Mission
Urban Sketchers promotes the art of on-location sketching, through workshops, an annual conference, and an on-line community.
Public Charity
Urban Sketchers
Urban Sketchers is a Public Charity headquartered in Oakland, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $258K revenue, $203K expenses, $253K total assets.
EIN: 271444252
Oakland, CA
Arts Education
NTEE: A25
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$258K
Total Expenses$203K
Total Assets$253K
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Urban Sketchers
How Urban Sketchers divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.
$77
Programs
the work itself
$23
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $77 for programs
$70
Events The Regional Events Grant Program assisted five USk Chapters in hosting regional gatherings at a larger scale, with the aim of building stronger regional sketching communities, empowering…
$4
Communications Urban Sketchers shifted focus to include more messaging about the organization, its volunteers, and its activities
$3
Education Projects were completed the for five Reportage grants initiated in 2021, highlighting aspects of local culture, moments in time, industries or trades, and societal change in drawings…
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Officers & Directors
Director
Annette Morris
Treasurer
Johanna Van Antwerpen
Director
Maria Regina Tuazon
Director
Mary Jo Ernst
Vice President
Mike Daikubara
Director
Pei Luk Low
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $258K | $203K | $253K |
| 2024 | $134K | $202K | $201K |
| 2023 | $196K | $187K | $265K |
| 2022 | $6K | $57K | $371K |
| 2021 | $23K | $38K | $307K |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $23K to $258K (+1002%), with total assets most recently reported at $253K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.