Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← MODERN WARRIOR LIVE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MODERN WARRIOR LIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$503,699
Total expenses
$455,073
Contributions and grants received
$296,974
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$206,725
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$130,100
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,621
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$109,479
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$402,197
Management and general expenses
$25,171
Fundraising expenses
$27,705
Program service expenses (Part III)
$402,197

Program services were 88.4% 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

    $296,974

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT PERFORMANCES

    total $162,595 · related or exempt $162,595

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $24,130 · related or exempt $24,130

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SCREENINGS

    total $20,000 · related or exempt $20,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,000 · program services $72,000 · management and general $9,000 · fundraising $9,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,398 · program services $5,918 · management and general $740 · fundraising $740

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,250 · management and general $5,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $84,658 · program services $59,224 · management and general $8,825 · fundraising $16,609

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,553 · program services $1,553

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,559 · program services $10,847 · management and general $1,356 · fundraising $1,356

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,396 · program services $85,396

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,752 · program services $1,752

  • 24a · Other expenses: PERFORMANCE FEES-ARTIST

    total $94,957 · program services $94,957

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $51,628 · program services $51,628

  • 24c · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $7,049 · program services $7,049

  • 24d · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $5,078 · program services $5,078

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,795 · program services $6,795

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $72,339 · end of year $32,600

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $35,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,112 · end of year $62,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,058

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,297 · end of year $5,621

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $15,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $108,212 · end of year $74,479

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $35,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MODERN WARRIOR LIVE BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN VETERAN AND CIVILIAN COMMUNITITES THROUGH LIVE PERFOMANCES, COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS, THE SHARING OF VETERAN STORIES AND DISCUSSIONS. THROUGH HIGHLIGHTING STORIES OF POST- TRAUMATIC GROWTH, MODERN WARRIOR LIVE WORKS TO HELP DESTIGMATIZE OUR VETERANS BY FOCUSING ON THE SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE, WHILE PROVIDING HOPE AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING ACROSS COMMUNITIES.

  • CREATED BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN DOMINICK FARINACCI AND US ARMY VETERAN JAYMES POLING, THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR NATIONAL 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT IS OUR TOURING PRODUCTION THAT CHRONICLES THE STORY OF U.S. ARMY VETERAN JAYMES POLING, HIS JOURNEY THROUGH THREE DEPLOYMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT TRANSITION BACK HOME. NARRATED BY POLING, THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PRODUCTION WEAVES TOGETHER HIS STORY WITH A CAST OF WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS IN MULTIPLE GENRES LED BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED TRUMPETER DOMINICK FARINACCI. IT SHARES A PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL JOURNEY OF THE CHALLENGES OF MILITARY SERVICE AND THE EXPERIENCE VETERANS FACE WHEN THEY RETURN HOME, AND IT IS A CATALYST FOR MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. WITH MORE THAN 150 PERFORMANCES TO-DATE, MODERN WARRIOR LIVE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE 26TH U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GENERAL JAMES MATTIS AND HAS BEEN SHOWCASED AT AMAZON HEADQUARTERS AND AT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING CONFERENCE OPENING FOR BREN BROWN. VETERAN COMMUNITIES REALIZING THE IMPACT OUR PRIMARY PRODUCTION HAS HAD ON COMMUNITIES, WE BUILT A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS PARTICIPANTS A PLATFORM TO PROCESS AND SHARE THEIR INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES USING THE UNIQUE STORYTELLING MODEL WE CREATED, WEAVING TOGETHER PERSONAL NARRATIVES, MUSIC, AND FILM. EACH STORYTELLER IS SUPPORTED BY OUR MODERN WARRIOR ARTISTIC TEAM LED BY DOMINICK FARINACCI, AND CULMINATES IN A FILMED LIVE PERFORMANCE. WORK & REENTRY WE'VE WELL-ESTABLISHED OUR ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE VETERAN AND MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITIES. AS WE'VE BROUGHT THESE STORIES TO COMMUNITIES, WE BEGAN TO SEE THROUGH LINES THAT CONNECTED VETERAN STORIES TO RETURNING CITIZENS INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. CHAMPIONING THE BELIEF THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PAST, HAS THE CAPACITY FOR GROWTH, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION, WE'VE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM BEYOND VETERANS TO INCLUDE FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. "STIGMA OFTEN CREATES BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION THAT LEAVE SO MANY OF US FEELING ISOLATED AND UNABLE TO SHARE OUR STRUGGLES. IN DOING THIS, WE RISK FURTHER SEPARATING FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT CAN HELP US HEAL," SAYS JAYMES POLING. "WITH THE MODERN WARRIOR EXPERIENCE PROGRAM, WE STRIVE TO TEAR DOWN THOSE BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION, ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO SHARE THE UNFILTERED REALITY OF THEIR JOURNEY, AND IN DOING SO CARVE A PATH FOR OTHERS HOPING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW," SAYS DOMINICK FARINACCI.

    Expenses $402,197 · Revenue $206,725

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DOMINICK FARINACCI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $42,000
    From this org
    $42,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • JAYMES POLING

    EXECUTIVE VI

    Total calculated
    $48,000
    From this org
    $48,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • SCOTT BALOUGH

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • AL SIKES

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DEBRA PRINCIPI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • LOREN SCHOENBERRG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • STACY BANKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • WALTER BOOKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DANIELLE KRAKTORA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PATRICK PALMIERI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TERRY STEWART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DR JERRY SUE THORNTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
25 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523189349310387

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.