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Free Arts DBA Free Arts for Abused Children

990 • Fiscal year 2024 • EIN 95-3252001

Jan 01, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 • Filed on Nov 17, 2025

Organization Profilewww.freearts.org

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11099 S La Cienega Boulevard 235Los Angeles, CA 90045

(310) 313-4278

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

71st percentile

0.12x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 71% of similar nonprofits.

2024 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2024

Liabilities / Revenue

70th percentile

0.10x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 70% of similar nonprofits.

2024 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2024

Net Margin

68th percentile

16%

Higher net margin than 68% of similar nonprofits.

2024 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2024

Top Officer Pay

84th percentile

$90,805

Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 10.9% of source-year revenue.

2024 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2024

Asset Growth

84th percentile

35%

Faster asset growth than 84% of similar nonprofits.

2024 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2023 to 2024

Revenue Growth

77th percentile

38%

Faster revenue growth than 77% of similar nonprofits.

2024 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2023 to 2024

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets71st percentile

Assets

Up

$689,558

Up $177,759 (+35%) from 2023

Net Assets

Up

$605,420

Up $132,148 (+28%) from 2023

Liabilities

Up

$84,138

Up $45,611 (+118%) from 2023

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue70th percentileNet Margin68th percentile

Revenue

Up

$835,867

Up $228,984 (+38%) from 2023

Expenses

Up

$703,719

Up $2,760 (+0.4%) from 2023

Net Income

Up

$132,148

Up $226,224 (+240%) from 2023

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth84th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$800K$600K$400K$200K$0Assets 2010: $424,845Liabilities 2010: $27,985Net Assets 2010: $396,8602010Assets 2011: $378,828Liabilities 2011: $27,883Net Assets 2011: $350,9452011Assets 2012: $401,411Liabilities 2012: $29,506Net Assets 2012: $371,9052012Assets 2013: $286,177Liabilities 2013: $27,160Net Assets 2013: $259,0172013Assets 2014: $203,752Liabilities 2014: $28,713Net Assets 2014: $175,0392014Assets 2015: $158,258Liabilities 2015: $27,589Net Assets 2015: $130,6692015Assets 2016: $145,228Liabilities 2016: $23,799Net Assets 2016: $121,4292016Assets 2017: $106,195Liabilities 2017: $26,048Net Assets 2017: $80,1472017Assets 2018: $181,330Liabilities 2018: $48,381Net Assets 2018: $132,9492018Assets 2019: $197,585Liabilities 2019: $34,674Net Assets 2019: $162,9112019Assets 2020: $310,538Liabilities 2020: $14,389Net Assets 2020: $296,1492020Assets 2021: $384,928Liabilities 2021: $12,360Net Assets 2021: $372,5682021Assets 2022: $622,835Liabilities 2022: $54,917Net Assets 2022: $567,9182022Assets 2023: $511,799Liabilities 2023: $38,527Net Assets 2023: $473,2722023Assets 2024: $689,558Liabilities 2024: $84,138Net Assets 2024: $605,4202024

Highlighted filing

2024

Assets$689,558
Liabilities$84,138
Net Assets$605,420
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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth77th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$1.0M$500K$0-$500KExpenses 2010: $484,5172010Expenses 2011: $526,0702011Expenses 2012: $500,7512012Revenue 2013: $381,866Expenses 2013: $487,503Net Income 2013: -$105,6372013Revenue 2014: $458,157Expenses 2014: $542,135Net Income 2014: -$83,9782014Revenue 2015: $549,501Expenses 2015: $593,871Net Income 2015: -$44,3702015Revenue 2016: $538,074Expenses 2016: $547,314Net Income 2016: -$9,2402016Revenue 2017: $648,555Expenses 2017: $689,837Net Income 2017: -$41,2822017Revenue 2018: $835,405Expenses 2018: $782,603Net Income 2018: $52,8022018Revenue 2019: $795,511Expenses 2019: $765,549Net Income 2019: $29,9622019Revenue 2020: $777,673Expenses 2020: $644,435Net Income 2020: $133,2382020Revenue 2021: $733,617Expenses 2021: $657,198Net Income 2021: $76,4192021Revenue 2022: $856,769Expenses 2022: $661,419Net Income 2022: $195,3502022Revenue 2023: $606,883Expenses 2023: $700,959Net Income 2023: -$94,0762023Revenue 2024: $835,867Expenses 2024: $703,719Net Income 2024: $132,1482024

