Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS 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This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 31 August 2026. 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: $331,783 changed to $693,065
Total expenses: $277,018 changed to $647,877
Contributions and grants received: $307,621 changed to $670,776
Program service revenue: $24,146 changed to $22,268
Investment income: $16 changed to $21
Total assets, end of year: $219,104 changed to $282,654
Total liabilities, end of year: $18,844 changed to $35,916
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $200,260 changed to $246,738
Program services expenses: $147,954 changed to $468,151
Management and general expenses: $129,064 changed to $179,726
Program service expenses (Part III): $147,954 changed to $468,151

Listed only on the later return

Ann EhrhartANN EHRHART
Maggie DoreMAGGIE DORE

Listed under a different title

Cerise Lim JacobsCERISE LIM JACOBS: TREASURER & PRESIDENT then PRESIDENT/TREASURER/CLERK

Totals

Total revenue: $331,783
Total expenses: $277,018
Contributions and grants received: $307,621
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $24,146
Investment income: $16
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $219,104
Total liabilities, end of year: $18,844
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $200,260
Program services expenses (Part IX): $147,954
Management and general expenses: $129,064
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $147,954

Program services were 53.4% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$307,621
2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

total $19,646 · related or exempt $19,646
2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

total $4,500 · related or exempt $4,500
3 · Investment income

total $16 · excluded $16

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

7 · Other salaries and wages

total $66,689 · program services $12,106 · management and general $54,583
10 · Payroll taxes

total $7,821 · program services $1,420 · management and general $6,401
11c · Fees: accounting

total $40,540 · management and general $40,540
11g · Fees: other

total $40,250 · program services $40,250
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $22,443 · program services $22,443
13 · Office expenses

total $1,025 · program services $1,025
16 · Occupancy

total $9,452 · program services $9,452
17 · Travel

total $3,890 · program services $3,890
23 · Insurance

total $5,526 · program services $4,144 · management and general $1,382
24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC FEES

total $46,485 · program services $46,485
24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

total $22,021 · management and general $22,021
24c · Other expenses: STORAGE

total $6,930 · program services $5,198 · management and general $1,732
24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

total $1,317 · management and general $1,317
24e · All other expenses

total $2,629 · program services $1,541 · management and general $1,088

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $12,590 · end of year $76,415
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $527 · end of year $543
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $83,834
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $11,731 · end of year $25,368
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$36,605
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$3,661
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $32,944 · end of year $32,944
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $12,297 · end of year $11,270
19 · Deferred revenue

end of year $7,574
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $145,495 · end of year $200,260

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS, IS AN ACTIVIST OPERA COMPANY DEDICATED TO CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA OF THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION VALUES COMBINED WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. ITS MISSION IS TO UPLIFT THE VOICES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND BE A PLATFORM FOR COMPOSERS AND WRITERS WHO MAY OTHERWISE NEVER BE HEARD.FOUNDED BY ICONOCLASTS CHARLES AND CERISE JACOBS, THE COMPANY HAS CONTINUED THE MISSION OF THE WHITE SNAKE UNDER CERISE'S GUIDANCE FOLLOWING CHARLES'S DEATH, INVESTING IN AMERICAN COMPOSERS ADEPT AT TELLING THE MYTH-BASED STORIES THAT LIVE IN OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATIONS THROUGH MUSIC. AS A SOCIALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION, WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS BELIEVES IN MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND COMMITS TO PROVIDING FREE TICKETS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS IS AN ACTIVIST OPERA COMPANY DEDICATED TO CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA OF THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION VALUES COMBINED WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. ITS MISSION IS TO UPLIFT THE VOICES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND BE A PLATFORM FOR COMPOSERS AND WRITERS WHO MAY OTHERWISE NEVER BE HEARD.FOUNDED BY ICONOCLASTS CHARLES AND CERISE JACOBS, THE COMPANY HAS CONTINUED THE MISSION OF THE WHITE SNAKE UNDER CERISE'S GUIDANCE FOLLOWING CHARLES'S DEATH, INVESTING IN AMERICAN COMPOSERS ADEPT AT TELLING THE MYTH-BASED STORIES THAT LIVE IN OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATIONS THROUGH MUSIC. AS A SOCIALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION, WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS BELIEVES IN MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND COMMITS TO PROVIDING FREE TICKETS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

AS A SOCIALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION, WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS BELIEVES IN MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND COMMITS TO PROVIDING FREE TICKETS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

Expenses $147,954 · Revenue $24,146

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Cerise Lim JacobsCERISE LIM JACOBS

TREASURER & PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Daniel P DainDANIEL P DAIN

CHAIRPERSON/DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Pauline Ho BynumPAULINE HO BYNUM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Darcey BartelDARCEY BARTEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David ErlichDAVID ERLICH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marlene AronMARLENE ARON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Shari ThurerSHARI THURER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Niol MaNIOL MA

DIRECTOR

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: 2024
Filed: 10 June 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.1
Source object: 202501649349301130

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