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LUMINARIA

aka Luminaria   |   San Antonio, TX   |  www.luminariasa.org

Mission

Luminaria is a dynamic nonprofit arts organization dedicated to producing and promoting the arts to the city of San Antonio. An inclusive organization celebrating the visual and multimedia arts through public engagement and active support for artists. Founded in 2008 by local arts advocates, Luminaria creates a communal celebration for the city's arts organizations and artists. Since adopting a new strategic plan in 2021, Luminaria is dedicated to the innovative interpretation of San Antonios culture, history, and environment through creative placemaking and site-specific arts integration. We coordinate with anchor arts institutions, cultural and heritage organizations, and other community partners to foster a vibrant and internationally resonant arts culture in the city.

Notes from the nonprofit

By supporting working artists, Luminaria empowers San Antonios arts community to create innovative artwork for which they otherwise might not have adequate support. Luminaria actively curates new and emerging local, regional, and global talent and supports a vibrant and diverse artistic community by providing unique performance platforms and large, engaged audiences.

Ruling year info

2008

Executive Director

Yadhira Lozano

Main address

PO Box 120188 Luminaria

San Antonio, TX 78212 USA

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EIN

26-3764030

NTEE code info

Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose (A20)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Luminaria aims to grow exposure for artists and to cultivate a creative city.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival

Luminaria produces an after-dark contemporary arts festival that activates downtown San Antonio, Texas with art that illuminates and inspires. Artists from San Antonio and around the world present new works in all disciplines, including dance, theater, film, visual arts, performance, literary arts, and more at this free festival.

Population(s) Served
Adults

The Working Artist Fund (WAF) is a professional development micro-grant for individual artists that seeks to support the professional development of artists living and working in Bexar County.

The Working Artist Fund has awarded $82,896 to date. It began as the Corona Arts Relief Program in March 2020 as a response to the significant impact COVID-19 had on San Antonios arts community, with many artists losing revenue and professional development opportunities because of distancing requirements and cancellations. To keep San Antonios vibrant culture energized during these adverse times, Luminaria created and managed two successful calls for the Corona Arts Relief program, providing up to $600 of aid to 109 individual artists from all genres of the arts. Luminaria also generated public support for individual artists through an online telethon with community partners, targeted social media, and philanthropy requests.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Luminaria is dedicated to the innovative interpretation of San Antonios culture, history, and environment through creative placemaking and site-specific arts integration. We coordinate with anchor arts institutions, cultural and heritage organizations, and other community partners to foster a vibrant and internationally resonant arts culture in the city.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Centro San Antonio - Best Downtown Event Award 2016

San Antonio Current - Best Non-Fiesta Festival Award 2019

San Antonio Magazine - Best Arts Advocate 2021

San Antonio Magazine- Best of Festivals and Events 2021

UNation- Best San Antonio Events This Year You Cant Miss 2022

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of audience members

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Young adults, Multiracial people, Artists and performers, Low-income people, Older adults

Related Program

Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In 2020, the festival was canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, audience was eager to return. In 2022, we experienced a frigid winter storm that affected attendance numbers.

Total dollars paid to artists

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Artists and performers, Adults, Multiracial people, Low-income people

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Includes festival featured artist, festival contract fees, and artist grants.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Luminaria is dedicated to producing and promoting all disciplines of art to the public through its Contemporary Arts Festival annually in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Luminaria additionally creates arts site-specific experiences throughout San Antonio and supports regional artists with funding to further their professional development.

Luminaria's staff and board work closely with the government entities, corporations, foundations, and individuals to raise the profile of the Arts in San Antonio, Texas. Luminaria' has a staff of arts professionals who work closely with featured artists to promote their work and to produce it with highest quality at the festival or place-making installations.

Luminaria's staff and board are college-educated and street-taught artists who are dedicated to advancing the arts in San Antonio and Bexar County. Our collective staff have expertise in the arts including the music industry, graphic arts, marketing, public relations, fundraising, theatre production, event production, fine art installation, mural production, community engagement, and arts advocacy. Our board is made up of attorneys, gallery owners, and experts in architecture, nonprofit organizations, marketing, and a former mayor and founder of the organization.

Over the last 15 years, significantly more than one million people have attended the Festival, and our artistic and economic impacts now encompass diverse multi-arts programs throughout the year, a wide variety of public art projects and installations, a growing artist training and grant program, and an enhanced international contingent. Throughout its history, Luminaria has presented over 3,000 artists, 1,200 installations, and 900 performances.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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LUMINARIA

Board of directors
as of 02/05/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Eric Michael Garza

Frank R. Rivas & Associates

Term: 2014 - 2027

Phil Hardberger

Founder, Former City of San Antonio Mayor

Angelika Jensen

Eric Michael Garza

Chair

Chris Nwabueze

Lara August

Eduardo Garcia

Vice Chair

Jennifer Lloyd

Bobby Bacon

Catie White

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/5/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 08/25/2021

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.