Highlighted filing

2024

Revenue$835,867
Expenses$703,719
Net Income$132,148
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Signed
Nov 17, 2025
Return Version
2024v5.2
Gross Receipts
$862,800
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Free Arts programs inspire hope in the lives of children who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through innovative creative arts programs and positive interactions with caring adult volunteers. Free Arts envisions a society of individuals from different communities, cultures and life experiences connecting through the healing power of art to interrut the cycle of violence, create understanding, build self-esteem and nurture better lives.

Free Arts programs inspire hope in the lives of children who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through innovative creative arts programs and positive interactions with caring adult volunteers.

Balance Sheet Detail
LineBeginningEndChange
Assets
Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts$472,562$569,670▲ $97,108
Pledges and Grants Receivable-$47,397-
Accounts Receivable-$10,000-
Land, Buildings, and Equipment, Net$3,722$8,764▲ $5,042
Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges$6,361$3,372▼ $2,989
Savings and Temporary Cash Investments-$0-
Other Notes and Loans Receivable, Net-$0-
Receivable From Disqualified Prsn-$0-
Receivables From Officers Etc-$0-
Investments Other Securities-$0-
Investments Program Related-$0-
Investments in Publicly Traded Securities-$0-
Intangible Assets-$0-
Inventories for Sale or Use-$0-
Total Assets$511,799$689,558▲ $177,759
Other Assets Total$29,154$50,355▲ $21,201
Liabilities
Other Liabilities$26,852$54,239▲ $27,387
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses$11,675$29,899▲ $18,224
Total Liabilities$38,527$84,138▲ $45,611
Net Assets / Fund Balance
Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions$473,272$605,420▲ $132,148
Total Net Assets Fund Balance$473,272$605,420▲ $132,148
Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance$511,799$689,558▲ $177,759

Asset Categories

AssetBook ValueDepreciationBasis
Other Land Buildings$6,577$8,234$14,811
Equipment$2,187$7,665$9,852
Other Assets Org$47,255--
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay84th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseTotal
Bianca HunterExecutive DirecFT$90,805$90,805

Board Members and Trustees

NameTitle
Jennifer FoyerPresident
Aaron BattistaAdvisor
Jessica StaheliAdvisor
Grant HartwellMember
Janet NelsonMember
Michelle McCarthyMember
Revenue and Support

Revenue Composition

Contributions and Grants
$827,489
Program Service Revenue
$0
Investment Income
$8,378
Other Revenue
$0
All Other Contributions
$793,184
Change in Net Assets
$132,148

Noncash Contribution Practices

Property subject to holding requirements
No
Reviewed unusual noncash gifts
No
Third parties used for noncash contributions
No

Noncash Contributions

Contribution TypeContribution CountReported AmountValuation Method
Other Non Cash Contri Table1$335,271Fair Market Value (FMV)
Other Non Cash Contri Table1$7,315Fair Market Value (FMV)
Total Noncash Contributions2$342,586-

Audited Revenue Reconciliation

Revenue per Audited Statements
$835,867
Total Revenue per Audited Statements
$835,867
Total Revenue per Form 990
$835,867
Expenses and Functional Allocation

Major Expense Lines

Line ItemAmount
Other Expenses$535,350
Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits$168,369
Total Fundraising Expense$30,374
Grants and Similar Amounts Paid$0
Professional Fundraising Fees$0

