ARCOS FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2016

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Organization: ARCOS FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC (EIN 32-0340306)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201743199349207754
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-15T17:01:50-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	202102134	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SUZANNE SMITH CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3268 CASA RINCONADA	AddressLine1Txt
City	SANTA FE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NM	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	87507	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	320340306	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARCOS FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ARCO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8609835974	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3111 PARKER LANE 196	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUSTIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78741	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERICA GIONFRIDDO	PersonNm
Person Title	OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5056031001	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SUZANNE SMITH	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00510291	PTIN
Phone	5054243129	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-11-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	850786E7D031958E32C7CD15381EF1DFA0AA80FF	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	869ADC07537344D558453C3B1B37E6587F0DB1DC	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-03-14 21:41:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$31,953	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$1,568	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$30,385	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Total Revenue	$31,953	TotalRevenueAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft	$1,400	SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$8,574	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$2,600	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$297	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$8,900	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$21,771	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$10,182	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$53,523	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$20,993	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$42,712	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,698	BOYAmt
EOY	$887	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,075	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,075	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,773	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,962	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$250	BOYAmt
EOY	$250	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,523	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,712	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	TO EXPERIMENT RIGOROUSLY TO DISCOVER ADVENTUROUS NEW FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS. ARCOS ENHANCES THE CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH THE SUPPORT, CULTIVATION, AND EDUCATION OF AUDIENCES AND ASPIRING, EMERGING, AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECT UNDERTAKEN WAS A MULTIMEDIA DANCE-THEATER PRODUCTION THAT RAN FOR 24 PERFORMANCES DURING THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE IN SCOTLAND. THE PRODUCTION RECEIVED FAVORABLE REVIEWS FROM LOCAL AND NATIONAL UK PUBLICATIONS AND WAS AWARDED A PRIZE. WHILE BOX OFFICE REVENUE WAS MODEST, THE CRITICAL SUCCESS OF THE PIECE WAS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH A SUMMER INTENSIVE WORKSHOP DRAWING STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE REGION AND COUNTRY. OVER HALF OF THESE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR PERSONAL TUITION CONTRIBUTION.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Program Service Expenses	$21,771	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$21,771	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERICA GIONFRIDDO	PersonNm
Title	OFFICER	TitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos	1.00	AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation	$0	CompensationAmt
Expense Account Other Allwnc	$1,400	ExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERICA GIONFRIDDO	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3111 PARKER LANE APT 196	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUSTIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78741	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8609835974	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$44,515	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,568	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,083	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,901	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$30,385	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$42,286	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$56,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$31,953	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$88,369	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$88,369	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$56,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$31,953	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$88,369	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	1.00000	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES ADVERTISING 551 BANK SERVICE CHARGES 1,130 BUSINSS REGISTRATION 56 CREDIT CARD DISCOUNT FEES 120 BOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS 341 SUPPLIES 634 TELEPHONE & INTERNET 327 TRAVEL 2,785 INSURANCE 448 COSTUMES 689 PRODUCTION SUPPLIES 804 GRANT EXPENSES 500 LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS 515 TOTAL 8,900
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20	OTHER DECREASES -20,993
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT 42,075 42,075 TOTAL 42,075 42,075
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	UNSECURED NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE 250 250
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	TO EXPERIMENT RIGOROUSLY TO DISCOVER ADVENTUROUS NEW FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS. ARCOS ENHANCES THE CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH THE SUPPORT, CULTIVATION, AND EDUCATION OF AUDIENCES AND ASPIRING, EMERGING, AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECT UNDERTAKEN WAS A MULTIMEDIA DANCE-THEATER PRODUCTION THAT RAN FOR 24 PERFORMANCES DURING THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE IN SCOTLAND. THE PRODUCTION RECEIVED FAVORABLE REVIEWS FROM LOCAL AND NATIONAL UK PUBLICATIONS AND WAS AWARDED A PRIZE. WHILE BOX OFFICE REVENUE WAS MODEST, THE CRITICAL SUCCESS OF THE PIECE WAS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH A SUMMER INTENSIVE WORKSHOP DRAWING STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE REGION AND COUNTRY. OVER HALF OF THESE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR PERSONAL TUITION CONTRIBUTION.