NonprofitsArt Opportunities Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Art Opportunities Inc

CINCINNATI, OH

Total revenue

$5.6M

Total expenses

$3.7M

Net assets

$6.9M

Grants received

$5.0M

72 grants

EIN

311665900

Tax year

2024

Mission

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.

Programs

2 programs

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.

Expenses: $57K

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. This program is for artists ages 18 - 24.

Expenses: $503K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.0M
Program service revenue$493K
Investment income$70K
Other revenue$60K
Total revenue$5.6M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.2M
Fundraising$1.0M
Other expenses$1.5M
Total expenses$3.7M
Total assets$8.9M
Net assets$6.9M

People

25 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Colleen Houston

CE0 & Artistic Director

Board

$175K

45 hrs/wk

Kathryn Gardette

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ron Bates

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Ric Booth

Board Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

Rocco D'Ascenzo

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Agnes Godwin-Hall

Secretary

Board

2 hrs/wk

Mike Hoeting

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Gee Horton

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Barbara Hauser

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Pam Kravetz

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Michael DiMaggio

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rahiel Michael

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Mark Randy Smith

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Paula Boggs Muething

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kelly Brandstetter Tracy

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Joe Muraca

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Lisa Saia

Vice President

Board

3 hrs/wk

Mark Mallory

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Lauren Hannan-Shafer

Former Board President

Board

2 hrs/wk

Laura Humphrey

President

Board

3 hrs/wk

Ron Nebel Houck

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jens Rosenkrantz Jr

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Emily Palmer Wolff

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tyra Patterson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Connie Ross

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Triversity Construction

Land Improvements

$826K

Grants received

Showing 72 of 72

FromAmountPurposeYear
$527K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2024
$527K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2024
$46K
General support
2024
$25K
small business improvements
2024
$10K
INTERNSHIPS FOR MURA
2024
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$5K
BIENNIAL PROJECT GRANTS
2024
$366K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2023
$273K
Sustaining Impact Grant
2023
$75K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$73K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$50K
2022 GRANT DISTRIBUTION
2023
$40K
AMERICA 250-OHIO COMMISSION GRANT
2023
$25K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
EDUCATION
2023
$25K
GCF - Large Grant
2023
$13K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$12K
AID THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$11K
ARTS, CULTURE
2023
$10K
VARIOUS PROGRAMS
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$6K
BIENNIAL PROJECT GRANTS
2023
$326K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$249K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$173K
SUSTAINING IMPACT GRANT
2022
$100K
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT/EVALUATION
2022
$100K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$57K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$50K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$50K
NEW MONUMENTS PROJECT
2022
$30K
2022 GRANT DISTRIBUTION
2022
$15K
ARP - Ohio
2022
$15K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$12K
AID THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$11K
VARIOUS PROGRAMS
2022
$6K
BIENNIAL PROJECT GRANTS
2022
$5K
Creating career opportunities for artists of all ages
2022
$50
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT DONATION
2022
$343K
SUSTAINING IMPACT GRANT
2021
$65K
PROJECT/PROGRAM SUPPORT &
2021
$30K
PROJECT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$27K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$21K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$21K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$15K
ArtWorks Youth Apprentice Employment Program
2021
$12K
AID TO THE ORGANIZATION
2021
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$186K
Sustaining Impact Support
2020
$119K
COMMUNITY ARTS INNOVATION LAB
2020
$102K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$22K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$12K
AID TO THE ORGANIZATION
2020
$10K
APPRENTICE MURAL PRO
2020
$8K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$6K
COVID ART PROGRAM
2020
$600
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFTS
2020
$229K
Sustaining Impact Support
2019
$22K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$12K
AID TO THE ORGANIZATION
2019
$9K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$35K
PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
2018
$20K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$15K
BIENNIAL 2018 GRANT
2018
$12K
APPRENTICE MURAL PRO
2018
$8K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$8K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2018
$102K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2017

Funded by

$5.0M from 34 funders · 72 grants · 2017–2024

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

$1.8M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts

$1.2M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$355K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$181K · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Carol Ann And Ralph V Haile Jr

$169K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

National Philanthropic Trust

$102K · 1 grant · 2017

Fidelity Foundation

$100K · 1 grant · 2022

Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlapp #1

$100K · 1 grant · 2022

Details

EIN311665900
NTEE codeA25
Subsection03
Ruling date1999-11
Formed1996
Employees118
Volunteers48
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