Functional Expense Allocation

Line ItemProgramManagementFundraisingTotal
Current Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees$69,556$5,812$15,437$90,805
Other Salaries and Wages$43,490$3,634$9,652$56,776
Occupancy-$35,385-$35,385
All Other Expenses$15,109$11,361$1,361$27,831
Fees for Services Accounting-$21,478-$21,478
Office Expenses$998$10,439$390$11,827
Other Expenses$114$11,262-$11,376
Payroll Taxes$8,648$723$1,919$11,290
Other Employee Benefits$7,275$608$1,615$9,498
Insurance$774$4,754-$5,528
Depreciation Depletion-$2,273-$2,273
Total Functional Expenses$541,949$131,396$30,374$703,719

Audited Expense Reconciliation

Line ItemAmount
Expenses per Audited Statements$703,719
Total Expenses per Audited Statements$703,719
Total Expenses per Form 990$703,719
Fundraising, Events, and Gaming
Fundraising activities
Yes
Gaming activities
No
Professional fundraiser used
No

Fundraising and Gaming Totals

Line ItemAmount
Fundraising Direct Expenses$26,933
Fundraising Gross Income$26,933
Professional Fundraising Fees$0

Fundraising Events

EventGross ReceiptsGross RevenueDirect ExpensesNet Income
Art Swagger$61,238$26,933$26,933$0
Total Events$61,238$26,933$26,933-
Political and Lobbying Activity
Political campaign activity
No
Lobbying activity
No
Subject to proxy tax
No
Insider Transactions and Loans

Loans and Receivables

Line ItemBeginningEndChange
Receivables from Disqualified Persons-$0-
Receivables from Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees-$0-
Debt and Bond Financing

Other Reported Liabilities

LiabilityAmount
Operating lease liability$54,239
Governance and Compliance

Governance Checklist

Compiled or reviewed by an accountant
No
Annual disclosure for covered persons
Yes
Audit committee
Yes
Backup withholding compliance
Yes
Business relationship with 35% controlled entity
No
Business relationship with family members
No
Business relationship with organization members
No
Material changes to governing documents
No
Compensation from other sources disclosed
No
CEO compensation reviewed
No
Other officer compensation reviewed
No
Conflict-of-interest policy
Yes
Audited financial statements prepared
No
Key decisions subject to board approval
No
Management duties delegated
No

Governance Explanations

Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 5

“A check in the amount of $10,000 was intercepted from the USPS, washed, cleaned and rewritten and fraudulently cashed. Once Free Arts found out about it they reached out to their bank to rectify the situation. Free Arts is still in the process of recouping the funds. No Free Arts staff, personnel, or members were involved in this diversion of assets.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B

“The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the members of the Board of Directors”

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C

“Prior to board or committee action on a Contract or Transaction involving a Conflict of interest, a director or committee member having a Conflict of Interest and who is in attendance at the meeting shall disclose all facts material to the Conflict of Interest. Such disclosure shall be reflected in the minutes of the meeting. If board members are aware that staff or other volunteers have a conflict of interest, relevant facts should be disclosed by the board member or by the interested person him/herself if invited to the board meeting as a guest for purposes of disclosure. A person who has a Conflict of Interest with respect to a contract or transaction that will be voted on at a meeting shall not be counted in determining the presence of a quorum for purposes of the vote. The person having a conflict of interest may not vote on the Contract or Transaction and shall not be present in the meeting room when the vote is taken, unless the vote is by secret ballot.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19

“The Form 990 is available to the public in the website of the Attorney General's Office, guidestar.org, and on the Organization's website - www.freearts.org”

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Free Arts
EIN
95-3252001
Phone
3103134278
Address
11099 S La Cienega Boulevard 235, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Signing Officer

Name
Bianca Hunter
Title
Executive Director
Signed
2025-11-17
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Organization Details

Principal Officer
Jennifer Foyer
Formed
1977
Legal Domicile
CA
Voting Board Members
4
Independent Board Members
4
Employees
3
Volunteers
200

Preparer

Firm
Johnson & Associates An Accountancy Corporation
Address
3868 W Carson St Suite 105, Torrance, CA 90503
Preparer
William J Johnson
Phone
3105407477
Supplemental Narrative

