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CROSSTOWN ARTS

EIN 27-1876711 MEMPHIS, TN

Revenue 2024
$5,146,987
Expenses 2024
$4,830,913

Program services were 86.8% 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
1350 CONCOURSE AVE STE 280

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

CROSSTOWN ARTS IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO FURTHER CULTIVATING THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY IN MEMPHIS. MANAGING A VARIETY OF EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE, AND PRODUCTION SPACES, CROSSTOWN ARTS SUPPORTS ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, AND AUDIENCES WITH A WIDE RANGE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS. CROSSTOWN ARTS FOUNDED AND MANAGED THE RENOVATION OF CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, A ONE-MILLION-SQUARE-FOOT MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FORMER SEARS BUILDING. OVER 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE IN CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE IS DEDICATED TO THE NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION'S ARTS AND MUSIC PROGRAMMING.

  • CROSSTOWN ARTS CREATES A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMMING IN AND AROUND CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE TO HELP REVITALIZE MEMPHIS' CROSSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PUBLIC PROGRAMMING INCLUDES ONGOING FREE, LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE'S OUTDOOR PUBLIC PLAZA AND INDOOR PUBLIC ATRIUM SPACES.

    Expenses $1,896,978 · Revenue $935,850

  • CROSSTOWN ARTS MANAGES A VARIETY OF EXHIBITION SPACES THAT INCLUDE OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF GALLERY SPACE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THE EXHIBITION PROGRAM HOSTS A DIVERSE RANGE OF MEMPHIS-BASED AND NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTISTS, AND INCLUDES A DELIBERATE MIX OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SHOWS CURATED AND ORGANIZED BY INDIVIDUALS AND/OR OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, OFTEN WITH A FOCUS ON INTERCONNECTING ARTISTS AND CONTENT FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS. EXHIBITIONS RANGE FROM HIGHLY CURATED SHOWS BY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WHO WORK IN COMPLEX AND COMPELLING SUBJECT MATTER TO OPEN-CALL SHOWS THAT WELCOME A BROAD SCOPE OF PARTICIPANTS WORKING AT ANY LEVEL OF EXPERTISE. ALL VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH 100% OF ALL ART SALES GOING DIRECTLY TO THE EXHIBITING ARTIST(S). CROSSTOWN ARTS MANAGES A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCE SPACES FOR LIVE MUSIC THAT INCLUDE A SMALL, INTIMATE VENUE FOR AUDIENCES OF UP TO 125 PEOPLE, AS WELL AS A BLACK-BOX THEATER FOR AUDIENCES OF UP TO 400 PEOPLE. CROSSTOWN ARTS' MUSIC PROGRAMMING FOCUSES ON LIVE PERFORMANCES BY MEMPHIS-BASED MUSICIANS, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED TOURING MUSICIANS SEEKING TO PERFORM IN THESE EXTRAORDINARILY INTIMATE VENUES, WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A PREMIERE SONIC EXPERIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE. THE THEATER IS EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART AUDIO AND A DCP DIGITAL PROJECTION SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS CROSSTOWN ARTS' ARTHOUSE FILM PROGRAMMING, WHICH INCLUDES COLLABORATIVE LIVE MUSIC SCORES FOR FILM SCREENINGS.

    Expenses $932,559 · Revenue $263,875

  • CROSSTOWN ARTS MANAGES A VARIETY OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE PRODUCTION SPACES THAT ARE THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WHICH HOSTS OVER 60 MEMPHIS-BASED AND VISITING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, WORKING IN ANY MEDIUM, EACH YEAR. THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM OFFERS ACCEPTED RESIDENTS THE GIFT OF UNINTERRUPTED TIME AND SPACE TO WORK ON THEIR CREATIVE PROJECTS BY PROVIDING STUDIO WORK SPACES, SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING VIA ON-SITE APARTMENTS, AND MEALS, AT NO COST TO RESIDENTS. THESE ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, FILMMAKERS, WRITERS, AND DANCERS ARE ABLE TO SPEND DEDICATED TIME ON THEIR WORK, IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THEY CHOOSE, WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. NO EXHIBITIONS OR PERFORMANCES ARE REQUIRED OF THE RESIDENTS, BUT THEY ARE INVITED TO SHARE THEIR WORK THROUGH ARTIST TALKS AND A PUBLIC OPEN STUDIO NIGHT DURING EACH RESIDENCY SESSION.PARTICIPANTS IN THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM HAVE ACCESS TO PRODUCTION RESOURCES AND FACILITIES THAT INCLUDE A FULL-SCALE WOODSHOP, A CNC MACHINE, A LASER CUTTER, LARGE-FORMAT DIGITAL PRINTERS, HIGH-END SCANNERS, DIGITAL LABS WITH ALL MAJOR MUSIC/SOUND/DESIGN/VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE, SCREEN PRINTING, AND MORE. THESE PRODUCTION RESOURCES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANY NON-RESIDENT ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS IN MEMPHIS FOR A LOW MONTHLY FEE.

    Expenses $166,974 · Revenue $76,859

  • DEPRECIATION, RENT, MUSICIAN SERVICES, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

    Expenses $1,198,794 · Revenue $28,155

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.

  • Ken Steorts

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Lou

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara L Deans

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derwin Sisnett

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elliot Perry

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • McLean Wilson

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Dunavant

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacy Wright

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $106,891
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,891
    Hours/week
    55

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
    $5,146,987
    Expenses
    $4,830,913
    Contributions
    $2,331,005
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,864,555
    Expenses
    $5,489,536
    Contributions
    $2,544,389
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,885,921
    Expenses
    $6,054,789
    Contributions
    $2,700,228
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,885,921
    Expenses
    $6,054,791
    Contributions
    $2,700,228
    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
    $4,680,625
    Expenses
    $5,752,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,457,214

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,011,175
    Expenses
    $5,752,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,226,564

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,683,328
    Expenses
    $5,451,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,274,330

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,227,787
    Expenses
    $6,818,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,125,873

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,954,877
    Expenses
    $7,074,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,945,283

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,520,320
    Expenses
    $6,547,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,939,544

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,714,557
    Expenses
    $4,886,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,231,965

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,614,881
    Expenses
    $4,625,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,726,696

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,114,271
    Expenses
    $4,101,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,996,120

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,251,279
    Expenses
    $4,334,766
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,004,528

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • RIVER CITY RENTAL HOUSING LLC

    TO MAINTAIN AND ISOLATE INVESTMENT ASSETS FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES · TN · income $0 · assets $158,917

  • SUSTAINING THE ARTS LLC

    TO MAINTAIN AND ISOLATE INVESTMENT ASSETS FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES · TN · income $0 · assets $0

  • LOST IN THE COSIMOS LLC

    TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT · TN · income $196,098 · assets $10,452,379

  • CROSSTOWN MEMHIS INVESTMENT FUND LLC

    TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT · TN · income $0 · assets $53,808,350

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.