Totals
- Total revenue
- $51,985
- Total expenses
- $79,574
- Contributions and grants received
- $51,985
- 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)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $500
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $70
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $430
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $79,574
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
THE UPBEAT ACADEMY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE UNDERPRIVILEDGED, AT-RISK WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO PRODUCE AND PERFORM ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC AND HIP-HOP. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SEEKS TO INTRODUCE ITS STUDENTS TO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, OFFERING REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE, CASE STUDIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THEIR FAVORITE MUSICIANS
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SINCE 2012, UPBEAT ACADEMY FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED FREE MUSIC PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING TO OVER ONE HUNDRED UNDERSERVED MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM OVER TEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED UPBEAT ACADEMY'S PROGRAM HAVE ALSO ATTAINED ALL NECESSARY CREDITS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. TO DATE, FIVE UPBEAT ACADEMY GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO PURSUE MUSIC PRODUCTION DEGREES AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, WITH TWO OF THESE GRADUATES RETURNING TO UPBEAT AS PAID INSTRUCTORS. STUDENTS WILL AGAIN BE PERFORMING AT THIS YEAR'S BUKU MUSIC + ARTS PROJECT IN NEW ORLEANS. UPBEAT ACADEMY HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED OUR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE MUSIC ENRICHMENT FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH IN ORLEANS PARISH PRISON'S JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AND BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, UPBEAT WILL PARTNER WITH COVENANT HOUSE, A SHELTER FOR RUNAWAY YOUTH, TO PROVIDE WEEKLY MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS AT THEIR ORLEANS FACILITY. FOR INQUIRIES OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAM PLEASE CONTACT: [email protected]
Expenses $79,574
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Charles CoepeningCHARLES COEPENING
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $27,180
- Compensation
- $27,180
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 30
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Dante DipasqualeDANTE DIPASQUALE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 5
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Andrew ClementsANDREW CLEMENTS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 5
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Peter Prevot JrPETER PREVOT JR
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202533089349201718
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