Creative Many Michigan Inc

“As part of creative many's board governance work this year, revisions to the board of director's bylaws were adopted on december 1, 2016 to strengthen board governance structures and policies. Revisions included the following changes: updating the location of creative many's principal office in detroit; including "funding" as one of the purposes stated in the mission; setting the board size as at least 15 members; allowing for a renewal of terms of certain directors for a three-year term or a specified number of years if less than a three-year term, in special circumstances; and defining the executive committee to be comprised of the board officers. The revisions also set provisions for officers and committee chairs; replaced "first vice chair" with "vice chair" title throughout; replaced references to vice chairs of committees with chairs of committee title throughout. The certification section was updated to reflect creative many michigan (formerly artserve michigan (note prior certification was for adoption of the prior bylaws by the artserve board as part of the 2014 legal name change).”

“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.”

“During this year, creative many deepened its work across its program portfolio. There were no changes to its core portfolio but new special projects included the detroit shiftspace installation curated by creative many in partnership with the detroit creative corridor center at the st. Etienne design biennale in st. Etienne, france. This installation showcased the power of detroit's creative and design industries through a working caf, panel discussions, presentations and art installations as part of detroit's unesco city of design designation. Another special project was the development of the farmington public art blueprint prepared by creative many in partnership with beckett raeder, inc. For the city of farmington's downtown development authority and guided by community stakeholders. This project was funded by technical assistance funding from the national main street center administered by main street oakland county. A third new project initiated was a research/toolkit project regarding arts and cultural permitting practices in the city of detroit, supported by new museum and engaging artists from ideascity and the detroit cultural council. In addition, creative many benefitted from a ford foundation build grant in 2017 that supported several organizational development initiatives including an organizational mapping tool process, core messaging/communications development, and rubrics development for future evaluation purposes.”

“Development and general operational support. This program will launch in 2018 and could open future opportunities for replication of a grant-making portfolio in other key regions.”

“August and september 2017. These monthly sessions continued in the new fiscal year and concluded with the critical context summit in january 2017.”

“This year, the michigan house engaged 1,400 attendees, featured 24 michigan-based panelists for five official sxsw panel sessions, invested over 50,000 in michigan artists and designers, supported five michigan musicians/bands who performed at the michigan house and other sxsw venues, attracted 25,400 views of panel conversations on facebook and over 15,000 combined social media likes and more than 600 new followers for the michigan house alone.”

“Creative many michigan programs and accomplishments in fy 2016-17 in fy 2016-17, creative many michigan positioned michigan's creative economy and the rich array of arts, culture, creative and design industries - both nonprofit and for profit -- for greater influence and impact statewide through the following core programs designed to frame, empower and invest in michigan's creative industries. Creative state mi research - published the 2017 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 sixth 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 increased state funding at 11.15 million through the michigan council for arts and cultural affairs and its grant-making programs. (download the report at www.creativemany.org/research.) - continued to share findings of our 2016 creative state mi creative industries report, a comprehensive study defining the extent, composition and contributions of michigan's creative industries - nonprofit and for profit - through both quantitative and qualitative analysis. With lead funding through the us economic development administration local technical assistance program, and conducted in partnership with kerr smith design, toronto and data driven detroit, the study sets a foundation to cultivate growth opportunities for creative jobs and businesses statewide and in key regions - detroit, grand rapids, ann arbor and flint. Creative many continued efforts to cultivate 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. (visit www.creativemany.org/research to download a copy of the full report.) 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 increased arts funding proposal at 11.15 million for fy 2018 and secured legislative approval bringing significant funding support to local and regional arts and cultural groups and initiatives through michigan council for arts and cultural affairs (mcaca) 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. A september 2017 cultivation event in grand rapids showcased artprize and engaged 25+ lawmakers among state and regional stakeholders. - organized a michigan delegation to attend americans for the arts' arts advocacy day in washington, dc in march 2017. 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. - led statewide advocacy efforts in support of protecting federal funding for the national endowment for the arts, national endowment for the humanities, corporation of public broadcasting and institute of museum and library services using social media, advocacy e-alerts, sharing information with lawmakers including leading a michigan delegation at national arts advocacy day, launching a mi creativity matters media campaign as examples. - presented at quarterly mcaca meetings to share the latest information, resources and opportunities related to advocacy and public policy for the arts and culture, and creative industries, in michigan and its communities. Also facilitated qu”

“Contract labor 273,175 12,006 8,445 artist fees 106,900 0 0 presenter fees/honoraria 13,003 0 900 total 393,078 12,006 9,345”

“Change in reporting of beneficial 0 interest in endowment fund to 0 comply with current accounting 0 standards -68,104 total -68,104”