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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CLIFTON HOUSE INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 12 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$657,466 changed to $367,466
Program service revenue
$657,466 changed to $367,466
Total assets, end of year
$935,136 changed to $290,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$934,743 changed to $289,607

Totals

Total revenue
$657,466
Total expenses
$266,037
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$657,466
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$935,136
Total liabilities, end of year
$393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$934,743
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$249,044
Management and general expenses
$16,993
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$249,044

Program services were 93.6% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRIBUTIONS/GRANTS

    total $657,466 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $166,898 · program services $166,898 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,441 · program services $13,441 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $11,600 · program services $0 · management and general $11,600 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $278 · program services $0 · management and general $278 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,200 · program services $19,200 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,628 · program services $14,628 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,478 · program services $3,478 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,899 · program services $16,899 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $110 · program services $0 · management and general $110 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,505 · program services $9,500 · management and general $5,005 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $306,292 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $580,000

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

    $372,034

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

    $16,898

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $184,772 · end of year $355,136

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $393

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $491,064 · end of year $934,743

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Clifton Houses mission is to continue the legacy of acclaimed poet Lucille Clifton and community activist Fred Clifton by providing mentorship, local and global resource access, training, and development in the creative arts to underrepresented and underserved people of all ages in the Baltimore and surrounding communities, with particular focus on Afrodiasporic, female, and gender non-conforming LGBTQA+ poets, writers, artists, and creative activists.

  • The Clifton House debuted its FY 24 programming season with award winning authors Aaliyah Bilal and Safiya Sinclair, and a full house of eager, multi-generational audience members. Over the course of the year, The Clifton House hosted 14 events and numerous tours within an 8- month active programming period. The organization served 744 guests with 577 of those patrons being physical visitors of the home. The goal of the programming season was to offer a suite of consistent, high-quality programs that were: 1) mission aligned, 2.) increased the visibility of the organization, 3.) augmented the Houses core program areas, and 4.) built meaningful relationships & connections with artists, activists, community members, and potential funders and supporters. The Clifton House was successful in diversifying its events portfolio by offering a robust set of programs that featured knowledge expanding lectures, insightful conversations, musical performances, literary workshops, and an imaginative sculpture and ceramics based family program. Other noteworthy achievements include the expansion of The Clifton House team by two (2) staff positions, supporting four (4) local bookstores and two (2) immigrant family businesses, and launching our newsletter.

    Expenses $249,044 · Revenue $657,460

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sidney Clifton

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Vell Lyles

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Christina J Bostick Esq

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Ali Michael Cannon

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Gillan Clifton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Darlene Taylor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tuajuanda Jordan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Philis Rambsy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0

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
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349326912

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