Grosse Pointe Artists Association
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO USE THE POWER OF ART TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
- Income
- $63,710
- Spending
- $32,602
- Reserves
- 99.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 61%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $17,491 spent. THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE GROSSE POINTE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION (GPAA) ARE LASER FOCUSED ON USING ART TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS. FOR INDIVIDUALS, THE GPAA OFFERS CLASSES, EXHIBITIONS AND FREQUENT OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH FELLOW ARTISTS, AN EFFECTIVE ANTIDOTE TO THE ISOLATION EPIDEMIC BROUGHT ON BY SOCIAL MEDIA. SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY, GPAA ALSO ORGANIZES EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS REMEMBERING THE LONG VIETNAM WAR TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF CONFLICT. BECAUSE OF THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE WAR VERY FEW ARTIFACTS WERE AVAILABLE, SO GPAA REACHED OUT TO THE VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HELP. THE RESULTING EXHIBITION WAS THERAPEUTIC FOR THE VETERANS AND INSTRUCTIVE TO THE HISTORY CLASSES THAT VISITED. DURING THE YEAR, THE ASSOCIATION ALSO ORGANIZED EXHIBITIONS TO SUPPORT THE ART THERAPY PROGRAM AT THE JOHN D. DINGELL VA MEDICAL CENTER, AAUW, FOCUS (A CAMERA CLUB AFFILIATED WITH THE SCARAB CLUB), THE GROSSE POINTE GARDEN CENTER AND THE LAKESIDE PALETTE CLUB OF ST. CLAIR SHORES.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1943.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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