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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTHSTAR CHURCH OF THE ARTS INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 26 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$696,674
Total expenses
$335,260
Contributions and grants received
$696,674
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$484,061
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,206
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$437,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$207,952
Management and general expenses
$103,523
Fundraising expenses
$23,785
Program service expenses (Part III)
$207,952

Program services were 62.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $66,265

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $611,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $18,909

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $66,265

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $64,950 · program services $48,714 · management and general $16,236

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $500 · management and general $500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,379 · program services $15,285 · management and general $5,094

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,597 · management and general $1,597

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $153,225 · program services $118,483 · management and general $34,283 · fundraising $459

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,192 · program services $1,228 · management and general $2,824 · fundraising $140

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,899 · management and general $2,899

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,065 · program services $829 · management and general $24,236

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,031 · program services $5,460 · management and general $395 · fundraising $3,176

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,499 · program services $4,489 · fundraising $20,010

  • 20 · Interest

    total $419 · management and general $419

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,478 · management and general $2,478

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,255 · management and general $1,255

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS

    total $6,243 · program services $4,490 · management and general $1,753

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $3,491 · program services $3,384 · management and general $107

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $3,888 · program services $1,372 · management and general $2,516

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,748 · program services $468 · management and general $2,280

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,401 · program services $3,750 · management and general $4,651

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $118,568 · end of year $465,109

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,735

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

    $16,699

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

    $2,582

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $14,117

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,100 · end of year $2,100

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $32,327 · end of year $42,327

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,080 · end of year $3,879

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,112 · end of year $398,706

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,149 · end of year $39,149

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MISSION: TO EMPOWER MARGINALIZED ARTISTS, CULTIVATE CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE FOR COMMUNITY HEALING, AND PROVIDE A VITAL GATHERING SPACE FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL CONNECTION.

  • NORTHSTAR CHURCH OF THE ARTS HOSTED A MONTHLY SUNDAY SERVICE THAT REACHED OVER 800 ATTENDEES WITH EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY AND HEALING SERVICES. 32 ARTISTS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $76,770

  • THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCED 14 DAYTIME CONCERTS FOR DURHAMS ELDERLY AND DISABLED POPULATION, PAYING 35 MUSICIANS AND REACHING OVER 100 AUDIENCE MEMBERS PER SHOW.

    Expenses $54,266

  • THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL ARTISTS AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HOST A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, AND GATHERINGS.

    Expenses $37,453

  • WE HOSTED OUR FIRST VISUAL ARTS RESIDENCIES, PROVIDING PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION SUPPORT FOR TWO MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

    Expenses $28,867

  • MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS THAT PROVIDES FOCUS ON GET EMBODIED AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT

    Expenses $10,596

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lauren Garcia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $53,341
    From this org
    $53,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Geoffrey Hathaway

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brittney Cofield - Poole

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pierce Freelon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randi Vega

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nnenna Freelon

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349311618

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