2025-11-14T21:13:54-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 311665900 ART OPPORTUNITIES INC ARTO 5133333602 2429 Gilbert Ave Cincinnati OH 45206 Francesca Peace Manager Finance 5133333602 2025-11-04 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ArtWorks Colleen Houston 2429 Gilbert Ave Cincinnati OH 45206 5641121 0 X www.artworkscincinnati.org X 1996 OH ArtWorks is an award-winning Greater Cincinnati nonprofit that creates community-based public art providing career opportunities for artists of all ages. The organization collaborates with community organizations and residents, businesses, governments, foundations, and nonprofits to build creative works of art that bolster the region's global reputation as an arts destination. ArtWorks has employed and trained over 3,500 professional artists and 4,000 youth, ages 14 - 24. We invest in our creative economy by creating jobs that support local talent, pairing professional artists to inspire and mentor diverse teams of youth, and helping them build 21st-century career-readiness skills. Over the past 29 years, this collaborative approach has created a citywide gallery with more than 14,000 public and private art projects, including more than 300 permanent outdoor murals. 25 25 118 48 0 0 5140987 5018470 414480 492838 84122 70048 72539 59765 5712128 5641121 0 0 0 0 1415641 2201963 163562 0 1049721 2085946 1456817 3665149 3658780 2046979 1982341 7281468 8926265 2344100 2006556 4937368 6919709 To create community driven public art and launch careers for youth and artists. 0 0 1702391 1504311 Apprenticeship Program: ArtWorks Apprentices are teen and young adult seasonal employees, who work side-by-side and learn from professional Artists and peers while creating public art and community impact projects. This program is for artists ages 14 - 21. Public Art Services & Community Engagement: ArtWorks facilitates public art commissions, calls-to-artists, and more, to create high quality art outcomes that the community can benefit from for decades. ArtWorks often invests in centering the vision of residents and neighborhood leaders. Community engagement comes in many forms, from attending Community Council meetings, getting design input from residents, activating public spaces with art-making activities, and more, always with the goal of creating artworks that are responsive to community histories and current needs. 386 employed professional, teen and young adult artists and arts administrators, and contracted creatives 203 teen and young adult participants (Apprentices, Studio Artists, Gallery Fellows) 47,502 hours of artistic mentorship 8,302 hours of professional development/career training 54 community partnerships 281 works of art created in communities and in the V2 gallery 38 large-scale murals and public art projects 11 neighborhoods directly invested in through public art 316 residents and visitors to the region who attended ArtWorks mural tours 24M residents and visitors who had the chance to experience ArtWorks murals 57458 49718 Gallery Fellowship Program: The Gallery Fellowship Program is a transformative, free educational experience for aspiring young artists to learn methods for making, showing, and selling their artwork from Artists-in-Residence. Participants display their work in public exhibitions, with 90% of sales going directly to the artists themselves. This program is for artists ages 16 - 24. 503260 504748 Creative Services Studio Program: The Creative Services Studio Program provides teen and young adults with consistent employment for an entire year. ArtWorks Studio programs offer an unmatched experience for emerging artists to gain a unique skill set in artistic production, administration, and project management related to the studio concentration. 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The organization has adopted the accounting guidance which requires that a tax position be recognized or derecognized based on a "more likely than Not" threshold. This applies to positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The organization's income tax filings ate subject to audit by various taxing authorities. Management believes the organization's income from activities subject to unrelated business income rules is not material. Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b fundraising expenses Art off the Walls 73831 0 73831 0 0 0 0 0 32054 Art Amplified 29810 0 29810 0 0 0 0 0 15429 0 103641 0 103641 0 0 0 0 0 47483 47483 56158 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colleen Houston CE0 & Artistic Director 142140 0 21321 0 4672 0 6823 0 0 0 174956 0 166858 X Inkind Service 3 59765 FMV 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Completed form 990 is reviewed by Finance and Executive Committee. Then shared with the full Board and resolution for acceptance. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members must disclose and potential conflicts Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 ArtWorks engages a third party to perform independent salary surveys of leadership roles at similar organizations within the region. Based on the results the finance committee determines if proposed salary adjustments are appropriate and the executive committee ratifies any adjustments during an annual board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policies and financial statements are made available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Includes all other independent contractors, creative professionals, legal and auditors fees. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e includes all direct project costs, capital campaign expenses, and other expenses RLLA LLC 1826 Race St Cincinnati OH 45202 921370053 Development Projects OH Art Opportunities Related 0 0 0.9999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Extension filed and accepted