NonprofitsCreative West

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Creative West

DENVER, CO

Total revenue

$9.6M

Total expenses

$11.6M

Net assets

$7.0M

Grants received

$8.3M

4 grants

EIN

237255426

Tax year

2023

Mission

The western states arts federation is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Based in denver ,colorado , westaf fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial organizational and policy infrastructure of the arts by providing innovative and services to artist and arts organizations in the west and nationwide.

Programs

2 programs

Creative west provides a wide variety of services that are designed to support the development of the arts in the region. Major programs include: 1) convenings, networks, and planning processes that bring together leading practitioners in the arts field to discuss policy issues that impact artists and communities and to develop strategies for development of the arts, 2) professional development seminars for state arts agency leaders and investments in state arts agency innovation that are designed to help them become more effective and service oriented public sector agencies.

Expenses: $902K

Additionally, creative west has online software as a service tools to connect artists to opportunities via; 3) the development of the public art archive, a searchable online database of completed public artworks throughout the u.s. And abroad, in which artists and managers of public art programs can contribute their work for free public viewing, and 4) arts service-based technology projects such as zapplication and call for entry (cafe tm) which support the non-profit arts community and artists in the use of technology to facilitate and advance their work.

Expenses: $1.7M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$6.0M
Program service revenue$3.0M
Investment income$468K
Other revenue$155K
Total revenue$9.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$2.4M
Salaries & benefits$4.2M
Fundraising$24K
Other expenses$5.0M
Total expenses$11.6M
Total assets$9.7M
Net assets$7.0M

People

24 listed

NameRoleCompensation

CHRISTIAN GAINES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$251K

37.5 hrs/wk

AMY HOLLRAH

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Board

$118K

37.5 hrs/wk

KARMEN ROSSI

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

AMBER-DAWN BEAR ROBE

EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

CYNDY ANDRUS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LISA BECKER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SUSAN GARBETT

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAYNE BUTLER GOODMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHELLE LAFLAMME-CHILDS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BASSEM BEJJANI

VICE-CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

NIKIKO MASUMOTO

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MEGAN MILLER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JESS PENA

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRIAN ROGERS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MAKANANI SALA

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KELLY STOWELL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANTHONY MANFREDI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TENIQUA BROUGHTON

CHAIR

Board

4 hrs/wk

TAMARA ALVARADO

PAST CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ANDRIAN SAN MIGUEL

TREASURER

Board

3 hrs/wk

BRANDY REITTER

DEVELOPMENT COMTE CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

PAUL NGYUEN

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Staff

$135K

37.5 hrs/wk

DAVID HOLLAND

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Staff

$114K

37.5 hrs/wk

CHRISTINA VILLA

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS

Staff

$105K

37.5 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

WESTERN ARTS ALLIANCE

CONFERENCE SUPPORT

$289K

BROWNRICE INTERNET INC

SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES

$280K

Grants received

Showing 4 of 4

FromAmountPurposeYear
$250K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVOCACY FRAMEWORK FOR ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN AI, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND COPYRIGHT, AND TO ASSIST TECH-CENTERED ARTISTS IN CROSS-SECTORAL WORK
2024
$8M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$8K
ARTS EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
2017

Funded by

$8.3M from 4 funders · 4 grants · 2017–2024

Details

EIN237255426
NTEE codeA260
Subsection03
Ruling date1973-02
Formed1972
Employees51
Volunteers40
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