EIN 83-3399046

Youth Art Team

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
10
State
Year formed
2019
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
Youth Art Team empowers youth to develop their creative potential and encourages personal and social change through lifelong intentional relationships and art. The team completed two public art projects and launched a new major project in 2022, including the installation of the fourth street pedestrian bridge mural project. They also offer job skills development and employment opportunities to support Youth Art Team artists in taking on professional commissions.
Total revenues
$304,255
2023
20192020202120222023$0$0.2m$0.4m
Total expenses
$328,426
2023
20192020202120222023$0$0.2m$0.4m
Total assets
$200,802
2023
20192020202120222023$0$0.2m
Num. employees
10
2023
201920202021202220230510

Program areas at Youth Art Team

Public Art projects - public Art projects are the most publicly-visible programs of Youth Art Team. Traditionally, each year Youth Art Team artists take on one large-scale public Art projector "flagship project" that reflects the organization's mission and involves community collaboration and partnership. Youth Art Team artists completed one major public Art project and launched a new major project in 2023. Youth Art Team completed an accessible arts installation inspired by a desire to engage young blind or visually impaired Youth. The installation was designed to be experienced by visitors using all of their senses. To create the room-sized installation, Youth Art Team artists learned about varied levels of ability first-hand through interviews/informal discussions with members of the visually-impaired community and through interviews with two practicing artists. Youth artists experimented with vision simulation goggles to learn how vision impairment and total vision loss can affect simple daily tasks, and how those with impairments *can* engage with fine Art, through tactile material use and activating other senses. Artists were placed in positions of leadership throughout the project. As part of Youth Art Team's overarching practice, the creative direction and development of the final project was led by the artists. Meant to be experienced by people of all ages and abilities, accessible installation was an enormous undertaking. Older artists were leaders in teaching younger artists how to use tools such as orbital sanders and drills; they also led younger artists by example in creative problem solving and teamwork. Youth Art Team held a public celebration of the project in june and invited community members of all ages and abilities to experience the installation. Over 150 people attended. Youth Art Team artists launched their current flagship project, elevate, during fall project sessions in 2023. With volunteer leaders, artists set out on mini field trips into some of their own neighborhoods. They explored parks, bridges, walls, gardens, and more, searching for opportunities to elevate public spaces through Art. Eight proposals were written and submitted by 14 Youth Art Team artists. Lead Youth Art Team artists then reviewed the proposals, and one rose to the top. Elevate is currently focused on a mural project in waterloo's unity neighborhood. The project will be completed during the summer of 2024. Additional 2023 arts programming included one week-long summer camp, weekly open studio sessions (held on tuesday afternoons from mid-january through the end of may and in november), and several small commissions of individual artists made by Youth Art Team, members of the public, and civic entities such as the city of waterloo. Artists also attended local professional performances and hosted one professional performance by a string quartet at Youth Art Team headquarters in partnership with another local arts organization. Thousands of people who live, work, and visit the cedar valley are impacted by Youth Art Team's existing public artworks and see them every day. Youth and adults directly engage individually and with one another to create the arts projects described above; others (community members and visitors/tourists) are reached through exhibitions, public events, and everyday visibility throughout 2023.
General program services - Youth Art Team staff continued to strengthen the existing mentorship program in 2023, after seeing the long-term benefits of the existing relationships. All Youth artists in the mentoring program maintained positive relationships with their mentors in 2023, with several meeting regularly for one-on-one conversation, a meal, tutoring, or other activities. Youth Art Team organized and sponsored two mentorship eventsone outing and one event at Youth Art Team headquartersto continue to foster positive long-term relationships between artists and their mentors. Youth Art Team developed and spearheaded (in collaboration with local funders, businesses, and nonprofits facing similar challenges) a transportation solution that operated as a pilot in 2023. The "go! Transportation pilot" transported Youth to and from Youth Art Team and partner programs from march through august 2023. The go! Advisory Team then began the process of transitioning go! Into its own nonprofit organization.
Creative job training - job skills development and Youth employment opportunities expanded in 2023 to meet the needs of specific Youth Art Team artists, to provide pathways toward graduation and future employment goals, and to support artists through the process of taking on professional commissions. Youth Art Team employed a total of 8 artists (past and present) in 2023 to assist with weekly tasks at headquarters, such as event prep, inventorying, cleaning, and coming alongside younger artists through projects at summer camp and individual commissions. Youth Art Team provided 24 individual job shadow experiences for the lead Team of artists over the summer of 2023. They shadow community members in positions ranging from veterinary care and nursing to interior design, physical training, and various trades. They are prepared by staff and mentors to ask questions that invite the professionals to share their own stories about their paths through schooling, whether trade school, associates or bachelors, or straight into work. This program is two-pronged: (1) artists are gaining first-hand experience in their interest areas while connecting the dots around prerequisite education; (2) they are building personal relationships with adults in our community who are eager for them to succeed. Through the programmatic areas described above, Youth Art Team directly served 304 Youth and 419 adults*, while reaching an additional audience of approximately 6000-7000 people that engage every year with Youth Art Team's existing public Art projects in the community, such as the "our freedom story" mural along the cedar riverfront and classroom murals within the grout museum. Its striking public Art projects are used regularly in digital and print media by area businesses and organizations. Youth Art Team is a civic partner whose work spurs tourism, home sales, and economic development.

Grants made by Youth Art Team

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
SuccesslinkGo! Transportation Pilot Program$24,025

Who funds Youth Art Team

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Otto Schoitz FoundationOperating Support$30,000
Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable FoundationProgram Expansion$30,000
The Gallagher Family Foundation / C-O Mr Edward J Gallagher JuniorEducation Support$10,000
...and 1 more grant received

Personnel at Youth Art Team

NameTitleCompensation
Heidi FuchtmanExecutive Director$69,899
Danny LaudickTreasurer$0
Chris CorkeyPresident$0
Kristina KofootVice President and Secretary$0

Financials for Youth Art Team

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$302,249
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$941
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$1,065
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$304,255

Form 990s for Youth Art Team

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-05-15990View PDF
2022-122023-11-09990View PDF
2021-122022-11-07990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990EZView PDF
2019-122021-05-18990EZView PDF

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Data update history
August 25, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from The Gallagher Family Foundation / C-O Mr Edward J Gallagher Junior
July 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 20, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 10, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $30,000 from Otto Schoitz Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedState / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
325 E Park Ave 101
Waterloo, IA 50703
Metro area
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
County
Black Hawk County, IA
Website URL
youthartteam.com/ 
Phone
(319) 343-8029
IRS details
EIN
83-3399046
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2019
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A20: Arts, Cultural Organizations
NAICS code, primary
7113: Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events
Parent/child status
Independent
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