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← SOUTHERN WORD INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTHERN WORD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$658,468
Total expenses
$681,778
Contributions and grants received
$233,412
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$419,640
Investment income
$5,416
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$253,337
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,595
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$237,742
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$532,223
Management and general expenses
$142,411
Fundraising expenses
$7,144
Program service expenses (Part III)
$532,223

Program services were 78.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $4,225

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $212,268

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $16,919

  • 2a · Program service revenue: IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES

    total $404,600 · related or exempt $404,600

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY WORSHOPSPERF

    total $15,040 · related or exempt $15,040

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,416 · unrelated business $5,416

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $4,225

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $597,007 · program services $499,429 · management and general $96,048 · fundraising $1,530

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,628 · program services $20 · management and general $1,608

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,810 · program services $16,810

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,743 · management and general $6,743

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $8,060 · program services $7,920 · fundraising $140

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,969 · program services $692 · management and general $8,277

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTALS

    total $6,150 · management and general $6,150

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $7,690 · program services $6,660 · fundraising $1,030

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $28,721 · program services $692 · management and general $23,585 · fundraising $4,444

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,707 · end of year $40,671

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $135,915 · end of year $140,886

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $65,272 · end of year $71,780

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,892 · end of year $15,595

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,950

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $259,052 · end of year $203,682

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $34,060

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OFFER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO BUILD YOUTH LITERACY

  • 5286 STUDENTS SERVED AS PART OF IN-SCHOOL ARTS EDUCATION RESIDENCIES AND PERFORMANCES.

    Expenses $281,654 · Revenue $337,654

  • 1237 STUDENTS SERVED AS PART OF AFTER-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS; 7265 PEOPLE THORUGH COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES

    Expenses $135,442 · Revenue $128,082

  • ALL OTHER SMALLER EVENTS AND PROGRAMS TO FURTHER LITERACY WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $115,127

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tim Schwarz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Monserrat Escobar Arteaga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michelle J Pinkard

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ashley Thurman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kia Goodwin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amanda Dardy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sheena Hanserd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Henry Cervantezs-Cruz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Case Bloom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Leslie Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Benjamin Smith

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $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
2024
Filed
16 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610799349300236

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