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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by JESS CURTISGRAVITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$620,934
Total expenses
$508,707
Contributions and grants received
$513,304
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$97,299
Investment income
$415
Other revenue
$9,916
Total assets, end of year
$582,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$582,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$390,301
Management and general expenses
$104,864
Fundraising expenses
$13,542
Program service expenses (Part III)
$390,301

Program services were 76.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $252,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $261,304

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE FEES

    total $97,299 · related or exempt $97,299

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $415 · excluded $415

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $9,916 · excluded $9,916

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,916

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $88,158 · program services $60,190 · management and general $27,968

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,672 · management and general $12,672

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $318,001 · program services $263,828 · management and general $40,631 · fundraising $13,542

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,999 · management and general $2,999

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,162 · program services $625 · management and general $3,537

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,982 · program services $1,493 · management and general $489

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,209 · program services $5,209 · management and general $3,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,903 · program services $26,920 · management and general $2,983

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,516 · program services $2,455 · management and general $61

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,565 · program services $1,565

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $964 · management and general $964

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $16,408 · program services $16,252 · management and general $156

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,168 · program services $11,764 · management and general $9,404

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $110,805 · end of year $186,065

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $302,493 · end of year $285,811

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $102,152

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $56,423 · end of year $2,000

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

    $16,546

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

    $9,889

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,194 · end of year $6,657

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $470,815 · end of year $177,775

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $404,910

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

JESS CURTIS/GRAVITY CREATES EXCEPTIONALLY ENGAGING BODY-BASED ART THAT PHYSICALLY ADDRESSES ISSUES AND IDEAS OF RELEVANCE TO ANYONE WITH A BODY. THROUGH INNOVATIVE, ACCESSIBLE, EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE, GRAVITY ACTIVATES THE BODIES AND MINDS OF OUR VIEWERS, EXPOSING THEM TO NEW IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE BODY. GRAVITY SUPPORTS THE CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE WORK OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JESS CURTIS, AS WELL AS THAT OF QUEER ARTISTS, SELF-IDENTIFIED DISABLED ARTISTS, AND EMERGING DANCEMAKERS, AND ENGAGES WITH THE BROADER ARTISTIC COMMUNITY THROUGH GRAVITY ACCESS SERVICES, WHICH ASSISTS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MAKING THEIR PRODUCTIONS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE SENSORY MODALITIES AND PHYSICALITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CREATION, PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE ART.

  • JESS CURTIS/GRAVITY: CREATES, PRODUCES, AND TOURS ORIGINAL BODY-BASED ART; EDUCATES YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE WORKSHOPS IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE US AND EUROPE; NURTURES EMERGING ARTISTS THROUGH ARTISTIC MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP; FOSTERS INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE THROUGH CO-PRODUCTIONS THAT MOBILIZE OUR INTERNATIONAL NETWORK TO BRING INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO SAN FRANCISCO AND HELP SAN FRANCISCO ARTISTS PRESENT WORK ABROAD; AND SUPPORTS EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS THROUGH OUR POP UP PERFORMANCE PROJECT, WHICH COMMISSIONS SITE-SPECIFIC WORK FOR PRESENTATION ON CITY STREETS.DURING 2022, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED DANCE PERFORMANCE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD; CREATED, PRESENTED AND PRODUCED DANCE AND BODY-BASED WORKS; AND PROVIDED ARTIST SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, MENTORSHIP, COMMISSIONS, CO-PRODUCTION SUPPORT AND, ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES.

    Expenses $390,301 · Revenue $97,299

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jess Curtis

    ARTISTIC/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $54,905
    From this org
    $54,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Dress Wedding

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michelle Lynch Reynolds

    TREASURER BEGINNING JULY

    Total calculated
    $938
    From this org
    $938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tiffany Taylor

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $9,135
    From this org
    $9,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gabriel Christian Deleon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $23,180
    From this org
    $23,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Link

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sophia Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
24 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420379349301902

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