Totals
- Total revenue
- $106,554
- Total expenses
- $91,750
- Contributions and grants received
- $75,000
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $31,554
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- 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)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,061
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $15,061
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $91,750
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
D.Cipher is a music mastermind collective and organization that serves Detroits community of musicians through shared learning, resources, and collaboration, and uplifts and celebrates Detroits musical legacy and emerging musical talent by bringing live music directly to Detroit residents. D.Cipher provides musicians with the resources and information they need to thrive and grow their careers in Detroit, while regularly connecting Detroits broader community to live music in engaging ways through hosting public live music events and public professional development workshops for musicians. All of our programming is held throughout Detroit, Michigan, and free to the public.
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D.Cipher Live music concerts: Through these series of concerts, we activate under utilized spaces and cultural dead zones with live music. These concert series activations connects the general public to live music in unique and engaging ways and provides much needed gig opportunities for local musicians. In FY2024, we held 20 public activations that exposed an estimated 20,000 citizens to live music, while providing opportunity and resources to an estimated 60 musicians.
Expenses $62,597
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Capacity Building: During FY2023, we were able to provide stipends to our immediate team of 3 who facilities and all organizational programming, development, outreach, and strategy. We were also able to bring on two support people to help with our audio/visual needs for our community music programs and capture content to document our programming throughout the year. We captured/created an estimated 500+ pieces of audio, photo, and video content, available for musicians to use and leverage for future opportunities. We were also able to purchase some key music equipment to enhance our program offerings for the musicians we work with.
Expenses $29,153 · Grants $75,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Dominique Campbell
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $8,658
- Compensation
- $8,658
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 45
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Sonyah Cox
Artist + Programs Director
- Total calculated
- $4,650
- Compensation
- $4,650
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 25
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Wayne Ramocan
Operations Director
- Total calculated
- $4,000
- Compensation
- $4,000
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 20
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
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202531359349202008
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