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← URBAN WORD NYC INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by URBAN WORD NYC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$642,395
Total expenses
$857,903
Contributions and grants received
$489,742
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$91,027
Investment income
$67,784
Other revenue
-$6,158
Total assets, end of year
$1,272,621
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,272,621
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$735,875
Management and general expenses
$117,705
Fundraising expenses
$4,323
Program service expenses (Part III)
$735,875

Program services were 85.8% 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)

    $170,570

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $319,172

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $91,027 · excluded $91,027

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $67,784 · excluded $67,784

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $8,608

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$8,608 · excluded -$8,608

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,450 · excluded $2,450

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $423,515 · program services $369,940 · management and general $53,575

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,886 · program services $50,479 · management and general $25,407

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,824 · program services $49,244 · management and general $7,046 · fundraising $534

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $170,410 · program services $147,677 · management and general $21,131 · fundraising $1,602

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,540 · program services $5,554 · management and general $7,370 · fundraising $616

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,874 · program services $57,126 · management and general $748

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $45,254 · program services $45,254

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $6,532 · program services $4,376 · management and general $1,307 · fundraising $849

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES

    total $4,991 · program services $3,338 · management and general $1,006 · fundraising $647

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSE

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $577 · program services $387 · management and general $115 · fundraising $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $276,750 · end of year $132,291

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,123,202 · end of year $1,091,081

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $107,740 · end of year $46,709

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,538 · end of year $2,540

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,101 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,408,129 · end of year $1,272,621

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $80,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF URBAN WORD NYC (THE ORGANIZATION) IS TO CHAMPION THE VOICES OF NEW YORK CITY YOUTH BY PROVIDING PLATFORMS FOR CRITICAL LITERACY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH FREE AND UNCENSORED WRITING, COLLEGE PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. URBAN WORD NYC SERVES ASPIRING YOUNG WRITERS FROM ACROSS NEW YORK CITY'S FIVE BOROUGHS. IT'S TARGET POPULATION REFLECTS THE MAKEUP OF THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FROM WHICH THEY ARE LARGELY DRAWN (40% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 20% LATINO, 18% ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER, 15% WHITE, 5% MIDDLE EASTERN AND 2% OTHER), OVER 95% OF WHICH ATTEND TITLE I SCHOOLS (FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH). IN ADDITION, UW ALSO SERVES YOUTH IN HOMELESS SHELTERS OR ALTERNATIVE INCARCERATION FACILITIES AND HOSTS EVENTS FORYOUNG PEOPLE IN A RANGE OF COMMUNITY CENTERS, RELIGIOUS SPACES AND COMMERCIAL VENUES ACROSS THE CITY.

  • PROVIDING PLATFORMS FOR CRITICAL LITERACY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH FREE AND UNCENSORED WRITING, COLLEGE PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. WORKSHOPS ARE STUDENT-CENTERED ENVIRONMENTS WHERE YOUNG WRITERS CAN EXPERIMENT, EXPLORE AND EVENTUALLY PERFORM THEIR WORK. PERFORMANCES HELP TEENS ANNUALLY WITH FREE WRITING AND PERFORMANCEOPPORTUNITIES THAT ENGAGE EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL, ARTISTIC AND PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT WITH VARIOUS COMPETITIONS AND OPEN MIC NIGHTS.URBAN WORD HOLDS VARIOUS TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT AIM TO EXAMINE CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING TODAYS YOUTH, WHILE PROVIDING CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEM.

    Expenses $735,875

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • AYANA ES WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIC ADISA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN BUDDHDEW

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAMONGHNE FELIX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARNET WOOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMANDA JACOBS WOLF

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NKOSI D SHIELDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TINA JACOBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DK BARTLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LUIS LOU ABAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL CIRELLI

    DIR., NATL YOUTH POET

    Total calculated
    $132,800
    From this org
    $132,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHANELLE T GABRIEL

    EXEC. DIR., EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $129,265
    From this org
    $129,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARISSA LEWIS

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
19 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423549349300927

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