EIN 80-0714882

School of Arts and Culture at MHP

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
51
Year formed
2011
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
To create a vibrant place of learning, culture and community that nurtures the soul and brings joy, skill building and a sense of belonging to children, families and all who participate.
Total revenues
$6,382,179
2022
Total expenses
$5,020,657
2022
Total assets
$10,345,350
2022
Num. employees
51
2022

Program areas at School of Arts and Culture at MHP

Special initiativesduring the year ending june 30, 2022, the School launched a new program, community development, that seeks to inform and influence what the neighborhood surrounding the mexican heritage plaza can become. The School leverages a cultural district strategy to preserve the cultures, traditions, and identities that are uniquely san jose to establish the city's first cultural district with the plaza at its center. School of art'Arts's and Culture at MHP's priority is acquiring a building across the street from the plaza, where the School intends to expand some of its current programs.during the year ended june 30, 2021, the School of Arts and Culture at MHP launched a special project initiative, in partnership with the California Arts council and svcreates, called the administrators of color fellowship. The School served as the administering organization for this pilot program that aimed to uplift an inclusive workforce and support the vibrancy of organizations that create and preserve the cultural identities of all California communities. The California Arts council administrators of color fellowship (cac acf) sought to address the need for more opportunities for people of color in Arts administration to create a pipeline for people of color across and throughout the Arts sector. Cac acf programming was made possible partly by a grant from the james irvine foundation and a one-time increase in state Arts funding. This pilot project concluded at the end of december 2021.in addition, during the covid-19 pandemic, the School adapted its team and space, the mexican heritage plaza, to meet the needs of the local east san jose community. The School offered food distribution, covid-19 testing, and covid-19 vaccinations. Altogether, the School served over 150,000 community members through covid-19 response activities during the year ended june 30, 2021.
Facilitythe School operates the mexican heritage plaza, which the city of san jose owns. The School leverages the $35 million facility to offer its programs, including quality Arts education courses to the community through its Arts education program; an Arts leadership program for people of color (i.e., the multicultural Arts leadership institute); and community events through its community engagement and market rate programs. In this way, the long-underutilized facility is activated and transformed into a vibrant hub of community activity.
Events - community access and engagementthe community engagement program provides local artists, Arts, and community agencies access to the mexican heritage plaza, training and technical assistance on using the space, and access to audience networks. Activating and curating the six-acre, $35 million, city-owned facility as a programmable Arts and cultural destination and community hub, the School provides east san jose residents with a safe, active, family venue for diverse Arts activities that speak to its unique cultural heritage. In the year ended june 30, 2020, the community engagement program worked with 60 community partners to present relevant, multicultural programming that celebrated the local community's diversity and subsidized the cost of 156 productions. During the year ending june 30, 2021, the School was unable to host our community partners due to shelter-in-place orders as a result of the pandemic. Twenty-eight community partners returned to the plaza during the year ended june 30, 2022; the School hosted over 84 community events. This activation continues to increase steadily as the Arts and cultural sector and the local neighborhood recover from the pandemic.the School's community access policy is defined primarily by the spirit of the guiding principles for community access and engagement:- create welcoming, inclusive and affordable community gatherings and cultural offerings in partnership with artists, Arts organizations and community-focused nonprofits that capitalize on the strengths of this unique facility and location in east san jose.- develop partnerships with a network of artists, Arts, and community organizations to leverage existing relationships and capacity while advancing and growing collective impact.- build community confidence, enthusiasm, and trust over time through consistent communication, responsiveness, and a reliable menu of opportunities.- develop a broad mix of programming focusing on mexican Culture while activating opportunities for social integration with the wider multicultural artistic community present in san jose.- facilitate multiple entry points for community members, partner organizations, and private clients.- create a relationship of reciprocity with organizations and the community through "mission compatible" activation of spaces.- embrace grassroots participation as critical to the success of the School of Arts and Culture at MHP's vision and provide opportunities for community feedback.events - market rate rental programschool of Arts and Culture at MHP is located in a beautiful, multi-use venue in a historically significant location and neighborhood. The site is the same place where civil rights activist cesar chavez organized the first grape boycott with the farmworker movement. The house he lived in is located a quarter of a mile away from the school.the business plan written by the MHP steering committee in 2011 identifies rental income from the facility as an essential component of the long-term sustainability of the School of Arts and Culture at MHP. at its inception, the School has partnered with a for-profit company, giant creative services, to ensure a careful, creative, and attentive approach to market rate rentals. This close partnership with the School staff resulted in the increased usage of the facility by several Arts organizations and private events in a manner never before seen under previous operators. However, in fy22, the School decided to bring the management of the market rate rentals in-house and hired its own team to manage the department. The School's market rate rental program generates revenue that then directly supports the School's programs. In addition, 98% of all events at the mexican heritage plaza through the market rate rental program are rooted in the community. During the year ended june 30, 2021, the School served as a food distribution site, a covid-19 testing site, and a covid-19 vaccination site for the local east san jose community, serving over 150,000 people (double the number typically reached in a year). School of Arts and Culture at MHP did not host other events as a result of the pandemic. However, in fy22, the School began to host events and celebrations again. As before, these events are deeply rooted in the community.
Multicultural Arts leadership institute (mali):the multicultural Arts leadership institute (mali) is a professional development opportunity for leaders of color in the Arts, cultural, and entertainment sectors. Through mali's year-long training program, the School develops local multicultural Arts practitioners by giving them the technical skills, philosophical underpinnings, and networking opportunities necessary to grow and sustain their work, organizations, and the Arts sector in silicon valley. Since 2008, mali has worked with 146 leaders of color in silicon valley, of which 25 hold director-level positions, 22 are small business owners, 12 are artist laureates, six are san jose cultural ambassadors, five are recipients of the leigh weimers award, and seven work in government. In addition, since its founding, the School has invested over $1 million in mali members and has provided over 10,000 hours of direct instruction, mentorship, and networking. Without such investments, these artists and Arts groups would not have been able to participate in the creative economy fully.mali is based on the principle that when leaders in the Arts reflect the ethnic makeup of their local population, the agencies they represent are more culturally responsive to their community's needs. To prioritize and clarify diversity in the Arts leadership field, mali builds intentional networks among Arts leaders of color and develops in them cultural leadership skills that overcome past tokenism. As such, mali: 1) identifies future and emerging multicultural Arts leaders; 2) develops and delivers a training program that builds upon and enhances their skills and knowledge so they can address challenges to success and stabilize or grow their agencies; and; 3) equips them to successfully participate in community forums, initiatives, and task forces to address specific community issues and advocate for a strong, healthy multicultural Arts community.
Arts education programthe School provides a "multi-cultural and inter-cultural venue" for community events and programs that embrace all cultures while exploring the artistic traditions, cultural history, and contemporary creative expression of mexican and latin american Arts. The School believes that the Arts are powerful vehicles for human development and social transformation - by creating nurturing communities for children, especially at-risk youth. The School believes, as research indicates, that creative experiences in the Arts offer students the opportunity to "envision and set goals, determine a method to reach a goal, and try it out, identify alternatives, evaluate, revise, solve problems, imagine, work collaboratively, and apply self-discipline" (the California state board of education visual and performing arts).the goals for the Arts education program are to engage youth, ages 4 to 18, in positive, culturally relevant, safe, and empowering learning experiences that will inspire and strengthen the youth and families of san jose to be agents of positive change. To reach these goals, the School seeks to achieve the following objectives: 1) offer east san jose students access to Arts education; 2) activate a community asset the mexican heritage plaza, where the School is located; and 3) offer quality student learning experiences in the Arts. In the year ending june 30, 2021, the Arts education program was placed on hiatus due to the pandemic. Even so, the School distributed about 5,000 art kits to students for them to continue Arts engagement while sheltering in place. The Arts education program has not returned to its pre-covid level of activity. This is partly because the east san jose community that the program primarily serves remains disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Even as other parts of san jose recover, east san jose's recovery lags, and residents here cannot pay for Arts education programming. As a result, the School is redesigning its Arts education program to be free of charge to those families who live in the local neighborhoods surrounding the plaza. In fy22, the School offered all of its Arts education program activities for free and served 1,000 youth through its summer camps and community event workshops.