Financial Statement Notes

Part X : FIN48 Footnote

“The Organization follows the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (FASB ASC), Accounting for Uncertainty of Income Taxes, which prescribes a minimum recognition threshold and measurement methodology for tax positions taken , or expected to be taken, in a tax return prior to recognition in the financial statements. The standard also provides guidance for derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The Organization is exempt from tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Organization believes that it has appropriate support for the positions taken on its tax returns and that the exempt status would be sustained on examination. The Organization classifies interest and penalties on underpayments of income taxes, if any, as interest expense and penalties, respectively, on the statement of activities. The Organization files tax returns in the United States federal and California state jurisdictions. The Organization is no longer subject to tax examinations for California before 2019 or for the United States federal purposes before 2020.”

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IRS990ScheduleD/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt0The Organization follows the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (FASB ASC), Accounting for Uncertainty of Income Taxes, which prescribes a minimum recognition threshold and measurement methodology for tax positions taken , or expected to be taken, in a tax return prior to recognition in the financial statements. The standard also provides guidance for derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The Organization is exempt from tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Organization believes that it has appropriate support for the positions taken on its tax returns and that the exempt status would be sustained on examination. The Organization classifies interest and penalties on underpayments of income taxes, if any, as interest expense and penalties, respectively, on the statement of activities. The Organization files tax returns in the United States federal and California state jurisdictions. The Organization is no longer subject to tax examinations for California before 2019 or for the United States federal purposes before 2020.
IRS990ScheduleD/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc0Part X : FIN48 Footnote
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt0A check in the amount of $10,000 was intercepted from the USPS, washed, cleaned and rewritten and fraudulently cashed. Once Free Arts found out about it they reached out to their bank to rectify the situation. Free Arts is still in the process of recouping the funds. No Free Arts staff, personnel, or members were involved in this diversion of assets.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt1The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the members of the Board of Directors
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt2Prior to board or committee action on a Contract or Transaction involving a Conflict of interest, a director or committee member having a Conflict of Interest and who is in attendance at the meeting shall disclose all facts material to the Conflict of Interest. Such disclosure shall be reflected in the minutes of the meeting. If board members are aware that staff or other volunteers have a conflict of interest, relevant facts should be disclosed by the board member or by the interested person him/herself if invited to the board meeting as a guest for purposes of disclosure. A person who has a Conflict of Interest with respect to a contract or transaction that will be voted on at a meeting shall not be counted in determining the presence of a quorum for purposes of the vote. The person having a conflict of interest may not vote on the Contract or Transaction and shall not be present in the meeting room when the vote is taken, unless the vote is by secret ballot.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt3The Form 990 is available to the public in the website of the Attorney General's Office, guidestar.org, and on the Organization's website - www.freearts.org
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc0Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 5
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc1Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc2Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc3Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19
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2024 • Form 990Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$689,558
Liabilities
$84,138
Net assets
$605,420
Revenue
$835,867
Expenses
$703,719
Net income
$132,148
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$6.90$0.84$6.05$8.36$7.04$1.32
2023Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$5.12$0.39$4.73$6.07$7.01$0.94
2022Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$6.23$0.55$5.68$8.57$6.61$1.95
2021Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$3.85$0.12$3.73$7.34$6.57$0.76
2020Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$3.11$0.14$2.96$7.78$6.44$1.33
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$1.98$0.35$1.63$7.96$7.66$0.30
2018Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$1.81$0.48$1.33$8.35$7.83$0.53
2017Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$1.06$0.26$0.80$6.49$6.90$0.41
2016Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$1.45$0.24$1.21$5.38$5.47$0.09
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$1.58$0.28$1.31$5.50$5.94$0.44
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$2.04$0.29$1.75$4.58$5.42$0.84
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$2.86$0.27$2.59$3.82$4.88$1.06
2012Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$4.01$0.30$3.72$5.01
2011Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$3.79$0.28$3.51$5.26
2010Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$4.25$0.28$3.97$4.85