Fine Art Starts
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To provide art education to K-8 students in public, private and charter schools through enrichment programs. Public art shows and events held annually.
- Income
- $166,252
- Spending
- $163,013
- Reserves
- 2.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 91%
- Highest pay
- $48,200, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (3)
- $163,013 spent. After school enrichment classes and summer programming for 160 K-8 students. Weekly after school classes were held at 4 different elementary schools (public, charter, and private). These classes benefitted the students, and included a few families who required financial assistance for access to fine art educational instruction.
- Summer Art Camp provided fine art education in a day camp setting, with a reduced rate or scholarships for students in families enduring temporary or ongoing financial hardship. We served 137 students over a 5-week period through camps from 8am-5pm, and concluding each week with an art show open to the public. We also received a $4500 grant from RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council) to cover the cost of chairs for the campers, as well as Apple pencils for campers to borrow during the Digital Art camp week.
- Public art show events hosted by the organization in December and May. Events welcomed over 300 people, public invited and included. December show is indoors and includes the childrens' art on display in a gallery-setting. In October we also opened a public art space and held an opening with free events, workshops and experiences for the public, which served approximately 125 people over the course of several weeks.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on November 15, 2012 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 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 June 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 February 2014.
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 November 4, 2026.
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