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LEXARTS INC

EIN 61-1163184 LEXINGTON, KY

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Revenue 2024
$1,767,301
Expenses 2024
$1,985,419

Program services were 42.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A26Z
Classification
1000
Street
161 N MILL 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

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

LEXARTS PROMOTES QUALITY ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH FUNDING, ADVOCACY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING INITIATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ARTS AND CULTURAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY

  • LEXARTS REGRANTS FUNDS RAISED THROUGH ITS ANNUAL FUND FOR THE ARTS TO FIVE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (GOS) AND 20+ ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FORM OF PROGRAM AND PROJECT GRANTS. THE APPLICATION PROCESSES FOR THESE GRANTS ARE RIGOROUS, REQUIRING EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ARTISTIC QUALITY. SERVICE TO YOUTH, DIVERSE AND UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES IS EMPHASIZED AS ARE AUDIENCE SIZE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COLLABORATION, AND EVALUATION. WRITTEN APPLICATIONS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION ARE VETTED BY LEXARTS STAFF, EVALUATED ON PAPER AND IN AN OPEN PUBLIC PROCESS BY A PANEL OF PEER REVIEWERS, FURTHER REVIEWED BY THE GRANTS COMMITTEE OF THE LEXARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FINALLY APPROVED BY THE LEXARTS BOARD AS A WHOLE.

    Expenses $662,620 · Grants $662,620

  • LEXARTS PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE THE ARTS INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF ALL CITIZENS, INCLUDING THE FREE LEXARTS GALLERY HOP, LEXINGTON YOUTH ARTS COUNCIL, AND ARTSCOPE WEEKLY EMAIL ARTS CALENDAR. LEXARTS STAFF AND BOARD WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ON PUBLIC ART PROJECTS IN OBTAINING FUNDING, DEVELOPING PLANS, SOLICITING PROPOSALS, FACILITATING ARTIST AND SITE SELECTION PROCESSES, AND GATHERING PUBLIC INPUT. LEXARTS ALSO OPERATES ARTSPLACE, A FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON WITH A HIGH QUALITY VISUAL ARTS GALLERY AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE, REHEARSAL AND OFFICE SPACE FOR NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $186,669 · Revenue $576,706

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.

  • Amelia Sweetall

    PRESIDENT, CEO & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $89,571
    From this org
    $89,571
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Camden Skidmore

    CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefan Hendrickson

    TREASURER, CHAIR & DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Sherman

    SECRETARY, CHAIR & DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Garcia

    CHAIR ELECT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Gish

    CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Coleman

    CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Murry

    CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whit Whitaker

    CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Chadwell

    CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lashawn Barber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bishop Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Deans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colin Doherty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Hardy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Haydon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Keeton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Mack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Phelps

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Louis Prichard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Quinn Ramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phillip Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Rudzik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roy Lee Wigginton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $1,767,301
    Expenses
    $1,985,419
    Contributions
    $1,167,804
    Grants paid
    $662,620
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,949,436
    Expenses
    $2,246,411
    Contributions
    $1,063,362
    Grants paid
    $536,394
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,040,589
    Expenses
    $2,133,074
    Contributions
    $1,384,411
    Grants paid
    $594,050
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,675,291
    Expenses
    $2,529,846
    Contributions
    $1,380,072
    Grants paid
    $594,050

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

  • 2022 · 990-T

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,039,631
    Expenses
    $2,009,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,662,877

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,039,489
    Expenses
    $1,784,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,869,439

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,548,239
    Expenses
    $1,316,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,658,534

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,460,251
    Expenses
    $1,558,235
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,309,442

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,544,573
    Expenses
    $1,566,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,548,950

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,426,382
    Expenses
    $1,548,455
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,340,096

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.

Where these grants went next →

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.