Totals
- Total revenue
- $777,788
- Total expenses
- $803,759
- Contributions and grants received
- $587,033
- Grants paid
- $40,287
- Program service revenue
- $194,309
- Investment income
- $278
- Other revenue
- -$3,832
- Total assets, end of year
- $110,170
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $36,218
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $73,952
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $625,183
- Management and general expenses
- $169,842
- Fundraising expenses
- $8,734
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $625,183
Program services were 77.8% 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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1a · Federated campaigns
$11,182
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$7,500
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$568,351
-
2a · Program service revenue: Education Revenue
total $102,799 · related or exempt $102,799
-
2b · Program service revenue: Performance Revenue
total $86,760 · related or exempt $86,760
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2c · Program service revenue: Recital Space Rentals
total $4,750 · related or exempt $4,750
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3 · Investment income
total $278 · excluded $278
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$4,508
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$8,340
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total -$3,832 · related or exempt -$3,832
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $40,287 · program services $40,287
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $140,282 · program services $106,249 · management and general $34,033
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $300,643 · program services $225,565 · management and general $75,078
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $19,666 · program services $19,666
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,151 · program services $17,454 · management and general $8,697
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11b · Fees: legal
total $480 · management and general $480
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,890 · management and general $12,890
-
11g · Fees: other
total $30,481 · management and general $30,481
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $34,085 · program services $34,085
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13 · Office expenses
total $17,899 · program services $14,631 · management and general $3,268
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14 · Information technology
total $2,137 · program services $2,137
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16 · Occupancy
total $30,909 · program services $27,164 · management and general $3,745
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17 · Travel
total $49,924 · program services $49,924
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20 · Interest
total $107 · management and general $107
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,582 · program services $4,582
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23 · Insurance
total $1,857 · program services $794 · management and general $1,063
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24a · Other expenses: Performances/education
total $91,379 · program services $82,645 · fundraising $8,734
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $40,156 · end of year $47,560
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $767 · end of year $767
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $6,050 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$38,392
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$16,901
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $18,670 · end of year $21,491
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $35,252
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $99,421 · end of year $5,100
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $62 · end of year $49
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $65,079 · end of year $36,169
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $44,923 · end of year -$4,048
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $55,000 · end of year $78,000
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Our mission is to strengthen and inspire community through music. (Continued on Schedule O)In our musician-led model, Palaver's musicians share artistic and administrative leadership, guided by a passion for engaging new audiences, addressing social justice issues, and amplifying underrepresented voices. Equally committed to performance and education, Palaver presents a full season of live concerts and serves hundreds of students each year at the Palaver Music Center in Portland.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To strengthen and inspire communities through music.
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Palaver Music Center (PMC) seeks to generate a love of music, foster creativity, and hold space for dialogue between people from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds in Portland, ME.
Expenses $352,997 · Grants $40,287 · Revenue $107,549
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Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Palaver has established itself as aforward-thinking ensemble whose mission is to strengthen and inspirecommunity through music. In our musician-led model, Palaver's musicianspresent over 40 performances a year, share artistic and administrativeleadership, guided by a passion for engaging new audiences, addressingsocial justice issues, and amplifying underrepresented voices.
Expenses $272,186 · Revenue $82,928
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Ekhlas Ahmed
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Carolyn Benthien
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
William Black
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David Lakari
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Pargha Leboua
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Molly McCarthy
Director (end 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Max Monks
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Blanca Santiago
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ari Solotoff
Director (end 5/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dana Swenson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christina Wright
Director (start 4/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Josue Gonzales
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lauren Eidson
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kate Knox
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Maya French
Managing Director
- Total calculated
- $71,029
- From this org
- $69,029
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,000
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Matthew Smith
Director of Education
- Total calculated
- $69,253
- From this org
- $67,253
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,000
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 21 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202530559349300613
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