Groundworks Tucson

“Description AmountOffice Expenses 2,418Program Expenses 45,660Internet 1,650Insurance 1,296Fundrasing Expenses 75Event Expenses 21,383”

“Category Beginning of Year End of YearLoan 0 5,400”

“Part III Primary exempt purpose: Full purposePromoting the youth-driven music and arts community in Tucson, AZ Part III Program Service Accomplishments Line 28: The Youth Music Concert series is a program that allows safe accessible access to music for all ages, but puts an emphasis on performers, audience members, and staff that are youth (14-24). This program had 167 events at Groundworks in FY22:23. Each event averaged three musical acts averaging three members per act (though not every act had unique individuals as some acts performed two or more times). We estimate that 750 unique performers participated in the program in FY22:23. During this year, 5001 attendees came to the events averaging 30 attendees per event and events had three staff members on average from our volunteer pool of 244 people. Over 60% of performers, audience, and staff were youth under 25 years old based on survey data from this year. This program is directly related to our mission of promoting youth music as youth are not only the focus of the service, but are involved in the booking, planning, management and nearly every other aspect of the series. Young creatives are front and center in the execution of this program and from surveys, in-person reactions, and growth of the program, we are confident of its success in its goal of providing a safe space to experience music in Tucson.Part III Program Service Accomplishments Line 29: The All-Ages Art Gallery Exhibition program is an art gallery series that highlights various youth artists (14-24) with the goal of providing an accessible and professional context for artists to share their art with the public. 12 art shows and other art exhibitions were presented in FY22:23 featuring 125 artists. Because the art shows are within the same context/facility as the concert series, we total the participants of the musical performances to estimate that 6000 visitors experienced these art shows in FY22:23. This program supports our mission of promoting Tucsons youth artists by providing an accessible space for youth to display artwork, providing a space for youth to experience artwork from local artists, and by promoting youth artwork to the greater Tucson art community. Part III Program Service Accomplishments Line 30:Job Training in the Arts is a program for youth to develop job skills and life skills specifically related to the arts industry. This includes booking, event management, box office, performance, audio engineering, gallery curation, nonprofit management, arts internships, and more. Youth under 25 work with adult volunteers to create and/or manage artistic experiences at Groundworks. During FY22:23 Groundworks volunteers worked directly with 38 youth trainees to develop job skills in the arts. This program has a cumulative total of over 1,000 hours of on the job training for these youth. Additionally three interns benefitted from extra hours of training to earn college credit for this program. Groundworks views this program as one that promotes youth arts beyond an introduction into the arts and into a life-long opportunity to be involved in the arts industry as a career.”