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SUMMIT ARTSPACE

EIN 34-1841587 AKRON, OH

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Revenue 2023
$823,130
Expenses 2023
$609,403

Program services were 70.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
140 E MARKET 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

5 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 · 2023

Mission

SUMMIT ARTSPACE CONNECTS ARTISTS AND ARTIST-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE PROFESSIONALLY, CREATIVELY, AND FINANCIALLY. ITS CORE VALUES OF CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY GUIDE THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH FOCUSES ON SIX KEY PRIORITY AREAS: 1) SUPPORTING ARTISTS AT ALL LEVELS OF THEIR CREATIVE JOURNEY, 2) ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, 3) SERVING AS A VITAL CREATIVE RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY, 4) INCREASING AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, 5) BUILDING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH REVENUE GROWTH AND 6) DIVERSIFYING ARTISTS WE SERVE. ADDITIONALLY, SUMMIT ARTSPACE SEEKS TO BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS CONCERNING THE VALUE OF ARTISTS AS CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR AREA'S CREATIVE ECONOMY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND PLACE-MAKING FOR THOSE THAT LIVE, WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL IN SUMMIT AND CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUMMIT ARTSPACE IS A COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT THAT CONNECTS LOCAL ARTISTS TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE-CREATIVELY, PROFESSIONALLY, AND FINANCIALLY. VITAL RESOURCES INCLUDE PHYSICAL SPACE, ARTIST-CENTERED PROGRAMS, AND PUBLIC EVENTS. SUMMIT ARTSPACE PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY OF SUMMIT (THE OWNER OF ITS HISTORIC AKRON BUILDING), TO OFFER ARTIST STUDIOS FOR RENT, GALLERIES FOR EXHIBITIONS, CLASSROOMS FOR WORKSHOPS, OFFICES FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND PERFORMANCE AND EVENT SPACE. A. STUDIO AND OFFICE SPACE ENABLE VISUAL, PERFORMING, AND LITERARY ARTISTS TO INTERACT IN A SUPPORTIVE, GROWING COMMUNITY. B. SUMMIT ARTSPACE OFFERS EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS, AS WELL AS CREATIVE EXPERIENCES FOR ALL AGES. ARTIST LAUNCHPAD-A COHORT-BASED MULTI-WEEK PROGRAM TO ASSIST CREATIVES IN DEVELOPING THEIR PRACTICE AND BUSINESS-IS A SIGNATURE PROGRAM. C. SUMMIT ARTSPACE OFFERS LOCAL VISUAL ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW AND SELL THEIR WORK V

  • SUMMIT ARTSPACE IS HOME TO FIVE GALLERIES: THE TAYLOR MAIN GALLERY, INTERSECTIONS GALLERY, WELCOME GALLERY, HORIZONS GALLERY AND FORUM GALLERY. THESE GALLERIES HOST OVER 25 EXHIBITIONS A YEAR, FEATURING LOCAL ARTISTS AND ENGAGING THOUSANDS OF VISITORS, BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. QUARTERLY EXHIBITION CYCLES FEATURE A WIDE VARIETY OF ARTISTS AND VISUAL MEDIUMS AND A COMBINATION OF JURIED, SOLO, AND GROUP ARTIST EXHIBITIONS. SUMMIT ARTSPACE MAINTAINS PUBLIC HOURS ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. SUMMIT ARTSPACE CURATES COMMUNITY SPACES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO DISPLAY ART TO THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS DURING THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $81,460 · Revenue $5,713

  • PROGRAMS TO ASSIST ARTISTS WITH WRAPAROUND CARE AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ARE AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR SUMMIT ARTSPACE TO IMPLEMENT THE AKRON CULTURAL PLAN ACROSS MULTIPLE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING TALENT DEVELOPMENT. A SIGNATURE OFFERING IS ITS ARTIST CARE PROGRAMS (ARTIST LAUNCHPAD, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, AND ONE-TO-ONE), WHICH PROVIDE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND SKILL BUILDING SESSIONS FROM LOCAL ARTISTS AND CONTENT EXPERTS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR PRACTICES. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS REPRESENT MULTIPLE MEDIUMS INCLUDING THEATRE, DANCE AND VISUAL ART. PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED ON A SLIDING SCALE, AND MOST OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO PARTICIPANTS WHO REQUIRE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. SUMMIT ARTSPACE COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND ARTS/CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER REHEARSAL, MEETING, INSTRUCTION AND SPACE AT AN IN-KIND OR REDUCED RATE. SUMMIT ARTSPACE ALSO PROVIDES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR ARTIST-CENTERED PROJECTS.

    Expenses $293,433 · Grants $167,829 · Revenue $34,929

  • SUMMIT ARTSPACE IS HOME TO NEARLY 30 ARTISTS AND ARTIST-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS FOR WORKING STUDIO SPACE THAT ALLOW ARTISTS TO CREATE WORK AND ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. THE BUILDING, FORMALLY THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL AND THE AKRON PUBLIC LIBRARY, IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY OF SUMMIT, WHICH IS A VALUED PARTNER IN ENSURING FREE AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE ARTS. SUMMIT ARTSPACE PRODUCES PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE A ROBUST AND SUSTAINED "EXCHANGE" BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST OHIO RESIDENTS AND SUMMIT COUNTY ARTISTS. OUTCOMES INCLUDE INCREASED ARTS ENGAGEMENT, DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, AND ARTWORK SALES. EVENTS INCLUDE ARTWALK, ARTIST SUNDAY, THE ARTS ALIVE AWARDS, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS JUNIOR LEADERSHIP AKRON, SUMMIT DD, SUMMIT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. EMILIA SYKES (14TH CONGRESSIONAL STUDENT ARTS EXHIBITION).

    Expenses $57,348 · Revenue $91,042

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Heather Meeker

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $70,494
    From this org
    $68,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,028
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gina Betti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lou Camerato

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Diefendorff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristen Dowey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kurt Kleidon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Lightner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nikki Marchmon-Boykin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine McKinley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Oldham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberta Rogers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Starleen Saulsberry

    TRUSTEE, RES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Smith

    TRUSTEE, RES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Crystal Snyder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Starr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Steel

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Trattner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Tucker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $823,130
    Expenses
    $609,403
    Contributions
    $669,673
    Grants paid
    $167,829
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $359,966
    Expenses
    $317,700
    Contributions
    $234,750
    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
    $347,579
    Expenses
    $354,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $253,899
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $242,438
    Expenses
    $203,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $272,915
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $165,379
    Expenses
    $201,877
    Assets (EOY)
    $260,576
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $217,575
    Expenses
    $196,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $279,774
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $185,211
    Expenses
    $200,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $251,579
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $156,520
    Expenses
    $214,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $229,134
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $135,586
    Expenses
    $217,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $283,994
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $169,875
    Expenses
    $151,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $366,223
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $123,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $344,177
  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $145,520
    Expenses
    $153,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $343,185

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

  • MOOREDUNSON

    $68,394

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • AKRON BLACK ARTIST GUILD

    $34,489

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • WORKSTUDIO

    $17,792

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • INSPIRING CANVASES

    $15,437

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • FUSE MEDIUM

    $11,600

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • CLAPP FOR ART

    $7,617

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

  • WANDERING AESTHETICS

    $7,452

    2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.