The Community Partnership for Arts

“Prior to filing with the irs, the form 990 (as completed by the organization's certified public accountant) is presented to the business manager and president & chief executive officer for review and approval. The form 990 is then distributed to the full board of trustees electronically for review. The trustees are provided with at least five business days to review the form, with any comments and questions addressed as needed. A board officer then authorizes the final filing of the 990 by signing form 8879-eo and the 990 is electronically submitted to the irs.”

“Officers, directors and key employees are required to sign a statement acknowledging compliance with the organization's conflict of interest policy. This statement is required to be re-executed on an annual basis.”

“The board chair annually appoints a compensation and benefits committee to determine the executive salary within guidelines determined by a review of comparable arts-related organizations. The board has adopted the irs-written "rebuttable presumption" checklist contemporaneous with the officer review.”

“Compensation review process is performed by the top official, who uses comparable compensation data for similarly qualified persons. The documentation is performed contemporaneously and the key employees' compensation is a component of the budget, which is reviewed and approved by the board of directors.”

“The organization's governing documents, form 990 conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. The form 990 can also be found on several publically-accessible websites.”

“Fiscal year 2019-2020 (july 1, 2019 - june 30, 2020) arts cleveland works to prove and promote our cultural assets' extraordinary contributions to the region and to assist community leadership in leveraging the economic, educational and quality of life benefits provided by the arts and culture sector. We help arts and culture prosper by building individual and organizational capacity, conducting research and fostering strong arts and culture public policy. During 2019- 2020 arts cleveland achieved the following: arts and culture sector support - arts cleveland manages creative compass, an online resource center to help artists find local opportunities. The site saw 246,016 total pageviews during the fiscal year. Arts cleveland also led calls for leaders of arts organizations, artists and music venues in the greater cleveland area starting in spring of 2020 to offer support and community during the covid-19 pandemic. Also, in partnership with arts cleveland and the char and chuck fowler family foundation, noteworthy federal credit union created a 250,000 emergency loan fund for artists, musicians and people working in arts organizations to replace income lost to covid-19. Arts service alignment - arts cleveland continued conversations with other nonprofit service agencies to better align and strengthen the support infrastructure for arts and culture in the greater cleveland area. Accessibility to arts and culture - arts cleveland continued work on a research paper about the accessibility of arts and culture in cuyahoga county for people with disabilities. This included 16 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in cuyahoga county and a survey of people with disabilities. Arts and culture policy - arts cleveland had the first meeting of the northeast ohio arts and culture caucus in january 2020, and continued having bi-monthly meetings with the group throughout 2020. The arts caucus is a non-partisan opportunity for elected and appointed officials in northeast ohio to share information about policies, opportunities and challenges in supporting and creating arts and cultural policy. Arts cleveland also had two meetings of its arts advocacy group, a group of arts advocates coming together for discussion. Arts and culture sector education - arts cleveland hosted a roundtable in january during which census experts and cleveland foundation representatives provided information on the 2020 census including opportunities for arts and culture participation. Economic impact research - arts cleveland analyzed industry and occupational data using the creative vitality suite tool. Staff presented findings to legislators, partners and other nonprofits. Public sector consultation - specific arts and culture sector policy research, advice and services to public officials and administrators at the municipal, county and state levels. Research support - arts cleveland provided research support for artsnow in akron and ohio citizens for the arts; for artsnow, arts cleveland helped them with their economic data (industry and occupational), and for ohio citizens for the arts, arts cleveland provided an analysis of the covid-19 impact on organizations statewide. Arts cleveland also analyzed local master plans from local municipalities and provided insight. Technical assistance consultancies - individualized counseling sessions that provide focused advice, pertinent research and community contacts to individuals and organizations regarding their arts and culture initiatives and business. Examples would include counsel on marketing, research and strategic planning. Arts cleveland staff provided a total of 203.25 hours of technical assistance throughout the year.”