Organizations Filed Purposes:
Root Divisions mission is to empower artists, foster community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts.
Root Division provides discounted studios to 30+ emerging artists in exchange for volunteering. We serve 800 youth with free art classes, 650 adults with courses, 550 artists via exhibitions, & an overall audience of 10,000 within/ beyond the Bay Area.
Exhibitions & Events: Features 550+ emerging and professional artists, providing the artists an audience and exposure, increasing their notoriety, and facilitating art sales. These events also act to build community, revitalize our neighborhood, and served over 8,000 visitors in the last year.
Youth & Adult Education: Serves 800+ youth with free art classes in 8 neighborhood after school programs and 650+ adults with low-cost art classes on-site. Classes are designed and taught by our Studio Artists as part of a service commitment exchange for subsidized studio space.
Studios: Served 35+ artists in 2019-20. Participants volunteer in other aspects of Root Division's mission and programs. Each artist receives subsidized studio space in return for 12 hours of volunteer service per month. These artists have contributed over 4,000 volunteer hours this past year.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michelle Mansour | Executive Dir. | 50 | $68,600 |
| Samuel Cortez | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Rafael Bustillos | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Makiko Harris | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jacob Tipane | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Margaret Timbrell | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Stuart | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Ratchye | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Carrie Ann Plank | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Victoria Oliver | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ancel Martinez | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| John-Mark Ikeda | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Andrea Crow | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ray Beldner | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Adam J O'Donnell | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Adam Polakoff | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Heidy Braverman | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Cynthia Loukides | Board Chair | 2 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
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