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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VISIONARIES OF THE CREATIVE ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$432,489
Total expenses
$449,984
Contributions and grants received
$412,260
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$20,229
Total assets, end of year
$31,698
Total liabilities, end of year
$26,123
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,575
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$426,786
Management and general expenses
$23,198
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$426,786

Program services were 94.8% 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)

    $247,104

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $165,156

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $34,144

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,915

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $20,229 · excluded $20,229

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $73,396 · program services $69,613 · management and general $3,783

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $28,332 · program services $26,872 · management and general $1,460

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,209 · program services $3,044 · management and general $165

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,088 · program services $7,671 · management and general $417

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,265 · program services $5,942 · management and general $323

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $160,159 · program services $151,903 · management and general $8,256

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,231 · program services $8,755 · management and general $476

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,967 · program services $8,501 · management and general $466

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,720 · program services $4,477 · management and general $243

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,471 · program services $6,137 · management and general $334

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $84,835 · program services $80,462 · management and general $4,373

  • 20 · Interest

    total $452 · program services $429 · management and general $23

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,282 · program services $1,216 · management and general $66

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,050 · program services $1,944 · management and general $106

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production Cost-Materia

    total $12,654 · program services $12,002 · management and general $652

  • 24b · Other expenses: Summer Camp-Housing/Act

    total $8,568 · program services $8,126 · management and general $442

  • 24c · Other expenses: Housing for Artist

    total $8,281 · program services $7,854 · management and general $427

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $6,619 · program services $6,278 · management and general $341

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,405 · program services $15,560 · management and general $845

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,231 · end of year $28,408

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

    $6,610

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

    $3,320

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,613 · end of year $3,290

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $27,774 · end of year $26,123

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $23,070 · end of year $5,575

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

VOCA's mission is to present a visionary platform for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing (HoH) Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BlPOC) artists to create, collaborate, and showcase their culturally distinctive works through various creative forms of artistic and linguistic expressions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Program Service Accomplishments: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT VOCA provides a community-centered program for families with Deaf, hard of hearing, and Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) children and the DMV residents to engage, explore, and experience various forms of creative arts.

  • Program Service Accomplishments: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT VOCA provides a community-centered program for families with Deaf, hard of hearing, and Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) children and the DMV residents to engage, explore, and experience various forms of creative arts.

    Expenses $426,786 · Revenue $412,260

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Banks

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $63,250
    From this org
    $63,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nathan Paxton

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $39,100
    From this org
    $39,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Dorian Fletcher

    Interim Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dr Sandra Jowers-Barber PhD

    Board Members

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linday Dunn

    Board Members

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Sege Attorney at Law

    Board Members

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Janis Cole PhD

    Board Members

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monique Holt

    Board Members

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Hlibok

    Board Members

    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
2023
Filed
21 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540809349300804

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