THE WALLS PROJECT

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A20

Classification

1000

Street

509 SAINT LOUIS 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT TRANSFORMS COMMUNITIES THROUGH LARGE-SCALE MURAL INSTALLATIONS, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING, AND COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECTS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE PROGRAM HAS INSTALLED OVER 170 MURALS ACROSS LOUISIANA, TEXAS, AND COLORADO, BRINGING VIBRANCY TO PUBLIC SPACES WHILE FOSTERING LOCAL ARTISTIC TALENT. BY COMMISSIONING AND COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, THE WALLS PROJECT HAS GENERATED OVER 1.5 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR CREATIVES, REINFORCING THE POWER OF PUBLIC ART AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $1,270,569

• CULTIVATE - CULTIVATE EMBODIES THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING YOUNG ADULTS BY PROVIDING DIVERSE PATHWAYS TO ACQUIRE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, ALL WHILE EMPHASIZING CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WITHIN THIS PROGRAM, WE PROUDLY ADMINISTER THE FUTURES FUND. THE FUTURES FUND IS THE WALLS PROJECTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL LITERACY INITIATIVE, DESIGNED TO EQUIP YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH THE TECHNICAL SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS IN TODAYS JOB MARKET. THROUGH INDUSTRY-DRIVEN TRAINING IN CODING, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE PROGRAM BRIDGES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND PROVIDES PATHWAYS TO HIGH-WAGE CAREERS. FUTURES FUND HAS EMPOWERED THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS BY OFFERING HANDS-ON LEARNING, MENTORSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES. WHETHER THROUGH AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WORKFORCE READINESS WORKSHOPS, OR TECH- FOCUSED COMMUNITY EVENTS, FUTURES FUND ENSURES THAT INDIVIDUALSREGARDLESS OF BACKGROUNDGAIN ACCESS TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO THRIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WORLD. ADDITIONALLY, CULTIVATE ENCOMPASSES BATON ROOTS, OUR THRIVING URBAN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, WE CULTIVATE A 5-ACRE GARDEN AT HOWELL PARK IN BATON ROUGE, LA, AND EXTEND OUR OPERATIONS TO 11 HOUSING AUTHORITY SITES AND THREE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. BY SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING THESE PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER GROWTH, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $729,952

• REACTIVATE - REACTIVATE IS OUR DEDICATED INITIATIVE AIMED AT COMBATTING BLIGHT WITHIN THE BATON ROUGE AND DALLAS COMMUNITIES BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM. THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS EFFORT IS OUR ANNUAL MLK FEST, A VIBRANT CELEBRATION THAT DRAWS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND RESIDENTS EACH YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR IMPACT BY INTRODUCING JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS IN BOTH BATON ROUGE AND DALLAS, FURTHER ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE FESTIVALS, WE ORGANIZE NUMEROUS CITY CLEAN-UP PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REVITALIZATION OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THROUGH THESE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR MISSION TO ADDRESS BLIGHT AND CREATE MORE VIBRANT, WELCOMING COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $173,745

• ONE ROUGE COALITION - THE ONE ROUGE COALITION IS A DYNAMIC RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC, AIMING TO DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. WITH A NETWORK OF OVER 400 ORGANIZATIONS, THIS COALITION LEVERAGES A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL THAT UNITES VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS. BY CHAMPIONING STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS, AND COLLABORATIVE TEAMS, THE COALITION MOBILIZES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WORK TOGETHER ON SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WE STRIVE TO ENHANCE BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY CAPACITIES, PROMOTE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR THOSE IN NEED, FOSTERING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ALIKE.

  Expenses $74,518

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.

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

  $3,130,291

  Expenses

  $2,534,650

  Contributions

  $2,538,966

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,597,815

  Expenses

  $1,773,637

  Contributions

  $1,572,163

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,566,293

  Expenses

  $1,621,680

  Contributions

  $1,497,499

  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

  $1,770,639

  Expenses

  $1,843,929

  Assets (EOY)

  $407,630

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $927,428

  Expenses

  $921,319

  Assets (EOY)

  $421,231

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $468,261

  Expenses

  $467,746

  Assets (EOY)

  $99,241

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $303,757

  Expenses

  $383,224

  Assets (EOY)

  $79,467

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $262,556

  Expenses

  $328,535

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,769

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $307,601

  Expenses

  $298,636

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,290

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $49,289

  Expenses

  $44,194

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,567

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.

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

• SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION

  $870,000

  2024 · THE WALLS PROJECT - IMPACT GRANT - YR1 (2024) $400,000. YR2 (2025) $300,000, YR3 (2026) $170,000

• MAYORS HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVE

  $95,000

  2022 · INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS

• MAYORS HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVE

  $85,600

  2023 · INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS

• AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC

  $75,000

  2022 · CHILDHOOD OBESITY

• CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY

  $50,000

  2023 · ALLOCATION

• CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY

  $41,000

  2022 · ALLOCATION

• DALLAS STARS FOUNDATION INC

  $30,000

  2024 · MLK FEST AND JUNETEENTH EVENT SUPPORT

• BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION

  $27,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT, SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY FOOD INSECURITY PROJECT, BATON ROOTS PURCHASING PRODUCE

• THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY

  $25,000

  2024 · ALLOCATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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