Program areas at Children's Art Foundation
Stone soup: a literary magazine by young writers and artists with digital circulation of about 980 members, half schools & libraries. Stone soup encompasses several programs: (i) magazine - an edited selection of short stories, poetry and Art by children under age 14, (ii) online - website hosts the magazine along with a host of other materials developed by staff, such as teacher resources, writing and Art activities, and the online archive, (iii) blog - venue for the regular publication of prose writing by young people, not destined for publication in the magazine, on subjects from nature to knitting as well as graphic/art novels, (iv) book reviews - subsection of blog devoted to book reviews by stone soup writers, reviewing a combination of classic and current titles, (v) newsletter - free weekly newsletter including messages from stone soup editors, activities, archive story and other news, (vi) contests - prizes for winners of various contests for those ages 14 and younger. Readership: approximately 35,000
Art classes and writing workshops offered to the general public to carry out the mission of the organization.
Items from stone soup archive are licensed to examination boards, testing services and other professional organizations generating income. The Foundation is registered with the u.s. Copyright clearance center to generate additional revenue from licensing and royalties to help fund their mission. Book products: (i) stone soup annual - a compilation of a full year's magaizine issues and selected online content sold to customers and libraries, and (ii) stone soup books - a series of themed anthologies of stories and poetry from the archive, sold to customers, libraries, schools and the general public.
Personnel at Children's Art Foundation
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Emma Wood | President | $31,800 | 2024-03-19 |
| William Rubel | Past President | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Jane Levi | Secretary | $0 | 2020-12-31 |
| Gerry Mandel | Executive Director | $25,000 | 2017-10-03 |
Financials for Children's Art Foundation
| Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $43,871 | $38,225 | 14.8% |
| Program services | $114,164 | $130,973 | -12.8% |
| Investment income and dividends | $0 | $0 | - |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $20,209 | $17,030 | 18.7% |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $-440 | $-655 | 32.8% |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $177,804 | $185,573 | -4.2% |
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Data update history
May 27, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 22, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
June 16, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Tax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 2460 17th Ave 1050
- Santa Cruz, CA 95062
- Metro area
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
- County
- Santa Cruz County, CA
- Website URL
- stonesoup.com/Â
- Phone
- (831) 600-5969
IRS details
- EIN
- 23-7317498
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1973
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A40: Visual Art Organizations, Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 5111: Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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