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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PAPPY MARTIN LEGACY JAZZ COLLECTIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$399,278
Total expenses
$289,588
Contributions and grants received
$399,278
Grants paid
$1,750
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$158,914
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$158,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$260,560
Management and general expenses
$15,341
Fundraising expenses
$13,687
Program service expenses (Part III)
$260,560

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $213,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $185,678

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,750 · program services $1,750

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $10,600 · program services $6,300 · management and general $2,800 · fundraising $1,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $177,137 · program services $167,912 · management and general $3,100 · fundraising $6,125

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,014 · program services $769 · fundraising $2,245

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,842 · program services $1,072 · management and general $546 · fundraising $224

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,491 · program services $509 · management and general $857 · fundraising $125

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,408 · program services $4,720 · management and general $1,482 · fundraising $206

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,203 · program services $5,676 · management and general $101 · fundraising $426

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,407 · program services $3,320 · management and general $602 · fundraising $485

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,738 · program services $1,018 · management and general $3,380 · fundraising $340

  • 24a · Other expenses: Equipment rent & maintenance

    total $29,230 · program services $28,615 · fundraising $615

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $13,929 · program services $12,467 · management and general $66 · fundraising $1,396

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meals & lodging for artists

    total $26,839 · program services $26,432 · management and general $407

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $32,739 · end of year $146,835

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

    $18,140

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

    $6,061

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,485 · end of year $12,079

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,224 · end of year $158,914

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is to execute a multi-pronged approach to perpetuate the historical, cultural, spritual and artistic significance of Jazz for current and future generations through live performances and various other outreach programming.

  • PAPPY MARTIN LEGACY-MASTEN JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Annual Pappy Martin Legacy-Masten Jazz Festival presents ten live jazz performances during this free 2-day outdoor festival and is the most popular and well attended of our presentations. Held in the heart of Buffalo on the last two Sundays in July from 2pm-8pm, it continues to welcome one of the most diverse Western New York audiences. This years audience of approximately 3,500 attendees were treated to performances featuring 52 stellar Jazz artists that included two National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters Kenny Garrett and the late Louis Hayes, creating an impressive line-up. The festival offers an atmosphere within audience members have the opportunity to elevate their consciousness and love of a culture called jazz. By keeping the festival free, centrally located and open to all in the community it executes its mission to create opportunities for diverse community engagement.

    Expenses $103,845 · Grants $1,750

  • LOVE SUPREME SCHOOL OF MUSIC (LSSM): It is our belief that a young person does not have a complete education without the study of music. The LSSM; facilitated by our expert teaching artists, provide free piano, guitar, upright bass, trumpet, saxaphone, drum and vocal lessons to Buffalos inner-city youth (grades K-12) augmented by opportunities for overall musical development including performance experience. During 2024, over 100 school age students received free lessons, attended two Jazz history workshops and showcase their talents at the annual Winter Student Recital. By grooming the next generation of musicians and music appreciators, we help to ensure the longevity of this art form. The LSSM provides lessons at space donated by Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church 641 Masten Avenue Buffalo, NY 14209.

    Expenses $94,468

  • CELESTIAL JAZZ WELLNESS SERIES: This program series addresses mental health wellness via Jazz by presenting free live jazz concerts throughout the year in the sacred setting of the inner-city church. During 2024, the series presented six free live Jazz concerts featuring international, national and local artists, including the Love Supreme School of Music students and faculty. These events exemplified our mission to support and showcase underrepresented, underserved and under-resourced musicians and communities. We remain committed to making the art form of jazz physically and financially accessible to the entire community. We believe Jazz is more than mere entertainment,and we provide this forum which audience members can experience and benefit from its spiritual, healing, uplifting and therapeutic power.

    Expenses $62,247

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DAWN BERRY-WALKER

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $10,500
    From this org
    $10,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROSLYN OWENS

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $100
    From this org
    $100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • DEBORAH CAHEE-CHRISTOPHER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES CAMPBELL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY MARTIN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENNETH MARTIN Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BREAUNA CRUMPLER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05

  • BRENDA McDUFFIE

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • GRACE TATE

    Vice ChairActing Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501339349305660

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