2020-11-16T10:45:03-08:00 2019-12-31 562330778 David A Feldman CPA Inc 5800 Hannum Avenue Ste E Culver City CA 90230 990 2019-01-01 510202490 Social and Public Art Resource Center SOCI 3108229560 685 Venice Blvd Venice CA 90291 Anthony Salcico CFO 2020-11-16 true David A Feldman CPA P00023578 3108269116 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z 685 Venice Blvd Venice CA 90291 690052 false X SPARCINLA.ORG X 1976 CA SPARCs mission is to produce, preserve, and promote activist and socially relevant artwork; to devise and innovate excellent art pieces through participatory processes; and ultimately, to foster artistic collaborations that empower communities who face marginalization or discrimination. 5 4 24 5 0 636932 188783 351015 318589 65 183 94552 109750 1082564 617305 0 0 269096 248890 0 26729 358652 362920 627748 611810 454816 5495 2578605 2252817 599966 618023 1978639 1634794 X SPARCs mission is to produce, preserve, and promote activist and socially relevant artwork; to devise and innovate excellent art pieces through participatory processes; and ultimately, to foster artistic collaborations that empower communities who face marginalization or discrimination. true false 282681 145264 Mural Production: SPARC works with communities to confront the most critical social and political issues of our time, including immigration, labor, education and the environment. SPARC engages communities in envisioning and advocating for social change. Our public art projects serve artists, community members, and advocacy organizations in primarily low-income and working class minority communities across the U.S. In 2019, public art projects included:1)The Central Valley Mural: SPARC Artists continued a multi-year project to develop 8 murals in 8 cities in the Central Valley on health and wellness. In 2019, SPARC completed designs for 8 murals and installed a completed mural in Lamont, CA.2)Po Pico Middle School Mural: SPARC Teaching Artists worked with 60 8th grade students at Pico Middle School to digitally compose, transfer, and paint an original Namesake Mural on campus in 10-weeks that honors the legacy of Po Pico. 72029 105047 Arts Education: The SPARC arts education program leverages the power of the arts to support K-12 Title 1 LAUSD schools. Teaching Artists work with SPARC artists and administrators to develop innovative curriculum that encourages students to learn about culture, identity, community, and social justice. Each arts module encourages students to exercise agency and to imagine ways to inspire meaningful change within their schools, neighborhoods, and cities. In 2019, SPARC served 510 K-12 students in Los Angeles. We worked with 17 classrooms between 4 Los Angeles schools. SPARC Teachng Artists led workshops in 6 artistic disciplines. The 2019 SPARC Arts Education Program employed 6 Teaching Artists and 5 Teaching Assistants. SPARC provided 10-week arts education programs at the following school sites:1)Po Pico Middle School2)Marina Del Rey Middle School3)Phoenix Continuation High School4)Ecole Claire Fontaine Preschool 20121 39902 Mural Preservation: The SPARC Mural Rescue Program restores and preserves historic murals by artists of color that honor the Civil Rights Era and movements for justice; this includes Noni Olabisis To Protect and Serve, Alice Patricks Women Do Get Weary But They Dont Give Up, and Mary-Linn Hughes and Reginald Zacharys Love is for Everyone. 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The SPARC Digital Mural Lab is our key site for production. SPARC artists work in collaboration with community partners to develop new artworks. In 2019, SPARC completed designs for 8 murals in the Central Valley and installed the first mural from this series in Lamont, CA. The SPARC Mural Preservation Program conserves, restores, and protects new and historic murals. Our Mural Rescue Team partners with county, city, and state offices, artists, and business owners to protect murals in public spaces. The scope of work may include the removal of graffiti from murals, the conservation and restoration of original pigments in the mural, in-painting, and coating the mural with MuralShield to protect the artwork from vandalism and UV damage. In 2019, SPARC restored 26 murals, supported hundreds with technical information and consultations, and contracted 15 emerging and established artists to support restoration efforts locally in Los Angeles County.The SPARC Arts Education Program provides 10-week multidisciplinary arts workshops for K-12 Title 1 LAUSD schools. Teaching Artists work with SPARC artists and administrators to develop innovative curriculum that encourages students to learn about culture, identity, community, and social justice. In 2019, SPARC served 510 K-12 students in Los Angeles. We worked with 17 classrooms between 4 Los Angeles schools, and SPARC Teaching Artists led workshops in 6 artistic disciplines. The 2019 SPARC Arts Education Program employed 6 Teaching Artists and 5 Teaching Assistants.Other programs at SPARC include gallery exhibitions, public programs, and digital art and advocacy partnerships. SPARC hosts 6 gallery exhibitions annually, focusing on work that addresses social issues and artists from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Our public programs provide access to the arts for local residents and visitors. In 2019, we continued to increase attendance at public events, hosting our first outdoor Mercado in collaboration with the Venice Art Crawl and hosting our largest Da de Los Muertos event. In 2019, SPARC welcomed 8000+ guests. