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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MUSIC ECOSYSTEMS AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION OF WICHIT.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,485,403
Total expenses
$5,429,080
Contributions and grants received
$3,145,000
Grants paid
$115,906
Program service revenue
$333,858
Investment income
$5,273
Other revenue
$1,272
Total assets, end of year
$485,290
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,882
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$448,408
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,297,059
Management and general expenses
$132,021
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,297,059

Program services were 97.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,145,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ARTIST DEVELOPMENT

    total $333,858 · related or exempt $333,858

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,273 · excluded $5,273

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1,272 · related or exempt $1,272 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,272

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $115,906 · program services $115,906

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $819,365 · program services $819,365

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $71,117 · program services $71,117

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $44,344 · program services $26,437 · management and general $17,907

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,261 · program services $842 · management and general $28,419

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,944,172 · program services $1,944,172 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $335,094 · program services $335,094

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $101,293 · program services $80,379 · management and general $20,914

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,007 · program services $13,007

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $153,910 · program services $149,978 · management and general $3,932

  • 17 · Travel

    total $83,457 · program services $22,608 · management and general $60,849

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $84,571 · program services $84,571

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $157,280 · program services $157,280

  • 24a · Other expenses: TOUR EXPENSE

    total $942,371 · program services $942,371

  • 24b · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES & SUPPLIES

    total $375,604 · program services $375,604

  • 24c · Other expenses: TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

    total $158,248 · program services $158,248

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $80 · program services $80 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,980,129 · end of year $5

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5 · end of year $128,660

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,150

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $424,750

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $177,275

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $327,500 · end of year $247,475

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $100,000

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,549 · end of year $36,882

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,392,085 · end of year $448,408

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO DEVELOP A THRIVING AND SELF-SUSTAINING MUSICAL COMMUNITY WITHIN AND AROUND WICHITA, KANSAS THROUGH THE CREATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES FOCUSED ON MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION, ALL ON A NONPROFIT BASIS. IN ORDER TO HELP MUSICIANS BE PART OF A VIBRANT MUSICAL (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOCUSED ON CREATING SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE WICHITA COMMUNITY AND MUSIC INDUSTRY. WITH A FOCUS ON (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  • ARTIST DEVELOPMENT: Development and support of independent music venues, labels, management, touring, festivals, and studios for musical performances and creative works in the Wichita area.

    Expenses $5,297,059 · Grants $115,906 · Revenue $335,130

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Hartke

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jessie Hartke

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Raffaele Fazio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rudy Love Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • Rudy Love & The Encore LLC

    $48,322

    Artist Development

  • Social Cinema

    $38,404

    Artist Development

  • Keo & Them

    $19,908

    Artist Development

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202533149349304518

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