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Filing year 2023

LIVING ARTS

Detroit, Michigan·EIN 43-1950379·NTEE A60 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$942k
Total assets
$1.2M
Total expenses
$1.1M
Reported officers
11
Mission

LIVING ARTS IGNITES CREATIVITY IN THE LIVES OF DETROIT YOUTH THROUGH THE PERFORMING, VISUAL, AND MEDIA ARTS. THROUGH LONG-TERM ARTIST RESIDENCIES IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS METRO-DETROIT AND HIGH QUALITY OUT-OF-SCHOOL OFFERINGS IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT, LIVING ARTS' INCREASES YOUTH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, DEVELOPS LEADERSHIP AND ARTISTIC SKILLS, AND STRENGTHENS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.ALL THREE CORE PROGRAMS--DETROIT WOLF TRAP, IN-SCHOOL ARTS, AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL ARTS--ARE DELIVERED BY A HIGHLY SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED COHORT OF 25+ PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS. TOGETHER, LIVING ARTS' OFFERINGS REACH MORE THAN 2,000 DETROIT AREA RESIDENTS ANNUALLY, INCLUDING CHILDREN (FROM 3 MONTHS TO 18 YEARS OLD), FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$86k
$94k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 10 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 8%
from 2022

From $80k in 2022 to $86k in 2023.

$80k
2022
$86k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 2% in real terms$92k to $94k

Estimated with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

LIVING ARTS reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$884k
$931k
2022
$942k
$1.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Michigan

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Michigan pay their highest-earning executive a median of $56,400.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$56,400
75th percentile
$90k
90th percentile
$155k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 97 organizations across 97 filings (2021 – 2023).

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