Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$401,882

Total expenses

$270,107

Contributions and grants received

$387,165

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$14,369

Investment income

$348

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$189,486

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,994

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$183,492

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$159,484

Management and general expenses

$92,865

Fundraising expenses

$17,758

Program service expenses (Part III)

$159,484

Program services were 59.0% 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 · 2023

• HIP HOP EDUCATION:TRUARTSPEAKS HAS A ROBUST LIST OF TEACHING ARTISTS IN OUR NETWORK, EACH REPRESENTATIVE OF SOME ELEMENT OR ASPECT OF SPOKEN WORD AND HIP HOP CULTURE, AND BEYOND.OUR CREW IS ROOTED AND TRAINED IN THE PILLARS OF OUR PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE, ENGAGING IN ONGOING AND REGULAR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ENHANCING THEIR CRAFT ALONG WITH THEIR ABILITY TO FACILITATE THE SAFEST SPACE POSSIBLE FOR LEARNERS AT ALL STAGES, OF ALL AGES, AND MAKE-UPS.WE BELIEVE IN HIP HOP AS A TOOL FOR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, NEVER TEACHING ART FOR ART'S SAKE, ALWAYS STAYING TRUE TO THE CULTURE, AND HOPING TO BE A PART OF ONE'S EVER-GROWING KNOWLEDGE OF SELF THROUGH ART PRACTICE.

  Expenses $142,326 · Revenue $14,369

• RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING:LIKE OUR ARTS-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN THE REALMS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, RACIAL EQUITY, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.THESE SESSIONS RANGE FROM DEEP DIVES INTO ANTI-RACISM WORK, STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY IN AND THROUGH THE ARTS, NARRATIVE STRATEGY WORK, ALLY-BASED WORKSHOPS, CREATING FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, AND MORE.

  Expenses $4,302

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BENEFITS US ALL WHEN WE SHARE IT TOWARDS THE COLLECTIVE GOOD. AT TRUARTSPEAKS WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY YOUNG PERSON, EMERGING ARTIST, AND INSPIRING LEADER CAN BENEFIT FROM LEARNING THE BEST, LATEST, AND TRIED AND TRUE CULTURAL & ART PRACTICES.WITH AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF TRAINING EDUCATORS (K-COLLEGIATE, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR, COMMUNITY EDUCATORS, ETC), ARTISTS, AND CULTURE WORKERS, TRUARTSPEAKS OFFERS ONE ON ONE CONSULTATIONS IN A VARIETY OF AREAS, WORKSHOPS, SHORT AND LONG TERM RESIDENCIES, AND MORE.WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE OUR OWN SPECIFIC CURRICULUM ROOTED IN SPOKEN WORD & HIP HOP PEDAGOGY, A YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM ROOTED IN THE BLACK LITERARY TRADITION, HIP HOP SONGWRITING & MUSIC PRODUCTION, AND MORE."

  Expenses $12,856

As filed on the 2023 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

2023

Filed

31 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413069349301226

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