Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AFRO CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $285,815
Total expenses: $335,451
Contributions and grants received: $196,440
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $89,375
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $50,537
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $50,537
Program services expenses (Part IX): $166,987
Management and general expenses: $168,464
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $166,987

Program services were 49.8% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$196,440
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue: Palante Theater

total $20,875 · related or exempt $20,875 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: Cuyo

total $38,500 · related or exempt $38,500 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue: Taino Learning Community

total $20,000 · related or exempt $20,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue: CACIQUE

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2e · Program service revenue: Greater Waterbury Puerto Rican Day Parade & Festival

total $10,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $0 · personal property $0
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0 · personal property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $0 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$0
10b · Cost of goods sold

$0
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11a · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11b · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11c · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0 · program services $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0 · program services $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $35,978 · program services $0 · management and general $35,978 · fundraising $0
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $48,702 · program services $0 · management and general $48,702 · fundraising $0
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $2,748 · program services $0 · management and general $2,748 · fundraising $0
11a · Fees: management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $160 · program services $0 · management and general $160 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $924 · program services $0 · management and general $924 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $51,647 · program services $45,756 · management and general $5,891 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $1,198 · program services $0 · management and general $1,198 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $9,435 · program services $0 · management and general $9,435 · fundraising $0
14 · Information technology

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $53,085 · program services $20,090 · management and general $32,995 · fundraising $0
17 · Travel

total $14,139 · program services $0 · management and general $14,139 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $3,017 · program services $0 · management and general $3,017 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Supplies

total $101,141 · program services $101,141 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

total $2,925 · program services $0 · management and general $2,925 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: Utilities

total $10,352 · program services $0 · management and general $10,352 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $100,173 · end of year $50,537
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$0
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $0 · end of year $50,537
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $100,173 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The Afro-Caribbean Cultural Center empowers Afro-Caribbean Black and Tano communities through the arts education and activism. This includes strategies that foster youth education & self-determination deepening community connections and preserving Afro-Latino Black & Tano cultures. While building our organizational capacity to uplift our community and celebrate our rich heritage with confidence and purpose across generations.

Taino Learning Community: A membership driven learning community of individuals who have Taino decendency and heritage to learn about the culture traditions and roots of Taino Culture.

Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000
Cuyo: Summer and Fall Youth Leadership Program for youth ages 11 - 17 years old. Providing youth Restorative & Social Justice Sports Arts and Theater programming year round to help improve and build confidency skills and knowledge.

Expenses $68,000 · Grants $38,500
Palante Theater Company: Palante Theater unapologetically presents opportunities to create produce and perform representations of the arts. Palante through the arts seeks to provide visibility for various marginalized communities i.e. Afro-Caribbean Black Latino LGTQIA+ and Youth.

Expenses $3,987 · Revenue $20,875
C.A.C.I.Q.U.E.: exists to share our belief that restorative justice peace circle process is a great tool for self governance and can be used to support the contributions of all community members in all of the aspects of life in a community; governance problem-solving addressing harm celebration etc.
Multigenerational Cultural Education: Exists to position ACCC as the leader and expert in Afro-Caribbean Black & Taino culture through the arts workshops exhibitions and speaker series throughout Connecticut.
Greater Waterbury Puerto Rican Day Parade & Festival: Exists to celebrate and highlight the rich Puerto Rican diaspora in Greater Waterbury through planning and executing of the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade & Festival.

Expenses $75,000 · Grants $10,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Nelson Rafael Feliciano Roman

President CEO

Total calculated

$15,603

From this org

$15,603

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Nicole Delgado

Board Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Dwayne Pittman

CFO

Total calculated

$20,375

From this org

$20,375

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Katiana Jarbath Smith

Board member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Maria del Carmen Rodriguez

None

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Nicole Clark

None

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Margaret Hayward Bowen

None

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Alexa Encarnacion

Treasurer and Clerk

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Mariblanca Gutierrez

None

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Denise Martinez

None

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0

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: 2025
Filed: 21 May 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202601419349300700

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