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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BAMAH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$532,856
Total expenses
$432,312
Contributions and grants received
$512,897
Grants paid
$261,510
Program service revenue
$18,500
Investment income
$1,459
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$301,230
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,934
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$287,296
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$351,139
Management and general expenses
$43,159
Fundraising expenses
$38,014
Program service expenses (Part III)
$351,139

Program services were 81.2% 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

    $512,897

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $18,500 · related or exempt $18,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,459 · excluded $1,459

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $261,510 · program services $261,510

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $105,000 · program services $52,500 · management and general $21,000 · fundraising $31,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,018 · program services $2,509 · management and general $1,004 · fundraising $1,505

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,866 · program services $3,933 · management and general $1,573 · fundraising $2,360

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,814 · program services $4,407 · management and general $1,763 · fundraising $2,644

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $185 · management and general $185

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,750 · management and general $6,750

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,313 · program services $8,313

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $244 · management and general $244

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,150 · management and general $3,150

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,767 · program services $14,767

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $261 · program services $261

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMIN FEES

    total $5,888 · management and general $5,883 · fundraising $5

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS - US

    total $2,335 · program services $2,335

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSES

    total $585 · management and general $585

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $449 · management and general $449

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,177 · program services $604 · management and general $573

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $188,020 · end of year $301,230

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,550 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,819 · end of year $13,934

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $186,751 · end of year $287,296

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BAMAH is a charitable/educational organization that provides fellowship grants to artists from Israel to support academic residencies and the teaching of art forms from Israel while also providing art workshops for the general public throughout the United States.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BAMAH is a charitable/educational organization that provides opportunities for artists from Israel to develop and teach their work promote creative innovation, mutual respect and understanding and inspire a more inclusive, respectful, and tolerant society. Our signature initiative, the Visiting Artists Program, brings leading artists to teach on campus and share their work with the community, serving as the catalyst for impactful cultural dialogue and exchange.

  • IN 2024, BAMAH SUPPORTED SEVEN RESIDENCIES, FOUR DURING SPRING 2024 SEMESTER (JANUARY-MAY) AND THREE DURING THE FALL 2024 ACADEMIC SEMESTER (AUGUST-DECEMBER). QUANTIFIABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1. SEVEN SEMESTER-LONG ACADEMIC RESIDENCIES, FEATURING EIGHT ARTISTS FROM ISRAEL. 2. SIX ACADEMIC COURSES THAT MET WEEKLY FOR THE FULL DURATION OF THE TERM, REACHING 76 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON CAMPUSES. 3. PUBLIC ARTS EVENTS REACHING OVER 9,200 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $351,139

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Flo Low

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Samuel Shai Korman

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Taylor Barfield

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Melissa Young

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dov Wilker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Whitney Weathers

    Director

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501059349301420

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