Out Arts and Culture
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Out Arts and Culture is committed to promoting awareness of the diversity of experiences contributions and needs of people who are lesbian gay bisexual transgender and or queer.
- Income
- $35,358
- Spending
- $31,940
- Reserves
- 3.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 62%
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 (4)
- ArtOut: Seven years ago ArtOut began as a small exhibit for local artists in June at the Gulfport Public Library. In 2022 it grew into an international juried exhibition featuring 53 works by 35 artists from 8 countries in an on-site and virtual display. The five winners of the 2023 exhibit were displayed June 1 - 30 at the James Museum in downtown St. Petersburg as well as at the Gulfport Library and online.
- ReadOut: Each February since 2018 ReadOut has showcased authors and publishers as well as providing skill-building workshops and community events for all lovers LGBTQ literature. In 2020 ReadOut was the last onsite event held at the Gulfport Library with 23 authors and 145 attendees at a sold-out festival. COVID required creating a never-before-attempted virtual event for 2021. More than 950 registrants from 22 countries proved the need for community is not bound by geography. ReadOut became a hybrid event in 2023 combining community with accessibility.
- SpeakOut: In March 2022 Florida Humanities awarded a $10,000 grant to the Resource Center for a new series of hybrid dialogues on Intersections of LGBTQ Identity and Aging Art Law Literature and Faith. The January 2024 Capstone session highlighted themes of growing inclusion as well as present-day challenges and the need for continuing dialogues.
- We began as the only center of its kind in a public library in Florida growing from 250 books in 2015 to more than 10,000 books CDs DVDs and online materials that the Gulfport Library owns and provides today. Programming developed by volunteers from the Out Arts and Culture board and grew alongside the collection.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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