Totals
- Total revenue
- $172,408
- Total expenses
- $160,361
- Contributions and grants received
- $171,520
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $888
- Total assets, end of year
- $26,768
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $24,999
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,769
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $126,616
Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
NVAK (WHICH MEANS MUSIC IN ARMENIAN) IS A MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM WHOSE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF YOUNG MUSICIANS LIVING IN COUNTRIES FACING SOCIAL,POLITICAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.WE CONNECT OUR STUDENTS (AGES 14-30) WITH EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM THE MUSIC BUSINESS,USING MUSIC EDUCATION AS A WAY TO (1) BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER INTO DIALOGUE,(2) FOSTER ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL COLLABORATION AND (3) HELP OUR STUDENTS FIND CAREER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNAVAILABLE TO THEM.
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IN 2015, BECAUSE OF THE WORK TAMAR WAS DOING IN THE U.S. MUSIC BUSINESS,SHE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND EXTENDED AMOUNTS OF TIME IN YEREVAN,ARMENIA. DURING THOSE MONTHS, SHE GOT TO KNOW LOCAL CREATIVES AND REALIZED WHILE TALENT WAS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED, OPPORTUNITY WAS NOT.THE ARMENIAN YOUTH POSSESSED HUGE AMOUNTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; THEY WERE CURIOUS AND HUNGRY TO LEARN; THEY WANTED TO INTEGRATE INTO THE GLOBAL AND TECHNOLOGICALLY CONNECTED WORLD; AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE UNAVAILABLE TO THEM. TAMAR REALIZED THAT BECAUSE OF HER CONNECTIONS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND THE PLATFORM SHE HAD IN THE COUNTRY, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION SUPER-SERVING TALENTED MUSICIANS IN ARMENIA. PRIOR TO NVAK, THERE WAS NO COLLABORATIVE, COHESIVE, VIBRANT, MODERN MUSIC COMMUNITY IN ARMENIA. YOUNG MUSICIANS WERE NOT PRODUCING OR RELEASING ORIGINAL MUSIC. THEY WERE NOT COLLABORATING AND WORKING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY WERE NOT PLAYING LIVE SHOWS. NO ONE KNEW WHAT AN OPEN-MIC-NIGHT WAS. NO ONE KNEW WHAT SONGWRITER CIRCLES WERE. THE MISSION WAS TO CREATE CHANGE AND TO WEAVE TOGETHER THE FRAGMENTED CREATIVE COMMUNITY. BY 2019, NVAK HAD SCALED TO 2 ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES;IMPACTING ARTISTS IN 3 DIFFERENT REGIONS(ARMENIA,ISRAEL,AND MALAWI)AND 6 DIFFERENT CULTURAL GROUPS; IN 2020, NVAK EVOLVED ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING INTO A HYBRID IN-PERSON AND REMOTE LEARNING SYSTEM THAT CAN BE HELD YEAR-ROUND AND REACH ITS ENTIRE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF 1,500 STUDENTS. THIS FLEXIBLE EDUCATION MODEL FITS THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN MUSIC STUDENT AND SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDS NVAK'S IMPACT THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION. WHAT ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A SUMMER PROGRAM IS NOW A YEAR-ROUND COMMUNITY AND FAMILY THAT PROVIDES FREE, HIGH-QUALITY, INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR UNDER-SERVED MUSICIANS GLOBALLY.
Expenses $61,380
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N/A
Expenses $65,236
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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TAMAR KAPRELIAN
FOUNDER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 5
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ROCHELLE HOLGUIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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LAUREN DAVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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LAURA JALALIAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202403179349204095
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