2024-10-21T12:08:10-07:00 2024-06-30 264002056 Pazahanick & Associates Inc 4124 93rd Ave N Brooklyn Park MN 55443 990 2023-07-01 411618333 ART START ARTS 6516982787 1459 St Clair Ave St Paul MN 55105 Anne Sawyer Executive Director 6516982787 2024-10-20 1 1 Nancy Pazahanick P02449030 7632264812 2024-10-03 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Anne Sawyer 1459 St Clair Ave St Paul MN 55105 488235 0 X artstart.org X 1988 MN The mission of ArtStart is to inspire artistic creativity and illuminate the connections among people, ideas and the environment through engaging artists, children, families, and communities in quality arts education experiences. 7 7 11 15 0 0 130826 201046 228524 285580 175 1609 0 0 359525 488235 0 0 0 0 163979 149933 0 0 20043 234993 244673 398972 394606 -39447 93629 188566 300287 65767 83859 122799 216428 The mission of ArtStart is to inspire artistic creativity and illuminate the connections among people, ideas and the environment through engaging artists, children, families, and communities in quality arts education experiences. 0 0 332039 95263 380459 ArtStart Background. The mission of ArtStart, founded in 1988, has remained constant over its 35-year history: to foster artistic creativity and illuminate the connections among people, ideas, and the environment. Our artists engage children, families, and communities in quality arts education experiences that investigate environmental and cultural themes and use recycled materials. We say we do our work at the intersection of where art, environmental stewardship, and culture come together which enables us to address diversity, equity, and accessibility issues as they relate to our paradigm. ArtStart's 4 core programs are: 1.) ArtStart's ArtScraps, providing low-cost, recycled materials to families, professional and young artists and organizations to further our message of environmental stewardship through the arts; 2.) Adult and Youth Development that includes community workshops in libraries and with social service organizations, school residencies, and summer cultural arts camps to further our message of respect for our environment and honoring the arts of diverse cultures while employing artists from those cultures; 3.)ArtStart Special Projects and Commissions provide emerging and experienced artists with income, training and support. Highlights of 2024. *ArtStart's ArtScraps Creative Materials and Ideas store continued to be open 3 days a week to the public, and continued to make gains in revenue even with 3 fewer days of being open. Overall, revenue for the store was up 22% in FY24. * ArtStart continued to implement community workshops working with the entire 7-county Metro library system, Washington Co., ScottCo., Hennepin Co., Ramsey Co., Carver Co., Anoka Co., Dakota Co., and the Saint Paul Public Library, as well as the Great River Regional Library system and those in southern Minnesota. Workshops emphasized cultural arts and reuse art workshops. ArtStart implemented 12 school residencies through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, plus 9 additional residencies that were earned income. In addition, ArtStart provided 3 grant-funded educator staff development trainings on the theme of artful reuse in education, and 1 staff training that was paid for by International Spanish Language Academy.bThe summer 2024 arts camp, "Passport to Brazil Through the Arts" was filled with over 350 children ages 4 years-12 years attending. In addition, ArtStart designed a summer eco arts camp for students ages 6-12 years who attended Sunny Hollow Montessori School, located near the Mississippi River, and an Artful Aces camp with St. Paul Urban Tennis. In addition, we held a new Creative Writing Camp in June of 2024 in Prospect Park, Minneapolis. We added some creative writing programming for adults to our Studio A offerings, in the form of a new free poetry reading series at our ArtScraps space, and an adult poetry class taught by nationally recognized poet Michael Kleber-Diggs. The board continued its fundraising initiatives holding a Fall and a Spring campaign through GiveMN. We provided artful reuse activities at a variety of events around the Twin Cities metro area, including Twin Cities Jazz Fest and the Flint Hills Children's Festival at the Ordway Theater. Apart from the above-mentioned store revenue increase, we saw an 11%rise in our programming revenue overall. 0 0 0 332039 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 MN X Anne Sawyer 6516982787 1459 St Clair Ave Saint Paul MN 55105 X Carol Sirrine Executive Director-partial year 40 0 X 46283 0 0 Anne Sawyer Executive Director-partial year 40 0 X 27524 0 0 Judy Geck Board Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Lois Eliason Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Martha Swendsen Board Vice President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Sara Dovre Wudali Board President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Greg McGee Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jamee Yung Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Magda Ronningen Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 73807 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139849 61197 0 201046 Workshops, Classes, Camps 611699 190663 190663 0 0 Artscraps Store 455000 94917 94917 0 0 0 0 0 0 285580 1609 1609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 488235 287189 0 0 56379 36646 11276 8457 79686 71472 8214 0 0 0 0 0 2974 1933 595 446 10894 8606 1525 763 8325 8325 27585 16898 3547 7140 4501 4501 4521 3571 633 317 2833 2570 0 263 36287 30113 4116 2058 1938 1938 95 95 610 610 8277 5419 2378 480 Program Expenses 140953 140953 0 0 Bank Credit and Service Fees 6266 5366 900 0 Dues and Subscriptions 1706 1348 239 119 Meeting and Miscellaneous Expenses 776 0 776 0 394606 332039 42524 20043 10662 17972 152779 185789 5253 69349 5330 14154 0 0 0 0 11848 10939 0 0 0 0 2694 2084 188566 300287 3193 2777 0 62574 81082 0 0 0 0 0 65767 83859 X 76639 130623 46160 85805 122799 216428 188566 300287 93629 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 220327 179953 184790 130826 156460 872356 198524 129010 167961 228524 285579 1009598 418851 308963 352751 359350 442039 1881954 1881954 42 14 17 175 788 1036 42 14 17 175 788 1036 0 0 418893 308977 352768 359525 442827 1882990 0.99945 0.99983 0.00055 0.00017 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of Directors reviews and approves the 990 before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c A conflict of interest form is filled out annually by each board member. If there is a conflict, it is brought to the Board's full attention and a decision is made if the conflict requires the Board member to resign. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 A copy of the 990 is filed with the Attorney General's office and is a public record. Other governing are available to be viewed at the office of Artstart upon request.