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US nonprofit · EIN 731687650 · Inglewood, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 731687650) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2008.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Shep TY

Donations deductible
Revenue
$134k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$167k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$10k
$19k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $8k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
1.4 years on average
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
12
named in Part VII
Activity
A23
Arts, culture and humanities
How am I connected?

Shep TY's network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Dr Aaron Bruce ChairChairman2025
1 yr
Edwin CruzTreasurer2025
1 yr
Stuart TryonCompany secretary2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

12 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
D Bruce Art CTR Coll of DesignBoard Chair2018
Dr Aaron BruceBoard Chair2022
Dr Aaron Bruce-Chief Divers Art CTRBoard Chairsince 2019
Edwin CruzTreasurer2022
Edwin Cruz Retired Military MBA FINTreasurer2018
Edwin Cruz-Princ Cruz Campbell FINTreasurersince 2019
Sean P SheppardExecutive Dir.2024
Sean SheppardCeoexec Directorsince 2018
Stuart TryonCompany secretary2022
Stuart Tryon Retired Secret ServiceCompany secretary2018
Stuart Tryon-CEO Tryon SecriskCompany secretary2019
Stuart Tryon-CEO Tryon Secur RiskCompany secretarysince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sean P SheppardExecutive Dir.0$67k
Dr Aaron BruceChairman0$0
Edwin CruzTreasurer0$0
Stuart TryonSecretary0$0

About

Legal name
Shep Ty
EIN
731687650
Address
1620 Centinela Ave Ste 308, Inglewood, CA, 90302-1097
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
A23 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
1 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Sean Sheppard (Form 990-N, tax year 2008)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥1years on the filingsDr Aaron Bruce
≥1years on the filingsEdwin Cruz
≥1years on the filingsStuart Tryon

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$10k
Total liabilities
$19k
Net assets or fund balances
Minus $8k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$272k$237k$36k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.