2024-03-30T21:31:24-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 471509200 DSTL ARTS DSTL 7605217018 1069 W Avenue 37 Los Angeles CA 90065 Luis Pichardo Founder, Executive Director 7605217018 2024-03-30 Luis Pichardo 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Luis Antonio Pichardo 1069 West Avenue 37 Los Angeles CA 90065 192994 0 X https://DSTLArts.org X 2014 CA DSTL Arts is a nonprofit arts mentorship organization that inspires, teaches, and hires emerging artists from underserved communities. This mission is achieved through our multiple programs, including our Poet/Artist Development Program which mentors, trains, and publishes Emerging Poet/Artists from historically marginalized communities; our Conchas y Café Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop series for adults, and its associated publication, the Conchas y Café Zine; and our annual sister publications, Art Block Zine and Aurtistic Zine. In FY2023, our organization published a total of 6 new publications and served over 1,000 individuals through live workshops, readings, and direct mentorships (digital and in-person). This is in addition to the over 1,400 viewers of our video-recorded workshops presented online via YouTube. 4 4 2 4 0 0 143735 165802 17100 15755 0 0 -1941 8998 158894 190555 0 0 0 0 55653 61581 0 0 0 63607 123288 119260 184869 39634 5686 83714 89400 0 0 83714 89400 DSTL Arts is a nonprofit arts mentorship organization that inspires, teaches, and hires emerging artists from underserved communities. This mission is achieved through our multiple programs, including our Poet/Artist Development Program which mentors, trains, and publishes Emerging Poet/Artists from historically marginalized communities; our Conchas y Café Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop series for adults, and its associated publication, the Conchas y Café Zine; and our annual sister publications, Art Block Zine and Aurtistic Zine. In FY2023, our organization published a total of 6 new publications and served over 1,000 individuals through live workshops, readings, and direct mentorships (digital and in-person). This is in addition to the over 1,400 viewers of our video-recorded workshops presented online via YouTube. 0 0 47100 0 428 The Poet/Artist Development Program served up to 26 Emerging Poet/Artists, providing direct mentorship and guidance in workforce development-related skills specifically relevant to working artists. This program offered approximately 750 hours of mentorship through further program refinements made after the extensive restructuring of Program Year 21-22 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, this program continued offering Teaching Artist Internships for program participants and also relaunched our podcast, Art Block, featuring writers and artists from across our programs and community. 8948 5640 360 Conchas y Café Zine is the product of our Conchas y Café Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop Series for Adults, offered virtually for FY2023. This triennial, 12-week series shifted to a biannual, 15-week format for Program Year 22-23, continuing to provide instruction in literary concepts and techniques to participants while publishing their creative writing at the culmination of each series of workshops. For FY2023, this program produced 4 new publications, with 2 accompanying public readings, serving approximately 450 individuals across all workshop sessions, readings, and publication distribution. Furthermore, this was accomplished entirely online, utilizing various virtual platforms for instruction, including Google Classroom, social media livestreams, and YouTube for hosting recorded lessons. 18297 0 695 Art Block Zine and Aurtistic Zine are annual, sister publications that feature Emerging Poet/Artists from both Los Angeles County and nationwide, respectively. Both publications have ongoing open calls for submission from individuals, and each publication seeks to highlight the works of individuals from historically marginalized and underserved populations. In FY2023, our publications released 2 total new publications, and managed to serve approximately 100 individuals through publication and participation as either featured artists or audience members at the combined public reading (in-person/virtual). Additionally, approximately an additional 150 individuals watched the recorded readings on the DSTL Arts YouTube channel throughout FY2023. Furthermore, our podcast was rebranded and relaunched as the Art Block podcast and is now published under the banner of this program. 11789 42250 16001 Our Creative Impact workshop series (a sub-program of our Poet/Artist Development Program) offered paid, Teaching Artist Residencies for 3 Poet/Artists from historically marginalized communities in Los Angeles County. This program provided social justice-focused workshops that explored the impact of Redlining, Income Inequality, and the lack of affordable housing in our community, culminating in the publication of an anthology of art and creative writing produced by workshop participants; it also provided 8 virtual workshops in introductory phonics and poetry with the Los Angeles Public Library's Adult Literacy Program. This program resulted in a total of 14 workshops (in-person and virtual), 1 new publication featuring the artworks of our Teaching Poet/Artists and workshop participants, and 1 virtual reading that was recorded and uploaded to YouTube, along with the individual lessons from the workshops. Approximately 300 total individuals engaged with the program either as workshop participants or audience members viewing the associated workshop recordings and readings/performances conducted as a culmination event after the anthology publication. The post-program views on YouTube of all related workshops and reading recordings resulted in an additional 200+ individuals benefiting from this program. 11789 42250 16001 86134 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X Luis Antonio Pichardo 7605217018 1069 W Avenue 37 Los Angeles CA 90065 Luis Antonio Pichardo Founder, Executive Director; President 60 0 X X 13001 0 0 Cat Vasko Board Member, Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jessica Castillo Board Member, Secretary 1 0 X 0 0 0 Leslie Graham Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 13001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154900 10902 3728 165802 Introductory phonics and poetry workshop series 711510 15420 15420 0 0 Publication Design and Archiving Consultation 541430 275 275 0 0 Publication Subscription Dues 511120 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 15755 0 0 0 0 0 3386 2439 947 947 0 0 8051 8051 0 0 8051 190555 24753 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13001 0 13001 0 0 0 0 0 46052 46052 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2528 1323 1205 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1408 0 1408 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22106 0 22106 0 6411 6411 0 0 38931 2945 35986 0 29001 23129 5872 0 159 159 0 0 13430 2000 11430 0 4115 4115 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7631 0 7631 0 184869 86134 98735 0 83714 89400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83714 89400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 83714 89400 0 0 83714 89400 83714 89400 5686 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 16190 128486 94107 143735 165802 548320 0 0 0 0 0 0 45310 12670 4750 3750 2000 68480 61500 141156 98857 147485 167802 616800 616800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616800 26642 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A final version of the 990 is shared with all board members for their review and confirmation of filing at the board meeting after the filing is completed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c At all board meetings that include contract reviews in which a financial stake is involved, an assessment of potential conflicts of interest is conducted, and board members are expected to disclose a potential conflict of interest and abstention before any vote is made in favor of entering such contracts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Beginning in 2020, our organization began using comparative compensation data to determine pay scales for all positions, including our Executive Director and Program Coordinator positions, plus any future positions that our organization may hire for in the future. This includes cost-of-living data from the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles and compensation survey data from the DataArts and LitNet organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Using the Candid/Guidestar website, we make our organizational documents available to the public, in addition to the State of California and federal databases that gather our 990 data. Furthermore, individuals may request information about our organization via email as directed on our website. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Independent contractor fees for mold removal and repair services, as well as electrical safety upgrades for our office and a security camera monitoring subscription.