Grants made by School of Arts and Culture at MHP

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Mosaic AmericaAbierto Grant$50,000
Teatro VisionAbierto Grant$35,000
Local ColorAbierto Grant$30,000
...and 6 more grants made

Who funds School of Arts and Culture at MHP

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)Arts & Culture$1,642,993
William and Flora Hewlett FoundationFor Organizational Adaptation$900,000
Castellano Family FoundationYr 3 Multiyear Grant Installment$500,000
...and 23 more grants received totalling $4,295,814

Personnel at School of Arts and Culture at MHP

NameTitleCompensation
Omar RodriguezMarketing , Owner and Marketing
Jessica Paz-CedillosExecutive Director$136,200
Vanessa ShiehBoard Member$136,031
Chris EsparzaDirector of Community
Jono MarcusOwner and Director
...and 16 more key personnel

Financials for School of Arts and Culture at MHP

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,377,769
Program services$986,308
Investment income and dividends$2,041
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-21,486
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$37,547
Total revenues$6,382,179

Form 990s for School of Arts and Culture at MHP

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-01990View PDF
2021-062022-05-04990View PDF
2020-062021-04-14990View PDF
2019-062020-09-01990View PDF
2018-062019-07-23990View PDF
...and 6 more Form 990s

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Data update history
July 11, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 1, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 9, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 8, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $58,000 from Leo M Shortino Family Foundation
February 3, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1700 Alum Rock Ave
San Jose, CA 95116
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
County
Santa Clara County, CA
Website URL
schoolofartsandculture.org/ 
Phone
(408) 794-6250
Facebook page
SchoolofArtsandCultureatMHP 
Twitter profile
@schoolatmhp 
IRS details
EIN
80-0714882
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2011
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A25: Arts Education, Schools of Art
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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