Totals
- Total revenue
- $53,419
- Total expenses
- $52,866
- Contributions and grants received
- $53,419
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $0
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,436
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,593
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $15,843
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $0
Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
Esther Productions, Inc is a successful nonprofit, 501 c (3) tax-exempt educational, social, and cultural corporation based in the District of Columbia. Since its inception in 2004, it has served thousands of individuals and partnered with dozens of organizations and businesses. Deploying the arts-visual, performing, and literary-as its chief vehicles, Esther Productions, Inc. has helped enhance the academic achievement of children and youth from, underserved or under-resourced communities; sought to empower girls and women, particularly those traumatized by parental loss or abandonment; and worked to strengthen families, providing them the personal and communal skills sufficient to navigate socio-economic challenges while celebrating their histories and cultures. The organization's board of directors and staff have made themselves available to other groups interested in addressing the issue of self-actualization, personal, family and community development.
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In 2023, Esther Productions Inc. presented a variety of programs for women and girls under Arts Wizardry and Fatherless Daughter Empowerment Project. During the combination of these programs and participation of Esther Productions Inc. staff and board at community/partner events, the organization was able to serve as many as 500 people in person or online.
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The Arts Wizardry included Kaleidoscope: A Writing Collective for Women of Color who are 18 and older; this is a monthly gathering that occurs online where participants receive instruction in creative writing including poetry and short fiction. They also receive feedback on new work presented to the group. The year long series Me, Myself and Our Story: A Creative Writing Institute was held for girls ages 14 -18 during which they received instruction around poetry writing, memoir and the personal essay. In 2023, Esther Productions opened a new division of its work around arts creation. It received funds to plan a historic symposium that focused on African American Children's Literature and DC Black writers. That event was subsequently held in March 2024 with a registration of more than 250 individuals from around the country.
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The Me, Myself and Our Story creative writing series helped strengthen the submissions for Discovering Me...Personal Essay Scholarship Award, which is a division of the Fatherless Daughter Empowerment Project; girls 14-18 are invited to tell their stories about growing up without their fathers and how they have or are meeting that challenge, including the impact on their personal resilience. In 2023, winners in that scholarship contest received cash awards totaling nearly $3,000 during a special youth summit that includes workshops around self-care and self-actualization. Also, as part of the Empowerment Project, Esther Productions sponsored its National Reconciliation Week, designed to help encourage family restoration.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Addison Switzer
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Misty Brown McNeil
Secretary-Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jonetta Barras
President-CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
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Dr Misty Freeman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Dr Tracie Robinson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Alycea Gayle
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202531359349208543
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