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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPEAK LIFE PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$580,283
Total expenses
$544,258
Contributions and grants received
$572,960
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,323
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$356,228
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,056
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$353,172
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$466,538
Management and general expenses
$40,816
Fundraising expenses
$36,904
Program service expenses (Part III)
$466,538

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $572,960

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,323 · related or exempt $7,323 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,949 · program services $148,090 · fundraising $23,859

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $72,347 · program services $32,739 · management and general $31,734 · fundraising $7,874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,185 · program services $11,329 · management and general $2,428 · fundraising $2,428

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,079 · program services $17,792 · management and general $287

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,662 · program services $12,530 · management and general $1,566 · fundraising $1,566

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $121,479 · program services $121,479

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,276 · program services $63,276

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $49,885 · program services $49,885

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,772 · program services $9,418 · management and general $1,177 · fundraising $1,177

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,591 · management and general $1,591

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,033 · management and general $2,033

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $178,940 · end of year $214,707

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,299

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $139,321 · end of year $139,021

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,829 · end of year $3,056

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $356,731 · end of year $353,172

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Speak Life Performing Arts Company is dedicated to growing empathy, shifting culture, and teaching a generation to Speak Life. The organization delivers a high-impact assembly program and follow-up digital resources to schools, families, and community programs, addressing bullying, student mental health, and suicide ideation. Through live event experiences, digital content, and ongoing engagement tools, Speak Life equips students and families to create positive change within their schools and communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Speak Life Performing Arts Company is dedicated to growing empathy, shifting culture, and teaching a generation to Speak Life. The organization advances this mission through a high-impact, film-based assembly experience and supporting digital resources that address bullying, student mental health, and peer influence, equipping students to choose positive words and actions in their daily lives.

  • The organization delivered high-impact, film-based assembly experiences and supporting digital resources to schools, equipping students, educators, and families to address bullying and student mental health. Through its Speak Life End Bullying for Schools initiative, the organization served thousands of students with live event programming, facilitated discussions, and ongoing lesson-based resources that reinforce positive peer behavior and intervention. Parent resources were also provided to help continue these conversations at home. These services increased student engagement, strengthened school culture, and provided practical tools for responding to bullying and peer challenges.

    Expenses $466,538 · Revenue $572,960

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan Burd

    President

    Total calculated
    $88,550
    From this org
    $88,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • Rebecca Burd

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $83,400
    From this org
    $83,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • Andrew Yusko

    Officer

    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
2025
Filed
23 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601209349300620

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