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Arts Education: The SPARC arts education program leverages the power of the arts to support K-12 Title 1 LAUSD schools. Teaching Artists work with SPARC artists and administrators to develop innovative curriculum that encourages students to learn about culture, identity, community, and social justice. Each arts module encourages students to exercise agency and to imagine ways to inspire meaningful change within their schools, neighborhoods, and cities. In 2019, SPARC served 510 K-12 students in Los Angeles. We worked with 17 classrooms between 4 Los Angeles schools. SPARC Teachng Artists led workshops in 6 artistic disciplines. The 2019 SPARC Arts Education Program employed 6 Teaching Artists and 5 Teaching Assistants. SPARC provided 10-week arts education programs at the following school sites:1)Po Pico Middle School2)Marina Del Rey Middle School3)Phoenix Continuation High School4)Ecole Claire Fontaine Preschool OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Gallery Exhibitions: The Durn Gallery at SPARC is a non-commercial gallery at our headquarters in Venice, CA that promotes socially engaged work by artists from groups that are underrepresented in the field; this includes people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ artists. SPARC offers free admission to the gallery and free or low-cost programs in the arts. In 2019, exhibitions included:1)Tomboys, featuring multimedia paintings by Christina Schlesinger2)July 19th, featuring photographs and video by Ellie Shakiba3)Down the Rabbit Hole, featuring drawings, photographs, and textile by Mercedes Gertz and more4)De Colores, featuring work by 9 Latinx and African-America women artists5)The Box Project, featuring work by 60+ women artists participating in collectives in Paris, Mexico City, and Los Angeles OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Public Programs: SPARC presents free and low-cost public programs that engage local residents and artists in art and cultural events. Several public programs are presented in association with gallery exhibitions at SPARC, and others are presented to honor cultural events or support local artists. In 2019, public programs included:1)Sip and Sketch Spring 2019 Series2)Big Brothers at SPARC Poetry and Art Event3)17th Annual Da de Los Muertos Celebration welcomed over 8,000 guests4)Knitting Workshop5)Yoga and Healing Workshop6)Mercado at SPARC outdoors in collaboration with the Venice Art Crawl Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process An independent CPA prepares the form 990 and related schdules and provides them to the Executive Director and the CFO for review and approval prior to pressenting to the Board of Directors and filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The conflict of interest policy is monitored annually by the Board of Directors. To date no conflicts have been noted. Anytime that it comes to the attention of any staff person, director, or Board Committee member,formally or informally, that there exists any transaction or other dealings that could pose a potential conflict of interest, then disclosures shall be made in writing to the Board CoChairs, who will pass the disclosure on to the entire Board or Board Committee responsible for assessing conflicts of interest. A preliminary Conflict of Interest disclosure may be made orally to the SPARC Board of Directors or Board Committee responsible for assessing conflicts of interest at a duly noticed and held regular or special meeting, where minutes are taken and madepart of SPARCs formal records if the Interested Person first becomes aware of a potential or actual Conflict of Interest at such meeting.All Directors must insist upon receiving full disclosure and must take formal action to vote on conflicted transactions. Simply discussing potential or actual conflicts of interest, without bringing the matter to a formal vote is not sufficient. If a conflict has been determined appropriate disciplinary or corrective action will be taken at that time. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management SPARC shall, either through the full Board or a designated Board executive committee, such as the Audit Committee, annually evaluate the Executive Director on his/her performance, and ask for his/her input on matters of performance and compensation.Generally, compensation of all highly compensated employees must be supported by comparable data. The Board compares the EDs compensation with those of other similar sized exempt organizations.Additional data considered:1. Survey Evidence: Salary and benefits compensation studies by independent sources such as Guidestar.org, Salary.com, the Center for Nonprofit Managements Compensation and Benefits Report for Southern and Central California Nonprofit Organizations, or other public sources of information about non-profit executive compensation;2. Written and posted job offers for positions at similar non-profit and for-profitorganizations;3. Documented telephone calls about similar positions at both nonprofit and for-profit organizations; and4. Information obtained from the IRS Form 990 filings of similar organizations, available at Guidestar.org; and5. Accurate actual and projected revenues of SPARC. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The following organizational documents of SPARC are available for inspection or copying at the organization's office during normal business hours at no charge, except for a nominal copying fee:1) Tax Exemption Application2) IRS Determination letter3) Articles of Incorporation4) By-Laws5) Form 990 for the most recent and prior two years. The public inspection copy of the Form 990 will not include Schedule A excess contributors or the Schedule B.The most updated versions of all of the preceding forms will be available.When responding to a public inspection request for any organizational document or Form 990 by anyone, SPARC will fulfill such request in a timely fashion without inquiring as to the reason for the public inspection request. Prior Period Adjustment The prior period adjustment consists of both With Donor Restrictions and Without Donor Restrictions for the correction of net assets that should have been released from restrictions prior to 2018.Additionally, the adjustment includes correction and write-off of a grant receivable amount for the year ended December 31, 2017.