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WHILE THIS IS LOWER THAN THE 460 PARTICIPANTS WE TYPICALLY ENROLL-A REFLECTION OF COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE TO PROVIDE IN-PERSON SERVICES-WE REMAINED ONE OF THE ONLY CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN LOS ANGELES WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ON-SITE. WE ELECTED TO RETURN TO ON-SITE WORK IN JUNE 2020 TO HELP REDUCE THE SOCIAL ISOLATION THAT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. IN ADDITION TO OUR MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, YOUTH ALSO RECEIVED: A.1:1 MENTORING AND SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS. 21 WERE RECEIVED, INCLUDING A MELLON UNDERGRADUATE CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP AT LACMA. B.3 FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUMMER PROGRAMS AT OTIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN. C.1 FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO IDYLLWILD ARTS' TWO-WEEK SUMMER ARTS RESIDENCY. D.SUPPORT FOR COLLEGE, INCLUDING TWO COLLEGE DAYS, COLLEGE COUNSELING, AND 1:1 SUPPORT WITH PERSONAL ESSAYS AND NAVIGATING THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS. 100% OF OUR ADVANCED STUDIES GRADUATES WENT ON TO COLLEGE-MOST ELECTING TO ATTEND REMOTELY-AND MOST OF WHOM WERE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE. OUR PARTICIPANTS WERE RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE (85% YOUTH OF COLOR), AND 98% WERE LOW-INCOME, WITH 53% OF FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY. FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT (48%) LIVED IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH POCKETS OF POVERTY ON LOS ANGELES' WESTSIDE AND 52% CAME FROM THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES, WITH MOST RESIDING IN SOUTH L.A., INGLEWOOD, AND MID-CITY, AND SOME TRAVELING FROM AS FAR AS NORWALK, THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO PARTICIPATE. 100% OF LOW-INCOME YOUTH ATTENDED VENICE ARTS COMPLETELY FREE-OF-CHARGE. 226631 CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORKFORCE EQUITY: IN DECEMBER 2020, WE WERE CONTRACTED BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ITS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (WDACS) TO BUILD AN INNOVATIVE FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA CAREER PATHWAYS PILOT (FDM) SERVING SOME OF LA'S MOST DISENFRANCHISED YOUNG PEOPLE. THE FDM PILOT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VENICE ARTS TO SCALE UP ITS EXISTING CREATIVE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS, AND TO BEGIN TO BUILD-OUT ITS CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORKFORCE EQUITY. THE FDM TARGETED LOW-INCOME, CREATIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 16-24, WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO FORMER OR CURRENT FOSTER, HOMELESS, JUSTICE INVOLVED, AND/OR LGBTQ YOUTH. 425 YOUNG PEOPLE ENROLLED IN CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS, A SERIES OF VIRTUAL CREATIVE CAREER PRESENTATIONS, JOB SHADOWS, AND FIELD TRIPS THAT WAS THE FIRST LEVEL OF THIS 4-LEVEL PROGRAM. YOUTH PARTICIPATED FROM EACH OF THE COUNTY'S 5 COUNTY DISTRICTS, AND AN AVERAGE OF 200 YOUTH ATTENDED EACH OF 13 EVENTS, INCLUDING A PRESENTATION ON INTERVIEW AND RSUM PREP WITH UNITED TALENT AGENCY'S (UTA) HR TEAM; SOUND DESIGN IN POST-PRODUCTION WITH DISNEY'S VP OF POST AND HER LEAD SOUND DESIGNER; AN ANIMATION PANEL FROM DREAMWORKS; A PRESENTATION ON THE ANIMATION PIPELINE BY SONY; A WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY WITH SNAP; GAME DESIGN WITH RIOT; WORKING AS A TEAM TO PRODUCE CONTENT WITH A NATIONAL ADVERTISING FIRM MOTIVE; AND ARTISTS, DIRECTORS, AND PRODUCERS WORKING IN BOTH NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM AND TELEVISION. THIS VIRTUAL SERIES WAS FOLLOWED BY AN IMMERSIVE "BOOTCAMP- AND AN INTENSIVE 12-WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM-149 PARTICIPANTS APPLIED FOR ONLY 30 SLOTS-IN SHORT-FORM VIDEO CONTENT CREATION. 