DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 6238, LAREDO, TX 78042-6238

In care of

% ALYSSA C CIGARROA

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

ALYSSA CIGARROA, 1420 WASHINGTON ST, LAREDO, TX 78040

Signed the 990

ALYSSA CIGARROA, PRESIDENT

Phone

(956) 337-9115

Website

WWW.DAPHNEART.ORG

Return prepared by

JORDAN & RULLAN CPAS PLLC

Mission

TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE CREATION, PRESENTATION, STUDY, AND APPRECIATION OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS IN THE UNITED STATES BORDER COMMUNITY OF LAREDO, TEXAS.

Program accomplishments

• PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT 1: EXHIBITIONS (6 EXHIBITS) DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION'S (DAPHNE) EXHIBITION PROGRAM INCLUDED SIX EXHIBITIONS IN 2024. ALL OF OUR EXHIBITION PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR DAPHNE IS TO CREATE ACCESS TO CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. OUR EXHIBITIONS INTERSECT VISUAL, PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS. "LINDA LAMANTIA: SELECTED WORKS, 2000-PRESENT" FEATURED WATERCOLOR AND ACRYLIC PAINTINGS AND PENCIL DRAWINGS. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED 25 WORKS CURATED BY MARITZA BAUTISTA AND WAS AT VIEW AT CASA DAPHNE FROM JANUARY 19 THROUGH FEBRUARY 23. "CARDS IN THE AIR," A SOLO EXHIBITION BY PITTSBURGH-BASED ARTIST LEAH PATGORSKI, FEATURED WORKS ON FABRIC, COTTON PAPER, WIRE THREAD AND GLAIR PAINT. PRESENTED AS ABSTRACTIONS, FRAGMENTED FORMS OF REPRESENTATIONS THAT DECONSTRUCT PATGORSKI'S DAILY OBSERVATIONS. THE SHOW WAS ON VIEW FROM APRIL 5 THROUGH MAY 24 AT CASA DAPHNE. "UNUSUALLY FAMILIAR," A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION FEATURING ARTWORK BY 8 LAREDO AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY ARTISTS, WAS PRESENTED WITH SUPPORT OF THE LAREDO COLLEGE ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. THE SHOW, CURATED BY MARITZA BAUTISTA, INCLUDED PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, CERAMICS, PAINTING, AND INSTALLATION AND WAS PRESENTED AT THE MARTHA FENSTERMAKER MEMORIAL VISUAL ARTS GALLERY FROM MAY 31 THROUGH JULY 26. "PRINCIPE AZUL," A SOLO EXHIBITION BY SALVADOR DE LA TORRE, WAS PRESENTED AT CASA DAPHNE FROM JULY 19 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6. "PRINCIPE AZUL" WAS DE LA TORRE'S DECLARATION ABOUT HOW FAMILY, HERITAGE, CONVENTIONS, GENDER AND SEXUALITY INTERSECT TO INTERPRET SELF IDENTITY AND THE DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT THEY EXPERIENCED. THE SHOW WAS FEATURED ON GLASSTIRE'S TOP FIVE EXHIBITIONS IN TEXAS ON JULY 25, 2024. THE AGENCY SHOWCASED ARTWORK CREATED BY THE RACES' SUMMER STUDENT ARTISTS AT THE VISUAL ART GALLERY AT TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ON JULY 28. RACES IS DAPHNE'S MULTI-ARTS CHILDREN'S STUDIO PROGRAM THAT IS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. THE RACES ART SHOW ALLOWED US TO CREATE ANOTHER LEVEL OF OUTREACH TO MARGINALIZED FAMILIES THAT TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE VISUAL ARTS PRESENTED IN A FORMAL GALLERY SETTING. "AIR24" (ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCY 2024) COLLECTIVELY FEATURED THE 7 ARTISTS WHO FORMED PART OF THE AIR COHORT. EXHIBITING ARTISTS INCLUDED OSCAR LOPEZ, PEDRO MORALES, GUADALUPE NAVARRO, ANDRES PADILLA, KASSANDRA ROMERO, SONYA MARIE SKY, AND CIELO ZUIGA. THE EXHIBIT WAS PRESENTED AT GALLERY 201 FROM OCTOBER 11 THROUGH NOVEMBER 1. WE CLOSED THE YEAR WITH "BORDER STORIES AND NUESTRA DELTA MGICA," A COLLECTIVE SHOW FEATURING ARTWORK BY ALIAH JADE CANDIA, SALMA TERN, JOS GAITAN, CRIS ESCOBAR, ABEL ORTIZ, DIEGO DIAZ, SANTOS POLENDO, AMERIKA GARCA GREWAL, ADOA AND VENEER, REYNALDO MATA FUNK, KELSIE GARZA, RUBEN LOZANO, ELISA SOFIA ROBLES, AND NUESTRA DELTA MGICA - ALL ARTISTS THAT LIVE ALONG THE BORDERLANDS OF EL PASO ALL THE WAY TO BROWNSVILLE. THE SHOW WAS PART OF THE RIVER CITY REVERIE: ART, LIFE, AND MEMORY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE, A 30TH DA DEL RIO CELEBRATION. THE SHOW WAS PRESENTED AT CASA DAPHNE FROM OCTOBER 17 THROUGH OCTOBER 31. ALTOGETHER WE PROVIDED EXHIBITION SPACE TO 24 ARTISTS FROM 18 DIFFERENT CITIES, INCLUDING NUEVO LAREDO IN MEXICO. