Akron Soul Train

“Amy mothersbaugh mark mothersbaugh siblings”

“Kasota artist management, llc. Performed those duties that would customarily be performed by the organization's chief management official, such as the executive director. The organizatin's president, nancy brennan, has an ownership interest in kasota artist management, llc. Kasota artist management, llc., was paid 25,921 during 2017.”

“The 990 is distributed to the board of directors for their review.”

“The board of directors reviewed financial reports and approved agreements and significant transactions during the year monitoring for conflicts of interest. All conflicts of interest were addressed by the board of directors in compliance with the conflict of interest policy”

“Compensation was reviewed and approved by the board based on an analysis of the fair value of such services in the local community.”

“Governing documents were made available upon request”

“Akron soul train (ast) is a startup arts organization that was formed as a result of being awarded a 2015 knight arts challenge award in march 2016. In 2017 ast used volunteers in three main areas; governance, fundraising and community outreach.”

“The ast board is comprised of all volunteers. The board meets on a bimonthly basis. Meetings are normally 90 minutes long. Board volunteers are a cross section of the arts community in akron, ohio. Each member brings a plethora of experience and insight into the operations and governance of a startup nonprofit arts organization. The board is comprised of 10 members. A total of 6 board meetings were held in 2017. Total number of volunteer hours was approximately 3,500 which included meeting time, preparation for meeting, community outreach events and fundraising events. In addition to governance, board members have also been active in fundraising and community outreach. Ast held several events in 2017. Board members attended these events and assisted with explaining in ast's mission, its goals, anticipated outcomes, and impact on akron ohio. Ast's board members are well known and respected in the summit county area. By volunteering their time and talent, as well as donating their treasure, the ast board has lent an air of credibility to such a new nonprofit enterprise. This has held ast in good stead with potential funders, members, and volunteers, as well as assuring success. In addition to the board, a small number of community volunteers assisted with the events ast held in 2017. One was a buzz event which was used to raise awareness of the organization, spur the purchasing of memberships, learn about upcoming artistic opportunities with ast, and allow interested parties to sign up to volunteer. This event lasted for 4 hours. In addition, ast hosted booths at four community arts festivals. Volunteers assisted with setup, explaining what akron soul train is and will be, and tear down. Akron arts expo ran for 2 days for 8 hours each day, wooffest ran for 5 hours, porchrokr ran for 5 hours, and high arts opening night festival ran for 4 hours. The final event of the year was winter soulstice held on december 9, 2017 at summit artspace. This event exhibited the works of our four fall fellows; michelle droll, jenniffer omaitz, stephen tomasko, and danny volk. The event lasted 5 hours and involved the help of 6 community volunteers in addition to ast board members. Board members and community volunteers worked during the event in various capacities, including explaining ast's mission, its organizational goals, anticipated outcomes, and impact on akron, ohio. There were approximately 10 volunteers volunteering over the course of the day for a total of 50 volunteer hours. Also, board members and community volunteers assisted with cleaning the exhibition space, setting up the space, and tearing it down which took approximately 10 hours with a total of 5 volunteers for a total of 50 hours. Over the course of 2017, akron soul train used 15 volunteers for approximately 3,750 hours of volunteer time.”

“Akron soul train continues to work toward identifying a permanent location where we will provide our fellows with a studio space, a gallery for an exhibition of their work at the end of their fellowship and a performance/workshops space for the education aspect of their time with ast. Ast accomplished this portion of its mission through detailed building plans through architect, gpd and the purchase of land from the city of akron. Ast acquired land from the city of akron in september 2017. Ast successfully collaborated with a number of local organizations including summit artspace, summit metroparks, akron art museum, downtown akron partnership, and compass coffee.”

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