Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$112,886

Total expenses

$117,687

Contributions and grants received

$81,041

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$19,330

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$15

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

$12,500

Total assets, end of year

$61,201

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$61,201

Program service expenses (Part III)

$41,426

Program services were 35.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• GUITAR IN THE HEIGHTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS: STUDENTS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN AFTER- SCHOOL PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A 15-PERSON CLASSICAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE PROGRAM THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL SESSIONS, IN-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES, PROFESSIONAL MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS WITH GUEST ARTISTS FOCUSED ON MUSIC THEORY AND VARIOUS TYPES OF GUITAR PLAYING. SERVING APPROXIMATELY 100 STUDENTS IN NORTHERN MANHATTAN (WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND HARLEM), THE BRONX, QUEENS, BROOKLYN AND BUFFALO, N.Y.

  Expenses $40,615

• COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONCERT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO UNIFY OUR COMMUNITIES AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN HARMONY FOR A PURPOSE BEYOND THEMSELVES AMIDST TURBULENT TIMES. THE GOAL FOR THESE CONCERTS IS TO BE THE CATALYST THAT BRINGS YOU PEACE, RECALL BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES, AND SHARE PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS, SHOWCASE STUDENT WORK, AND SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTIC TALENT. OUR COMMUNITY CONCERTS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 250 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS WITH OUR CONCERTS AT HOLYROOD CHURCH~IGLESIA SANTA CRUZ IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, N.Y., TRAVELING OUTREACH PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, N.Y., THE BRONX AND BROOKLYN, N.Y. AND IMMANUEL CHURCH IN QUEENS, N.Y.

  Expenses $811

• VIRTUAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE AND ROCK BAND: INTERNAL CREATIONS PROVIDED INSTRUMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL MUSICALINSTRUCTION TO 5 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECRUITED FROM TRANSIT TECH HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN EAST NEW YORK, APREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN/LATINX COMMUNITY WHERE THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 50K PER YEAR. OURROCK BAND CURRICULUM , WHICH IS ROOTED IN LEARNING COVERS AND CREATING ORIGINAL MUSIC IS BOLSTERED THROUGHENCOURAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO RECORD THEIR MUSIC. INTERNALCREATION SUPPORTS STUDENTS WHEN PERSONAL AND MUSICAL CHALLENGES ARISE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPANY THEM ON THEJOURNEY OF LEARNING. AS OUR CLASSICAL GUITAR PROGRAMMING, OUR MENTORSHIP COMPONENT TO ACHIEVE THE LIFE SKILLSREMAINS THE CORE OF OUR PROGRAMMING. THIS PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED BY A GUITAR INSTRUCTOR

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

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

17 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500179349200825

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