Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$62,228

Total expenses

$55,203

Contributions and grants received

$57,276

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$4,382

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$570

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

$66,176

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$66,176

Program service expenses (Part III)

$46,288

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

• SELF-PRODUCED CONCERT PERFORMANCES:WE PRODUCED TWO FULL CONCERTS THIS SEASON - "LIGHT" IN DECEMBER 2022 AND "RIGHT NOW!" IN JUNE 2023. AS WE ARE STILL IN A REGROWTH PHASE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN ERA, AND BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER NEW ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD START SMALL WITH OUR DECEMBER CONCERT BY HOSTING IT IN THE 180-SEAT CHAPEL OF FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. HOWEVER, WE INSTANTLY OUTGREW THAT SPACE AND MOVED OUR JUNE CONCERT INTO THE CHURCH'S 700-SEAT SANCTUARY SPACE.

  Expenses $38,946 · Grants $26,004

• MEMBERSHIP: MEMBERSHIP IN BRIDGING VOICES IS OPEN TO ALL QUEER, TRANS, AND ALLIED YOUTH AGES 13 AND 21. NO AUDITION IS REQUIRED. OUR MEMBERSHIP IN JUNE WAS 23 SINGERS, UP FROM 16 IN DECEMBER. OUR SINGERS REPRESENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES FROM ALL AROUND THE PORTLAND METRO REGION.

  Expenses $3,223 · Grants $1,872

• OUTREACH: IN ADDITION TO OUR FULL CONCERTS, BRIDGING VOICES HAS PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES AS WELL, INCLUDING APPEARANCES AT THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY FAIR, WITH CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST'S "PRELUDES" PROGRAM AT THE PATRICIA RESER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AT THE PRIDE NORTHWEST FESTIVAL AND PARADE, AND A SPECIAL TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON KGW'S "HELLO, ROSE CITY!"THESE EVENTS PROVIDE UNIQUE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR SINGERS, INTRODUCE NEW AUDIENCES TO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, MAKE US KNOWN AND AVAILABLE TO OTHER QUEER/TRANS SINGERS THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF OUR SAFE AND CREATIVE SPACE, AND SPREAD QUEER/TRANS JOY AND MUSIC THROUGHOUT OUR LOCAL REGION.

  Expenses $4,119 · Grants $2,412

• PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWNS OF 2020, WE HAD GROWN TO BE THE LARGEST QUEER-TRANS-ALLIED YOUTH CHORUS IN THE NATION. WE ARE NOT SURE WHERE WE RANK WITH OTHER CHORUSES TODAY, BUT WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN NUMBERS AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. WE ARE IN OUR 10TH SEASON, CONTINUING TO SERVE AND SUPPORT, AND STRIVING TO MAINTAIN THIS UNIQUELY CREATIVE AND QUEER COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. OUR MEMBERS DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF AND A SAVVY FOR INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCES THEY ENCOUNTER WITH BRIDGING VOICES. AND, SEVERAL MEMBERS USE THEIR DEDICATION TO THE CHORUS TO CULTIVATE SKILLS FOR LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZING. THE SUCCESS OF BRIDGING VOICES AS AN INSTITUTION IS INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO THE SUCCESS OF EACH OF OUR MEMBERS, INDIVIDUALLY. FOR THIS REASON AND MANY OTHERS, WE REMAIN DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE SUCCESS OF BOTH.

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

Listed in Part IV

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

2022

Filed

18 January 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202400329349200430

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