2024-09-10T10:00:17-07:00 2023-12-31 202571677 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2023-01-01 611271800 The Alliance for American Quilts Inc ALLI 8282517073 PO Box 19116 Asheville NC 28815 Amy Milne Executive Director 8282517073 2024-09-06 true true Todd Oldenburg P02281691 8282360206 2024-09-10 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z Quilt Alliance Amy Milne PO Box 19116 Asheville NC 28815 225733 false X N/A X 1999 NC To promote the understanding of the quilt as an important American grassroots art form, to share stories and documenation about quilts with a broad public and to educate Americans about the importance of document quilts and quiltmakers. 11 11 3 12 0 0 133179 216770 1061 1500 11 8 49550 -6968 183801 211310 0 0 123017 134769 5280 0 33374 37139 85362 165436 220131 18365 -8821 153439 147616 5343 7406 148096 140210 To promote the understanding of the quilt as an important American grassroots art form, to share stories and documenation about quilts with a broad public and to educate Americans about the importance of document quilts and quiltmakers. false false 108673 0 2578 Community Quilt Days: The Quilt Alliance held nine free public Community Quilt Days in five Western North Carolina, Eastern Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee communities, from March 4 through May 27, 2023. Approximately 216 people attended. The quilt talks were presented by quilt historians and educators with experience identifying and dating quilts, especially those made in Central Appalachia. Each presenter showed actual quilts selected to demonstrate specific block patterns, fabrics, dyes, and designs native to our region. Quilts presented by the speakers came from private and public collections and ranged from historical examples of traditional patterns to unique examples of quilts made more recently by local artists. Presenters worked with resources and partners in each community including history and art museums, Appalachian study programs and community centers to source additional quilts to tell the story of that location. Presenters also provided assessments of quilts brought in by community members to document. The QA held We got grants from the following organizations to support this project: NC Arts Council, Spark the Arts grant program and the South Arts: Into These Mountains grant program. . Quilt Alliance 30th Anniversary Program: Current and past Quilt Alliance board members, staff members, members, donors and volunteers celebrated the 30th anniversary of the organization in Asheville, NC September 28 and 29, 2023. Project demonstrations were presented at the Asheville Quilt Show and the Asheville Art Museum and a reception was held at the Grove Park Inn. Board vice president Mark Dunn sponsored the reception and 67 people attended the weekend events. . Quilters Take a Moment: In October 2023 the Quilt Alliance presented the fourth annual Quilters Take a Moment virtual event. QTM is the online event developed as a covid-era alternative to the Quilters Take Manhattan fundraiser, that was held in the heart of New York City at the Fashion Institute of Technology annually from 2011-17. The theme of QTM 2023 was Documenting Your Quilt Story. Approximately 89 attendees purchased tickets to attend live and gain access to the recorded content following the event. Corporate sponsors contributed the main source of income for the event, and ticket sales raised additional funds. . Quilters S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (QSOS) celebrated its 24th anniversary by completing the goal to make the entire QSOS collection available either as text or audio at qsos.quiltalliance.org. Having all of the interviews accessible in one spot online has been a longtime goal. Indexing of records continues (adding keywords, summaries, segment titles, Library of Congress subject headings, and audio timestamps). The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress continues to house the physical archives of the collection, and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History continues to house and host the digital archives of the collection. Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! 2023 marked the 11th anniversary of this project to document and share stories of quilts where quiltmakers and quilt owners gather. The formula for Go Tell It! is simple: one person talking about one quilt in front of one video camera for three minutes. We continued the virtual collection of Go Tell It! interviews for various QA projects and events, some recorded via Zoom and others recorded and submitted by the Tellers. 89 Go Tell It videos were shared via YouTube in 2023 with 5,600 total views. . Textile Talks: The Quilt Alliance participated as one of four partner organizations in the fourth year of the Textile Talks lecture series. The QA presented 10 of the 49 talks presented in the 2023 season and 3,439 attendees participated in these live programs. The recordings of each presentation were shared on the QA YouTube channel with 11,713 total views to date. . Running Stitch, a QSOS Podcast: one bonus episode of the podcast was released as part of Season 3 in 2023. Quilts Below the Radar features an interview with Roderick Kiracofe, quilt collector and author of Unconventional & Unexpected: 1950-2000, and historian Janneken Smucker about quilts that defy convention, the creativity of quiltmakers, and what makes a museum-quality quilt. Downloads estimated at 510 to date. Guild presentations: on-site education and outreach project offering lecture and quilt/quiltmaker documentation day services to quilt guilds quilt shows, museums and libraries included presentations for the Burke Quilters Guild in Morganton, NC and the Western NC Quilt Guild in Hendersonville, NC. Amy Milne also presented the keynote lecture at the Quilts of Valor National Conference in Paducah, Kentucky in September 2023. . National Quilting Day: The Quilt Alliance co-sponsors National Quilting Day each March and in 2023 we held our fourth virtual celebration, asking quilters to hang quilts outside their home and post photos on social media with the tag #nationalquiltingday. We were again treated to a day-long quilt show with quilts hung on homes, clotheslines, barns, fences, in all kinds of settings. 108673 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 15 0 3 true false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false true true false NC X Virginia Perez Romero 8285517774 528 Emma Road Asheville NC 28806 Amy Milne Executive Director 40.00 X 54916 0 7750 Laura Hopper Co-President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Bradley Mitchell Co-President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 H Mark Dunn Vice-President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 A'donna Richardson Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Frances O'Roark Dowell Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Ellis Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Kay Batte Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Kay Davis Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Carolyn L Mazloomi Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gwen Westerman Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Teresa Duryea Wong Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 54916 0 7750 false false false 30011 47921 138838 216770 Speaking Honorariums 611699 1500 0 0 1500 8 0 8 6377 14423 -8046 0 -8046 1078 1078 1078 211310 2578 0 -8038 62666 25376 22088 15202 59731 28013 23667 8051 1777 743 697 337 10595 4619 3963 2013 12137 0 12137 0 248 0 248 0 6889 2604 1633 2652 8402 1696 6676 30 2681 985 1696 0 10676 8693 455 1528 2951 0 2951 0 Community Quilt Days 23788 21868 720 1200 Oral History Indexing 13610 12852 758 0 Bank Charges 2070 0 395 1675 Miscellaneous 1910 1224 0 686 220131 108673 78084 33374 44784 59139 108655 88477 153439 147616 5343 7406 5343 7406 X 148096 130210 0 10000 148096 140210 153439 147616 -8821 935 X X true X false true false X 0 71685 165978 122606 155929 216770 732968 0 0 71685 165978 122606 155929 216770 732968 23241 709727 15 22 11 11 8 67 0 0 1899 2992 0 0 4891 737926 85663 0.96180 0.71430 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Miscellaneous 2019: 0. 2020: 1899. 2021: 2992. 2022: 0. 2023: 0. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X Pt X, Line 2 The Alliance for American Quilts is exempt from federal income taxes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Code, however, income from certain activities not related to the organizations tax-exempt purpose may be subject to taxation as unrelated business income. The Alliance had no income from unrelated business activities in 2023 and was, therefore, not required to file Federal Form 990-T (Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return). The organization believes that it has appropriate support for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. Pt VI, Line 11b The 990 is prepared by a CPA firm, reviewed by management for proposed revisions and final approval. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents are available upon request. Pt VI, Line 15a The Board of Directors determine the compensation for the executive director. Pt VI, Line 15b The Board of Directors determine the compensation for the staff. Pt VI, Line 6 The organization has non-voting members. Pt XII, Line 1 The organization uses Modified Cash basis of accouting and recognizes payroll tax liabilities.