100% OF PARTICIPANTS WERE LOW- INCOME; 40% FROM AFOREMENTIONED PRIORITY GROUPS; AND 37% BLACK AND 37% LATINX, WITH THE BALANCE REPRESENTING A DIVERSE CROSS-SECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE; 14% IDENTIFIED AS NONBINARY, WITH THE BALANCE EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN FEMALES AND MALES. THE TRAINING PROGRAM BUILT STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES IN STORYTELLING, AND PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, AND POSTPRODUCTION IN VIDEO CONTENT CREATION. TWENTY-TWO (22) PARTICIPANTS WERE PLACED IN PAID INTERNSHIPS AT COMPANIES ACROSS THE CREATIVE SECTOR, AND SEVERAL WERE HIRED FOR FULL-TIME, PERMANENT POSITIONS. VENICE ARTS ALSO RESEARCHED, WROTE, AND PUBLISHED A REPORT FOR LA COUNTY TITLED, "EXPANSION OF PRE/APPRENTICESHIPS INTO THE FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY,- AND IS BUILDING OUT THE COUNTY'S FIRST CREATIVE SECTOR PRE- APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM IN FALL 2022. 37817 GALLERY & PUBLIC PROGRAMS: IN 2021, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, VENICE ARTS' EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS REMAINED DORMANT DUE TO THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 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FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 2 SEE DESCRIPTION OF SECOND ACCOMPLISHMNET 2 IN SCHEDULE O FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A ART MENTORING AND EDUCATION: IN 2021, VENICE ARTS' ENROLLED 350 LOW-INCOME YOUTH IN ART MENTORING AND EDUCATION'S SEQUENTIAL (BEGINNING TO ADVANCED STUDIES) PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMMAKING, ANIMATION, AND SEQUENTIAL ARTS (COMICS) PROGRAMS. WHILE THIS IS LOWER THAN THE 460 PARTICIPANTS WE TYPICALLY ENROLL-A REFLECTION OF COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE TO PROVIDE IN-PERSON SERVICES-WE REMAINED ONE OF THE ONLY CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN LOS ANGELES WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ON-SITE. WE ELECTED TO RETURN TO ON-SITE WORK IN JUNE 2020 TO HELP REDUCE THE SOCIAL ISOLATION THAT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. IN ADDITION TO OUR MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, YOUTH ALSO RECEIVED: A.1:1 MENTORING AND SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS. 21 WERE RECEIVED, INCLUDING A MELLON UNDERGRADUATE CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP AT LACMA. B.3 FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUMMER PROGRAMS AT OTIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN. C.1 FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO IDYLLWILD ARTS' TWO-WEEK SUMMER ARTS RESIDENCY. D.SUPPORT FOR COLLEGE, INCLUDING TWO COLLEGE DAYS, COLLEGE COUNSELING, AND 1:1 SUPPORT WITH PERSONAL ESSAYS AND NAVIGATING THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS. 100% OF OUR ADVANCED STUDIES GRADUATES WENT ON TO COLLEGE-MOST ELECTING TO ATTEND REMOTELY-AND MOST OF WHOM WERE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE. OUR PARTICIPANTS WERE RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE (85% YOUTH OF COLOR), AND 98% WERE LOW-INCOME, WITH 53% OF FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY. FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT (48%) LIVED IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH POCKETS OF POVERTY ON LOS ANGELES' WESTSIDE AND 52% CAME FROM THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES, WITH MOST RESIDING IN SOUTH L.A., INGLEWOOD, AND MID-CITY, AND SOME TRAVELING FROM AS FAR AS NORWALK, THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO PARTICIPATE. 