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CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE AND
PHOENIX, AZ · EIN 311738930 · Form 990 · FY2020 · NTEE A65 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Small ($100K-$1M) · thecpcp.org
revenue
$516K
expenses
$185K
net assets
$530K
employees
9
program ratio
71%
mission · from form 990

SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TO BUILD CIVIC HEALTH, EQUITY AND CAPACITY.

profile · synthesized from sources

The Center for Performance and Civic Practice (CPCP) supports artists and community partners in integrating arts-based strategies into civic and community development efforts. It provides capacity-building, coaching, and funding for collaborative projects, focusing on equitable partnerships and community-led change. CPCP operates nationally across the United States.

named programs · 3 · from sources

what they call their work

Catalyst Initiative
Supports a cohort of place-based project teams (an individual artist and a community or municipal partner) to conceive and execute a civic practice project, offering conceptual and process support, capacity-building, project coaching, and narrative project portraits.
Civic Body
Provides technical assistance to organizations, systems, and networks outside the arts sector to integrate arts-based strategies into their efforts and missions, focusing on transformation within community organizations and municipal systems.
Learning Lab
A cohort-based program hosted by arts agencies that builds local capacity for artist and community/municipal partnerships through workshops, mentoring, and funding for newly imagined local projects.
activities · 4 groups

what they do

  • Youth and Community-Centered Art for Civic Engagement 16 activities
    • BIPOC Artist Learning Circles
      Invited cohorts of primarily BIPOC artists and process facilitators from across the US to participate in learning circles in Spring and late Summer 2020, including redesigning the organization's mission fulfillment, work criteria, and collaboration conditions.
    • BIPOC Artist Learning Circles
      Invited cohorts of primarily BIPOC artists and process facilitators from across the US to participate in learning circles, including one in Spring 2020 and another in late Summer 2020 to redesign organizational mission fulfillment, work criteria, and collaboration conditions.
    • Catalyst Initiative Project Implementation
      Supports cohorts of artist and civic partner teams to design and implement civic practice projects, having completed eighteen projects across 13 states through its first three rounds.
    • Catalyst Initiative Projects
      Implemented and completed eighteen Catalyst Initiative projects across 13 states through its first three rounds.
    • Fund and coach local civic art projects
      Provides funding and coaching to local project teams, supporting initiatives such as an ethnobotanical art project, a coloring book highlighting influential African Americans, and a pottery studio employment program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
    • Fund and coach local civic-artistic projects
      Provides funding and coaching to local project teams, supporting diverse initiatives such as an ethnobotanical art project, a coloring book highlighting African American leaders, and a pottery studio employment program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
    • Funding and Coaching for Local Projects
      Funds and coaches local projects developed by cohort teams, including an ethnobotanical art project, a coloring book featuring influential African Americans, and a pottery studio employment program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
    • Implement Catalyst Initiative projects across multiple states
      Has implemented and completed eighteen Catalyst Initiative projects across 13 states through multiple rounds, supporting locally driven civic-artistic collaborations.
    • Implement Catalyst Initiative projects across multiple states
      Executed eighteen Catalyst Initiative projects across 13 states through three funding rounds, supporting locally driven, art-based civic engagement efforts.
    • Lead organizational development through inclusive practitioner leadership
      Redesigned organizational leadership in 2020 to include a ten-person leadership circle primarily composed of BIPOC practitioners, integrating artist-facilitators into decision-making and co-creating protocols, priorities, and accountability practices.
    • Lead organizational development through inclusive practitioner leadership
      Reorganized leadership in 2020 to include a ten-person leadership circle primarily composed of BIPOC practitioners and integrated artist-facilitators into decision-making roles, co-creating organizational protocols, mission criteria, and accountability practices.
    • Leadership Model Expansion and Practitioner Integration
      Expanded its leadership model in 2020 to a ten-person leadership circle, primarily composed of practitioners of color, and integrated a group of practitioners as artist-facilitators with a voice in organizational decisions, engaging them in a collective process to develop organizational protocols, priorities, and accountability practices.
    • Leadership Model Expansion and Practitioner Integration
      Expanded its leadership model in 2020 to a ten-person leadership circle, primarily composed of practitioners of color, and integrated a group of practitioners as artist-facilitators with a voice in organizational decisions.
    • Support civic practice projects through cohort-based capacity building
      Supports teams of artists and civic partners in designing and implementing civic practice projects, providing capacity-building resources and collaborative frameworks to advance community-centered change.
    • Support civic practice projects through cohort-based capacity building
      Supports teams of artists and civic partners in designing and implementing civic practice projects, including through structured cohort programs and learning circles focused on collaborative art and social change.
    • Supporting Civic Practice Projects
      Supports cohorts of artist and civic partner teams to design and implement civic practice projects, including funding and coaching for local projects such as an ethnobotanical art project, a coloring book featuring influential African Americans, and a pottery studio employment program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
  • Arts-Based Community Research & Partnerships 4 activities
    • Collaborating with Colleges and Universities
      Collaborates with colleges and universities to expand the role of art, design, culture, and heritage in communities.
    • Collaboration with Colleges and Universities
      Collaborates with colleges and universities to expand the role of art, design, culture, and heritage in communities.
    • Expand community roles of art and culture through academic partnerships
      Collaborates with colleges and universities to strengthen and expand the integration of art, design, culture, and heritage in community-based civic practice.
    • Partner with academic institutions to integrate art and culture in communities
      Collaborates with colleges and universities to strengthen the role of art, design, culture, and heritage in civic life and community development.
  • Youth Financial Literacy Simulations 4 activities
    • Launch and manage the Learning Lab program
      Launched the Learning Lab program in summer 2016 to support experimental and reflective practices in civic art.
    • Learning Lab Program
      Launched the Learning Lab program in the summer of 2016.
    • Learning Lab Program
      Operates the Learning Lab program, which was launched in the summer of 2016.
    • Operate the Learning Lab program
      Launched and runs the Learning Lab program, which began in summer 2016 to support experimentation and learning in civic practice.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Development of Organizational Protocols and Practices
      Engaged in a collective process to develop organizational protocols, priorities, and accountability practices.
financials · form 990 · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$516K
Contributions & grants$420K81%
Program service revenue$95K19%
Investment income$560%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$185K
Program expenses71%
Admin / overhead29%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$133K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$531K
Cash$531K
Investments$0
Liabilities$241
Net assets$530K
Liquid reserves34.5 mo
2 years on record · 2019–2020 · YoY revenue +165.4%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

