Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Shreveport Regional Arts Council does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability:
Standard 8 (Program Service Expense Ratio)
Spend at least 65% of its total expenses on program activities.
Shreveport Regional Arts Council does not meet this standard because:
Standard 9 (Fund Raising Expense Ratio)
Spending should be no more than 35% of related contributions on fund raising. Related contributions include donations, legacies, and other gifts received as a result of fund raising efforts.
Shreveport Regional Arts Council does not meet this standard because:
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19
Shreveport Regional Arts Council meets the remaining 5 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
To develop, nurture, produce and present, promote, engage and educate the citizens of Northwest Louisiana about the Arts, thereby maximizing access to the Arts.
Year, State Incorporated:
1976, LA
SRAC serves 10 parishes of Northwest Louisiana: Caddo, Bossier, Natchitoches, Webster, Sabine, DeSoto, Red River, Lincoln, Bienville, and Claiborne, supporting the work of 2,400 artists and 159 arts organizations. SRAC strengthens Arts organizations and artists by administering a competitive local, state and federal grants process; providing technical assistance; providing paid public art, education, and creation of new work commissions to Artists; providing paid opportunities teaching arts for K-12 students; providing opportunities for juried exhibitions and performances at artspace, SRAC’s center for the creation, production and presentation of all the Arts; developing artists’ registries and creating and promoting a juried artists’ roster; and awarding annual Artists’ Fellowships. SRAC develops residencies that bring nationally respected artists to Shreveport to work alongside local emerging and professional artists to learn new techniques and approaches to the creative process. SRAC cultivates new audiences for the Arts; sustaining their involvement as life-long supporters of the Arts.
SRAC produces interdisciplinary Arts in Education (AIE) programs created with artistic director, award-winning author, illustrator, and filmmaker William Joyce that builds support for the Arts, such as our regionally renowned comprehensive AIE initiatives that include in-school, after-school, and summer Arts residencies and the South’s largest festival of, by, and for student artists, ArtBreak. SRAC offers adult education and classes at artspace. SRAC advocates for comprehensive, curriculum based education for all schools in Louisiana, serving on the Statewide AIE Task Force.
SRAC produces programs that engage the community and maximize access to the Arts. Examples include: Art in Public Places program that encompasses public transportation, outdoor billboards, murals, permanent and temporary installations; artspace, SRAC’s multigenerational center for the creation of thematic exhibitions by national and international artists and space for juried exhibitions by regional artists of all art disciplines; and the innovative artspace arts education program that serves K-12, university, and adults through classes and hands-on learning. SRAC partners with the Northeast LA Arts Council and Bossier Arts Council to create a dynamic “Eye – 20 Creative Corridor” among the parishes and communities north and south of Interstate 20 the highway runs through North Louisiana. SRAC’s AIE in-school programs are created two years in advance through planning sessions with William Joyce and teachers, artists, area administrators, a review of evaluation forms and assessments, and the staff or SRAC program staff. This proposal builds on SRAC’s 35 year AIE partnership with Caddo Parish Public Schools, 10-15 year relationship with Desoto, Bossier and Webster schools and newest relationship with Jackson parish schools. SRAC’s partnerships with area schools are a model that motivated new statewide legislation mandating curriculum based music and arts programs in all schools within 5 years, taught by professional music and arts teachers.
SRAC advocates for Artists and Arts organizations believing that they create a more imaginative, vital, and economically prosperous community as demonstrated by the Americans for the Arts Economic Impact study revealing a Northwest LA Region Arts $90 million annual economic impact with 2,400 full time job equivalents, and growing audiences that include 20% visitors from outside of the region.
For the year ended June 30, 2023, Shreveport Regional Arts Council's program expenses were:
| Arts Economic Development and Research | $568,737 |
| Public Programming | $451,932 |
| Artspace | $336,558 |
| Arts in Education | $320,964 |
| Capital/Special Projects | $33,782 |
| Total Program Expenses | $1,711,973 |
Chief Executive
Rebecca Bonnevier, Executive Director
Chair of the Board
Ms. Sandi Kallenberg
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Board Size
Not disclosed
Paid Staff Size
10
Method(s) Used:
Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet
Tax status information not available.
The following information is based on Shreveport Regional Arts Council's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Special Event - Christmas in the Sky | $1,983,921 |
| Grants and Contracts - Government - City of Shreveport | $1,006,106 |
| Grants and Contracts - Government - Other Governments | $292,797 |
| Grants and Contracts - Government - State of Louisiana | $188,703 |
| Grants - Foundations | $121,461 |
| Admissions sales and concessions | $99,227 |
| Contributions - Individuals | $75,029 |
| Contributions - Business and Industry | $65,682 |
| Rental Income | $19,899 |
| Tuition and fees | $13,363 |
| Miscellaneous Income | $10,805 |
| Total Income | $3,876,993 |
Programs: 52% Fundraising: 34% Administrative: 14%
| Total Income | $3,876,993 |
| Total expenses: | $3,313,187 |
| Program expenses | $1,711,973 |
| Fundraising expenses | $1,127,145 |
| Administrative expenses | $474,069 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $563,806 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $3,367,852 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $54,893 |
| Ending Net Assets | $3,986,551 |
| Total Liabilities | $589,997 |
| Total Assets | $4,576,548 |
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