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← FREE CENTER INCORPORATED

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by FREE CENTER INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$194,617
Total expenses
$363,728
Contributions and grants received
$194,617
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
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)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$7,721
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,721
Program service expenses (Part III)
$288,306

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

Mission: OUR MISSION & VISION Our mission is to provide access to space information and quality programs for those in our community. We stand at the intersection of art culture and organizing and we act as a vehicle for elevating the intentions and actions of our residents. Through community-led and community-oriented gatherings events and workshops we envision growth and a sense of deep belonging for our neighbors that grows out of meaningful engagement in our community. We imagine an ever-growing pride in the resilient and diverse cultures that define the cities we love. Program Activities: Independent Artists Fund: Support funding and programming for independent BIPOC artists in Greater Hartford Spring Free: Community-led street mural project Grow Free: community garden and education project Care free: Community info program around health and wellness specifically COVID vaccinations Free Space: Free Center has provided space to over 300 community-developed programs

  • Independent Artists Fund: identified deserving artists in the community. Provide funds and guidance for these artists to create works of art through the expression of their personal vision and collaborative efforts. Estimated benefit: 1500 artists and arts service providers

    Expenses $157,086

  • The Loom Documentary: Provide production support for a info film that correlates historical events to current events. Film to be used as educational tool. This work is in development and the number of beneficiaries are unknown but estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.

    Expenses $121,220

  • Spring Free: create 100 street portraits and work with an elementary school to paint a street mural celebrating heroes in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Middletown Connecticut. The participants were the direct beneficiaries: 250 people. Every day the children parents and educators experience this mural that helped ease conflicts in the neighborhood. To include these indirect beneficiaries: 2000

    Expenses $10,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Richard Hollant

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Kerry Kincy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $35,678
    Compensation
    $35,678
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Zoe Chatfield

    Program Manager

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kamora HArrington

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anya Shatilova

    Board Scretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie Jeske

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Henry

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2022
Filed
12 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303469349200100

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