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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AL-BUSTAN SEEDS OF CULTURE.

Totals

Total revenue
$506,832
Total expenses
$635,031
Contributions and grants received
$457,390
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$45,296
Investment income
$3,930
Other revenue
$216
Total assets, end of year
$796,057
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,569
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$776,488
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$469,817
Management and general expenses
$137,594
Fundraising expenses
$27,620
Program service expenses (Part III)
$469,817

Program services were 74.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $20,447

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $436,943

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMP TUITION & FEES

    total $24,530 · related or exempt $24,530

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM & CONTRACT REV

    total $20,766 · related or exempt $20,766

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,930 · related or exempt $3,930

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $216

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $216 · excluded $216

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $277,055 · program services $179,039 · management and general $77,786 · fundraising $20,230

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $346 · management and general $346

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,761 · program services $14,343 · management and general $6,799 · fundraising $1,619

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,544 · program services $5,544

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,340 · program services $9,266 · management and general $5,021 · fundraising $53

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,628 · program services $170,868 · management and general $760

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,448 · management and general $1,448

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,617 · program services $10,168 · management and general $9,586 · fundraising $863

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,645 · program services $32,196 · management and general $13,054 · fundraising $3,395

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,627 · program services $8,091 · management and general $1,536

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,376 · management and general $4,376

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,568 · program services $10,061 · management and general $3,370 · fundraising $1,137

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $20,276 · program services $20,276

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & MEETINGS

    total $11,224 · program services $3,687 · management and general $7,537

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $4,670 · program services $853 · management and general $3,817

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & INTERNET

    total $4,421 · program services $2,857 · management and general $1,241 · fundraising $323

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,485 · program services $2,568 · management and general $917

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $43,634 · end of year $177,174

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $386,519 · end of year $213,845

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $267,650 · end of year $130,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $994

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

    $23,336

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $11,352

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,360 · end of year $11,984

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $235,347 · end of year $263,054

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,652 · end of year $19,569

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,165

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $367,916 · end of year $232,567

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $536,771 · end of year $543,921

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture offers artistic and educational programming that enriches understanding and celebrates diversity, while supporting the pursuit and affirmation of Arab American cultural identity and playing a constructive civic role within broader American Society.

  • ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONS: PRESENTATIONS OF RENOWNED ARAB LITERARY, VISUAL, AND PERFORMING ARTISTS TO STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $234,901

  • ARAB CULTURAL ARTS/ARTS INSTRUCTION: OFFERING IN AND AFTER SCHOOL ARTS CLASSES IN A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC MEDIA FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES AND HERITAGE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOMPANYING CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR EDUCATORS. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES MUSIC INSTRUCTION, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $180,411

  • AL-BUSTAN CAMP: AN ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, HELD FOR THREE WEEKS EVERY JULY SINCE 2002, WITH AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE, ARTS, AND NATURE STUDY CURRICULUM ORGANIZED AROUND ARAB CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL THEMES.

    Expenses $54,505

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mohannad Ghawanmeh

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $73,150
    From this org
    $73,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $73,150
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $73,150
  • Lisa Volta-Zalloum

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Betsy Mesard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lamia Barakat

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alexandria Khalil

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Martyn J Miller

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Emily Neumeier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ikram Masmoudi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Ghazvinian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alexa Firat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lisa Denberry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Regina Morgan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403179349300935

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