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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ROOTS OF MUSIC 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This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2023 , filed 3 February 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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
$1,112,206 changed to $1,189,542
Total expenses
$1,061,239 changed to $1,075,670
Contributions and grants received
$1,103,411 changed to $1,180,764
Investment income
$91 changed to $74
Total assets, end of year
$650,359 changed to $847,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,741 changed to $72,664
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$640,618 changed to $774,666
Program services expenses
$673,803 changed to $708,323
Management and general expenses
$263,065 changed to $195,406
Fundraising expenses
$124,371 changed to $171,941
Program service expenses (Part III)
$673,803 changed to $708,323

Totals

Total revenue
$1,112,206
Total expenses
$1,061,239
Contributions and grants received
$1,103,411
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,231
Investment income
$91
Other revenue
$3,473
Total assets, end of year
$650,359
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,741
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$640,618
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$673,803
Management and general expenses
$263,065
Fundraising expenses
$124,371
Program service expenses (Part III)
$673,803

Program services were 63.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $11,969

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,091,442

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Band Contributions

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Merchandise

    total $231 · related or exempt $231

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Performance Income

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $91 · related or exempt $91

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,960

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $11,969

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,487

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,473 · excluded $3,473

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $455,483 · program services $283,816 · management and general $97,217 · fundraising $74,450

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,913 · management and general $32,913

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,844 · program services $21,712 · management and general $7,437 · fundraising $5,695

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,917 · management and general $4,917

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,913 · management and general $10,700 · fundraising $2,213

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,259 · fundraising $2,259

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,491 · program services $1,392 · management and general $4,919 · fundraising $180

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,151 · management and general $5,271 · fundraising $8,880

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $62,125 · program services $3,795 · management and general $57,542 · fundraising $788

  • 17 · Travel

    total $418 · program services $418

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $141 · management and general $141

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,561 · management and general $15,561

  • 24a · Other expenses: Musical Equipment Repairs

    total $19,140 · program services $16,633 · management and general $2,507

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Food Expenses

    total $30,280 · program services $30,280

  • 24c · Other expenses: Student Transportation

    total $197,605 · program services $197,605

  • 24d · Other expenses: Apparel

    total $15,789 · program services $13,461 · management and general $2,328

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $156,209 · program services $104,691 · management and general $21,612 · fundraising $29,906

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $554,288 · end of year $611,909

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $8,400

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,406 · end of year $5,315

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

    $27,885

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,707 · end of year $27,885

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $5,250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,150 · end of year $9,741

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $374,362 · end of year $640,618

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $215,289

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Roots of Musics mission is to teach, support, and empower New Orleans youth through music education,academic support, and mentorship while preserving and promoting New Orleans unique musical and cultural heritage.

  • The program provides music education and ensemble performance in a year round After School and Saturday program 5 days per week. Participation in the Roots of Music program is free. Program hours are Monday through Thursday 4PM to 7PM and Saturday from 10PM-2PM. Students arrive at the program and go directly to academic enrichment activities for the first half of the program. The children then break up into their musical sections working hands on with their music instructor. The organization provides the students with a free meal daily. Free buses are provided by the program to collect students from their schools and bring them home afterwards. The program serves over 100 middle school students from over 40 schools across Orleans parish. Further, the program comprises a full traditional New Orleans marching band (See Schedule O) that has paraded the city since 2009. The program operates for on average 200 days per calendar year.

    Expenses $673,803 · Revenue $5,231

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Derrick Tabb

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Julian Hebert

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Bordnick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Goldring

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cedric Richmond

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Will Snowden

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jade Russell

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel O Conwill IV

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ani Difranco

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carmelittia Agee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arkesha Baquet

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Mccoullugh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Seymour

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karon Reese

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Sakakeeny

    Chairman

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530629349300323

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