EIN 23-7113478

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth and Arts (MCG)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
18
Year formed
1970
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
MCG Youth and Arts is a program of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG). A national model for education, training, and hope, MCG reshapes the business of social change through the arts, entrepreneurship and community partnership. Founded in 1968 by Bill Strickland, MCG Youth and Arts is a nationally recognized and acclaimed year-round program. Their mission is to educate, inspire and support positive change among Pittsburgh youth by engaging students and their communities in learning through visual arts.
Also known as...
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Total revenues
$3,606,821
2022
Total expenses
$3,020,303
2022
Total assets
$15,431,653
2022
Num. employees
18
2022

Program areas at MCG

Mcg jazzmcg jazz has become one of the longest-running subscription concert series for live jazz in the country and has been named a great jazz venue by downbeat magazine for nine consecutive years. Mcg jazz celebrated 35 years of presenting concert seasons with a line-up filled with a diverse range of internationally acclaimed artists in 2021-2022. Mcg jazz patrons returned to the concert hall for in-person live music and surpassed sales expectations for the season. During the 2021-2022 season, mcg jazz sold 6,046 returning subscriber seats ($302,350) and 2,312 new subscriber seats ($134,730), compared to the 2019-2020 season where mcg jazz sold 5415 returning subscriber seats ($271,805) and 2,647 new subscriber seats ($141,402). This means that we had a retention rate 112% for returning subscribers from the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 concert seasons that resulted in shutdown for covid-19, with nine of the fourteen cancelled shows rescheduled. Overall ticket sales were at 81% for the 35th annual concert season.mcg jazz has presented over 35 years of innovative, one-of-a-kind concerts by jazz masters and emerging artists. The performance aspect of its programming has led to the capture of an unprecedented archives that comprises one of the world's largest collections of live recordings of jazz artists from a single venue. The archive contains hundreds of entries from jazz performances, featuring such legends as carmen mcrae, billy taylor, dizzy gillespie, nancy wilson, tito puente, and hundreds more.
Mcg youth & artsmcg youth & arts served 358 unique youth in school-day, afterschool, and summer programs in 2021-22. Of that total, 250 individual teens participated in the afterschool apprenticeship training program (atp). Mcg youth also provided alternative school day programming to 63 students from holy family institute, pressley ridge day school, friendship academy, and pittsburgh public schools' city connections. Mcg youth's creative youth development courses are offered in four studios ceramics, photography, design arts, and digital arts. Surveys of high school seniors who participated in mcg youth's atp and reviews of graduation records show that 97 percent of participants graduated from high school on time in 2021, and 94 percent planned to pursue higher education opportunities. Of these students, 82 percent indicated that they credit mcg youth with helping them to pursue post-secondary education. The following are responses to occasional long-form surveys administered during the school year: [atp] allowed me to have a positive place to go and support for my emotional needs. ; mcg helped me become a better artist and consider doing something related to art in the future after college. ; mcg helped me become independent and responsible; and i received encouragement to pursue the arts and validation that i and my art is worth something.to complement its afterschool offerings and to inform participants about post-secondary opportunities mcg youth has built an extensive college and career program which provides opportunities for all atp-enrolled students to develop soft skills, meet with college representatives, visit college campuses, and participate in workshops focused on topics ranging from financial aid, goal-setting, college and career readiness, and alternative career pathways. In 2022 mcg hosted its annual scholarship night event where students and their families met with representatives from colleges that provide exclusive scholarships for mcg students.

Who funds Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth and Arts (MCG)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Hillman Family FoundationsCapital Improvements for Programmatic Expansion$1,250,000
Hillman Family FoundationsCapital Improvements for Programmatic Expansion$750,000
Richard King Mellon FoundationToward 20-month Support To Recruit and Enroll New Students From Economically Disadvantaged Schools in the Pittsburgh Public School District$250,000
...and 21 more grants received totalling $2,898,258

Personnel at MCG

NameTitleCompensation
Kevin JenkinsPresident and Chief Executive Officer$0
Mara BruceVice President and Chief Financial Officer$0
Justin MazzeiExecutive Director
Jill WigginsDatabase Manager and Teaching Artist , Digital
David S RzepeckiSecretary$0
...and 12 more key personnel

Financials for MCG

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,469,800
Program services$743,675
Investment income and dividends$123,233
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$4,585
Net rental income$1,000
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$245,919
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$18,609
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$3,606,821

Form 990s for MCG

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
2019-062020-11-10990View PDF
2018-062019-06-19990View PDF
2017-062018-06-14990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 25, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 11, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from The Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh
August 4, 2022
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $73,000 from The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
September 28, 2021
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from The Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh
September 22, 2021
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $76,508 from Manchester Bidwell Corporation
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesCommunity improvementBusiness and industry
Characteristics
Receives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1815 Metropolitan St
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
County
Allegheny County, PA
Website URL
mcgyouth.org/ 
Phone
(412) 322-1773
Facebook page
mcgyouthandarts 
Twitter profile
@mcgyouthandarts 
IRS details
EIN
23-7113478
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1970
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A03: Arts, Culture and Humanities Professional Societies and Associations
NAICS code, primary
7113: Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events
Parent/child status
Central organization
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