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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,574,345
Total expenses
$5,556,216
Contributions and grants received
$1,884,439
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,689,906
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,047,289
Total liabilities, end of year
$441,191
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$606,098
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,478,932
Management and general expenses
$663,251
Fundraising expenses
$414,033
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,478,932

Program services were 80.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $110,620

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,773,819

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $59,666

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $3,689,906 · related or exempt $3,689,906

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $173,870 · program services $128,159 · management and general $29,057 · fundraising $16,654

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,731,606 · program services $1,276,364 · management and general $289,381 · fundraising $165,861

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $185,428 · program services $130,862 · management and general $41,795 · fundraising $12,771

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,249 · program services $22,105 · management and general $3,142 · fundraising $3,002

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $822,975 · program services $643,925 · management and general $91,550 · fundraising $87,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $50,979 · program services $49,214 · management and general $318 · fundraising $1,447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $298,337 · program services $158,123 · management and general $104,203 · fundraising $36,011

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $149,021 · program services $99,876 · management and general $33,109 · fundraising $16,036

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $219,544 · program services $165,676 · management and general $17,686 · fundraising $36,182

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,990 · program services $8,857 · management and general $3,125 · fundraising $1,008

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,785 · program services $3,231 · management and general $9,922 · fundraising $1,632

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $110,318 · program services $70,645 · management and general $29,662 · fundraising $10,011

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST AND INSTRUCTORS FEES

    total $1,146,137 · program services $1,146,137

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $306,017 · program services $290,333 · fundraising $15,684

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER RENTALS

    total $131,891 · program services $128,883 · fundraising $3,008

  • 24d · Other expenses: INSTRUMENTS, MUSICAL SUPPLIES

    total $73,951 · program services $73,951

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $100,118 · program services $82,591 · management and general $10,301 · fundraising $7,226

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $968,836 · end of year $392,413

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $219,789 · end of year $206,342

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $197,762 · end of year $185,629

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $80,702

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

    $304,268

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

    $157,025

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $50,435 · end of year $147,243

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $45,080 · end of year $34,960

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,153 · end of year $116,969

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $491,743 · end of year $19,484

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $314,386 · end of year $24,530

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $34,651 · end of year $280,208

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $452,182 · end of year $315,433

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $135,787 · end of year $290,665

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

JAZZ HOUSE KIDS IS DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING LIVES USING THE POWER AND LEGACY OF JAZZ THROUGH WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCES THAT CREATE AVENUES OF ACCESS, LEARNING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.

  • JAZZ HOUSE PROGRAMS: AT THE JAZZ HOUSE IN MONTCLAIR AND AT JAZZ HOUSE NYC, STUDENTS AGES 8 TO 19 FROM ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK PARTICIPATE IN YEAR-ROUND JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS WITH JAZZ HOUSE KIDS PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS. QUALIFYING STUDENTS RECEIVE GREATLY REDUCED, NEED-BASED TUITION ASSISTANCE. THE CHICA POWER INITIATIVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES YOUNG WOMENS PARTICIPATION IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ENSEMBLES AT THE JAZZ HOUSE. SINCE THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2011, YOUNG WOMENS PARTICIPATION HAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 250%. 100% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS STUDYING AT THE JAZZ HOUSE IN MONTCLAIR GO ON TO ATTEND COLLEGE WITH MANY RECEIVING MAJOR SCHOLARSHIPS. JAZZ HOUSE KIDS ALSO PRODUCES EXTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED JAZZ HOUSE SUMMER WORKSHOP. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES THE FREE, MULTI-PART JAZZ HOUSE GOES TO COLLEGE SERIES.

    Expenses $3,049,833

  • MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL: PRESENTED ANNUALLY SINCE 2010, THE MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL ("MJF") HAS GROWN TO BECOME NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST, FREE JAZZ FESTIVAL WITH MORE THAN 26,000 ATTENDEES. THIS WORLD-CLASS FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED AT VENUES ACROSS MONTCLAIR AND CULMINATES WITH A FREE GRAND FINALE FEATURING MULTIPLE STAGES WITH RENOWNED ARTISTS AND EMERGING MUSICIANS. THE FESTIVAL GENERATES TREMENDOUS REVENUE FOR HUNDREDS OF DOWNTOWN MONTCLAIRS LOCAL BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $896,473

  • IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS: JAZZ HOUSE MUSIC SCHOLARS PROGRAMS PROVIDE FREE, WEEKLY IN-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION FOR HUNDREDS OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, IN NEWARK AND OTHER UNDERRESOURCED NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SMALL GROUP LESSONS, ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CONCERTS AND MASTERCLASSES.

    Expenses $532,626

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MELISSA WALKER

    President

    Total calculated
    $175,000
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,000
  • THOMAS CHUBB

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $117,110
    From this org
    $117,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • RYAN C ANSELMI

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100,750
    From this org
    $100,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • MARTIN MELILLI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUSAN GIFFORD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE

    ARTISTIC CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JANET SHAPIRO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • CECILE SUTHERLAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TERRY WOODARD

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SANDRA SMITH

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JANELLE ANDERSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NEAL LAZAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RHONDA ROBINSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID PLACEK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GARY TAYLOR

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Jordan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TAKASHI MATSUKI

    BORAD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NICOLE PUCCI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEVEN SHADMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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
2023
Filed
20 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540209349301719

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