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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BALAFON WEST AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2023. 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
$226,916 changed to $214,416
Total expenses
$159,450 changed to $159,451
Contributions and grants received
$216,066 changed to $203,566
Total assets, end of year
$201,941 changed to $194,825
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$185,327 changed to $178,211
Program services expenses
$150,183 changed to $119,729
Management and general expenses
$9,104 changed to $30,393
Fundraising expenses
$163 changed to $9,329
Program service expenses (Part III)
$150,183 changed to $119,729

Totals

Total revenue
$214,416
Total expenses
$159,451
Contributions and grants received
$203,566
Grants paid
$24,700
Program service revenue
$10,850
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$194,825
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,614
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$178,211
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$119,729
Management and general expenses
$30,393
Fundraising expenses
$9,329
Program service expenses (Part III)
$119,729

Program services were 75.1% 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

    $203,566

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE:PERFORMANCES

    total $8,500 · related or exempt $8,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLASSES NAD WORKSHOPS

    total $1,850 · related or exempt $1,850

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE:SALES OTHER

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $24,700 · program services $24,700

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $51,068 · program services $35,749 · management and general $10,212 · fundraising $5,107

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,397 · program services $10,078 · management and general $2,879 · fundraising $1,440

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,345 · program services $3,042 · management and general $868 · fundraising $435

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $615 · management and general $615

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $631 · management and general $631

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,958 · program services $15,731 · fundraising $1,227

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,739 · program services $2,929 · management and general $405 · fundraising $405

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,276 · program services $11,364 · management and general $912

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,671 · program services $3,245 · management and general $4,426

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $274 · management and general $274

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSES:PAYROLL

    total $6,415 · program services $4,491 · management and general $1,282 · fundraising $642

  • 24b · Other expenses: OFFICE EXPENSES:COMPUTER

    total $3,589 · program services $1,151 · management and general $2,438

  • 24c · Other expenses: OFFICE EXPENSES:SOFTWARE

    total $3,481 · program services $1,027 · management and general $2,454

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES:FOOD AND

    total $2,673 · program services $2,673

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,619 · program services $3,549 · management and general $2,997 · fundraising $73

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,861 · end of year $173,975

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $20,850

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $16,614

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $117,861 · end of year $121,111

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $57,100

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BALAFON WEST AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE IS A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ELEVATING APPRECIATION FOR AFRICAN DANCE AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS CREATING ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THE JOYFUL SPIRIT OF TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE CENTERING THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN.

  • EDUCATION: ARTS EDUCATION CLASSES AND RESIDENCIES; MASTER-LEVEL TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, OUT-OF-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $26,444

  • PERFORMANCES: PERFORMANCES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR COMMUNITY, CORPORATE AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND PRESENTERS ON STAGES AND IN COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL SPACES; MAJOR WORKS AND PRODUCTIONS.

    Expenses $34,258

  • CULTURAL EVENTS: CULTURAL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES. INTEGRATING AND CENTERING CRAFT, CUISINE, CONVERSATIONS AND OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES RELATED TO AFRICAN ARTS. THIS HAPPENS AS A PART OF PROGRAMMING AND MAY BE PERIODIC SPECIAL EVENTS.

    Expenses $40,429 · Grants $24,700

  • SUPPORT OF THE DANCE ARTS.

    Expenses $18,598

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peggy B Harris

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Laverne Baker Hotep

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Darrell Baldwin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Linsey McDaniel

    MANAGING DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
24 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202412639349300601

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