2025-09-01T16:06:56-07:00 2023-09-30 990 2022-10-01 742140348 AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE AUST 5122472531 5900 Balcones Dr Suite 25823 Austin TX 78731 Laura Walberg Finance Manager 5122472531 2025-09-01 1 2022 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X John Riedie 5900 Balcones Dr Suite 25823 Austin TX 78731 1068581 0 X austincreativealliance.org X 2009 TX The mission of Austin Creative Alliance is to advance, connect, and celebrate Austin's arts, culture, and creative communities in order to nourish and strengthen the character, quality of life, and economic prosperity of our region. 10 10 124 0 0 0 110864 141321 493342 879030 0 0 36094 48230 640300 1068581 0 0 0 0 286094 359760 0 0 24729 587733 807732 873827 1167492 -233527 -98911 446194 305737 523621 478064 -77427 -172327 The mission of Austin Creative Alliance is to advance, connect, and celebrate Austin's arts, culture, and creative communities in order to nourish and strengthen the character, quality of life, and economic prosperity of our region. 0 0 1066019 1068581 Program/Services/Accomplishments: Professional development seminars, community building events, public forums. ACA produces educational programming and teaches business & entrepreneurial skllls to the art and creative sectors in two tracks: (1) covering professional management and economic gain for individual artists for the nonprofit sector, and (2) covering professional management and economic gain for individual artists for the nonprofit sector. ACA hosts community relationship-building events with specialized themes to enhance business knowledge and collaboration within the communlty, as well as public forums to be held on topics of interest to the arts community. Fiscal sponsorship program & Arts Incubator for Emerging Artists and Groups: ACA offers project sponsorship to individuals and organizations that perform artistic and charitable services to the community. The program also offers expert advice and consultation regarding nonprofit best practices, marketing and raising funds. Over 150 organizations or individuals were sponsored through the program in FY 2019-2020. Actors' Equity Association Paymaster Services: ACA, working together with the New York, Chicago, Orlando, and Los Angeles offices, of Actor's Equity Association, provides services for producing organizations wishing to hire professional Equity actors for their productlon. Advocacy: ACA is committed to building strong, active, positive public awareness, engagement, and support for Austin's creative arts and cultural scene. ACA believes that art is an integral part of contemporary life and that a thriving creative sector means a healthier economy, a higher level of cultural sustainability. and a better standard of living for all. Annual Unified General Auditions: Each year, ACA hosts Annual Unified General Auditions, for local actors and auditors. This program provides actors an opportunity to be seen by professional directors, producers, and casting agents, and are instrumental for the region's theaters and filmmakers In the casting of their productions. NowPlayingAustin.com: The ACA Now Playing Austin website offers worldwide marketing for arts and culture activities In the city of Austin, providing artists and organizations the opportunity to gain audience reach and stimulate local tourism and the local economy. BAMATX: In response to the COVID pandemic, ACA initiated a new program to help connect fiscal supporters to Black Artists of all kinds to generate/sustain Black art and Black culture. ACAEAF: In response to the COVID pandemic, ACA initiated a new program to help bridge artists needs during this unprecedented time with supporters of various critical services in order to sustain Austin's art and culture to help ensure their presence post-pandemic. 0 0 0 1066019 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 0 124 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X Laura Walberg 5122472531 5900 Balcones Dr Suite 25823 Austin TX 78731 John Riedie CEO 30 0 X X X 30000 0 0 Dewy Brooks Chair 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Rommel Sulit Vice Chair 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Renelle Bedell Secretary 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Krystle Cline Treasurer 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Julie Mech Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Lisa Scheps Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Mike Lavigne Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 SaulPaul Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Stafford Joaquin Gunning Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 30000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141321 0 141321 Sponsored Projects 711510 261760 261760 0 0 Program Income 711510 617270 617270 0 0 0 0 0 0 879030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48230 0 0 0 48230 0 48230 0 0 48230 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 1068581 879030 0 48230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63751 48450 12113 3188 0 0 0 0 146640 132040 10950 3650 105746 84598 15861 5287 0 0 0 0 43623 34899 6543 2181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30141 24112 4523 1506 36237 28988 5438 1811 11541 9233 1731 577 22430 17943 3364 1123 0 0 0 0 76118 60896 11417 3805 3070 2453 462 155 0 0 0 0 3138 2510 471 157 47 38 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19760 15809 2964 987 grant and contract expense 6000 4800 900 300 sponsored project expenses (SPs, BAMATX & ACAEAF) 243520 243520 0 0 AEA/GA expense 355730 355730 0 0 1167492 1066019 76744 24729 383044 249277 32998 46046 0 0 26574 8621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 978 1793 446194 305737 23721 5664 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 499900 472400 0 0 523621 478064 X 0 0 0 0 -77427 -172327 -77427 -172327 446194 305737 -98911 0 0 0 4011 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 319191 275917 270108 110864 141321 1117401 1215889 954916 627461 529436 1068581 4396283 1535080 1230833 897569 640300 1209902 5513684 5513684 0 0 0 0 0 0 1535080 1230833 897569 640300 1209902 5513684 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 There are 9 voting members which consist of the Board of Directors and 1 CEO. Other non-voting members consist of: (1) Organization Members (arts/cultural producing, presenting, and/or service organizations), (2) Sponsored Projects, and (3) Individual artists, students, patrons, etc. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Officers are elected by other Board members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is reviewed by the board members prior to signature and submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c No member of the Board of Directors shall participate in any discussion or vote in any matter in which they or a member of their immediate famlly had potential conflict of interest due to having material economic involvement regarding the matter being discussed. When such a situation presents itself, the director must announce their potential conflict, dlsqualify themselves, and be excused from the meeting until discussion is over on the matter involved. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The compensation of the Executive Director is reviewed annually by the board. The board uses numerous criteria for evaluating the performance of the Executive Director, including: comparability data, planning, budgeting, economic management, compliance, problem solving & decision making, evaluation/control, risk management, communication skills, coordination/collaboration, supervisory control, leadership, staff appraisal, development, effort &_initiative, professional/technical competence, innovation, objectivity, credibility, and flexibility. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available upon request. Our filing was granted an extension via Form 8868 for this tax year. However, our filing was significantly delayed as we were attempting to complete our filing upon the completion of our annual financial audit. This process was dragged on for almost a year as the firm conducting the audit was never able to successfully complete the audit due to continual changes in staffing and historical information not being passed onto the person(s) taking up the audit. In the end, we were unable to complete the annual audit and have been in process with a new auditor firm working to complete a 2-year audit with a firm that has never met us before. It is moving very slowly with them due to a shortage of staffing issues.