PAVA, the Professional Association of Visual Artists, Inc.

An organization founded BY artists FOR artists, based in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, USA.

The mission of the PAVA organization is to support and promote the arts and arts education in through its activities within the organization and in the broader community.

PAVA is a 501C3 non-profit corporation, incorporated in the State of Florida and legally responsible to both state and federal regulations regarding non-profit corporations. Our articles of incorporation and our annual reports can be found in the public records of the state of Florida. We file federal tax returns with the IRS yearly, ad valorem tax and sales tax to the state of Florida. PAVA receives funding through membership subscriptions and donations from our corporate sponsor NorthWest Federal Credit Union and individual donations. We are different from other non-profit organizations, in that we ARE an all-volunteer organization with no paid employees.

How the business of PAVA is run is specified in the by-laws of the organization, which provides for a governing board empowered to make all business, financial, policy and directional decisions on behalf of the organization, i.e., the membership. The board is elected by the membership by a specific process.

FOR A COPY OF THE BY-LAWS GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION, CLICK HERE.