PROJECT ONWARD
1200 W 35TH ST 4TH FLOOR, CHICAGO, IL 60609 www.projectonward.org

Total Revenue
$569,120
Total Expenses
$405,462
Net Assets
$243,373

Organizations Filed Purposes: Our mission requires us to provide artists with disabilities the opportunity to create their work in a safe, supportive studio environment, with access to workspace, materials, and professional guidance without being encumbered by cost; connect artists with disabilities with the arts community and the general public, by holding professional exhibitions and selling their work. Additionally, public programs have been designed that promote audience participation; and inspire change by using art to promote empathy and reduce the stigma of mental illness and developmental disabilities. We seek to improve the self-image of artists by emphasizing the social and economic value of their work. This will cultivate new audiences in the art market by increasing awareness of and generating demand for artwork created by peoples with disabilities.

To provide adult artists with disabilities the opportunity to create their work in a safe, supportive studio environment, with access to work space, materials, and professional guidance without being encumbered by cost.

THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A STUDIO FOR ARTISTS TO ASSIST IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS ARTISTS. THE STUDIO IS ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SERVING AS A SPACE TO PROMOTE ART AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING AND VALUING THE REAL AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS HOSTING PUBLIC PROGRAMS. ALL ARTWORK IN THE ORGANIZATION'S GALLERY AND STUDIO ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE. THESE SALES PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE ARTISTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION WILL HOST AND ATTEND EXHIBITIONS PROMOTING WORKS CREATED BY THE ARTISTS.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Nancy GomezExecutive Dir.40$54,643
Cindy DemarcoDirector1$0
Velda DavinoDirector1$0
John LowenbergDirector1$0
Danielle KeesDirector1$0
Robert DarnallDirector1$0
Roark FrankelDirector1$0
Odell Mitchell IllDirector1$0
Brian PittsDirector1$0
Sally SchwartzDirector1$0
Katherine GetzDirector1$0
Wanda LenoirDirector1$0
Virginia DanDirector1$0
Bonnie McgrathSecretary1$0
Carlos MaxwellTreasurer1$0
Kimberly JacobsVice President1$0
Marsha WoodhousePresident1$0

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