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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARTS EDUCATION IN MARYLAND SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 29 October 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Byron Brown
  • Cary Micahel Robinson
  • Jessica Coffey

Listed only on the later return

  • Byrone Brown
  • Cary Michael Robinson

Totals

Total revenue
$946,831
Total expenses
$819,681
Contributions and grants received
$745,981
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$189,842
Investment income
$10,698
Other revenue
$310
Total assets, end of year
$430,424
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,135
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$378,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$525,600
Management and general expenses
$209,755
Fundraising expenses
$84,326
Program service expenses (Part III)
$525,600

Program services were 64.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $625,915

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $120,066

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $189,842 · related or exempt $189,842

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,698 · excluded $10,698

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $310 · related or exempt $310

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $310

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $96,031 · program services $54,993 · management and general $30,027 · fundraising $11,011

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $231,911 · program services $98,502 · management and general $107,005 · fundraising $26,404

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,400 · program services $12,357 · management and general $11,031 · fundraising $3,012

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,024 · program services $11,713 · management and general $10,456 · fundraising $2,855

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $12,217 · program services $5,718 · management and general $5,105 · fundraising $1,394

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,471 · program services $3,496 · management and general $3,122 · fundraising $853

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,150 · program services $10,367 · management and general $9,256 · fundraising $2,527

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,269 · program services $594 · management and general $530 · fundraising $145

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,254 · program services $587 · management and general $524 · fundraising $143

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,517 · program services $3,518 · management and general $3,141 · fundraising $858

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

    total $381,632 · program services $320,570 · management and general $26,714 · fundraising $34,348

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENT

    total $3,139 · program services $1,469 · management and general $1,312 · fundraising $358

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,666 · program services $1,716 · management and general $1,532 · fundraising $418

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $221,692 · end of year $397,487

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $39,694 · end of year $14,758

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,130 · end of year $4,052

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

    $16,069

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

    $16,069

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,202 · end of year $14,127

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $17,160

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $20,418

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $32,579 · end of year $14,557

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$84,293 · end of year -$78,806

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $335,432 · end of year $457,095

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ALL MARYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ARTS EDUCATION SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN AND ACHIEVE IN AND THROUGH DANCE, MEDIA ARTS, MUSIC, THEATRE, AND VISUAL ARTS.

  • ADMINISTRATION OF MARYLAND CENTERS FOR CREATIVE CLASSROOMS (MC3). WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINE ARTS OFFICE AND THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL, AEMS ADMINISTERS MCCC, A SERIES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR ARTS EDUCATION TEACHERS, ARTIST EDUCATORS, AND ARTISTS. THESE ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS, WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

    Expenses $132,959 · Revenue $77,669

  • BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUNDSUPPORT THE BUILD OF A MICRO-CREDENTIALING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF THE HYPERLOCAL ECOSYSTEM TO SUCCESSFULLY AND SUSTAINABLY SUPPORT BALTIMORE YOUTH

    Expenses $153,831 · Revenue $77,963

  • MARYLAND PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL DANCE SHOWCASE.THE SHOWCASE HIGHLIGHTS DANCE EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH A COLLECTIVE FINE ARTS DANCE CONCERT, MASTER CLASSES BY COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL DANCE PERSONNEL, ALL-STATE DANCERS ADJUDICATIONS AND AWARD CEREMONY TO SELECT ALL-STATE DANCERS, AND A NETWORKING SPACE FOR DANCE EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS AROUND MARYLAND.

    Expenses $25,968 · Revenue $30,910

  • BALTIMORE COUNTY JUSTICE IN EDUCATION TABLE: (EXPENSES: $6,720; REVENUE: $1,000), DESCRIPTION: BCEJT WAS FOUNDED IN 2022 TO ADVOCATE AND ORGANIZE FOR SOLUTIONS TO ONGOING OPERATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND FUNDING INEQUITIES WITHIN THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE BCEJT IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY-LABOR COALITION COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS.ANNUAL CONFERENCES: (EXPENSES: $1,092; REVENUE: $2,300), DESCRIPTION: BY PROVIDING POLICY UPDATES AND ADVOCACY TRAININGS, AEMS'S CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS EQUIP MARYLAND'S PUBLIC SCHOOL ARTS EDUCATORS, TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE ARTS EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ARTS EDUCATION IN MARYLAND'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    Expenses $212,842 · Revenue $3,300

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristin Cox

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Byrone Brown

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Wexler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Gibbs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Coffey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Liedahl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessika Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Lambert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christen Cromwell

    BOARD, CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Rachel McGrain

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $96,030
    From this org
    $96,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Heather Moorshead

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cary Michael Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
12 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503499349301105

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