EIN 93-1059037

Regional Arts and Culture Council

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
26
State
Year formed
1991
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Regional Arts and Culture Council is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching our communities through arts and culture. RACC distributed approximately $6,600,000 and $7,400,000 in grant funds in 2020 and 2019 respectively and currently serves over 900 individual artists, organizations, nonprofits and schools located in the Portland Tri-County area. It also manages a nationally acclaimed public art program which includes ordinances for the City of Portland and Multnomah County's 2% "percent for art" programs as well as a community murals program and temporary public art placements.
Total revenues
$7,551,679
2022
Total expenses
$7,998,266
2022
Total assets
$19,063,213
2022
Num. employees
26
2022

Program areas at Regional Arts and Culture Council

Grants - racc distributed approximately $4,285,474 in grant funds in fy22, and currently serves 286 individual artists and 177 Arts organizations, other non-profit organizations, arts-based businesses and schools in the portland tri-county area. The amount distributed includes amounts received in grants as well as those considered agency transactions. Approximately 30 local artists and community representatives serve on panels each year to help assess submissions. Examples of areas of review include: artistic programming, community impact, impact on artist, operations, fiscal responsibility and alignment with racc values.
Communications - racc expanded our scope of communication services to include interviews, diy videos for grant recipients, and live/recorded virtual events for public art call for artists and grant opportunities. We created social media campaigns with narratives to engage, inform, and educate our community. We used a wide range of resource sharing through our website, social media platforms, newsletters, emailings, our online travel calendar in partnership with travel Oregon and our intake opportunity form to promote Regional events, artists, and professional development opportunities.continued on schedule ocontent creation and informing our media within our community of various racc opportunities have enabled us to reach more members of our creative community. Through established partnerships, we promote racc funded Arts organizations and created systems that ensure our community has information they need to attend, support, and share these opportunities. We sent press releases, used video, and other mediums to show the work racc does for the community and the many engagement opportunities we offer for artists, grantees, job seekers, community partners, elected officials, educators, professionals and more.
Public art - racc plays a key role in acquiring and caring for publicly owned or accessible art in the greater portland area. The public art team manages the percent for art programs for the city of portland and multnomah county and is the steward for their respective public art collections. In addition to, and in support of these central tasks, the public art program maintains digital and database inventories; circulates the portable works collection; oversees siting of permanent works; maintains the collection; considers gifts and memorials; and works with private developers through code related art requirements. Continuted on schedule oracc also provides public art management contracting services for a variety of local and national agencies, both public and private; and offers workshops and presentations to artists, schools and the public.
Arts education - in fy22, racc Arts education program continued to coordinate services to school districts funded by the city of portland's Arts education and access fund (aeaf) income tax and support a community vision for an equitable Arts education. The Arts education program advocates for a well-rounded steam education for all k-12 schools in multnomah county. We provide direct resources (artlookoregon) in our region, advocate for increased Arts instruction and opportunities in k-12 schools, support collaboration and partnerships with art partners and others. We continued to offer free professional development through trauma informed workshops, conducted a comprehensive Arts educator's survey to inform our Arts education programming, launched a quarterly newsletter for all k-12 Arts educators, and continue to work to expand our scope of reach through advocacy and engagement. We also work with local, state, and national Arts education leaders to promote access and inclusion of Arts education in k-12 schools in the region. Activities included 1) two virtual workshops for trauma informed care offered to all k-12 Arts educators; 2) six school districts served who are funded through the aeaf with over 100 Arts educators in k-5 and serving over 31,000 students; 3) collaborated with the aeaf oversight committee to produce a two-year report to present to the portland city Council that details Arts education in our six school districts who receive aeaf funds, and 4) #newsforyourheart (our Arts education newsletter) was launched in sept 2021 and distributed to nearly 1000 Arts educators and community members - 5 editions were sent throughout the year.
Advocacy and engagement - racc works at the local, state, and national levels to build awareness, support and resources for Arts and Culture. Racc convenes forums to promote the importance of Arts and Culture and produces research to help illustrate the impact. Racc continues to advocate to state and local governments for continued covid-19 relief support to artists and art organizations in the region as well as generating additional support for Arts and Culture reinvestment, growth, and recovery. As a result of that effort, racc received three national endowment for the Arts (nea) grants focused on investing in the Arts and Culture in our region, including a two-year $500,000 subgranting award with matching funds from counties to redistribute, a two-year our town grant of $75,000 for the creative place-making program, beginning to distribute in the year ended june 30, 2022, and a $34,500 grant to support capacity building of Arts and Culture organizations. Racc also conducts a workplace giving program that introduces thousands of employees, and their employers, to the local Arts community and generates contributions for the region's Arts and cultural organizations, in addition to our engagements with private and public funders.

Grants made by Regional Arts and Culture Council

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Portland Art MuseumGeneral Operating Support$194,700
Oregon Symphony AssociationGeneral Operating Support$186,700
Portland Center Stage (PCS)General Operating Support$109,400
...and 73 more grants made totalling $3,182,440

Who funds Regional Arts and Culture Council

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Oregon Community FoundationArts General$25,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$9,700
United Way of the Columbia-WillametteDonor Choice$5,584
...and 2 more grants received

Personnel at Regional Arts and Culture Council

NameTitleCompensation
Cynthia KnappChief Financial Officer$146,354
Madison CarioExecutive Director$212,938
Della RaeEd and Chief Interim Operations$98,597
Helen DaltosoDirector of Grants
Kristin CalhounDirector of Public Art
...and 16 more key personnel

Financials for Regional Arts and Culture Council

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$7,276,301
Program services$94,386
Investment income and dividends$104,608
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$76,384
Total revenues$7,551,679

Form 990s for Regional Arts and Culture Council

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-04-20990View PDF
2020-062021-05-11990View PDF
2019-062021-01-21990View PDF
2018-062019-12-27990View PDF
2017-062018-04-30990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s
Data update history
June 17, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
May 14, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
May 10, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,584 from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
September 10, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
September 22, 2021
Received grants
Identified 6 new grant, including a grant for $110,514 from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingReceives government fundingTax deductible donations
General information
Address
411 NW Park Ave 101
Portland, OR 97209
Metro area
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Website URL
racc.org/ 
Phone
(503) 823-5111
Facebook page
RegionalArts 
Twitter profile
@r_a_c_c 
IRS details
EIN
93-1059037
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1991
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A26: Arts Council/Agency
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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