2016-07-08T15:26:28-05:00 2015-12-31 202153727 SB & Company LLC 200 International Circle Suite 5500 Hunt Valley MD 21030 990 2015-01-01 260010594 Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc GREA 4102300200 120 W North Ave No 305 Baltimore MD 21201 Jeannie Howe Executive Director 4102300200 2016-07-08 1 Pamela Gray P01237506 4105840060 2016-07-08 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z X Jeannie Howe 120 W North Ave No 305 Baltimore MD 21201 905387 0 X www.baltimoreculture.org X 2001 MD The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) nurtures and promotes a vibrant, diverse, and sustainable arts and cultural community essential to the region's quality of life. 26 26 6 55 0 0 854153 858440 30630 45107 182 190 10114 1650 895079 905387 257499 310047 0 0 338866 361194 0 0 48851 292174 310531 888539 981772 6540 -76385 807191 780288 47770 97564 759421 682724 X The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) nurtures and promotes a vibrant, diverse, and sustainable arts and cultural community essential to the region's quality of life.Created by cultural leaders and artists in 2001 to work toward common goals, GBCA convenes the sector around critical issues of strategic importance. Programming includes grants and awards for artists, as well as advocacy, professional development, tools for marketing, capacity building, while ensuring that the creative economy thrives and is recognized for its many contributions to the region's economic success and vitality. Membership includes arts, culture, history, heritage, humanities organizations, attractions and artists in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties in Maryland. 0 0 826893 310047 45107 GBCA's programming and service accomplishments allow individuals and organizations to be active participants in and supporters of the region's art and culture community. GBCA's initiatives include:Support for Artists:Baker Artist Portfolios and AwardsThe Baker Artist Portfolios and Awards were created to support artists and promote Baltimore as a strong creative community. Through a sophisticated online portfolio and significant monetary prizes for the winners, the Baker Artist program serves artists of all disciplines who live and work in the Greater Baltimore region. The portfolio site and awards were established by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund and are a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.Artists may upload their portfolios onto the Baker Artist site, which promotes area artists to regional, national and international audiences. The site has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of art lovers, critics, gallery owners, academics, and leaders in creative business in nearly every country around the globe. For the 2016 season, the following awards prizes will be given to selected artists: the $50,000 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize, the $20,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize, and three $5,000 prizes: The Semmes G. Walsh, Nancy Haragan and Board of Governors Awards. Rubys Artist GrantsThe Rubys are project-based funding of up to $10,000 for emerging and established Baltimore-regional artists to support the creation of innovative artistic projects. The grants support the region's gems - the local creative community of performing, visual, media, and literary artists.The Rubys were created in 2013 with the vision and start-up funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation as a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance to provide meaningful support to individual artists as well as enrich the arts and broader community of Baltimore and the five surrounding counties.Professional Development:Urban Arts Leadership ProgramThe Urban Arts Leadership Program (UALP) is a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) and was designed to increase the participation of groups that have been historically underrepresented, particularly those of color, in the management of cultural and artistic organizations. UALP is a pipeline for high achieving young leaders (college seniors or recent graduates) who have demonstrated a strong commitment to this goal. The Program offers professional development, networking opportunities, and paid Fellowship placements to aspiring arts administrators. Equally important, UALP offers Fellowship Host organizations tools and training that support institutional changes that encourage greater equity and inclusion. The development of UALP has been guided by community input and the participation of more than 30 administrators from partnering cultural organizations. It is an immediate response to the needs of early career professionals and is meant to strengthen the cultural field.Artists U/BaltimoreGBCA hosts the Baltimore branch of Artists U/ Baltimore, a grassroots, artist-run platform that provides tools and professional development for sustaining one's life as an artist. Artists U works to empower artists to build lives that are balanced, productive, and sustainable. All Artists U programs are artist-led, involve peer-to-peer contact, and free for all participants. Artists U programming includes workshops, group meetings and intensives, and one-on-one planning sessions.Artists U was founded in Philadelphia by choreographer Andrew Simonet, and now also has branches in Baltimore and South Carolina.JobsPlus JobsPlus is the region's most expansive online listing of the latest employment opportunities in the cultural sector. The listing includes internships, full-and part-time employment, classes, and more. Arts and Culture Happy HoursHappy Hours take place regularly throughout the year to provide informal networking opportunities while exploring host organization's facilities and programming.Brown Bag House TalksThese daytime programs invite experts from the field to discuss topics relevant to the cultural community such as equity and inclusion, fundraising, and audience development. The presentations provide interactive learning opportunities.Critical Response ProcessLiz Lerman's Critical Response Process is a widely-recognized method that nurtures the development of artistic works-in-progress through a four-step, facilitated dialogue between artists, peers, and audiences. In use for over 20 years, CRP has been embraced by artmakers, educators, and administrators at theater companies, dance departments, orchestras, museums, and, more. CRP has deepened dialogue between artists and audiences; it has enhanced learning between teachers and students. By extension it has proven valuable for all kinds of creative endeavors, work situations, and collaborative relationships within and beyond the arts, from kindergartens to corporations.Audience DevelopmentCulture Fly is the region's most dynamic and comprehensive online cultural event calendar. The accompanying weekly Culture Flyer offers discount tickets for member organizations to the public through channels that reach more than 1 million potential ticket buyers. 