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Center of Creative Arts (COCA)

COCA is a arts education nonprofit based in Saint Louis, MO that was founded in 1987. As of 2018 they had $11 million in revenue and $34 million in assets.

Enriching lives and building community through the arts. ENRICHING LIVES & BUILDING COMMUNITY via THE ARTS, LAUNCHING MULTI-YEAR CAMPAIGN FOR THE FUTURE. Enriching lives & building community via the arts, continued multi-year campaign for the future. ...

EIN:

43-1395056

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Founded:

1987

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

A25: Arts education organizations

Revenue:

$11,684,867

Assets:

$34,948,745

Employees:

289

Fiscal year end:

August

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at COCA

Education - coca provides classes and workshops in performing and visual arts at coca's main location in university city and offsite locations. Coca also exhibits artwork of local and nationally recognized artists in its gallery. During the fiscal year total enrollment was 5,143, which includes 252 pre-professional dance students.

Camps - coca provides summer arts camps at coca's main university city location and off-site locations in st. louis, with an approximate enrollment of 4,244.

Form 990s for COCA

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-08	Aug 17, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-08	May 14, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-08	Aug 17, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-08	Jul 26, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-08	Feb 18, 2015	990	View PDF
...and four more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for COCA

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$69,650	$59,000	18.1%
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$800,250	$860,181	-7.0%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$289,805	$254,253	14.0%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$12,995,290	$7,471,265	73.9%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$541,920	$706,941	-23.3%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$14,154,995	$8,644,699	63.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$14,154,995	$8,644,699	63.7%
Program services	$2,616,153	$2,460,869	6.3%
Investment income and dividends	$124,365	$77,643	60.2%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-4,946,518	$-10,536	-46848.7%
Net income from fundraising events	$-270,486	$-317,754	14.9%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$1,421	$-8,514	116.7%
Miscellaneous revenues	$4,937	$4,138	19.3%
Total revenues	$11,684,867	$10,850,545	7.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$220,347	$251,916	-12.5%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$302,136	$292,600	3.3%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$3,067,274	$2,902,678	5.7%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$0	$0
Other employee benefits	$80,649	$75,905	6.2%
Payroll taxes	$256,980	$247,958	3.6%
Management fees	$0	$33,693	-100%
Legal fees	$53,080	$55,102	-3.7%
Accounting fees	$66,426	$56,557	17.4%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$29,727	-100%
Investment mgmt fees	$26,000	$23,654	9.9%
Other fee-for-service	$137,817	$246,864	-44.2%
Advertising and promotion	$198,373	$186,848	6.2%
Office expenses	$125,661	$118,503	6.0%
Information tech. expenses	$227,447	$197,066	15.4%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$614,076	$389,032	57.8%
Travel	$26,222	$20,154	30.1%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$0	$0
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$476,015	$383,833	24.0%
Insurance	$86,298	$62,946	37.1%
All other expenses	$554,516	$424,254	30.7%
Total expenses	$6,519,317	$5,999,290	8.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$1,650	$1,650
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$7,881,590	$4,463,588	76.6%
Pledges and grants receivable	$15,506,500	$13,059,036	18.7%
Accounts receivable	$51,163	$18,114	182.5%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$165,554	$79,416	108.5%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$6,967,575	$7,218,224	-3.5%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$4,374,713	$4,110,170	6.4%
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$0	$41,801	-100%
Total assets	$34,948,745	$28,991,999	20.5%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$1,131,506	$560,613	101.8%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$275,189	$282,249	-2.5%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$1,406,695	$842,862	66.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$2,556,310	$2,700,589	-5.3%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$28,180,065	$22,677,378	24.3%
Permanently restricted net assets	$2,805,675	$2,771,170	1.2%

Vendors for COCA

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
WordPress	Content management system software		2020-03-02
██████████ ███	Tax accounting		2019-08-09
█████████ ███	Architecture	$982,497	2018-08-01
█████████ █████████ ███	It Services	$125,712	2018-08-01
███ █████████ █████	Catering	$134,930	2018-08-01
█ █████ ███████████ ██ ███	Contractor	$172,239	2018-08-01
███ █████ ███████ ███ ██████ ███	Fundraising Consulting	$29,727	2017-08-01

Personnel at COCA

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Bill Carson	Vice President , Executive Committee	$0	Aug. 31, 2018
Kelly Pollock	Executive Director	$223,001	Aug. 10, 2019
████ ███████	Director of Marketing and Communications	-	Aug. 10, 2019
█████████ ███████	Director of Administration	-	Aug. 10, 2019
████████ ███████	Director of External Affairs and Strategic Initiatives	$109,096	Aug. 10, 2019
██████ █████	Director of Development	-	Aug. 10, 2019
███ █████████	Director of Advancement	$106,630	Aug. 10, 2019
████ ████████	Director of Education	-	Aug. 10, 2019
███████ ████████████	Co - Artistic Director of Dance	-	Aug. 10, 2019
████████ ███████	Artistic Director of Theatre	-	Aug. 10, 2019
...and 23 more key personnel

Peer arts education organizations

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Studio in A School Association	501(c)(3)	$7.2 million	New York, NY
2	Pratt Fine Arts Center	501(c)(3)	$3.3 million	Seattle, WA
3	Mark Arts	501(c)(3)	$4.0 million	Wichita, KS
4	ArtsConnection	501(c)(3)	$4.6 million	New York, NY
5	P.S. Arts	501(c)(3)	$3.4 million	Los Angeles, CA
6	Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)	501(c)(3)	$3.3 million	New York, NY
7	Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA)	501(c)(3)	$3.6 million	Baltimore, MD
8	Wingspan Arts	501(c)(3)	$4.2 million	New York, NY
9	Anderson Ranch Arts Center	501(c)(3)	$5.2 million	Snowmass Village, CO
10	Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture	501(c)(3)	$3.6 million	New York, NY
11	Rockport Center for the Arts	501(c)(3)	$4.4 million	Rockport, TX
12	The Arts Club of Chicago	501(c)(3)	$5.5 million	Chicago, IL
13	Morean Arts Center	501(c)(3)	$3.3 million	St Petersburg, FL
14	The National Arts Club	501(c)(3)	$3.0 million	New York, NY
15	Creative Capital	501(c)(3)	$4.5 million	New York, NY
16	Artists for Humanity	501(c)(3)	$4.6 million	Boston, MA
17	El Puente de Williamsburg	501(c)(3)	$4.3 million	Brooklyn, NY
18	Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth and Arts (MCG)	501(c)(3)	$4.5 million	Pittsburgh, PA
19	Cotuit Center for the Arts	501(c)(3)	$3.4 million	Cotuit, MA
20	The Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation	501(c)(3)	$22 million	Brooklyn, NY
21	Walnut Hill School for the Arts	501(c)(3)	$21 million	Natick, MA
22	Exploring The Arts	501(c)(3)	$3.0 million	Astoria, NY
23	Memphis Music Initiative	501(c)(3)	$3.9 million	Memphis, TN
24	Sing for Hope	501(c)(3)	$2.9 million	New York, NY
25	The Society of the Four Arts	501(c)(3)	$14 million	Palm Beach, FL

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Center of Creative Arts (COCA)

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Financials for COCA

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Personnel at COCA

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