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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARTS & EDUCATION CONTINUUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$277,908
Total expenses
$266,604
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$277,908
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$15,550
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,557
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,993
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$266,604
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$266,604

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCES

    total $277,908 · related or exempt $277,908

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,985 · program services $2,985

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $238,206 · program services $238,206

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8 · program services $8

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,018 · program services $7,018

  • 20 · Interest

    total $805 · program services $805

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSE

    total $12,300 · program services $12,300

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDIO FEES

    total $3,872 · program services $3,872

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $449 · program services $449

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $439 · program services $439

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $522 · program services $522

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,776 · end of year $15,550

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

    $2,969

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

    $2,969

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $5,730 · end of year $12,543

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,357 · end of year $14

  • 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 -$8,311 · end of year $2,993

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS. OUR VISION IS TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PERPETUATE THE MUSIC WHICH IS INDIGENOUS TO NORTH AMERICA: BLUES, JAZZ, GOSPEL AND ALL GENRES WHICH DERIVE FROM OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE.TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF LIFELONG, INDEPENDENT LEARNERS IN READING, WRITING AND MATHEMATICS THAT WILL EMPOWER ALL PARTICIPANTS WITH PASSION AND A LOVE OF EDUCATION. WITH AN ACTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY BOARD THAT HAVE VARIED PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE WE WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO FACILITATE THESE GOALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS. OUR VISION IS TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PERPETUATE THE MUSIC WHICH IS INDIGENOUS TO NORTH AMERICA: BLUES, JAZZ, GOSPEL AND ALL GENRES WHICH DERIVE FROM OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE.TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF LIFELONG, INDEPENDENT LEARNERS IN READING, WRITING AND MATHEMATICS THAT WILL EMPOWER ALL PARTICIPANTS WITH PASSION AND A LOVE OF EDUCATION.TO CREATE A BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR DUAL MISSION AND TO EMPOWER ALL PARTICIPANTS TO EXPERIENCE THE PROFOUND WISDOM THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO YOUNG MINDS THROUGH THE HIGHER ARTS. THE ARTS SUPPORT THE CRITICAL THINKING, EFFECTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, AND CLEAR REASONING CALLED FOR BY THE COMMON CORE.WITH AN ACTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY BOARD THAT HAVE VARIED PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE WE WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO FACILITATE THESE GOALS.

  • THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO REACH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD AND DIVERSE NATIONALITIES. OF COURSE, THESE PROGRAMS CAN BE TAILORED TO REACH A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE. WE ENDEAVOR TO ENHANCE AESTHETIC PERCEPTION, CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. ALSO, TO INSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE AWARE OF THEIR RICH ARTS HERITAGE. SOME OF THE ARTS COVERED WILL BE MUSIC, POETRY, VISUAL ARTS AND DANCE. ONE SUCH PROGRAM DEALS WITH ORAL HISTORY, SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE AFRICAN GRIOT AND RAP/HIP HOP. ANOTHER PROGRAM BASED ON BLUES, AND JAZZ, WOULD SHOW HOW THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AMERICAN MUSIC HISTORY, AND HOW THEY HAVE INFLUENCED OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT.

    Expenses $266,604 · Revenue $277,908

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Darrell Bridges

    FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • Jannette Jwahir Hawkins

    ASSOC. DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • Carolyn Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • Craig Harris

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349324999

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