Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 8 May 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$2,097,625 →changed to $1,954,125

Total expenses

$3,270,376 →changed to $3,270,072

Contributions and grants received

$1,108,426 →changed to $964,926

Total assets, end of year

$4,326,429 →changed to $4,174,881

Total liabilities, end of year

$143,650 →changed to $135,298

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,182,779 →changed to $4,039,583

Program services expenses

$2,523,107 →changed to $2,540,549

Management and general expenses

$529,020 →changed to $469,846

Fundraising expenses

$218,249 →changed to $259,677

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,523,107 →changed to $2,540,549

Totals

Total revenue

$2,097,625

Total expenses

$3,270,376

Contributions and grants received

$1,108,426

Grants paid

$164,628

Program service revenue

$904,744

Investment income

$69,043

Other revenue

$15,412

Total assets, end of year

$4,326,429

Total liabilities, end of year

$143,650

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,182,779

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,523,107

Management and general expenses

$529,020

Fundraising expenses

$218,249

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,523,107

Program services were 77.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• UNDER THE ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF CHANON JUDSON AND MAME DIARRA SPEIS, UBW TOURS ITS RENOWNED AND AWARDED REPERTORY WORKS THROUGHOUT THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY. OVER ITS 40-YEAR HISTORY, THE COMPANY HAS TOURED FIVE CONTINENTS AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. IN 2023, URBAN BUSH WOMEN PREMIERED A NEW SITE-RESPONSIVE WORK, HAINT BLU, WHICH TOURED FIVE CITIES INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS, MIAMI, NORTH ADAMS, HARLEM, AND MARTHA'S VINEYARD.DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND FOUNDER AND FORMER LONGTIME ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR IN ADDITION TO CREATING OVER 34 WORKS FOR URBAN BUSH WOMEN, IN 2023, WAS COMMISSIONED BY HOUSTON GRAND OPERA TO DIRECT AND CHOREOGRAPH A NEW JAKE HEGGIE OPERA, INTELLIGENCE AND BEGAN RESIDENCY FOR THE NEW DANCE-DRIVEN JAZZ CLUB SPECTACULAR SCAT!.. THE COMPLEX LIVES OF AL & DOT, AL & DOT ZOLLAR.URBAN BUSH WOMEN B.O.L.D.-BUILDERS, ORGANIZERS AND LEADERS THROUGH DANCE-IS THE UMBRELLA THAT COVERS THE COMPANY'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING. WITHIN B.O.L.D., THE CURRENT AND FORMER COMPANY MEMBERS TRAINED IN FACILITATION TECHNIQUES LEAD MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS AND EXPERIENTIAL DIALOGUES IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES TO FOSTER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITY, ORGANIZE FOR EQUITY, AND CREATE AN EXAMPLE OF ART AND CREATIVITY. WHILE URBAN BUSH WOMEN HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS KIND OF WORK FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY, THESE ACTIVITIES WERE FORMALIZED UNDER THE B.O.L.D. UMBRELLA IN 2012. IN AUGUST 2023, B.O.L.D FACILITATED TWO MULTIGENERATIONAL DANCE FOR EVERY BODY WORKSHOPS WITH SHARE THE MOVEMENT'S NEW INITIATIVE WITH BAND-AID BRAND OURTONE, AND IN SEPTEMBER 2023 B.O.L.D HELD AN AMBASSADORSHIP WITH SOUTH AFRICAN DANCE COMPANY GARAGE DANCE ENSEMBLE. THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM SERVING UBW'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MISSION IS THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, A 10-DAY TRAINING FORUM THAT CONNECTS ARTS AND DANCE PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS IN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO LEVERAGE THE USE OF THE ARTS AS A VEHICLE FOR SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND TO STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ARTS PRACTITIONERS. IT BEGAN IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA IN 1997 AND WAS RE-LAUNCHED IN BROOKLYN IN 2004. SINCE 2009, THE SLI HAS BEEN HELD IN NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK CITY AND TEMPE, AZ AND MOST RECENTLY IN 2023 AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. UBW LAUNCHED THE CHOREOGRAPHIC CENTER INITIATIVE (CCI) IN JANUARY 2016. THE CCI SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN CHOREOGRAPHERS OF COLOR AND OTHER UNDER HEARD VOICES AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR CAREER. PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE GENERATIVE DANCER WORKSHOP AND THE TWO-YEAR CHOREOGRAPHIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. IN 2022, URBAN BUSH WOMEN LAUNCHED CCI 2.0, A PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN OF COLOR PRODUCERS.

  Expenses $2,523,107 · Grants $164,628 · Revenue $905,455

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

13 August 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202402269349301440

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