POLK ARTS ALLIANCE INC

EIN 30-0264417 LAKELAND, FL

Revenue 2024: $279,367
Expenses 2024: $288,405

Program services were 78.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A20
Classification: 2000
Street: 450 MARTIN L KING JR AVE STE 212

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 · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE POLK ARTS ALLIANCE, INC. IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ALL THE ARTS FLOURISH. THIS CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED GENERALLY TO DEVELOP, COORDINATE, AND PROMOTE THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS IN POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE POLK ARTS ALLIANCE, INC. IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ALL THE ARTS FLOURISH. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH COORDINATION, PROMOTION, ADVOCACY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED GENERALLY TO DEVELOP, COORDINATE, AND PROMOTE THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS IN POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.

ARTS MAGAZINE- DELIVERS INFORMATION ABOUT CULTURAL EVENTS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF POLK COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Expenses $122,267 · Grants $28,000
HALL OF FAME GALA - INDUCTS PEOPLE INTO THE POLK ARTS & CULTURE HALL OF FAME FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN POLK'S ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR. THE EVENT ALSO HONORS LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AS A PART OF THE ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION (AT THE HALL OF FAME GALA). THE 2023 GALA HAD 280 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

Expenses $62,436 · Revenue $15,482
POLK ARTS GUIDE - THIS IS AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE VISITORS AND NEW RESIDENTS CAN HAVE "ART EXPERIENCES." FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS A RESOURCE THAT LISTS WHERE TO GO TO HEAR LIVE MUSIC, WHERE THE MUSEUMS, THEATERS, ART GALLERIES, ETC. ARE LOCATED.

Expenses $42,160 · Revenue $7,667

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.

Ashley Bell BarnetASHLEY BELL BARNET

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kemp BrinsonKEMP BRINSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Betsy BohrerBETSY BOHRER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nate DunhamNATE DUNHAM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michell GithensMICHELL GITHENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Merissa GreenMERISSA GREEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Fred HeidFRED HEID

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kirsten HeinKIRSTEN HEIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jaret LandonJARET LANDON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Eric MarshallERIC MARSHALL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sara McCarleySARA MCCARLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Crystal NormanCRYSTAL NORMAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Martha SantiagoMARTHA SANTIAGO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amy SexsonAMY SEXSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Melissa TyroneMELISSA TYRONE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Daryl WardDARYL WARD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$60,000

From this org

$60,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

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

$279,367

Expenses

$288,405

Contributions

$242,978

Grants paid

$28,000
2023

Revenue

$250,687

Expenses

$230,892

Contributions

$167,724

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$188,514

Expenses

$191,760

Contributions

$163,592

Grants paid

$10,750

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$279,367	$288,405	$242,978	$28,000
2023	$250,687	$230,892	$167,724	$0
2022	$188,514	$191,760	$163,592	$10,750

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
2021 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$128,677

Expenses

$123,664

Assets (EOY)

$71,658
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$98,728

Expenses

$68,201

Assets (EOY)

$66,645
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$109,273

Expenses

$94,475

Assets (EOY)

$36,118
2018 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$114,629

Expenses

$119,262

Assets (EOY)

$21,320
2017 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$130,924

Expenses

$149,042

Assets (EOY)

$25,953

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990-EZ	$128,677	$123,664	$71,658
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990-EZ	$98,728	$68,201	$66,645
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990-EZ	$109,273	$94,475	$36,118
2018	990-EZ	$114,629	$119,262	$21,320
2017	990-EZ	$130,924	$149,042	$25,953

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

RIDGE ART ASSOCIATION

$7,000

2024 PROVIDE ART EXPERIENCES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY
WATSON CLINIC FOUNDATION

$7,000

2024 PROVIDE ART EXPERIENCES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$208,000

2024 ARTS & CULTURE

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.