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Splinter Art and Community Fund
Tucson, AZ · EIN 861918619 · Form 990 · FY2022 · NTEE A20 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Small ($100K-$1M) · splintercollective.org
revenue
$364K
expenses
$299K
net assets
$75K
employees
0
program ratio
0%
mission · from form 990

Splinter Art and Community Fund, our 501c3 non-profit (DBA Splinter Collective, or Splinter) aims to provide a safe, accessible and equitable physical and community space for liberatory art practices and social justice organizing. We focus on community events, art curation, housing justice, and providing mutual aid to the surrounding community-in particular our unsheltered neighbors.

profile · synthesized from sources

Splinter Art and Community Fund, also known as Splinter Collective, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Tucson, Arizona. It operates a community event space and art studio warehouse, focusing on centering the artistic expression and voices of systematically disenfranchised individuals. The organization curates artistic events, provides accessible space for community gatherings, and engages in social justice organizing.

named programs · 6 · from sources

what they call their work

Artistic Event Curation
Curates artistic events that center the voices and experiences of systematically disenfranchised individuals.
Community Rental Options
Offers sliding scale and work trade options for space rentals during off-peak hours for members and community groups aligned with the organization's mission.
Event Space Rentals
Provides various indoor and outdoor spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Courtyard, Splinter Movement Space) for workshops, skill shares, events, and training sessions, with retail and community rates.
Mutual Aid
Provides mutual aid to unsheltered neighbors and those impacted by the housing crisis, including operating a free store and organizing with individuals living outside.
Social Justice Organizing
Engages in social justice organizing, focusing on anti-racism, decolonization, housing justice, disability justice, and anti-gentrification.
The Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice
A project that offers allyship courses around housing and ownership, collaborating with Justice Movement.
activities · 6 groups

what they do

  • Community Art Exhibitions & Festivals 3 activities
    • Curating and hosting artistic and community events
      Curates artistic events and provides an accessible space for community events, liberatory art practices, and social justice organizing, including neurodivergent-themed burlesque shows.
    • Curating and hosting artistic and community events
      Curates artistic events and provides an accessible space for community events, liberatory art practices, and social justice organizing, including neurodivergent-themed burlesque shows.
    • Curating and hosting artistic and community events
      Curates and hosts artistic events, including neurodivergent-themed burlesque shows, and provides accessible space for community events, liberatory art practices, and social justice organizing.
  • Performing Arts Venue Operations 3 activities
    • Operating event and studio spaces
      Operates an event space housed in a 100-year-old art studio warehouse, including a main permanent stage, eleven art studios, areas for site-specific installations, an outdoor stage and garden, and dedicated studio spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Splinter Movement Space).
    • Operating event and studio spaces
      Operates an event space housed in a 100-year-old art studio warehouse, including a main permanent stage, eleven art studios, areas for site-specific installations, an outdoor stage and garden, and dedicated studio spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Splinter Movement Space).
    • Operating event and studio spaces
      Operates a main permanent stage, a 100-year-old art studio warehouse event space, eleven art studios, areas for site-specific installations, an outdoor stage and garden, and dedicated studio spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Splinter Movement Space) for various artistic and community activities.
  • Homeless Outreach and Engagement Services 3 activities
    • Providing mutual aid and community support
      Provides mutual aid to neighbors impacted by housing insecurity, including those who are unsheltered, operates a free store, and organizes with and employs individuals experiencing homelessness in nearby encampments.
    • Providing mutual aid and support for housing insecure individuals
      Provides mutual aid to neighbors impacted by housing insecurity, including those who are unsheltered, operates a free store, and organizes with and employs individuals experiencing homelessness in nearby encampments.
    • Providing mutual aid and support for housing insecure individuals
      Provides mutual aid to neighbors impacted by housing insecurity, including those who are unsheltered, operates a free store, and organizes with and employs individuals experiencing homelessness in nearby encampments.
  • Event Accessibility & Experience Enhancement 2 activities
    • Ensuring accessibility for events and spaces
      Maintains wheelchair accessible spaces, provides ramps for stage access, operates an all-gender restroom with accessible stalls, and offers free earplugs and masks at events for individuals with sensitivities.
    • Ensuring accessibility for events and spaces
      Maintains a wheelchair-accessible courtyard, provides a ramp for stage access, operates an all-gender restroom with wheelchair accessibility, and offers free earplugs and masks at events for individuals with sensitivities.
  • Artisan Craft Sales & Festivals 2 activities
    • Operating a co-op boutique and maker-space
      Operates a co-op boutique-style thrift store and maker-space that features work by local artists.
    • Operating a co-op boutique and maker-space
      Operates a co-op boutique-style thrift store and maker-space that features work by local artists.
  • Uncategorized 5 activities
    • Leading housing justice advocacy
      Leads the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice project focused on housing justice in Tucson.
    • Leading housing justice advocacy
      Leads the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice project focused on housing justice in Tucson.
    • Offering event support services
      Offers services to create promotional materials, set up ticketing platforms, silent auctions, raffles, or sponsorship packages for events, and provides ASL and Spanish translation, QR codes or captioning, and virtual options for events.
    • Offering event support services
      Offers services to create promotional materials, set up ticketing platforms, silent auctions, raffles, or sponsorship packages for events, and provides ASL and Spanish translation, QR codes or captioning, and virtual options for events.
    • Offering event support services
      Offers services to create promotional materials, set up ticketing platforms, silent auctions, raffles, or sponsorship packages for events, and provides ASL and Spanish translation, QR codes or captioning, and virtual options for events, connecting organizers with professional interpreters and technicians.
financials · form 990 · fy2022
revenue
Total revenue$364K
Contributions & grants$361K99%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$10%
Other revenue$3K
expenses
Total expenses$299K
Program expenses0%
Admin / overhead100%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$71K
Grants paid out$24
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$75K
Cash$74K
Investments$0
Liabilities$0
Net assets$75K
Liquid reserves3.0 mo
1 years on record · 2022–2022
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022

who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Natalie Nguyen President 30 $3K
relationships · 17

who they work with

  • Arizona Commission on the Arts Funder — Provides support for projects.
  • Circle for Justice Innovations Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • Emergent Fund Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • Fluxx Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • Justice Movement Partner — Co-founded by Natalie Brewster Nguyen, one of Splinter's Co-Executive Directors, and collaborates with the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice.
  • National Endowment for the Arts Funder — Provides support to the Arizona Commission on the Arts, which in turn supports Splinter Art and Community Fund projects.
  • Network for Good Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • Resist Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • The Arts Foundation of Southern Arizona Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • The Community Food Bank of Southern AZ Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • The Drawing Studio Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • The Outlaw Project Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
  • Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice Partner — Collaborates with the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice, which is one of Splinter's primary projects and offers allyship courses around housing and ownership.
  • Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice Partner — Collaborative project focused on housing justice in Tucson, led by Splinter Art and Community Fund member Raye Winch.
  • Voqal Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.