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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BROOKLYN ARTS MUSIC ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$385,194
Total expenses
$346,801
Contributions and grants received
$114,449
Grants paid
$264
Program service revenue
$236,762
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$33,983
Total assets, end of year
$118,317
Total liabilities, end of year
$7
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$118,310
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$294,629
Management and general expenses
$52,172
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$294,629

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $54,638

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $59,811

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LESSON INCOME

    total $225,372 · related or exempt $225,372

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSIC TOGETHER INCOME

    total $7,770 · related or exempt $7,770

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ENSEMBLE INCOME:BRIERWOOD ENS

    total $3,000 · related or exempt $3,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MUSIC IS LIFE

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

  • 2e · Program service revenue: HARP RENTAL INCOME

    total $120 · related or exempt $120

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $49,205

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,894

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $33,311

  • 11a · Other revenue: SALES OF PRODUCT REVENUE

    total $656 · related or exempt $656

  • 11b · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $16 · related or exempt $16

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $672

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $264 · program services $264

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,560 · program services $66,647 · management and general $27,913

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $161,413 · program services $161,413

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,429 · program services $19,987 · management and general $2,442

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,700 · program services $2,790 · management and general $16,910

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,940 · program services $11,434 · management and general $506

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,364 · program services $2,364

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,904 · program services $11,081 · management and general $823

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,680 · program services $12,680

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,719 · program services $4,719

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,728 · program services $153 · management and general $3,575

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATIONS:MUSIC TOGETHER

    total $642 · program services $642

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & COPING

    total $371 · program services $371

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE, MAILING

    total $87 · program services $84 · management and general $3

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $59,634 · end of year $105,474

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,443 · end of year $1,371

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $467

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,620 · end of year $1,428

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

    $34,831

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

    $24,787

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,772 · end of year $10,044

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19 · end of year $7

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $79,917 · end of year $118,310

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO CHANGE LIVES THROUGH MUSIC BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS OF EVERY AGE AND SKILL IN ORDER TO CREATE COMPETENT MUSICIANS AND BETTER GLOBAL CITIZENS.

  • MUSIC LESSONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LESSONS YEAR-ROUND FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, HARP, AND PIANO. CURRENTLY, 150 STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THESE PROGRAMS. FIFTEEN STUDENTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FULLY FUNDED LESSONS ALL YEAR.

    Expenses $224,370 · Grants $264

  • MUSIC IS LIFE IS A MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS FREE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AGES 3-5 IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY. THE PROGRAM HAS SERVED 450 CHILDREN AT THE DOROTHY B. JOHNSON PRE-K AND MARY. W HOWE PRE-K.

    Expenses $51,585

  • THE BROOKLYN ARTS MUSIC ACADEMY PROVIDES ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

    Expenses $14,250

  • MUSIC TOGETHER IS A MUSIC PROGRAM IS A FAMILY ACTIVITY WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY PARTICIAPTES IN MAKING MUSIC

    Expenses $4,424

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christina Brier

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $47,480
    From this org
    $47,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Linda Estep

    ARTISTIC DIR

    Total calculated
    $47,080
    From this org
    $47,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Crosbie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth Klahre

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Murray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darylle Watkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Payne

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Livingston Sheats

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adrian Varnam

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Varnum

    VICE PRESIDE

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503099349301010

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