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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by D-COMPOSED GIVES.

Totals

Total revenue
$493,130
Total expenses
$199,994
Contributions and grants received
$393,417
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$98,529
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,184
Total assets, end of year
$436,535
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,251
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$430,284
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$136,970
Management and general expenses
$40,888
Fundraising expenses
$22,136
Program service expenses (Part III)
$136,970

Program services were 68.5% 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)

    $28,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $365,417

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $98,529 · related or exempt $98,529

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $1,159 · excluded $1,159

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $25 · excluded $25

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,184

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $11,000 · program services $500 · management and general $10,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,071 · management and general $16,071

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $2,643 · fundraising $2,643

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $144,493 · program services $124,208 · management and general $1,410 · fundraising $18,875

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,542 · program services $2,500 · management and general $4,042

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $720 · management and general $720

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,985 · management and general $3,815 · fundraising $170

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,076 · program services $3,916 · fundraising $160

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,523 · program services $2,270 · fundraising $253

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,486 · management and general $1,486

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,890 · program services $1,996 · management and general $1,894

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,070 · program services $1,070

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $915 · management and general $915

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $549 · program services $510 · management and general $4 · fundraising $35

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31 · management and general $31

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $106,089 · end of year $259,229

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $18,750 · end of year $177,009

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $297

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,762 · end of year $6,251

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $137,077 · end of year $243,284

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $187,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

D-COMPOSED GIVES IS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, ESTABLISHMENT, AND EXPANSION OF CHAMBER MUSIC AND BLACK COMPOSERS. SPECIFICALLY, THE MISSION OF D-COMPOSED GIVES IS TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER SOCIETY BY PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR THE MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE AIM TO INCREASE ACCESS AND EXPOSURE TO BLACK CREATIVITY, CULTURE AND LIFE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMMING, EVENTS AND CONTENT.

  • MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS - OUR SIGNATURE PERFORMANCE SERIES DESIGNED TO GIVE AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES AN INTRODUCTION TO BLACK COMPOSERS ACROSS TIME PERIODS AND GENRES IN AN EFFORT TO REVERSE THE SEVERE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF BLACK RECOGNITION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ARTS.

    Expenses $57,997 · Revenue $79,771

  • D-COMPRESSED - A WELLNESS FOCUSED MUSIC & MEDITATION EXPERIENCE AT KENWOOD COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT FOCUSED ON PROMOTING INCLUSION AND SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE EVENT HIGHLIGHTS THE MUSIC OF BLACK WOMEN COMPOSERS, MEDITATIONS, SOUND BOWLS, AND STORYTELLING ON HEALING LED BY A BLACK WOMEN PRACTITIONERS.

    Expenses $35,830 · Revenue $2,433

  • SPECIAL PROJECTS/WORKSHOPS -1) CSO: CIVIC FELLOWS - A WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH D-COMPOSED SERVING AS ARTISTIC ADVISORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMMING. 2) TUCCA BRAZIL - OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE, WE PERFORMANCE AND FACILITATED A WORKSHOP IN SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL IN COLLABORATION WITH TUCCA AND AFRO-LATINO COMPOSERS CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC.

    Expenses $18,225 · Revenue $14,025

  • ALL OTHER - MUSICAL STORYTIME - A COLLABORATION WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND OTHER YOUTH EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS HOSTING BOOK READINGS OF BLACK AUTHORS ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIALLY CURATED/COMMISSIONED MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS.FAMILY EDITION - A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT AT THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER THAT INTRODUCES THE WORK OF BLACK COMPOSERS TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS.MUSIC INCLUSION HUB - A DIGITAL HUB OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, INTERSECTIONAL, MIXED MEDIA RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATORS TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR CURRICULUMS.

    Expenses $24,918 · Revenue $2,300

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kori Coleman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,450
    From this org
    $5,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Shayla B Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Doyle Armbrust

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Dunson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Rice

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dominic Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dejohn Allen

    DIRECTOR

    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
5 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620729349301122

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