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT 2: COMMUNITY SERIES (11 PROJECTS) DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH 17 DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN LAREDO AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO PROVIDE 11 ACCESSIBLE ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH TEXAS BORDER REGION, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION OF TWO COMMUNITY MURALS. PRESENTED ACROSS TWO WEEKENDS IN TWO CITIES, DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION PRODUCED THE MIRAAA MEDIA FESTIVAL IN COLLABORATION WITH LAREDO FILM SOCIETY, TRUCHA, ENTRE FILM CENTER. MIRAAA IS A BORDER-FOCUSED FILM FESTIVAL WHICH CURATES AND COMMISSIONS COLLABORATIVE MEDIA WORKS. THIS YEAR, THE FESTIVAL SHOWCASED WORK BY 28 FILMMAKERS FROM TEXAS-MEXICO AND BORDERS ACROSS THE WORLD. MIRAAA PREMIERED 5 COMMISSIONED WORKS BY ARTISTS FROM LAREDO AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE FESTIVAL IS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE VIA THE PROGRAM WEBSITE AND ON YOUTUBE. DURING THE 269TH LAREDO'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, DAPHNE SHOWCASED THE CULTIVARTE LAREDO ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM DURING THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES. LIVE ART WAS PRESENTED BY KRISTA QUINTANILLA (AIR21 COHORT), HOMERO SALAZAR (AIR23 COHORT), AND ANDRES PADILLA (AIR24 COHORT) AT THE VILLA ANTIGUA BORDER HERITAGE MUSEUM. WE ALSO OFFERED INFORMATION AND SHOWCASED ARTWORK BY ALEXA HERNANDEZ (AIR21 COHORT), KASSANDRA ROMERO AND OSCAR LOPEZ III (BOTH AIR24 COHORT) AT THE LAREDO CENTER FOR THE ARTS. DAPHNE SERVED AS A COLLABORATING PARTNER DURING A RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE FILM SCREENING AND PLATICA (COMMUNITY CHAT/DIALOGUE). THE EVENT WAS PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIO GRANDE INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER AND HOSTED BY THE WEBB COUNTY HERITAGE FOUNDATION AT THE VILLA ANTIGUA BORDER HERITAGE MUSEUM. FACILITATED BY VISITING ARTIST LEAH PATGORSKI, WE OFFERED AN INDIGO DYE WORKSHOP IN APRIL. THE PROCESS OF DYEING MATERIAL WITH INDIGO CONNECTS US TO ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, AS INDIGO PROCESSES SEEM TO HAVE DEVELOPED INDEPENDENTLY IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND THE AMERICAS. IN THIS WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS EXPLORED THE USE OF RESIST TECHNIQUES (AKIN TO SHIBORI). IN JULY, VISITING ARTIST SALVADOR DE LA TORRE FACILITATED A SELF ACCEPTANCE PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP. IN THE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS LEARNED HOW TO TRANSFER AN IMAGE ONTO LINOLEUM, THEN CARVED AND PRINTED THE IMAGE ONTO PAPER. THE THEME OF THE WORKSHOP SURROUNDED IDENTITY AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE. PARTICIPANTS BRAINSTORMED AND SKETCHED WORDS, PHRASES, SYMBOLS, AND IMAGES THAT RESONATED WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL IDENTITY. THE WORKSHOP WAS OFFERED FREE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TOOK PLACE AT LOS OLVIDADOS GALLERY AND CAFE. RACES IS DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION'S MULTI-ARTS CHILDREN'S STUDIO. IT IS A FREE PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN THAT WILL HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR CREATIVITY, GAIN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ART HISTORY AND CULTURE, AND DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND VISUAL LITERACY SKILLS THROUGH THE EXPLORATION AND CREATION OF VISUAL, PERFORMING, AND MEDIA ARTS. THROUGH RAICES, WE ARE ABLE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT PROHIBIT LAREDO CHILDREN FROM EXPERIENCING THE ARTS, INCLUDING COST, LANGUAGE, EFFORT AND INCLUSIVITY. RAICES IS DESIGNED FOR ALL CHILDREN, BEGINNERS TO MORE ADVANCED LEVELS AND EXPERIENCE. IT IS OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LAREDO. THE PROGRAM WAS AVAILABLE AT TWO CLUBS, ONE IN THE INNER CITY AND THE