Art That Serves Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BRING HOPE, INSPIRATION, AND NEW PERSPECTIVES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS THROUGH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. RAISE AWARENESS AND DESTIGMATIZE SPECIFIC UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
- Income
- $16,603
- Spending
- $12,469
- Reserves
- 80.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 83%
- Highest pay
- $5,500, president
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)
- $5,935 spent. IN 2025, ART THAT SERVES CONTINUED TO PRODUCE PERFORMANCES OF 'RECKLESS SON', A SHOW COMPOSED OF BOTH MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD MONOLOGUES THAT GIVES VOICE TO THE STORIES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, HELPING TO DESTIGMATIZE THEM AND HUMANIZE THEIR EXPERIENCE. 'RECKLESS SON' WAS PRESENTED IN MULTIPLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING BOTH ALLEN OAKWOOD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND MANSFIELD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN OHIO, CLALLAM BAY CORRECTIONS CENTER AND CLALLAM COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION IN WASHINGTON, AND THE ASCENSION PARISH JAIL IN LOUISIANA SERVING OVER 400 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. THE SHOW WAS ALSO PERFORMED FOR THE PUBLIC IN MULTIPLE VENUES INCLUDING SENIOR CENTERS, HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUDING THE SALISBURY SCHOOL IN CONNECTICUT AND MULTIPLE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE ASCENSION PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN LOUISIANA , COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON AND LOYOLA COLLEGE OF NEW ORLEANS, AND PROVIDED PUBLIC EDUCATION TO HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS.
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 July 2018.
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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