Creative Many Michigan Inc

“The draft form 990 is provided via email to the members of cmm's audit committee and executive committee for review, comment and approval prior to its filing with the irs in accordance with the filing deadlines. This review is conducted following the audit committee's review of the annual audit report. A report on such reviews and filings is provided to the board of directors at the next regularly scheduled meeting.”

“Cmm maintains an adopted conflict of interest policy which requires the directors of the board of directors to annually complete and file a conflict of interest statement which is kept confidentially on file. Such information is available for review by the board chair, president/ceo and members of any committee charged with responsibility to address conflict of interest matters. Completed and signed conflict of interest statements for each board of directors member are reviewed and maintained confidentially on file. Adherence to the policy and its enforcement is consistently monitored throughout the year on an as needed basis.”

“Performance evaluation was conducted by the executive committee/admin and finance committee, approved by the board of directors for jennifer h. Goulet, president & ceo of cmm.”

“Cmm does not have, based on irs definition of key employees, any key employees. However, cmm does evaluation and determines appropriate pay levels for their employees. These employees are evaluated by ceo with board approval if required.”

“All cmm's governing documents, form 1023, conflicts of interest and other policies open for public inspection, and financial statements are available upon request. In addition form 990/990ezs are available through: -cmm website: www.creative many.org; or -interested parties can also find prior year form 990s through www.guidestar.org, a platform which gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organizations.”

“To develop creative people, creative places and the creative economy for a competitive michigan through advocacy, research, professional practice, funding, communications and networking that strengthens, supports and builds awareness for the contributing power of the arts, culture and creative industries in michigan.”

“During this fiscal year, creative many michigan initiated a new pilot initiative to provide fiscal sponsorship services to strategically aligned creative constituencies and to guide program planning and development. One pilot project was approved during this year to assist the newly forming grand rapids film society with fiduciary and professional development services. Other new efforts included internal work to update creative many michigan's strategic plan and to strengthen board governance structures as part of the arts and innovation in management (aim) detroit program supported by bloomberg philanthropies and facilitated by the devos institute of arts management at the university of maryland.”

“Research, investment, and strategic efforts to strengthen the creative ecosystem while engaging the creative industries in reimagining michigan's future. Hard copies of the report were distributed to over 500 national, state and regional stakeholders in addition to dissemination via web, social media and other media platforms. Creative many also redesigned the research section of its website to present highlights of the report and share downloadable report copies. Attention is now focused on cultivating collaborative partnerships to advance the report recommendations while maximizing its reach and influence, and positioning the findings to inform programs, policies and investments at local, regional and state levels. In addition to the us eda, funding partners for this study included the kresge foundation, michigan economic development corporation, masco corporation foundation, charles stewart mott foundation, ford foundation, detroit creative corridor study and prima civitas. (visit www.creativemany.org/research to download a copy of the full report.) - published the 2016 creative state mi nonprofit report in march, once again affirming the economic and social contributions of michigan's arts/cultural nonprofits using cultural data project data from our national partner dataarts and other sources. The fifth edition in this annual series, the report made the case for continued investment in michigan's nonprofit arts and cultural resources and was instrumental in securing steady state funding at 10.15 million through the michigan council for the arts and cultural affairs and its grant-making programs. (download the report at www.creativemany.org/research.) - produced our first regional creative state mi nonprofit report released in may 2016 in partnership with culture source for southeast michigan, now a model for replication in other regions.”

“Media office, herman miller, steelcase, clark hill, varnum, wolverine worldwide and more. This year, the michigan house engaged 5,000 guests, invested 68,000 in michigan artists, artisans and designers, supported 60 musical acts and 19 song recordings by michigan musicians and bands, commissioned works from 17 michigan artists and artisans, engaged panel discussions with 59 speakers, served 31 meals, and secured more than 50 media stories and interviews.”

“Advocacy and public policy - gained influence for michigan's creative industries through advocacy initiatives - coalition building, education and grassroots engagement. In a challenging political climate, with support from our network of advocates statewide creative many advanced the governor's steady arts funding proposal at 10.15 million for fy 2017 and secured legislative approval bringing significant funding support to local and regional arts and cultural groups and initiatives through michigan council for the arts and cultural affairs grant-making programs. - cultivated bipartisan members to join the michigan legislative creative caucus to affirm the creative industries as priorities in the economy, place-making, education and tourism. An october 2015 cultivation event in grand rapids showcased artprize and engaged 15 legislators among state and regional stakeholders. A similar legislative event attracting more than 20 legislators was held september 23, 2016 during artprize eight featuring tours of key cultural institutions and information sharing regarding michigan's creative industries agenda. - organized a michigan delegation including 25+ arts management students from eastern michigan university to attend americans for the arts' arts advocacy day in washington, dc in march 2016. Participants attended arts advocacy training sessions and met with michigan's congressional leaders to advocate for the importance of funding and policies supporting the arts and creative industries in michigan and the us. Michigan had the largest contingency attending this year's event. - initiated planning for the 2016 election advocacy initiatives. Creative many also partnered with the ann arbor arts alliance in june 2016 to conduct advocacy training and host a candidates' forum for washtenaw county. Post-election creative many will develop and disseminate information to newly elected officials to cultivate support for the creative economy agenda and creative caucus members. - convened the sp3 arts education task force in defining three-year strategies to strengthen michigan's pre-k thru 12 arts education, engaging funder partners, and peer learning as part of this americans for the arts' national pilot engaging 10 states in developing innovative arts education strategies. Hired skene-pratt consulting to coordinate a baseline arts education policy scan and facilitated the arts education summit on june 7, 2016 in partnership with the task force and engaging 50+ arts education leaders from across the state in information and strategy sessions. Research findings, summit input and results from an online survey will be compiled in a report for release in fall 2016 and used to guide next steps in strategy development. Creative many also facilitated meetings with the michigan department of education and advised on opportunities to incorporate opportunities under the new federal every student succeeds act (essa) in michigan's educational system. Resonant detroit - through resonant detroit, provided 35,000 grants, individual consultations and support to five detroit artists and creative collaboratives selected for exemplar community-based, equity-focused practices, in partnership with the ford foundation. In its second year, this pilot experience is now opening the door to a prospective re-granting program planning partnership with the ford foundation that would position creative many to administer re-granting support to creative entities/organizations also working in the equity realm. As with other regional pilots, this initiative could open future opportunities for replication of a grant-making portfolio in other key regions. Lawyers for the creative economy - under the lawyers for the creative economy referral program, provided 30+ artists/creatives with referrals for pro bono and/or low fee legal counsel and training to assist them in protecting their practices, and engaged creatives and attorneys in networking/dialogue events on legal issues in”

“Contract labor 262,319 38,266 43,758 artist fees 102,608 0 0 presenter fees/honoraria 4,500 0 0”

“Audit netted endowment expenses with income -1,268 audit netted grant given with income -10,000 audit netted endowment expenses with income 1,268 audit netted grant given with income 10,000”