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IN RESPONSE TO PARTICIPANT NEED, WE ALSO LOANED COMPUTERS AND ASSISTED FAMILIES WITH ACCESSING FREE INTERNET SERVICES. AS THE WEEKS, THEN MONTHS PASSED, WE COULD SEE ZOOM-FATIGUE GROWING AND KNEW IT WAS A PALE SUBSTITUTE FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING. AFTER VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WE OPENED OUR SUMMER MEDIA ARTS CAMP IN JULY 2020, WITH BOTH REMOTE AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, CREATING CLASSROOMS BY RECONFIGURING OUR GALLERY AND TENTING OUR PARKING LOT. IN THE FALL WE OFFERED A HYBRID SCHEDULE AND BEGAN TO PLAN FOR COVID-SAFE, IN-PERSON-ONLY, PROGRAMS IN 2021. EVEN WITH A MIX OF IN-PERSON AND HYBRID PROGRAMS, WE FOUND WAYS TO RETAIN OUR HIGHLY EXPERIENTIAL AND CHILD-CENTERED MODEL. REMOTE CLASSES AVERAGED 12-15 STUDENTS, AND IN-PERSON CLASSES AVERAGED 10-12 STUDENTS, DEPENDING ON COVID-19 PROTOCOLS; 12 WAS OUR AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN CLASSES PRIOR TO COVID. OUR ARTIST-TO-YOUTH RATIO, COMMONLY 1:3, WAS REDUCED TO 1:6 DURING THE PANDEMIC. IN 2020, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE SERVED OVER 419 YOUNG PEOPLE (A REDUCTION FROM 460 IN 2019). THEY WERE ETHNICALLY DIVERSE AND 98% LOW- INCOME; 53% LIVED IN POVERTY. FIFTY FOUR PERCENT (54%) WERE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH POCKETS OF POVERTY ON LOS ANGELES' WESTSIDE AND 46% CAME FROM THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES, MOST RESIDING IN SOUTH L.A., INGLEWOOD, AND MID-CITY, ALTHOUGH SOME TRAVELED FROM AS FAR AS NORWALK, THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS. ALL LOW-INCOME YOUTH ATTENDED FREE-OF-CHARGE ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING: 1. 330 YOUTH ENROLLED IN OUR 24-WEEK ACADEMIC YEAR CYCLE AND SUMMER MEDIA ARTS CAMP (JULY), BOTH OFFERING A SEQUENCED (BEGINNING TO ADVANCED) CURRICULUM IN PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMMAKING, ANIMATION, AND SEQUENTIAL ART (COMICS). NOTE THAT THIS NUMBER IS LOWER THAN PRIOR YEARS LARGELY DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-SAFE DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS FOR IN-PERSON PROGRAMS. 2.75 YOUTH ENROLLED IN OUR ADVANCED STUDIES TRACK, OFFERING COLLEGE CALIBER CLASSES, SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT PROJECTS, AND PORTFOLIO AND REEL DEVELOPMENT. 100% OF GRADUATES OF OUR ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM WENT ON TO COLLEGE (MOST PARTICIPATING FROM THEIR LOS ANGELES HOMES, REMOTELY); MOST WERE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND. 3.110 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ENROLLED IN WORKSHOPS OFFERED THROUGH OUR ARTPARTNERS PROGRAM AT LOCAL SCHOOLS. WITH THE SPRING 2020 COVID-19 SHUT- DOWN, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ONE OF OUR ARTPARTNERS PROGRAMS, THE REST WERE CANCELED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR. 4. JUST OVER 100 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE ACTIVITIES OFFERED THROUGH OUR CREATIVE PATHWAYS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS LARGELY REMOTE IN 2020. THESE INCLUDED TWO COLLEGE DAYS, ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND ONE FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WITH A SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS; 1:1 REMOTE COLLEGE COUNSELING; AND A 6-WEEK REMOTE VISITING ARTIST SERIES-REPLACING OUR IN-PERSON CREATIVE CAREERS DAY-WITH EACH PRESENTATION DRAWING BETWEEN 30-50 YOUTH 8486 PARTICIPATORY DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMS: IN 2020, VENICE ARTS CONTINUED CONSULTING WITH A NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY ORGANIZATION ON THEIR PHOTO EDUCATION PROGRAM, UNTIL THAT EFFORT WAS CURTAILED BY THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 104183 GALLERY & PUBLIC PROGRAMS: ALL IN-PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS WERE CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC 587052 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 7 0 31 true false false false false false false false false X 14 13 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X LYNN WARSHAFSKY EXEC DIRECTOR 3103920846 13445 BEACH AVE VENICE CA 90292 LYNN WARSHAFSKY DIRECTOR, EX 40.00 X 98236 0 0 CLAUDIA BARTLETT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CANNONE SECRETARY/TR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MOZE COPWER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH SEROUSSI ESQ PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 J-T LADT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE NEWHOUSE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN NGUYEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATT OGENS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MEREDITH ORITT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN ORITT VICE PRESIDE 5.00 X 0 0 0 IRIS PAULINO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TRISTAN ROBINSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH SUNG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 98236 false false false 172812 642637 50877 815449 CONTRACT SERVICES 900099 20538 20538 WORKSHOP FEES 900099 7203 7203 OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE 900099 1840 1840 GALLERY RENTAL 1750 1750 31331 2356 2356 978 978 978 978 35581 6861 28720 878834 34665 98236 49118 49118 333504 211777 18089 103638 43865 20659 12981 10225 36533 24572 2790 9171 31626 1396 16447 13783 440 440 2563 540 216 1807 187252 195779 -19138 10611 3205 3205 36786 36786 11200 6444 3922 834 SUPPLIES 33175 31135 1512 528 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 7646 6227 1419 BANK CHARGES 3008 248 2760 AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS 1038 1038 1758 1581 160 17 831835 587052 91409 153374 220706 468676 104592 153000 34760 56849 15834 51189 51189 353843 266948 101189 86895 68865 74463 597135 891072 10680 4021 171407 265680 35981 195305 218068 465006 X 379067 426066 379067 426066 597135 891072 46999 X false false X 732331 642304 696392 718566 815449 3605042 732331 642304 696392 718566 815449 3605042 3605042 3303 1862 2181 2959 2356 12661 175254 197718 170788 190384 141564 875708 4493411 808003 0.80230 0.79710 X PART II, LINE 10 875,708 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION OTHER INCOME INCLUDES WORKSHOP FEEES, NET INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING EVENTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES. 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FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A ART MENTORING & EDUCATION: WHEN THE SAFER AT HOME ORDERS WENT INTO PLACE IN MID-MARCH, WE PIVOTED QUICKLY TO REMOTE LEARNING, FINDING EFFECTIVE WAYS TO TRANSLATE OUR CURRICULUM AND KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED. IN RESPONSE TO PARTICIPANT NEED, WE ALSO LOANED COMPUTERS AND ASSISTED FAMILIES WITH ACCESSING FREE INTERNET SERVICES. AS THE WEEKS, THEN MONTHS PASSED, WE COULD SEE ZOOM-FATIGUE GROWING AND KNEW IT WAS A PALE SUBSTITUTE FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING. AFTER VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WE OPENED OUR SUMMER MEDIA ARTS CAMP IN JULY 2020, WITH BOTH REMOTE AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, CREATING CLASSROOMS BY RECONFIGURING OUR GALLERY AND TENTING OUR PARKING LOT. IN THE FALL WE OFFERED A HYBRID SCHEDULE AND BEGAN TO PLAN FOR COVID-SAFE, IN-PERSON-ONLY, PROGRAMS IN 2021. EVEN WITH A MIX OF IN-PERSON AND HYBRID PROGRAMS, WE FOUND WAYS TO RETAIN OUR HIGHLY EXPERIENTIAL AND CHILD-CENTERED MODEL. REMOTE CLASSES AVERAGED 12-15 STUDENTS, AND IN-PERSON CLASSES AVERAGED 10-12 STUDENTS, DEPENDING ON COVID-19 PROTOCOLS; 12 WAS OUR AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN CLASSES PRIOR TO COVID. OUR ARTIST-TO-YOUTH RATIO, COMMONLY 1:3, WAS REDUCED TO 1:6 DURING THE PANDEMIC. IN 2020, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE SERVED OVER 419 YOUNG PEOPLE (A REDUCTION FROM 460 IN 2019). THEY WERE ETHNICALLY DIVERSE AND 98% LOW- INCOME; 53% LIVED IN POVERTY. FIFTY FOUR PERCENT (54%) WERE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH POCKETS OF POVERTY ON LOS ANGELES' WESTSIDE AND 46% CAME FROM THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES, MOST RESIDING IN SOUTH L.A., INGLEWOOD, AND MID-CITY, ALTHOUGH SOME TRAVELED FROM AS FAR AS NORWALK, THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS. ALL LOW-INCOME YOUTH ATTENDED FREE-OF-CHARGE ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING: 1. 330 YOUTH ENROLLED IN OUR 24-WEEK ACADEMIC YEAR CYCLE AND SUMMER MEDIA ARTS CAMP (JULY), BOTH OFFERING A SEQUENCED (BEGINNING TO ADVANCED) CURRICULUM IN PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMMAKING, ANIMATION, AND SEQUENTIAL ART (COMICS). NOTE THAT THIS NUMBER IS LOWER THAN PRIOR YEARS LARGELY DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-SAFE DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS FOR IN-PERSON PROGRAMS. 2.75 YOUTH ENROLLED IN OUR ADVANCED STUDIES TRACK, OFFERING COLLEGE CALIBER CLASSES, SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT PROJECTS, AND PORTFOLIO AND REEL DEVELOPMENT. 100% OF GRADUATES OF OUR ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM WENT ON TO COLLEGE (MOST PARTICIPATING FROM THEIR LOS ANGELES HOMES, REMOTELY); MOST WERE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND. 3.110 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ENROLLED IN WORKSHOPS OFFERED THROUGH OUR ARTPARTNERS PROGRAM AT LOCAL SCHOOLS. WITH THE SPRING 2020 COVID-19 SHUT- DOWN, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ONE OF OUR ARTPARTNERS PROGRAMS, THE REST WERE CANCELED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR. 4. JUST OVER 100 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE ACTIVITIES OFFERED THROUGH OUR CREATIVE PATHWAYS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS LARGELY REMOTE IN 2020. THESE INCLUDED TWO COLLEGE DAYS, ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND ONE FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WITH A SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS; 1:1 REMOTE COLLEGE COUNSELING; AND A 6-WEEK REMOTE VISITING ARTIST SERIES-REPLACING OUR IN-PERSON CREATIVE CAREERS DAY-WITH EACH PRESENTATION DRAWING BETWEEN 30-50 YOUTH FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 MIKE NEWHOUSE 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 NONPRIFIT 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.