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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AL-BUSTAN SEEDS OF CULTURE.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 7 May 2024. 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.

Total revenue
$1,037,817 changed to $816,516
Total expenses
$651,757 changed to $663,497
Contributions and grants received
$989,781 changed to $768,480
Total assets, end of year
$1,255,914 changed to $950,504
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,819 changed to $45,817
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,240,095 changed to $904,687
Program services expenses
$522,115 changed to $529,757
Management and general expenses
$127,750 changed to $131,848
Program service expenses (Part III)
$522,115 changed to $529,757

Listed only on the later return

  • Lisa Volta-Zalloum

Listed under a different title

  • Mohannad Ghawanmeh: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR then EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2022 & 20

Totals

Total revenue
$1,037,817
Total expenses
$651,757
Contributions and grants received
$989,781
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$47,461
Investment income
$148
Other revenue
$427
Total assets, end of year
$1,255,914
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,819
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,240,095
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$522,115
Management and general expenses
$127,750
Fundraising expenses
$1,892
Program service expenses (Part III)
$522,115

Program services were 80.1% 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)

    $17,309

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $972,472

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMP TUITION & ADMIN FE

    total $28,888 · related or exempt $28,888

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM & CONTRACT REV

    total $18,573 · related or exempt $18,573

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $148 · related or exempt $148

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $427

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $427 · related or exempt $427

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,000 · program services $39,996 · management and general $34,583 · fundraising $1,421

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $147,073 · program services $137,158 · management and general $9,915

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $520 · management and general $520

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,509 · program services $12,050 · management and general $4,354 · fundraising $105

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,197 · program services $1,947 · management and general $250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,172 · program services $14,729 · management and general $5,320 · fundraising $123

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $154,537 · program services $154,537

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,081 · program services $60,040 · management and general $29,041

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,885 · program services $9,987 · management and general $8,874 · fundraising $24

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,591 · program services $37,185 · management and general $8,271 · fundraising $135

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,783 · program services $5,646 · management and general $1,137

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,199 · program services $5,199

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,142 · program services $6,673 · management and general $2,411 · fundraising $58

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $32,524 · program services $23,609 · management and general $8,915

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & MEETINGS

    total $11,188 · program services $6,547 · management and general $4,641

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $8,457 · management and general $8,457

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & INTERNET

    total $4,255 · program services $3,168 · management and general $1,061 · fundraising $26

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,644 · program services $3,644

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $79,708 · end of year $58,541

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $286,370 · end of year $386,519

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $354,000 · end of year $594,890

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,451

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,065 · end of year $994

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

    $23,336

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

    $6,976

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,441 · end of year $16,360

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $109,450 · end of year $198,610

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $450 · end of year $15,819

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $284,721 · end of year $709,724

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $569,314 · end of year $530,371

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture offers artistic and educational programming that enriches understanding and celebrates diversity, while supporting the pursuit and affirmation of Arab American cultural identity and playing a constructive civic role within broader American Society.

  • ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONS: PRESENTATIONS OF RENOWNED ARAB LITERARY, VISUAL, AND PERFORMING ARTISTS TO STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $399,760

  • ARAB CULTURAL ARTS/ARTS INSTRUCTION: OFFERING IN AND AFTER SCHOOL ARTS CLASSES IN A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC MEDIA FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES AND HERITAGE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOMPANYING CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR EDUCATORS. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES MUSIC INSTRUCTION, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $103,220

  • AL-BUSTAN CAMP: AN ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, HELD FOR THREE WEEKS EVERY JULY SINCE 2002, WITH AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE, ARTS, AND NATURE STUDY CURRICULUM ORGANIZED AROUND ARAB CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL THEMES.

    Expenses $19,135

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mohannad Ghawanmeh

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,000
    From this org
    $76,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Ghazvinian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Dato

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Betsy Mesard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Emily Neumeier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alexa Firat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mehrnoosh Aryanpour

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Georgette Hamaty

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Omar Harb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ikram Masmoudi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lisa Denberry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Regina Morgan

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2022
Filed
21 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349301330

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