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WORLD ARTS WEST

EIN 94-2542619 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2024
$682,102
Expenses 2024
$624,025

Program services were 74.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A200
Classification
1000
Street
1446 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

8 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

Founded in 1978, World Arts West is a nationally-recognized leader in advocating for cultural arts communities. Serving the largest multicultural dance and music network in the United States, we are a wraparound cultural artist service provider based in San Francisco, serving as a hub for comprehensive capacity-building artist services. World Arts West pioneered the first city-sponsored multicultural dance festival in the USA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

World Arts West is a nationally-recognized leader in advocating for cultural arts communities. We support cultural artists sustaining diverse world dance and music traditions by providing capacity-building services and performance opportunities.

  • Artist Service ProgramThe Artist Service Program supports the economic and artistic viability of World Arts Wests artist community by providing capacity-building services and building a collective voice to shape future policies that advance cultural equity. Artist Service Program offerings include: 1) Grants Accelerator Program; 2) Career Pathway Series; 3) Fiscal Sponsorship; 4) Visibility & Advocacy to ensure cultural artists are represented on important local, regional and national platforms.

    Expenses $280,778 · Grants $85,275

  • Live Performance PresentationsLive cultural performance presentations that include a large-scale annual festival and community performances throughout the year. These performances create paid and professional support opportunities for hundreds of artists, administrators, and production technicians each year.

    Expenses $180,899 · Revenue $4,540

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.

  • Anne Huang

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $104,745
    From this org
    $90,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,745
    Hours/week
    40

  • Victor Torres

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Herna Cruz-Louie

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vijay Palaparty

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kiazi Malonga

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samad Guerra

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carmen Roman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mina Mangewala

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Blanche Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Muriera

    Director

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $682,102
    Expenses
    $624,025
    Contributions
    $677,553
    Grants paid
    $85,275
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $600,472
    Expenses
    $563,096
    Contributions
    $574,725
    Grants paid
    $84,150
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $654,952
    Expenses
    $611,118
    Contributions
    $627,576
    Grants paid
    $74,000

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
    $615,171
    Expenses
    $579,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,429

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $579,202
    Expenses
    $386,171
    Assets (EOY)
    $238,524

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $909,080
    Expenses
    $851,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,955

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $909,080
    Expenses
    $851,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,955

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,055,958
    Expenses
    $1,284,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,986

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,369,151
    Expenses
    $1,167,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $403,682

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $926,531
    Expenses
    $884,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,010

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $620,500
    Expenses
    $882,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,511

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,003,696
    Expenses
    $870,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $262,509

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $829,539
    Expenses
    $930,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,495

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

  • Parangal Dance Company

    $65,000

    2022 Parangal Ipat a Kadsakay project

  • Arenas Dance Company

    $31,500

    2024 SFAC & Zellerbach grant project

  • Pelisa Energy

    $13,500

    2024 Mbongui Healing Project

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 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.