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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MAESTRA MUSIC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$450,990
Total expenses
$429,862
Contributions and grants received
$387,949
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$62,401
Investment income
$640
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$131,853
Total liabilities, end of year
$698
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$131,155
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$255,060
Management and general expenses
$174,802
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$255,060

Program services were 59.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $49,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $338,449

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES - AMPLIFY

    total $60,995 · related or exempt $60,995

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ONLINE CLASSES

    total $1,406 · related or exempt $1,406

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $640 · excluded $640

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $36,000 · program services $23,693 · management and general $12,307

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,077 · program services $13,648 · management and general $99,429

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,884 · program services $2,279 · management and general $16,605

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,150 · program services $1,500 · management and general $1,650

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,030 · program services $48,382 · management and general $25,648

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,154 · program services $24,000 · management and general $4,154

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,326 · program services $5,210 · management and general $9,116

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,030 · program services $12,520 · management and general $3,510

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,600 · program services $8,400 · management and general $1,200

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,942 · program services $2,200 · management and general $742

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONCERT EVENT EXPENSES

    total $65,680 · program services $65,680

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $46,548 · program services $46,548

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF & VOLUNTEER APPRE

    total $1,441 · program services $1,000 · management and general $441

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $83,861 · end of year $55,405

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,828 · end of year $75,248

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,338 · end of year $1,200

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $698

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,027 · end of year $131,155

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MAESTRA PROVIDES SUPPORT, VISIBILITY, AND COMMUNITY TO THE WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MUSIC INTHE MUSICAL THEATER INDUSTRY. OUR MEMBERSHIP IS MADE UP OF COMPOSERS, MUSIC DIRECTORS, ORCHESTRATORS, ARRANGERS,COPYISTS, REHEARSAL PIANISTS, AND OTHER MUSICIANS. THE ORGANIZATION'S INITIATIVES INCLUDE MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, TECHNICAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT AIM TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND TO ADDRESS THE MANY HISTORICAL DISADVANTAGES AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE LIMITED WOMEN AND NONBINARY COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS IN THE MUSICAL THEATER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MAESTRA MUSIC, INC. IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION BASED IN NEW YORK THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT, VISIBILITY, AND COMMUNITY TO THE WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MUSIC IN THE MUSICAL THEATER INDUSTRY. MAESTRA ENVISIONS A WORLD IN WHICH WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS, VISIBILITY, AND CREATVE IMPACT IN THE MUSICAL THEATER INDUSTRY. IN THIS FUTURE, AT LEAST HALF OF ALL MUSIC-RELATED THEATER JOBS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES ARE FILLED BY QUALIFIED WOMEN AND NONBINARY MUSICIANS, DECIDEDLY INCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR. THESE MUSICIANS ARE HISTORICALLY AND CONSISTENTLY UNDER-REPRESENTED IN MUSICAL THEATRE. BY DELIVERING ON OUR MISSION, WE WILL BE A CATALYST AND DRIVING FORCE TO HELP ACHIEVE GENDER EQUITY IN OUR BUSINESS.

  • DATABASE/WEBSITE:THE MAESTRA DIRECTORY IS A DATABASE THAT CONTAINS PROFILE PAGES FOR OVER 2,090 WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WHO ARE SKILLED AND READY TO WORK IN THEATRICAL MUSICAL DEPARTMENTS. THE DIRECTORY IS A FREE TOOL AND ITS LISTINGS HAVE HELPED INDUSTRY MUSIC SUPERVISORS, CONTRACTORS, GENERAL MANAGERS AND PRODUCERS FIND AND HIRE MORE OF MAESTRA'S FOR MUSIC JOBS. MAESTRA HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH MUSE (MUSICIANS UNITED FOR SOCIAL EQUITY) TO CREATE A PARTNER DIRECTORY THAT WILL INCREASE VISIBIITY AND PROVIDE MORE INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITES FOR MUSICANS OF COLOR. A JOBS BOARD WAS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE WEBSITE AND IS VISIBLE EXCLUSIVELY TO DIRECTORY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $148,358

  • AMPLIFY 22:THE ANNUAL AMPLIFY CONCERT AND COMMUNITY EVENT, HELD THE LAST MONDAY IN MARCH TO ALIGN WITH WOMEN'SHISTORY MONTH, BRINGS TOGETHER MAESTRAS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR AN ELECTRIC EVENING OF UNIQUE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. THE EVENT IS HELD ONLINE AND IN PERSON TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE TALENTED WOMEN AND NONBINARY MEMBERS OF THE MUSICAL THEATER COMMUNITY. THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 380 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $65,680 · Revenue $60,995

  • WORKSHOPS:THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED ITS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP SERIES, WHICH HAS GROWN FROM A MUSICAL DIRECTORS' TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN INTO A MONTHLY SERIES OF EDUCATION CLASSED THOUGHT BY ITS MEMBERS AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. INSTURCTORS INCLUDED FEMALES THAT WERE SHOWCASED AS EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. THE APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE FOR ALL OF THE TECHINCAL WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT 2022 WAS 1,222.

    Expenses $41,022 · Revenue $1,406

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Georgia Stitt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $36,000
    From this org
    $36,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Emily Grishman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Laura Ivey

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Christie Chiles-Twillie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Monica Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349307662

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