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ARTS CONNECTION

EIN 46-3088038 SAN BERNARDINO, CA

Revenue 2023
$933,301
Expenses 2023
$793,083

Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A25
Classification
2000
Street
468 W 5TH ST STE 218

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 · 2023

Mission

THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL

Activities or mission (Part I)

ARTS CONNECTION IS DEDICATED TO STIMULATING CREATIVE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY AND ENRICHING LIVES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, PROMOTION, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOR THE ARTS.

  • THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL AWARDED ARTS CONNECTION, THE DESIGNATED STATE LOCAL PARTNER ARTS AGENCY FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO FOSTER CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND ARTS CONNECTION.THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, COUNTY-DESIGNATED LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES RECEIVE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL. THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT OUR ONGOING EFFORTS IN ADVOCACY, ARTS NONPROFITS CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AND PROGRAM SERVICES FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AS A LOCAL ARTS AGENCY, WE ADVOCATE AND PROVIDE RESOURCES, SKILL-SHARING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CITY AND COUNTY POLICIES, FUNDING, AND PROGRAMMING.ADDITIONALLY, THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL AWARDED US AN IMPACT PROJECT GRANT OF $ 21,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIVISM. THIS IS A COLLABRATIVE COMMUNITY PROJECT BETWEEN ARTS CONNECTION, PC4EJ, AND GRAFICA NOCTURNA UTILIZING PRINTMAKING AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE WAREHOUSING INDUSTRY ON OUR REGION. WE ALSO RECEIVED $ 5,000 IN POETRY OUT LOUD FUNDING TO FURTHER PROMOTE ARTS AND LITERARY ENGAGEMENT. THE INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, SERVING AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE JUST SAN BERNARDINO COLLABORATIVE PROJECT FUNDED BY THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION, AWARDED ARTS CONNECTION TWO AMOUNTS: $ 188,000 AND $ 110,000. THIS FUNDING SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEOPLE'S PLAN FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION, WHICH FOCUSES ON CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TO FOSTER EQUITABLE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS IN SAN BERNARDINO. ARTS CONNECTION IS LEADING EFFORTS TO SHOWCASE HOW THE ARTS IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER AND ENHANCING THE PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS FROM CRADLE TO CAREER FOR THE ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT SECTORS.IN ADDITION, US BANK SUPPORTED THE DEVLOPMENT OF THE ARTIST MICROGRANT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES TO SUPPORT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS SETS FOR ARTISTS BY AWARDING US A $ 20,000 GRANT.LASTLY, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTS MIDWEST, AWARDED US A BIG READ GRANT OF $ 20,000. THIS GRANT SUPPORTS ARTS, LITERARY, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING IN THE MORONGO BASIN FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.THESE GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS ENABLE ARTS CONNECTION TO CONTINUE FOSTERING A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE ARTS COMMUNITY, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AND RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

    Expenses $655,399 · Grants $652,801 · Revenue $933,301

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • JENNIFER KANE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $45,099
    From this org
    $45,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $45,099
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $45,099

  • ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ CHAVEZ

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $40,717
    From this org
    $40,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTINE SEROR

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KERRY NEAL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • VICTOR SUAREZ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • MARGO MULLEN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • MARCIA GEIGER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KATHRYN ERVIN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DR ANNE VIRICEL

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • SANDRA ESPADAS

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $933,301
    Expenses
    $793,083
    Contributions
    $709,409
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $745,541
    Expenses
    $804,852
    Contributions
    $528,738
    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
    $618,957
    Expenses
    $433,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,020

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $338,368
    Expenses
    $268,231
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,338

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $183,257
    Expenses
    $134,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,701

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $66,368
    Expenses
    $72,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,703

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $108,386
    Expenses
    $101,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,024

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $64,506
    Expenses
    $58,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,014

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $62,900
    Expenses
    $34,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,388

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
Principal officer
Kathryn Ervin
Mailing address
5500 University ParkwaySan Bernardino CA 92407
Website
artsconnectionnetwork.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.