BAYARTS

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

28795 LAKE RD

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

• IN 2025, BAYARTS CONTINUED TO THRIVE AS A VIBRANT CULTURAL HUB, DEEPENING ITS IMPACT THROUGH EXPANDING PROGRAMMING, STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MEANINGFUL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION, AND VISIBILITY ALL REFLECTED STEADY GROWTH AND A RENEWED ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ARTS ACROSS OUR REGION. PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS OUR ARTS PROGRAMMING CONTINUED TO GROW IN BOTH SCALE AND REACH. THE ANNUAL JURIED SHOW WAS ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL TO DATE, RECEIVING OVER 500 ENTRIES IN 2025, UNDERSCORING BAYARTS' REPUTATION AS A RESPECTED REGIONAL ARTS DESTINATION. ADDITIONAL VISUAL ARTS HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE ANNUAL CERAMICS SHOW AND THE FALL PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL, EACH DRAWING ARTISTS AND VISITORS FROM ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO. SIGNATURE COMMUNITY EVENTS REMAINED A CORNERSTONE OF OUR MISSION. THE ART + MUSIC FESTIVAL, THURSDAY MARKETS, AND FREE SUNDAY CONCERTS WELCOMED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO CAMPUS, FOSTERING ACCESSIBILITY, CREATIVITY, AND CONNECTION IN AN INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR SETTING. OUR SUMMER CAMPS PROGRAM CONTINUED TO BE FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION, SERVING MORE THAN 1,500 STUDENTS AND OFFERING HIGH-QUALITY, ENGAGING ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS. FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING EVENTS ALSO FLOURISHED. MOONDANCE, OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, WAS A STANDOUT SUCCESS, AND RENTAL EVENTS-INCLUDING WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, GRADUATION PARTIES, AND PRIVATE GATHERINGS-CONTINUED TO BRING NEW AUDIENCES TO BAYARTS WHILE SUPPORTING OUR SUSTAINABILITY. SEASONAL AND RETAIL SUCCESS THE 2025 HOLIDAY SEASON WAS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST YET. OUR HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA FEATURED A VISIT FROM SANTA, FESTIVE CARRIAGE RIDES, AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE BAY CHORALEERS, CREATING A MEMORABLE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION. THE ACCOMPANYING OPEN HOUSE OF OUR ARTISAN SHOP, SHOWCASING WORK BY MORE THAN 70 LOCAL ARTISTS, WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ATTENDED AND PROVIDED VITAL SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL CREATIVES. FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WAS MADE ON FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS IN 2025. A NEW ROOF WAS COMPLETED ON THE PLAYHOUSE, NOW PROUDLY KNOWN AS THE BAYARTS CULTURAL CENTER, PRESERVING THIS IMPORTANT HISTORIC STRUCTURE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, NEW CONCRETE WALKWAYS WERE INSTALLED IN THE BAYARTS SENSORY GARDEN, IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS UNIQUE SPACE.

  Expenses $834,955 · Revenue $605,711

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

  $950,369

  Expenses

  $995,297

  Contributions

  $315,425

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,016,287

  Expenses

  $1,163,177

  Contributions

  $341,597

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,091,296

  Expenses

  $1,063,760

  Contributions

  $375,976

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $962,360

  Expenses

  $732,130

  Contributions

  $343,301

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $856,987

  Expenses

  $628,532

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,457,154

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $645,842

  Expenses

  $567,977

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,246,038

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $959,096

  Expenses

  $937,868

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,209,480

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $988,237

  Expenses

  $978,205

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,199,312

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $929,653

  Expenses

  $881,700

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,115,921

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $755,733

  Expenses

  $736,270

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,111,103

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $747,822

  Expenses

  $657,408

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,111,318

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $918,557

  Expenses

  $569,186

  Assets (EOY)

  $972,088

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $506,968

  Assets (EOY)

  $593,278

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $485,136

  Assets (EOY)

  $508,868

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY WEST FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · DONOR ADVISED GRANTS

• THOMAS C & SANDRA S SULLIVAN FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL

• CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · GENERAL

• CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL

• THOMAS C & SANDRA S SULLIVAN FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · GENERAL

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