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← ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,701,507
Total expenses
$2,462,654
Contributions and grants received
$1,600,632
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$50,246
Investment income
$50,629
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,268,067
Total liabilities, end of year
$548,250
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,719,817
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,125,517
Management and general expenses
$258,430
Fundraising expenses
$78,707
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,125,517

Program services were 86.3% 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

    $1,600,632

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $50,246 · related or exempt $50,246

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,700 · excluded $40,700

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $148,244

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $138,315

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,929

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,929 · excluded $9,929

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $253,120 · program services $226,032 · management and general $20,316 · fundraising $6,772

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $718,992 · program services $655,405 · management and general $47,690 · fundraising $15,897

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,836 · program services $33,563 · management and general $1,705 · fundraising $568

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,854 · program services $66,135 · management and general $5,039 · fundraising $1,680

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,927 · management and general $38,927

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $37,087 · fundraising $37,087

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $866 · management and general $866

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $126,042 · program services $79,217 · management and general $46,825

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,202 · program services $19,512 · management and general $15,497 · fundraising $1,193

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $49,130 · program services $45,807 · management and general $3,323

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,132 · program services $54,119 · management and general $6,013

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,347 · program services $10,379 · management and general $7,822 · fundraising $14,146

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,256 · management and general $14,256

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $561,288 · program services $561,288

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $199,300 · program services $179,370 · management and general $19,930

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $97,286 · program services $87,557 · management and general $9,729

  • 24b · Other expenses: MUSICIAN CONTRACT LABOR

    total $37,009 · program services $37,009

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES AND SU

    total $26,232 · program services $26,232

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $15,906 · program services $15,906

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,842 · program services $27,986 · management and general $20,492 · fundraising $1,364

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $303,899 · end of year $852,432

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $533,733 · end of year $909,176

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,320,360 · end of year $289,724

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $89,673 · end of year $85,210

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

    $12,879,505

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

    $4,754,246

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,597,687 · end of year $8,125,259

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $171,265

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,472 · end of year $6,266

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,376 · end of year $48,250

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,658,647 · end of year $8,234,501

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,812,066 · end of year $1,485,316

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL/RECORDING STUDIO AND TO TEACH MUSIC/DANCE/COMPUTER LITERACY TO CHILDREN, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTISTS AND TO INTERACT WITH RESIDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL/RECORDING STUDIO. THE CENTER BROADENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN, YOUTH AND MUSICIANS. THE CENTER PROVIDES A SAFE, POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHILDREN CAN DEVELOP MUSICALLY, ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. THE CENTER ALSO DELIVERS STRATEGIC ASSISTANCE AND TOOLS TO VILLAGE MUSICIANS THAT CAN ENHANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS THROUGHOUT NEW ORLEANS.

  • DURING 2023, THE USE OF THE CENTER'S RECORDING FACILITIES AND PERFORMANCE SPACE CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR PRODUCTION TRAINING PROGRAMS, MUSICIAN'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE, INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTS, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $2,125,517 · Revenue $50,246

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ann Marie Wilkins

    CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Harry Connick Jr

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Branford Marsalis

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Roy Mouledous

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • W Garner Robinson

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew R Lee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael J Siegel

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jack Leahy

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha Murphy

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Celine Lefebvre

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hayley Crown

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark A Mayer

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gretchen F Chase

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Waynett Dabney

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,441
    From this org
    $124,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,676
    Hours/week
    40

  • Daryl Dickerson

    DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

    Total calculated
    $117,679
    From this org
    $116,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,295
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Torregano

    ASST MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,830
    From this org
    $103,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443129349303089

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