OTHER IN THE FAR EAST SIDE OF LAREDO, BOTH UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. DURING OUR AIR STUDIO RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WE OFFERED A FREE OPEN STUDIO NIGHT IN OCTOBER. THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO VISIT OUR FOUR STUDIO RESIDENTS DURING CAMINARTE (LAREDO'S FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL). THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED WITH THE ARTISTS BY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PROCESS AND LEARNED ABOUT OUR STUDIO PROGRAM. DAPHNE, IN COLLABORATION WITH WILLA PRODUCTION COMPANY, HOSTED A FREE, US-MEXICO BORDER PREMIERE OF LA COCINA, THE LATEST FILM BY MEXICAN DIRECTOR ALONSO RUIZPALACIOS, PRIOR TO ITS NATIONAL RELEASE, IN OCTOBER. OVER 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SCREENING, WHICH WAS HELD AT GUADALUPE AND LILIA MARTINEZ FINE ARTS CENTER THEATER AT LAREDO COLLEGE. A Q+A FOLLOWED WITH AN ALL WOMAN PANEL. CHEF AND ACTIVIST CRISTINA MARTINEZ (NETFLIX'S CHEF'S TABLE), SISTER ROSEMARY WELSH, LAURA GOMZ (CAST), AND ANNA DIAZ (CAST) WERE MODERATED BY LOCAL FILMMAKER AND EDUCATOR MARCELA MORN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AT TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. DAPHNE FISCALLY SPONSORED AND SERVED AS A COLLABORATING PARTNER OF THE LOS CINCO COALITION. THE COALITION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS BY WAY OF FOUR PILLARS OF ENGAGEMENT: CULTURE, HEALTH, FAMILY AND PARKS. THIS YEAR THE COALITION CREATED EL MURAL AZTECA, A PROJECT THAT TOOK OVER A YEAR TO COMPLETE, WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE AZTECA NEIGHBORHOOD. WE PARTNERED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LAREDO TO BRING AN EXCITING NEW INSPIRATION TO THEIR NORTHWEST CLUB, A MURAL. THE MURAL WAS DESIGNED BY LOCAL ARTIST, AND FORMER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, ALEXANDER BARRON. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED WITH HELP FROM SOME OF THE CLUB KIDS AND COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED THE SPACE. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT 3: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS (V-AIR AND C-STUDIO, 7 ARTISTS) VIRTUAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY (V-AIR, MAY-SEPTEMBER) AND CULTIVARTE STUDIO RESIDENCY (C-STUDIO, JUNE-SEPTEMBER) GRANTED SEVEN FINE ARTISTS STIPENDS TO WORK ACROSS FIVE MONTHS TO CREATE NEW BODIES OF ARTWORK WHILE WORKING CLOSELY WITH A MENTOR. THE RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS IS OPEN TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY VISUAL ARTISTS, MEDIA ARTISTS, AND ARTISTS WORKING ACROSS PERFORMATIVE DISCIPLINES EXPLORING AND EXPANDING THEIR ARTWORK AND CREATIVE PROCESS. THE APPLICATIONS ARE EVALUATED BY A SELECTION COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF OTHER ARTISTS, ARTS PROFESSIONALS, AND EDUCATORS. DESIGNED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC GROWTH OF SEL
  Expenses $170,329 · grants $8,600 · revenue $16,111

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

84-2472536

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2020

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Education (B99)

Assets (IRS master file)

$264,070

Income (IRS master file)

$236,735

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-2472536).

Questions about DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION?

The employer identification number (EIN) of DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION is 84-2472536.

Is DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2020.

Are donations to DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ALYSSA CIGARROA.

Who are the officers and directors of DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 7 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $52,000 (MARITZA BAUTISTA, EXECUTIVE DI).

How much revenue does DAPHNE ART FOUNDATION have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $236,735, expenses of $226,135 and total assets of $264,070 at year end.

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