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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KENTE ARTS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$111,000
Total expenses
$186,859
Contributions and grants received
$74,212
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,751
Investment income
$8,037
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$559,785
Total liabilities, end of year
$61
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$559,724
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$156,353
Management and general expenses
$23,444
Fundraising expenses
$7,062
Program service expenses (Part III)
$156,353

Program services were 83.7% 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)

    $20,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,712

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $28,751 · related or exempt $28,751

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,037 · excluded $8,037

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $48,000 · program services $33,600 · management and general $9,600 · fundraising $4,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,000 · program services $12,600 · management and general $3,600 · fundraising $1,800

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,014 · program services $710 · management and general $203 · fundraising $101

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,068 · program services $17,707 · fundraising $361

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,703 · management and general $1,703

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,882 · program services $3,882

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $979 · program services $979

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC COSTS

    total $80,901 · program services $80,901

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $9,721 · program services $5,833 · management and general $3,888

  • 24c · Other expenses: WEBSITE MAINTENANCE

    total $2,880 · management and general $2,880

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $947 · management and general $947

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $764 · program services $141 · management and general $623

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $541,961 · end of year $526,942

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $20,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $372 · end of year $443

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,250 · end of year $12,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $61

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $635,583 · end of year $559,724

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KENTE ARTS ALLIANCE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PRESENT HIGH-QUALITY ART OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. KENTE'S AIM IS TO PRESENT ART WITH A PURPOSE BY PRESENTING PROGRAMS THAT ENTERTAIN, INFORM AND UPLIFT THE RESIDENTS OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

  • PRESENTING ART WITH A PURPOSE: KENTE ARTS ALLIANCE PRESENTED SEVERAL CONCERTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $156,353 · Revenue $28,751

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gail Austin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • K Mensah Wali

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Harry Clark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Aisha White

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601319349302875

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