTOWN CANTON. THE CAMPUS INCLUDES A 330,000-SQUARE-FOOT MAIN FACILITY, AN URBAN GREENSPACE PARK, AND THE NEWLY RENOVATED EN-RICH-MENT ARTS EDUCATION CENTER. THE CULTURAL CENTER IS HOME TO FOUR RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS-CANTON BALLET, CANTON MUSEUM OF ART, EN-RICH-MENT, AND SING STARK!-WHICH COLLECTIVELY BRING THE ARTS TO MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $1,409,731 · Revenue $13,711

  • ARTSINSTARK'S MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS FOCUS ON BUILDING AWARENESS OF AND PARTICIPATION IN ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT STARK COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION PRIMARILY UTILIZES DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, PAID ADVERTISING, DIRECT OUTREACH, AND PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING TOOLS SUCH AS ARTPASS AND THE ARTFUL NEWSLETTER, TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMS, ARTISTS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND CULTURAL EVENTS TO BOTH AUDIENCES IN THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

    Expenses $371,990

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Janet Weir Creighton

    IMMEDITAE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Goff

    IMMEDITAE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Fatzinger

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emil Alecusan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tammy Altmayer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tina Biasella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsay Bowman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allyson Bussey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sally Morse Dale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Deuble

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Finan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Graffice

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Faye Heston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Lintz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rod Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Moore

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Geoff Nicely

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Smithberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Steiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert R Timken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Belden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Wheeler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Haupt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Perez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $2,730,673
    Expenses
    $3,395,926
    Contributions
    $1,970,381
    Grants paid
    $856,763
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,905,934
    Expenses
    $4,484,773
    Contributions
    $3,317,233
    Grants paid
    $1,959,124
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,051,513
    Expenses
    $3,410,392
    Contributions
    $2,411,044
    Grants paid
    $843,451

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,178,002
    Expenses
    $3,494,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,348,293

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,886,035
    Expenses
    $3,394,723
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,886,137

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,805,762
    Expenses
    $3,780,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,927,782

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,329,156
    Expenses
    $3,805,198
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,986,689

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

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 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.