100% OF LOW-INCOME YOUTH ATTENDED VENICE ARTS COMPLETELY FREE-OF-CHARGE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORKFORCE EQUITY: IN DECEMBER 2020, WE WERE CONTRACTED BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ITS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (WDACS) TO BUILD AN INNOVATIVE FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA CAREER PATHWAYS PILOT (FDM) SERVING SOME OF LA'S MOST DISENFRANCHISED YOUNG PEOPLE. THE FDM PILOT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VENICE ARTS TO SCALE UP ITS EXISTING CREATIVE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS, AND TO BEGIN TO BUILD-OUT ITS CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORKFORCE EQUITY. THE FDM TARGETED LOW-INCOME, CREATIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 16-24, WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO FORMER OR CURRENT FOSTER, HOMELESS, JUSTICE INVOLVED, AND/OR LGBTQ YOUTH. 425 YOUNG PEOPLE ENROLLED IN CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS, A SERIES OF VIRTUAL CREATIVE CAREER PRESENTATIONS, JOB SHADOWS, AND FIELD TRIPS THAT WAS THE FIRST LEVEL OF THIS 4-LEVEL PROGRAM. YOUTH PARTICIPATED FROM EACH OF THE COUNTY'S 5 COUNTY DISTRICTS, AND AN AVERAGE OF 200 YOUTH ATTENDED EACH OF 13 EVENTS, INCLUDING A PRESENTATION ON INTERVIEW AND RSUM PREP WITH UNITED TALENT AGENCY'S (UTA) HR TEAM; SOUND DESIGN IN POST-PRODUCTION WITH DISNEY'S VP OF POST AND HER LEAD SOUND DESIGNER; AN ANIMATION PANEL FROM DREAMWORKS; A PRESENTATION ON THE ANIMATION PIPELINE BY SONY; A WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY WITH SNAP; GAME DESIGN WITH RIOT; WORKING AS A TEAM TO PRODUCE CONTENT WITH A NATIONAL ADVERTISING FIRM MOTIVE; AND ARTISTS, DIRECTORS, AND PRODUCERS WORKING IN BOTH NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM AND TELEVISION. THIS VIRTUAL SERIES WAS FOLLOWED BY AN IMMERSIVE "BOOTCAMP- AND AN INTENSIVE 12-WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM-149 PARTICIPANTS APPLIED FOR ONLY 30 SLOTS-IN SHORT-FORM VIDEO CONTENT CREATION. 100% OF PARTICIPANTS WERE LOW- INCOME; 40% FROM AFOREMENTIONED PRIORITY GROUPS; AND 37% BLACK AND 37% LATINX, WITH THE BALANCE REPRESENTING A DIVERSE CROSS-SECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE; 14% IDENTIFIED AS NONBINARY, WITH THE BALANCE EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN FEMALES AND MALES. THE TRAINING PROGRAM BUILT STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES IN STORYTELLING, AND PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, AND POSTPRODUCTION IN VIDEO CONTENT CREATION. TWENTY-TWO (22) PARTICIPANTS WERE PLACED IN PAID INTERNSHIPS AT COMPANIES ACROSS THE CREATIVE SECTOR, AND SEVERAL WERE HIRED FOR FULL-TIME, PERMANENT POSITIONS. VENICE ARTS ALSO RESEARCHED, WROTE, AND PUBLISHED A REPORT FOR LA COUNTY TITLED, "EXPANSION OF PRE/APPRENTICESHIPS INTO THE FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY,- AND IS BUILDING OUT THE COUNTY'S FIRST CREATIVE SECTOR PRE- APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM IN FALL 2022. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D PARTICIPATORY DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMS: IN 2021, VENICE ARTS' PARTICIPATORY DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMS, LARGELY COMPRISED OF CONSULTING AND TRAINING SERVICES TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WERE LARGELY CURTAILED BY THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 MIKE NEWHOUSE ESQ RUTH SEROUSSI DIRECTOR VICE-PRES. SPOUSE STEVEN ORITT MEREDITH ORITT DIRECTOR DIRECTOR SISTER FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DRIECTOR, TREASURER AND THE BOARD AS WHOLE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C TRANSACTIONS ARE REVIEWED AND AUTHORIZED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A WHEN NEW MANAGEMENT POSITONS ARE CREATED OR SALARY INCREASES FOR EXECUTIVE STAFF ARE CONSIDERED, VENICE ARTS REVIEWS THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING COMPENSATION IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR TO ASSURE THAT VENICE ARTS SALARIES ARE WITHN AN APPROPRIATE RANGE. THIS REVIEW INCLUDES PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE SALARY AND BENEFITS REPORT OF AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS AND A SIMILAR REPORT PRODUCED BY THE CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANGEMENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B SEE 15A EXPLANATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. IN ADDITION, THE FORM 990 IS POSTED TO GUIDESTAR WEBSITE EACH YEAR.