Chesapeake Arts Center Inc
Chesapeake Arts Center will use the arts to excite, educate, engage, inspire, and grow this communitys people
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $2,715,780
- -16.6% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,346,840
- +6.9% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $17,580
- -25.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,536,419
- -4.6% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Chesapeake Arts Center Inc funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2020 it made 2 grants totaling $95K.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,715,780 | $1,346,840 | $1,536,419 | — | — | $17,580 |
| 2024 | $3,256,649 | $1,259,959 | $1,610,975 | — | — | $23,583 |
| 2023 | $3,865,676 | $1,401,017 | $1,313,251 | — | — | $14,692 |
| 2022 | $3,950,593 | $1,172,225 | $1,144,679 | — | — | $315 |
| 2021 | $4,177,169 | $862,081 | $854,614 | — | — | $49 |
| 2020 | $4,375,588 | $1,106,334 | $964,051 | $94,671 | 2 | $-3,146 |
About Chesapeake Arts Center Inc
Based on IRS filings
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Brooklyn, MD. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $18K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc is led by Donna Anderson, Executive Director since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 14 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Donna Anderson
Executive Director
Executive Director Present → Director, 2021
Director → Executive Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$34K (2020) → $117K (2025)
Robin Sokoloski
President
Director → President, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ramocille Solenza Johnson
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Tuchschmidt II
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bridget Jones
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Carey
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Koorey
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Louis Nesbitt
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Benjamin
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynne Battaglia
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nathan Atkins III
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lyndsey Beidle Meninger
Vice President
President → Director, 2024
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicholas Demyan
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawn Ashworth
Secretary
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Ryan Sboray (2020–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Judge Lynne Battaglia (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Juli Blanton (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Lou Z. Zagarino (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Rosa Cruz (2021–2023) — President
- Former: Rebecca Dooley (2023) — Director
- Former: Dawn Owens (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Owen McEvoy (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Tom Herpel (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Gus Le Grande (2022) — Director
- Former: Sharonda Huffman (2022) — Director
- Former: Jake Joyce (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Brenda Garver (2021) — Director
- Former: Brittany Jones (2021) — Director
- Former: Belinda Fraley Huesman (2020) — Executive Director
- Former: Bernadette Hardersty (2020) — Director
- Former: Evelyn Logan (2020) — Director
- Former: Neale Sloane (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $117K, to Donna Anderson (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Chesapeake Arts Center Inc
How large is Chesapeake Arts Center Inc?
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc reported $2.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.3M.
What is Chesapeake Arts Center Inc?
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Brooklyn, MD. It holds $2.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Chesapeake Arts Center Inc operate?
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc has awarded grants in Maryland.
What is Chesapeake Arts Center Inc's EIN?
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-2056995. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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