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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,353,964
Total expenses
$4,552,790
Contributions and grants received
$5,300,759
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,954
Investment income
$48,251
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,707,332
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,348,995
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$641,663
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,096,822
Management and general expenses
$455,968
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,096,822

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,300,759

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FROM PATRONS

    total $4,954 · related or exempt $4,954

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48,251 · related or exempt $48,251

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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,876,579 · program services $1,688,921 · management and general $187,658

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $385,638 · program services $347,074 · management and general $38,564

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,351 · program services $26,416 · management and general $2,935

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,941 · program services $14,347 · management and general $1,594

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $548,681 · program services $493,813 · management and general $54,868

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,580 · program services $18,522 · management and general $2,058

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $21,272 · program services $19,145 · management and general $2,127

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,328 · program services $31,795 · management and general $3,533

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $96,927 · program services $87,234 · management and general $9,693

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTING FEES

    total $536,269 · program services $482,642 · management and general $53,627

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $487,264 · program services $438,538 · management and general $48,726

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $259,804 · program services $233,824 · management and general $25,980

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $239,156 · program services $214,551 · management and general $24,605

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $239,456 · end of year $539,796

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $763,357 · end of year $499,030

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,549 · end of year $18,832

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

    $392,782

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

    $390,339

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,071 · end of year $2,443

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,260,500 · end of year $1,647,231

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $846,999 · end of year $216,439

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $150,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,570,509 · end of year $3,132,556

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year -$1,354,387 · end of year -$474,529

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $26,754 · end of year -$261,028

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $72,058 · end of year $93,894

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EDUCATE CHILDREN TO BE CONFIDENT, CREATIVE, AND COMPETENT CITIZENS. LEARNERS ARE EMPOWERED TO FIND MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ARTS, WHICH INCLUDE DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, LITERATURE, MEDIA, AND VISUAL.

  • FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF THE ARTS EDUCATES CHILDREN TO BE CONFIDENT, CREATIVE, AND COMPETENT CITIZENS. BY DOING SO-OUR VISION IS TO EMPOWER SCHOLARS TO BE LIFELONG LEARNERS BY DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND ARTISTICALLY. THE ACADEMY SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8 AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THE PRIMARY LOCATION SERVIED OUR STUDENTS SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2001, AND NOW SERVES GRADES K-8, AND THE ACADEMY LOCATED TO ITS 2ND LOCATION TO SERVE GRADES 2-8TH.

    Expenses $4,096,822

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JANICE PHILIPS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $50,424
    From this org
    $50,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WENDY HINES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRENDA HILL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LORNA PETTIS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANANYSIA JOSEPH

    BOARD CHAIR

    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • FFA BUILDING COMPANY

    501C3 · SCHOOL BUILDING LEASE · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF THE ARTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520669349301137

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