board members · 4
  • HANNAH TREUHAFT — Director
  • KIMBERLY HOWARD — Director
  • LAURA ZABEL — Director
  • SAVANNAH BARRETT — Secretary
relationships · 30

who they work with

  • Americans for the Arts Partner — Worked with as an arts service association
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funder — Generously supports the organization.
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funder — Provided generous support enabling the Catalyst Initiative.
  • ArtPlace America Partner — Worked with as a national network
  • Artplace America Partner — Worked over multiple years to support their Community Development Investment project in 6 regions around the nation.
  • Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville Partner — Co-created and launched the Learning Lab program in Nashville, and provided support for the Nashville Learning Lab.
  • Chicago Parks District Partner — Worked with as a government body
  • City of Kansas City, MO Partner — Worked with as a government body
  • City of Nashville, TN Partner — Worked with as a government body
  • City of Phoenix Partner — Worked with as a government body
  • Cook Inlet Housing Authority Partner — Worked with as a non-profit community organization
  • Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Partner — Partnered to help examine their work and address racial inequities.
  • Doris Duke Partner — Worked with as a local or national foundation
  • Fifth House Ensemble Partner — Worked with as an arts organization
  • James Irvine Partner — Worked with as a local or national foundation
  • LGBT Center of Hampton Roads Partner — Worked with as a non-profit community organization
  • LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) Partner — Collaborates on work involving neighborhoods, city government, and residents.
  • League of American Orchestras Partner — Worked with as an arts service association
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation Partner — Worked with as a national network
  • Metro Nashville Arts Commission Partner — Co-created and launched the Learning Lab program in Nashville.
  • NEA Partner — Worked with as an arts organization
  • Nathan Cummings Partner — Worked with as a local or national foundation
  • Nathan Cummings Foundation Funder — Generously supports the organization.
  • National Endowment for the Arts Funder — Supported the Nashville Learning Lab.
  • Old Globe Theatre Partner — Worked with as an arts organization
  • Sojourn Theatre Partner — Founded by Michael Rohd, who later co-founded CPCP, and CPCP was formed to serve requests for capacity-building support that Sojourn Theatre was receiving.
  • United Way of Greater Cleveland Partner — Worked with as a non-profit community organization
  • University of Iowa Partner — Worked with as a university
  • University of Missouri Kansas City Partner — Worked with as a university
  • Virginia Tech Partner — Worked with as a university