Totals
- Total revenue
- $704,340
- Total expenses
- $310,016
- Contributions and grants received
- $679,739
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $24,601
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $543,163
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $139
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $543,024
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $216,353
- Management and general expenses
- $80,741
- Fundraising expenses
- $12,922
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $216,353
Program services were 69.8% 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
$679,739
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2a · Program service revenue: contract fees
total $225 · related or exempt $225
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2b · Program service revenue: ticket sales
total $23,187 · related or exempt $23,187
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2c · Program service revenue: product sales and conce
total $1,189 · excluded $1,189
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $100,500 · program services $70,350 · management and general $20,100 · fundraising $10,050
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $107,263 · program services $94,892 · management and general $10,504 · fundraising $1,867
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,346 · program services $16,448 · management and general $2,893 · fundraising $1,005
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,590 · management and general $12,590
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11g · Fees: other
total $21,247 · program services $19,642 · management and general $1,605
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,904 · program services $1,715 · management and general $1,189
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13 · Office expenses
total $20,479 · program services $5,991 · management and general $14,488
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16 · Occupancy
total $5,000 · management and general $5,000
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17 · Travel
total $328 · program services $328
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $751 · management and general $751
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23 · Insurance
total $11,621 · management and general $11,621
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24a · Other expenses: production suppliesmaterial
total $6,177 · program services $6,177
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24b · Other expenses: venue
total $810 · program services $810
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $149,549 · end of year $143,163
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $400,000
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$5,407
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$5,407
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $751
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,600 · end of year $139
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $148,700 · end of year $543,023
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
end of year $1
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
MISSION- CREATING COMMUNITY ONE STORY AT A TIME.MOTTO- TO CREATE WHAT WE NEED FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIFTED.Invested in the equitable representation of Black people in the Arts and the world since creation.
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The primary purpose of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc is to foster the creation, production, and presentation of quality theater in the tradition of the Black Arts continuum.
Expenses $216,353 · Revenue $24,600
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Ayodele Nzinga
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $100,500
- From this org
- $100,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Marvin X Jackmon
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Michale Shabaka
Treasuer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Charlie Levin
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 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
- 14 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202541359349317549
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