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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CITY LIGHTS & COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$233,617
Total expenses
$243,894
Contributions and grants received
$205,017
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,600
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$43,118
Total liabilities, end of year
$287
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$42,831
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$217,896
Management and general expenses
$25,998
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$217,896

Program services were 89.3% 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)

    $55,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $149,117

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ART SALES

    total $28,600 · related or exempt $28,600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $58,800 · program services $38,220 · management and general $20,580

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,500 · program services $11,500

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $132 · program services $132

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,201 · program services $1,201

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,300 · management and general $1,300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,750 · management and general $2,750

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $406 · program services $406

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,025 · program services $6,025

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $49 · management and general $49

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,400 · program services $17,400

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,158 · program services $4,839 · management and general $1,319

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $60,948 · program services $60,948

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTREACH ARTISTS

    total $57,290 · program services $57,290

  • 24c · Other expenses: ARTISTS-COMMISSION

    total $9,850 · program services $9,850

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $5,366 · program services $5,366

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,719 · program services $4,719

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $51,408 · end of year $41,418

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,700 · end of year $1,700

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $287

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,108 · end of year $42,831

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CITY LIGHTS & COMPANY (CL) SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ART. CL BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF THE ARTS TO ENRICH, ENGAGE, NURTURE, HEAL AND INSPIRE. CL PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS OF ALL LEVELS, BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES TO PRESENT AND SELL THEIR ART. CL OFFERS A COMMON GROUND FOR STUDENTS, YOUTH, ARTS ENTHUSIASTS, ARTISTS, PATRONS, VISITORS, BUSINESS PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE ART, MEET AND EXCHANGE IDEAS. BY WORKING WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS, WE HOPE TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE PARK CITY. OUR GOALS ARE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ART, RAISE AWARENESS OF THE GROWING ARTS COMMUNITY IN BRIDGEPORT AND MAKE ART AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND YOUTH AND BUSINESS PEOPLE OF GREATER BRIDGEPORT. CL PRODUCES THE ANNUAL BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL.

  • PROGRAMS TO ENRICH THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THIS INCLUDES VISUAL ART, SONG-WRITING, FIELD TRIPS FOR YOUTH,MOVEMENT AND DANCE, DRUMMING, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, ETC. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL TEACHING ARTISTS. THE CONCENTRATION OF FREE ARTS PROGRAMS ATTRACTS ATTENDEES FROM THE CT-NY REGION, SUPPORTS THE RICHLY DIVERSE CULTURAL RESOURCE OF BRIDGEPORT AND PROMOTES THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF BRIDGEPORT.

    Expenses $217,896 · Revenue $28,600

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Suzanne Kachmar

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $58,800
    From this org
    $58,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brad Berman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcus Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Gail Buccino

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6
  • Jim Connelly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Sharon Davey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Fredericks

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Steve Gerber

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Manny Machado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sylvester Salcedo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4
  • Ken Staffey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Isreal Zavellos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15

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
2023
Filed
30 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413199349307901

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