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← STEP AFRIKA U S A INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STEP AFRIKA U S A INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,843,485
Total expenses
$3,861,581
Contributions and grants received
$2,251,389
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,463,654
Investment income
$128,442
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,723,259
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,446,749
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,276,510
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,703,063
Management and general expenses
$926,598
Fundraising expenses
$231,920
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,703,063

Program services were 70.0% 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)

    $280,871

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,970,518

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCES

    total $2,463,629 · related or exempt $2,463,629

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $25 · related or exempt $25

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $128,442 · related or exempt $128,442

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $378,773 · program services $266,202 · management and general $112,571

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,057,038 · program services $767,189 · management and general $289,849

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,596 · management and general $41,596

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $131,364 · program services $97,256 · management and general $34,108

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $116,203 · program services $1,025 · management and general $95,178 · fundraising $20,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,960 · program services $4,265 · management and general $42,645 · fundraising $26,050

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,813 · program services $245 · management and general $19,412 · fundraising $7,156

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,667 · program services $3,072 · management and general $14,595

  • 17 · Travel

    total $483,518 · program services $464,879 · management and general $18,326 · fundraising $313

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,320 · management and general $43,320

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $173,421 · program services $50,354 · management and general $123,067

  • 24a · Other expenses: PERFORMANCE

    total $1,268,675 · program services $1,048,426 · management and general $51,326 · fundraising $168,923

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $29,386 · program services $150 · management and general $29,236

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGE

    total $14,730 · management and general $5,252 · fundraising $9,478

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $4,604 · management and general $4,604

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,513 · management and general $1,513

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,472,516 · end of year $1,638,652

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $788,301 · end of year $3,302,731

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $252,619 · end of year $137,745

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,350 · end of year $42,820

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

    $773,010

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

    $171,699

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $642,735 · end of year $601,311

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $74,343 · end of year $55,223

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,666,738 · end of year $1,243,384

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $155,834 · end of year $148,142

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,294,606 · end of year $4,276,510

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE TRADITION OF STEPPING AND IT'S CONNECTIONS TO ART FORMS AROUND THE WORLD.

  • PERFORMANCES AND ART EDUCATION ACTIVITIES: STEP AFRIKAS PERFORMANCES ARE IDEAL FOR THEATRES, OUTDOOR FESTIVALS, CONCERT HALLS, UNIVERSITY AND HOTEL FACILITIES, COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTERS AND SCHOOLS. THE LOAD-IN IS SMALL AND THE PRODUCTION CAN BE QUICKLY ADAPTED TO PRACTICALLY ANY PERFORMANCE VENUE.

    Expenses $2,022,251 · Revenue $2,463,654

  • STEPPING INTO SCHOOLS ARTS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES: STEP AFRIKA IS A MODEL IN THE USE OF STEPPING AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO YOUTH AND FAMILY AUDIENCES SINCE ITS INCEPTION. OUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH TRAINING AND CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. STEP AFRIKA HAS BEEN A KENNEDY CENTER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SINCE 1998.

    Expenses $542,956

  • OTHER PROGRAM

    Expenses $137,856

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • C Brian Williams

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $262,583
    From this org
    $237,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,121
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,462
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $262,583

  • Lamar Lovelace

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $157,286
    From this org
    $141,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,634
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,652
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $157,286

  • Lamont Akins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Belkov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dyonicia Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Canada

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey D Kennerly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janel Merritt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Montgomery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Troy L Patterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenn Singleton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kebharu Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kym Taylor

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Todd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Trottman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natasha Watkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Conrad Woody

    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. 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

None.

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
15 January 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510769349300431

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