826893 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 94 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MD X X Jeannie L Howe 4102300200 120 W North Ave 305 Baltimore MD 21201 Sheri Parks Chair, Programming Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Roswell Encina Chair, Communications Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cindi Monahan Chair, Governance Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Moxley Chair, Membership Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Deborah Bedwell Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Berndt Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Buchheit Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Patricia Egan Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Flanigan Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Margaret Footner Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rodney Foxworth Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew Frank Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Gilmore Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Deana Haggag Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sammy Hoi Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kristen Campbell McGuire Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Meecham Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kathy O'Dell Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bryn Parchman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sam Rogers Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sharayna Christmas Rose Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Cavanaugh Royce Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stacie Sanders Evans Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Shodekeh Talifero Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gregory Tucker Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Leslie Shepard President 1.00 X 0 0 0 Julia Marciari-Alexander Vice President 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kathleen Basham Treasurer 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jed Dietz Secretary 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeannie L Howe Executive Director 40.00 X 125000 0 0 125000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 82751 775689 1244 858440 Program Service Revenu 900099 45107 45107 45107 190 190 Other Revenue 523999 1650 1650 1650 905387 46757 0 190 X 25000 25000 285047 285047 125000 75000 25000 25000 189592 142194 28439 18959 18222 12756 3644 1822 28380 19866 5676 2838 34984 30086 4898 179104 154029 25075 3655 3655 7388 6280 1108 15628 13283 2345 30775 30775 26619 21295 5324 2102 1051 1051 Computer supplies and e 4371 3497 874 Dues and subscriptions 3380 2873 507 Miscellaneous expenses 2010 2010 Postage 515 206 77 232 981772 826893 106028 48851 479983 568846 163073 35953 4510 6338 172172 51863 110611 120309 49014 48842 807191 780288 47499 45207 271 16040 36317 47770 97564 X 250790 226280 508631 456444 759421 682724 807191 780288 -76385 -312 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 265655 245539 1137397 869153 858440 3376184 25630 59325 20000 15630 45107 165692 291285 304864 1157397 884783 903547 3541876 28732 55000 826250 704811 532921 2147714 0 28732 55000 826250 704811 532921 2147714 1394162 192 308 216 182 190 1088 192 308 216 182 190 1088 140 2 10114 1650 11906 291617 305174 1157613 895079 905387 3554870 0.39220 0.42500 0.00030 0.00050 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 36317 36317 13080 11790 1290 122775 40073 82702 120309 Mutual Funds 48842 F 48842 X 906319 -312 1244 932 905387 0 905387 983016 1244 1244 981772 0 981772 Part X, Line 2: GBCA is a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The provisions included in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America provide consistent guidance for the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity's financial statements and prescribe a threshold of "more likely than not" for recognition of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. GBCA performed an evaluation of uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2015, and determined that there were no matters that would require recognition in the financial statements or, which may have any effect on its tax-exempt status. As of December 31, 2015, the statute of limitations for tax years 2012 through 2015 remains open with the U.S. Federal jurisdiction or the various states and local jurisdictions in which GBCA files tax returns. It is GBCA's policy to recognize interest and/or penalties related to uncertain tax positions, if any, in income tax expense. 1 MPT Foundation Inc PO Box 332 Owings Mills MD 21217 521224503 25000 General Operating 1 Cash Grant 13 285047 Part I, Line 2: The Baker Artist Awards use an online nomination process through the website BakerArtistAwards.org. Artists must upload a portfolio of work samples and may include project descriptions, background information, and the the artist's CV. An anonymous panel of local and national jurors who select finalists for the b-grants and the three $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes reviews all nominations on the site. Finalists are screened by staff and board representatives for geographic and age eligibility. The awards are based on artistic excellence and my be used by the artist for any purpose he or she deems fit. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The Form 990 is presented to the Executive Committee for review and distrbuted to the full board electronically and at a board meeting before submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The policy is circulated to the board on an annual basis. Any potential conflicts are reviewed with the Executive committee for action if necessary. If a conflict arises, the Board member is contacted by the Executive Director or Board president. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Compensation for the executive director is based on experience, comparison to other Baltimore-based arts organizations represented by the Board of Directors, and is reviewed by the GBCA Executive Committee based upon the Executive Director's ability to meet the stated goals of GBCA and its strategic plan. The Executive Committee conducts an annual performance evaluation of the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Service Fee: Program service expenses 31,397. Management and general expenses 5,111. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 36,508. Consulting: Program service expenses 11,032. Management and general expenses 1,796. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,828. Contract Labor: Program service expenses 68,044. Management and general expenses 11,077. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 79,121. Panel Fee: Program service expenses 22,790. Management and general expenses 3,710. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,500. Other Program Expenses: Program service expenses 20,766. Management and general expenses 3,381. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 24,147.