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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUES CITY CULTURAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$200,050
Total expenses
$196,437
Contributions and grants received
$186,552
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,498
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$15,258
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,145
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,113
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$66,873
Management and general expenses
$129,564
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$66,873

Program services were 34.0% 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)

    $53,769

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $132,783

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Special Events/Ticket Sales

    total $13,498

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $62,400 · management and general $62,400

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,000 · management and general $16,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,559 · management and general $7,559

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $13,400 · management and general $13,400

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,950 · management and general $11,950

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,932 · program services $43,932

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,300 · program services $500 · management and general $3,800

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,786 · program services $6,453 · management and general $1,333

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,355 · program services $568 · management and general $11,787

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,813 · program services $9,849 · management and general $964

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $839 · program services $839

  • 24a · Other expenses: License, Permits, Fees Memberships

    total $471 · program services $100 · management and general $371

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Actrivities Food

    total $542 · program services $542

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Expenses

    total $770 · program services $770

  • 24d · Other expenses: Production Expenses

    total $3,320 · program services $3,320

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,306 · end of year $5,758

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $115,875 · end of year $9,500

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $112,500 · end of year $1,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,181 · end of year $4,645

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,500 · end of year $9,113

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To promote cultural leadership and social interactions through the use of the arts and communication.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To promote cultural leadership and socia linteractions through the use of the arts and communication.

  • Blues City Cultural Center uses intractive cultural enrichment activities to promote leadership and other socially responsible skills. The organization uses the arts and other forms of interactive media to challenge children as well as adults to develop and maintain socially acceptable behaviors. The organization works in collaboration with other organizations to promote the arts and history to the general public.

    Expenses $66,873 · Revenue $13,498

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ayana Frazier-Williams

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $62,400
    From this org
    $62,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anthony Dean

    Vice-Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Janis Forbes

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colleen Bland Williams

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Candance Taylor

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Marquis Robinson

    Chairman

    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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
20 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540519349300439

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