Totals
- Total revenue
- $550,290
- Total expenses
- $768,317
- Contributions and grants received
- $454,584
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $82,360
- Investment income
- $12,476
- Other revenue
- $870
- Total assets, end of year
- $849,521
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $291,060
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $558,461
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $586,962
- Management and general expenses
- $151,191
- Fundraising expenses
- $30,164
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $586,962
Program services were 76.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$454,584
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2a · Program service revenue: CAMP TUITION & FEES
total $53,638 · related or exempt $53,638
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2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM & CONTRACT REV
total $28,722 · related or exempt $28,722
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3 · Investment income
total $12,476 · related or exempt $12,476
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$870
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $870 · related or exempt $870
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $49,314 · program services $27,398 · management and general $3,523 · fundraising $18,393
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $202,638 · program services $138,105 · management and general $64,125 · fundraising $408
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $15,751 · program services $10,487 · management and general $4,119 · fundraising $1,145
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,994 · program services $13,790 · management and general $5,637 · fundraising $1,567
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11a · Fees: management
total $18,798 · management and general $17,798 · fundraising $1,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $19,814 · program services $15,991 · management and general $3,823
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $34,924 · program services $22,941 · management and general $11,983
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11g · Fees: other
total $253,541 · program services $253,541
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,554 · management and general $1,554
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13 · Office expenses
total $13,750 · program services $5,830 · management and general $7,397 · fundraising $523
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14 · Information technology
total $3,914 · program services $29 · management and general $3,885
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16 · Occupancy
total $46,234 · program services $30,370 · management and general $12,414 · fundraising $3,450
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17 · Travel
total $28,860 · program services $25,621 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $1,053
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,573 · management and general $4,573
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23 · Insurance
total $9,595 · program services $6,303 · management and general $2,576 · fundraising $716
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES
total $21,218 · program services $19,718 · fundraising $1,500
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24b · Other expenses: MEALS & MEETINGS
total $9,490 · program services $5,392 · management and general $4,078 · fundraising $20
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24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS
total $2,901 · program services $2,784 · management and general $117
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24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & INTERNET
total $5,225 · program services $3,433 · management and general $1,403 · fundraising $389
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,229 · program services $5,229
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $177,174 · end of year $149,450
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $213,845 · end of year $137,192
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $130,000 · end of year $168,000
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$26,101
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$15,925
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $11,984 · end of year $10,176
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $263,054 · end of year $384,703
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $19,569 · end of year $18,360
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $136,608
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $136,092
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $232,567 · end of year $38,486
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $543,921 · end of year $519,975
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture offers artistic and educational programming that enriches understanding and celebrates diversity, while supporting the pursuit and affirmation of Arab American cultural identity and playing a constructive civic role within broader American Society.
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ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONS: PRESENTATIONS OF RENOWNED ARAB LITERARY, VISUAL, AND PERFORMING ARTISTS TO STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Expenses $310,421
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ARAB CULTURAL ARTS/ARTS INSTRUCTION: OFFERING IN AND AFTER SCHOOL ARTS CLASSES IN A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC MEDIA FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES AND HERITAGE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOMPANYING CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR EDUCATORS. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES MUSIC INSTRUCTION, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE PROGRAMS.
Expenses $206,370
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AL-BUSTAN CAMP: AN ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, HELD FOR THREE WEEKS EVERY JULY SINCE 2002, WITH AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE, ARTS, AND NATURE STUDY CURRICULUM ORGANIZED AROUND ARAB CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL THEMES.
Expenses $70,171
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Mohannad M Ghwanmeh
Former Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $34,314
- From this org
- $34,314
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation
- Base
- $34,314
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $34,314
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Lisa Volta-ZalloumLISA VOLTA-ZALLOUM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $15,000
- From this org
- $15,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Lisa DenberryLISA DENBERRY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Regina MorganREGINA MORGAN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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IKRAM MASMOUDI Jr
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Alexa FiratALEXA FIRAT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Emily NeumeierEMILY NEUMEIER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
BETSY MESARD Sr
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Lamia BarakatLAMIA BARAKAT
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Alexandria KhalilALEXANDRIA KHALIL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Martyn J MillerMARTYN J MILLER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Ibrahim M Bakri
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Irene Pelech Zwarych
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513159349306111
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