Totals
- Total revenue
- $424,846
- Total expenses
- $315,209
- Contributions and grants received
- $421,973
- Grants paid
- $1,039
- Program service revenue
- $1,450
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $1,423
- Total assets, end of year
- $437,623
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $149,225
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $288,398
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $270,976
- Management and general expenses
- $25,500
- Fundraising expenses
- $18,733
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $270,976
Program services were 86.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$421,973
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES
total $1,450 · related or exempt $1,450
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$3,499
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$2,076
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $1,423 · related or exempt $1,423
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,039 · program services $1,039
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $66,067 · program services $55,699 · management and general $3,456 · fundraising $6,912
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11g · Fees: other
total $162,596 · program services $138,075 · management and general $16,471 · fundraising $8,050
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $462 · program services $413 · management and general $49
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,722 · program services $4,102 · management and general $421 · fundraising $199
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14 · Information technology
total $4,404 · program services $4,131 · management and general $143 · fundraising $130
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16 · Occupancy
total $38,130 · program services $33,771 · management and general $2,288 · fundraising $2,071
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $5,187 · program services $4,243 · management and general $527 · fundraising $417
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,607 · program services $10,280 · management and general $697 · fundraising $630
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23 · Insurance
total $1,437 · program services $288 · management and general $1,121 · fundraising $28
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
total $10,375 · program services $10,375
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24b · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION
total $9,183 · program services $8,560 · management and general $327 · fundraising $296
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $163,618 · end of year $208,584
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $565,000 · end of year $130,000
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$66,555
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$12,939
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $48,183 · end of year $53,616
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $45,423
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $149,225
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $776,801 · end of year -$40,275
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $328,673
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
BULK SPACE IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING DETROIT'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE BY ACTIVELY SERVING AS A DYNAMIC NETWORK FOR ARTISTS, CURATORS, AND ARTS ENTHUSIASTS. SPECIALIZING IN UPLIFTING MARGINALIZED ARTISTS AND FOSTERING UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTIC PRACTICES, WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. OUR COMMITMENTS LIES IN SUPPORTING ARTISTS' GROWTH AND EXPLORATION THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES, EMPOWERING THEM TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SUPPORT DETROIT'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; AS A NETWORK FOR ARTISTS, CURATORS & ARTS ENTHUSIASTS.
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BULK MEDIA LAB IS AN INNOVATIVE LABORATORY DEDICATED TO ADVANCING ARTS-BASED EQUITY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY. SERVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES, THE LAB FOCUSES ON LENS, SOUND, AND TEXT-BASED TECHNOLOGIES, ENABLING ARTISTS TO EXPLORE NEW AND INNOVATIVE METHODS OF CREATION. BY EQUIPPING ARTISTS WITH CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS, BULK MEDIA LAB SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR ARTISTIC GROWTH AND A HUB FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY ENSURES THAT ARTISTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE LEVEL, CAN EXPAND THEIR PRACTICES AND ENGAGE WITH TECHNOLOGY IN A SUPPORTIVE, COMMUNITY-FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT.
Expenses $270,976 · Grants $1,039 · Revenue $2,873
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Jessica AllieJESSICA ALLIE
PRESIDENT/CO-DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Megan KelleyMEGAN KELLEY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $31,506
- From this org
- $31,506
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Sara NishikawaSARA NISHIKAWA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jova Lynne Johnson VargasJOVA LYNNE JOHNSON VARGAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $34,562
- From this org
- $34,562
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Tizziana BaldenebroTIZZIANA BALDENEBRO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
William Marcellus ArmstrongWILLIAM MARCELLUS ARMSTRONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3:
- BULK SPACE PAID $50,080 TO SHYLO ARTS, LLC FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES. SHYLO ARTS, LLC COMPENSATES JESSICA ALLIE. TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO JESSICA ALLIE BY SHYLO ARTS, LLC IS NOT DETERMINED.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503219349309935
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