Nonprofit · EIN 56-2250962
ARTS FOR LIFE
Tax-exempt · ASHEVILLE, NC 28804
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $594,115 | $602,660 | -$8,545 | $719,402 | $26,941 | $692,461 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $510,660 | $505,151 | $5,509 | $718,708 | $17,702 | $701,006 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $519,667 | $476,669 | $42,998 | $706,373 | $10,876 | $695,497 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $490,455
- of which government grants
- $54,000
- Program service revenue
- $122,300
- Investment income
- $7,636
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$27,651
- Net income from gaming
- $1,375
- Other revenue
- -$26,276
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $77,715
- Other salaries and wages
- $264,493
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $400,990
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $13,568
- Occupancy
- $6,500
- Travel
- $7,309
- Program services (functional)
- $428,447
- Management and general (functional)
- $101,178
- Fundraising (functional)
- $73,035
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $718,708
- Total assets, end of year
- $719,402
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $26,941
- Net assets, end of year
- $692,461
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $667,323
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $25,138
- Gross receipts
- $621,766
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 275
- Year formed
- 2001
- State of legal domicile
- NC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katharine Phlegar | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $70,152 | $7,563 |
| Charissa McCullers | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Frederick Porter | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Cooke | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Edith Alexander | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Logan Dix | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Doby | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Trish Kreck | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rachel McLauchlin | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Kimberly Williams Moore | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Allison Sharpe | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Morgan Mathieu Tran | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Drew Williams | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Amanda Hollingsworth Wise | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katharine Phlegar | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $54,414 | $7,027 |
| Tim Doby | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Charissa McCullers | Vice-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Frederick Porter | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Cooke | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Edith Alexander | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sharon Davis | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sylvia Hicks | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kimberly Moore PhD | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ginna Priola MD | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Scott Rempe | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Doris Rouse PhD | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Allison Sharpe | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Morgan Mathieu Tran | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Amanda Hollingsworth Wise | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katharine Phlegar | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $66,314 | $6,460 |
| Mary Edith Alexander | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Doby | Vice-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DrGinna PriolaMD | Retiring Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Doris J Rouse Phd | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Sharon Davis | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Whitney Feld | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sylvia Hicks | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Fleenoil Lane | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Charissa McCullers | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kimberly Moore PhD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jessica Palles | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Scott Rempe | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Morgan Mathieu Tran | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Amanda Hollingsworth Wise | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 7 BEAVERDAM RD, ASHEVILLE, NC 28804-6626
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Charissa McCullers, 7 Beaverdam Rd Ste 207, Asheville, NC 28804
- Signed the 990
- Charissa McCullers, Chair
- Phone
- (828) 772-5339
- Website
- www.artsforlifenc.org
- Return prepared by
- CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC
Mission
Arts For Life is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting pediatric patients and families through arts education and engagement. By providing educational arts programs we enrich patients lives, nurture their minds and spirits, and encourage positive healthcare experiences for children and their families.
Program accomplishments
- In 2025, Arts For Life staff and volunteers brought 18,738 visual art, music, and creative writing experiences to 13,927 pediatric patients, their siblings, and family members in three childrens hospitals and communities across North Carolina. Arts For Lifes offerings include in-person art and music programs as well as remote/asynchronous creative opportunities.Expenses $428,447 · revenue $122,300
- Within our partner hospitals, Arts For Life provides individual inpatient bedside studios, drop-in and group sessions at clinic waiting room art tables, creative projects at patient- and family-centered special events as well as facilitating artmaking with support groups.
- When families are not getting treated in one of our partner hospitals, are at home, or are unable to have visitors, Arts For Life offers asynchronous creative programs to keep patients active and engaged in the arts. Online, patients have 24/7 access to Arts For Life Anywhere, our online hub of project resources. Additionally, our Artivity art kits are all-inclusive and self-contained projects created and developed especially for our hospital communities.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-2250962
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2002
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $719,402
- Income (IRS master file)
- $621,766
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $594,115 | $602,660 | $719,402 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $510,660 | $505,151 | $718,708 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $519,667 | $476,669 | $706,373 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $579,908 | $465,622 | $671,643 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 56-2250962).
Questions about ARTS FOR LIFE
- What is the EIN of ARTS FOR LIFE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ARTS FOR LIFE is 56-2250962.
- Is ARTS FOR LIFE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.
- Are donations to ARTS FOR LIFE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ARTS FOR LIFE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ARTS FOR LIFE due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ARTS FOR LIFE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ARTS FOR LIFE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Charissa McCullers.
- Who are the officers and directors of ARTS FOR LIFE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $70,152 (Katharine Phlegar, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does ARTS FOR LIFE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $594,115, expenses of $602,660 and total assets of $719,402 at year end.
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