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ART THAT SERVES INC
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 823375144 · Form 990EZ · FY2024 · Micro (<$100K) · artthatserves.org
revenue
$27K
expenses
$26K
net assets
$79K
employees
—
mission · from form 990

BRING HOPE, INSPIRATION, AND NEW PERSPECTIVES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS THROUGH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. RAISE AWARENESS AND DESTIGMATIZE SPECIFIC UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

profile · synthesized from sources

Art That Serves delivers artistic programs and experiences to incarcerated individuals across the United States, using music and performance to promote healing, personal transformation, and community awareness. The organization centers its work on therapeutic engagement within correctional facilities and supports artists and educators who wish to serve incarcerated populations. It operates nationally with a focus on prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers.

named programs · 1 · from sources

What they call their work

Reckless Son
Spoken word and musical performance by Matt Butler, developed through residencies in correctional facilities, that humanizes the incarcerated experience and includes performances, outreach, and post-show discussions.
activities · 2 groups

What they do

  • Theater and Performing Arts in Corrections 1 activity
    • Delivering theatrical and musical performances to incarcerated populations
      Organizes and delivers performances of "Reckless Son" and other artistic programs to correctional facilities nationwide, including Rikers Island and Chesterfield County Jail, to promote self-reflection, reduce stigma, and humanize the experiences of incarcerated individuals. These programs include post-show discussions and community engagement components.
  • Artist Residencies and Studio Programs 1 activity
    • Supporting artists and educators in developing correctional arts programs
      Provides capacity-building support to artists and teachers to design and implement arts projects and programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated communities.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$27K
Contributions & grants$19K69%
Program service revenue$6K21%
Investment income$3K10%
Other revenue—
expenses
Total expenses$26K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$7K
Grants paid out—
balance sheet
Total assets$79K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$79K
5 years on record · 2019–2024 · YoY revenue +131.8%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
MATTHEW B LEVINSON PRESIDENT 15 $7K
board members · 1
  • WILLIAM HAYDEN — DIRECTOR & SECRETARY
relationships · 11

Who they work with

  • Chesterfield County Jail Partner — Hosted workshops for the development of _Reckless Son_.
  • Chesterfield County Jail Partner — Partner site where Art That Serves delivers programming to individuals in a heroin addiction recovery program.
  • Department of Youth Services - Taunton State Hospital Partner — Youth correctional facility where Art That Serves delivers artistic programs.
  • HB Studio Partner — Collaborated on the development of _Reckless Son_ through an artist residency program.
  • NYCDOC Partner — Partner organization where Art That Serves provides arts education programming in correctional facilities.
  • Ohio Reformatory For Women (Marysville) Partner — Correctional facility where Art That Serves delivers artistic programs.
  • Oregon State Penitentiary Partner — Hosted workshops for the development of _Reckless Son_.
  • Rikers Island Partner — Correctional facility where Art That Serves delivers artistic programs.
  • San Quentin State Prison Partner — Correctional facility where Art That Serves delivers artistic programs.
  • Theater Workshop at Otisville State Prison Partner — Hosted workshops for the development of _Reckless Son_.
  • Utah State Prison Partner — Correctional facility where Art That Serves delivers artistic programs.
strategies · 4

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Art as Therapeutic Intervention
    methodology: art-as-therapy
    By engaging incarcerated individuals in artistic programming, the organization supports healing and personal development, because creative expression fosters self-reflection, emotional processing, and psychological resilience.
  • Art for Social Perception Change
    methodology: arts-for-social-impact
    By presenting musical and artistic performances created by or in collaboration with incarcerated individuals, the organization shifts public perception about underserved populations, because lived-experience storytelling through art humanizes marginalized voices and challenges societal stigma.
  • Arts-Based Rehabilitation and Transformation
    methodology: arts-based rehabilitation
    By using art, storytelling, and music within correctional settings, the organization fosters personal and cultural transformation, because creative expression enables identity redefinition, builds empathy, and supports rehabilitation through service and narrative reclamation.
  • Community-Co-Created Art Practice
    methodology: community-co-created-art
    By co-creating art projects with incarcerated individuals and local communities, the organization builds mutual understanding and grassroots engagement, because collaborative art-making fosters shared agency, reduces isolation, and strengthens community ties across social divides.