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.
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.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Expenses
People
24 listed
CHRISTIAN GAINES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$251K
37.5 hrs/wk
AMY HOLLRAH
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
$118K
37.5 hrs/wk
KARMEN ROSSI
SECRETARY
—
2 hrs/wk
AMBER-DAWN BEAR ROBE
EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
CYNDY ANDRUS
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
LISA BECKER
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
SUSAN GARBETT
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
JAYNE BUTLER GOODMAN
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
MICHELLE LAFLAMME-CHILDS
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
BASSEM BEJJANI
VICE-CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
NIKIKO MASUMOTO
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
MEGAN MILLER
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
JESS PENA
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
BRIAN ROGERS
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
MAKANANI SALA
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
KELLY STOWELL
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
ANTHONY MANFREDI
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
TENIQUA BROUGHTON
CHAIR
—
4 hrs/wk
TAMARA ALVARADO
PAST CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
ANDRIAN SAN MIGUEL
TREASURER
—
3 hrs/wk
BRANDY REITTER
DEVELOPMENT COMTE CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
PAUL NGYUEN
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
$135K
37.5 hrs/wk
DAVID HOLLAND
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
$114K
37.5 hrs/wk
CHRISTINA VILLA
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS
$105K
37.5 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
WESTERN ARTS ALLIANCE
CONFERENCE SUPPORT
BROWNRICE INTERNET INC
SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES
Grants received
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Funded by
$8.3M from 4 funders · 4 grants · 2017–2024
$8M · 1 grant · 2020
$250K · 1 grant · 2024
$25K · 1 grant · 2023
$8K · 1 grant · 2017