2016-02-04T14:30:25-08:00 2015-06-30 BLAD & ASSOCIATES PC 1832 Independence Square Ste A Dunwoody GA 30338 990 2014-07-01 581275610 CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC CENT 4048815111 1404 SPRING STREET NW ATLANTA GA 30309 VINCENT ANTHONY President 2016-02-04 true Robert S Blad CPA P00197666 7705127600 X 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z VINCENT ANTHONY 1404 SPRING STREET NW ATLANTA GA 30309 7440046 false false X www.puppet.org X 1978 GA to touch lives through puppetry is realized by using the art form to provide fun and educational exper. for children and adults that encourage creativity, support learning, fuel holistic development, and provide accessible, hands-on opportunities to participate in arts activities. 31 30 131 125 0 10259787 5660834 1471594 1412019 315814 35853 235359 241745 12282554 7350451 0 0 2108804 2244055 0 288123 1934694 1451782 4043498 3695837 8239056 3654614 16968651 22223005 310361 1910101 16658290 20312904 The Center for Puppetry Arts mission is inspire imagination, education, and community through the global art of puppetry. The Center offers curriculum based programs to school-aged children that promote improved success through the arts. Each year more than 65,000 deeply discounted tickets are offered to schools and organizations that serve children. Over 150,000 individuals attended Center performances and programs in 2014-15. false false 2114778 990328 More than 600 performances are offered each season for both family and adult audiences. New works and original adaptations of classic stories in a variety of puppetry styles are produced by the Center and presented in performance by visiting puppeteers from around the world. Family performances in 2014-15 included Dr. Seusss The Cat in the Hat, Rainforest Adventures, and Paul Bunyan and the Tall Tale Medicine Show. 559931 329224 The Center offers arts-infused learning opportunities with more than 1,000 workshops, residencies, presentations, and master classes each year for all ages, pre-school through adult. This programming is provided at the Center, at outreach locations, and via interactive videoconferencing and webinars. The Centers signature educational offering, the Create-A-Puppet Workshop, is offered with each family series production. This workshop allows participants to create a puppet relating to the show and perform with it on the classroom stage, reinforcing curriculum subjects such as science, social studies, language arts, and fine arts. More than 20,000 children and adults participated in the centers on-site programming in 2014-15. 113009 92467 The Centers Museum was in transition during 2014-15, as the organization completed a major renovation and expansion. As part of the project, the Center performed conservation work on objects in the Jim Henson Collection, completed construction and installation of new exhibits, and developed new museum programming. The Centers global puppetry exhibit, Puppets: The Power of Wonder was closed in April 2015, and the new Worlds of Puppetry Museum opened in November 2015. Just over 8,000 people enjoyed the collection in its previous home between June 2014-and April 2015. The newly-expanded museum features two permanent exhibitions: The Global Collection and The Jim Henson Collection. These exhibitions feature just a small portion of the Centers permanent museum collection which is the largest publicly accessible puppetry collection in the United States. The collection includes nearly 2,000 puppets, 1,000 posters, 2,800 books and periodicals, and 1,000 audio-visual recordings documenting puppetry throughout the world. 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The museum collection represents works of arts or historically significant items in the field of puppetry that are held for public exhibition in the Organization's museum or exhibits. The Organization's policy is to capitalize all collections at cost or, for donated items, at fair market value at the time of the donation. In accordance with the Organization's policy, the proceeds from the sale of collection items must be used to acquire other collection items. The Organization has designated the collection as inexhaustible and, accordingly, does not record depreciation for these assets. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. Building endowment fund - earnings for building and facility expensesArtistic endowment fund- earnings for artistic programming. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 COST OF GOODS SOLD IN EXPENSES ON F/S $43942 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S COST OF GOODS SOLD IN EXPENSES ON F/S $43942 false string fling 219442 219442 45653 219442 219442 45653 45653 173789 X 18 362167 appraised fmv X supplies 15 16826 false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE TREASURER PRIOR TO FILING Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The policy is distributed to each new board member and periodically reviews the policy with board members and key employees Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The board's executive committee considers comparable market data and other factors prior to authorizing the compensation of the president. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available upon request