Missoula Cultural Council
Missoula Cultural Council
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About this organization
Mission
CONNECTING ART, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND CELEBRATION.
About
The main activities of the Missoula Cultural Council, dba Arts Missoula for Fiscal 2018 (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019) were:Sister City partnership with Neckargemuend, Germany and Palmerston North, New Zealand.Community "World View Film Series" cultural sensitivity workshopsFirst Friday Gallery Night and monthly Gallery Listings.Weekly e-mail newsletter and web site.First Night Missoula, New Years Eve community celebration of the arts.Annual Cultural Achievement Awards Lunch.Coordination of community-wide event planning calendar.SPARK!-Arts Ignite Learning, the local arts education initiative of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Any Given Child program, partnering with city of Missoula, Missoula County Public Schools, UM College of Visual and Performing Arts, and other arts, business, education and philanthropic leaders. Arts Missoula is the home and fiscal agent for this initiative.Local coordination of Arts and Economic Prosperity 5, national study of the economic impact of the nonprofit arts industry, led by Americans for the Arts. Participant in US State department YSEALI (Young Sough East Asia Leadership Institute)Fiscal sponsor for smaller groups needing a 501(c)(3) umbrella: Montana Book Festival. Lakebottom Sound jazz concerts, workshops and jam sessions. All-City Jazz program for high school students.Administration of city of Missoula Public Art Committee.Arts Missoula coordinates the sister city program for the city of Missoula. The core mission of the sister city program is to promote citizen diplomacy, one individual and one community at a time. At present Missoula has two sister cities, Neckargemuend, Germany and Palmerston North, New Zealand. The main events surrounding the two established partnerships are Germanfest in September and New Zealand Days in May. These community awareness events give great exposure to ongoing student and faculty exchanges at the high school level as well as between the University of Montana and its corresponding universities in Heidelberg and Massey. Arts Missoula participated in the YSEALI program coordinated by the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Center at the University of Montana. Three weeks in the fall, Arts Missoula hosted Chanmaly Panyaphone, director of the Laos Cultural Network in Vientiane, Laos. Her objective was to learn as much about Missoula's arts and cultural community to help build her own back home. First Friday Gallery Night is one of the most popular downtown events. Each month, from 5-8 p.m. on the first Friday, galleries and other retail establishments open their doors to the public to show the months art exhibits. Thousands of Missoulians participate in this event. It is the biggest night of the month for local restaurants, and many retail shops have reported increased sales during this time. For many years this organic event had no organization. Arts Missoula publishes a digital calendar of information updating all First Friday activities. Arts Missoula also publishes a brochure of all art galleries and museums, distributed to all the hotels and tourist information centers in town. Arts Missoula produces a weekly e-mail newsletter to nearly 1200 subscribers. This covers news and events in Missoula, in the Northern Rocky Mountain region, and also covers news stories and trends nationally and internationally. It is a comprehensive account of the artistic and cultural news, and valued by its subscribers. The web site contains a listing of the artists, organizations, events, venue sites, galleries and museums in Missoula.First Night Missoula, the community-wide, alcohol-free New Years Eve celebration of the arts, is now the largest single event produced by Arts Missoula. On December 31, Missoula celebrated First Night with nearly 7,000 in attendance. This community-building activity brings together artists, businesses, government organizations, individual volunteers and festival attendees in a celebratory yet safe New Years Eve community gathering. More than 80 arts events and activities take place in over 35 venues throughout downtown, on the university campus, and at Southgate Mall. This is a celebration for the community, for art and for the passage of time.Each spring Arts Missoula hosts the Annual Arts & Culture Awards Lunch for over 200 community members. This event celebrates the work of selected individuals who have made significant contributions to Missoulas art and cultural community in their lifetime, and also recognizes businesses that have made substantial contributions to the arts. An Arts Missoula Star is recognized each month for their contribution to Missoula arts landscape. Arts Missoula coordinates the community event calendar with MissoualEvents.net, as an effort to help organizations with long-term planning for annual and special events. SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning is Missoulas chapter of the Kennedy Centers Any Give Child Initiative. This collaborative with the Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS), the City of Missoula, University of Montana, and a broad range of local artists and arts organizations to ensure equity and access in arts education for any given child in Missoulas K-8 schools. Arts Missoula is the administrative home for SPARK! and acts as the nonprofit entity for this collaborative effort. SPARK! has embarked on an ambitious program with its own fundraising, programming and marketing. In 2016 the Governing Board of SPARK! and MCPS agreed to expand this initiative to grades 9-12, and as such is the first Kennedy Center Any Given Child community to do so. Arts Missoula coordinated the gathering of statistics for Arts and Economic Prosperity 5, a report on the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences led by Americans for the Arts. Missoula was one of 380 study groups nationally. Arts Missoula collected information from 34 arts organizations and over 800 audience members at 21 distinct nonprofit events and performances. In June Americans for the Arts released the national study at their annual conference and presented the findings at various public settings and in the media. The findings for the city of Missoula are impressive, as our nonprofit arts sector is a $54 million industry, roughly three times that of the national average for cities our size. In addition to this study, Missoula was also ranked #4 nationally for mid-sized cities in the National Council for Arts Research (NCAR) Arts Vibrancy Index. Both these national studies are available at www.artsmissoula.org. In recent years Arts Missoula has offered itself as an umbrella organization for groups seeking a nonprofit fiscal sponsorship. Arts Missoula assumed fiscal sponsorship of the Montana Book Festival in 2015. In fiscal 2018, Lakebottom Sound and Missoula's All-City Jazz programs were provided fiscal sponsership. Arts Missoula has been the administrative arm of the city of Missoulas Public Art Committee since February 2016. This partnership has increased the citys commitment to Arts Missoula with additional funding, and now the organization has a long term contract with the city.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “Connecting art, culture and community through education, advocacy and celebration.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “Connecting art, culture and community through education, advocacy and celebration.”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of MT, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2020 as PO BOX 7662, MISSOULA, MT, 59807.
- The non-profit has a total of 6 employees, as reported on their form for 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$23,745.
- The CEO compensation strategy within the organization is determined through a review and approval process by a neutral party.
- The organization has 11 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1992.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $281,988 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $33,220 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
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