South Shore Arts Inc
Promotion of the arts across the region to transofrm lives and strengthen communities.
South Shore Arts Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,274,333
- +5.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $991,540
- +9.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $65,235
- +117.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,001,289
- -2.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
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Who South Shore Arts Inc funds
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
States
Cities
How South Shore Arts Inc gives
- 72% of 2020 grantees were also funded in 2019. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2021) to $222K (2019). In 2024 it reported $6K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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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 | $1,274,333 | $991,540 | $1,001,289 | — | — | $65,235 |
| 2024 | $1,212,939 | $903,577 | $1,026,733 | $5,836 | Total only | $29,956 |
| 2023 | $2,400,434 | $617,894 | $793,098 | $4,331 | Total only | $17,181 |
| 2022 | $2,356,106 | $1,276,696 | $726,484 | $22,718 | Total only | $503,334 |
| 2021 | $2,698,401 | $657,189 | $588,753 | $4,091 | Total only | $116,406 |
| 2020 | $2,300,294 | $1,054,118 | $1,075,213 | $158,075 | 18 | $101,205 |
| 2019 | $2,320,133 | $1,275,652 | $1,387,252 | $222,265 | 14 | $114,991 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About South Shore Arts Inc
Based on IRS filings
South Shore Arts Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Munster, IN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $65K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
South Shore Arts Inc is led by David Mika, Executive Director - since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 28 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
David Mika
Executive Director -
Executive Di → Executive Director, 2024
Executive Director → Executive Director -, 2025
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
$97K (2023) → $118K (2025)
William Neff
President
President El → President-Elect, 2024
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Canning
Executive Director -
New on the 2025 filing
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amy Koufos
Director
Director → Vice President Development, 2022
Vice President Development → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christian Bartholomew
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Danette Garza
Director
Vice President Administrator → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Denise Dillard
Director
Director → Vice President Education, 2022
Vice President Education → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gustavo Galante
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenny Yalowitz
Director
Vice President Exhibits → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Willett
Director
Vice President Governanc → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Judith Mayer
Director
Director → Vice President Marketing, 2022
Vice President Marketing → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Maravilla
Director
Director → Vice President Regional, 2023
Vice President Regional → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Raab
Director
Past Pesiden → Vice President Administrator, 2023
Vice President Administrator → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Halpern
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anne Gregory
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aruna Chaubal
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Cegur
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Skibbie
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly Modigell
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Tyree
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adam Robertson
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Panaggio
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Mintz
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristin Ngchee
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Kolar
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carly Brandenburg
Secretary
Past Pesiden → Past President, 2024
Past President → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leane Cerven
Past President
President El → President, 2023
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Monica Johnson
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (31)
- Former: Carol Green-Fraley (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Liz Valavanis (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Heather Delgado (2021–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Seda Turan (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Joanne Iwama (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Corey Hecht (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: John Cain (2019–2023) — Executive Di
- Former: Andy Arnold (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Irene Smith-King (2019–2022) — Vice President Regional
- Former: Karen Lauerman (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: David Klamen (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Cosenza (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Mayra Perkins (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Michael Glenny (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Connie Skozen (2019–2021) — Vice President Development
- Former: Jim Dunne (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Marcia Glaros (2019–2021) — Vice President Development
- Former: Patricia Hernandez (2019–2021) — Director Mar
- Former: Tim Anderson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Elaine Carey (2020–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Terry O'Neill (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Cherie Rippey (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Michael Luongo MD (2019–2020) — Vice President Symphony
- Former: Sandi Kozlowski (2019–2020) — Vice President Exhibits
- Former: Susan Griffin (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Adedoyin Gomih (2019) — Director
- Former: David Schneider (2019) — Vice President Education
- Former: Heather McCarthy (2019) — Director
- Former: Laura White (2019) — Director
- Former: Timothy Winders (2019) — Director
- Former: William Lowe (2019) — Past President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 $118K, to David Mika (Executive Director - Through 6.1.25).
Frequently asked questions about South Shore Arts Inc
How large is South Shore Arts Inc?
South Shore Arts Inc reported $1.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $992K.
What is South Shore Arts Inc?
South Shore Arts Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Munster, IN. It holds $1.3M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does South Shore Arts Inc operate?
South Shore Arts Inc has awarded grants in Indiana.
What is South Shore Arts Inc's EIN?
South Shore Arts Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7049722. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 13, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 29, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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