Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$808,486

Total expenses

$679,762

Contributions and grants received

$369,473

Grants paid

$5,015

Program service revenue

$439,013

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$678,129

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$678,129

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$679,762

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$679,762

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• WORLD MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS, A UNIQUE PROGRAM PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR WORLD MUSIC, PROMOTES AWARENESS, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RICH PERFORMING ARTS TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD THROUGH WEEKLY HANDS-ON CLASSES AND PERIODIC STUDENT-INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLIES IN PRE-K12 SAN DIEGO AREA SCHOOLS. THIS PROGRAM REACHED OVER 10,000 STUDENTS THROUGH WEEKLY ARTIST RESIDENCIES, INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLIES, AND PRESENTATIONS OF VARIED MUSIC AND DANCE TRADITIONS IN SAN DIEGO AREA SCHOOLS AND ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING. NEARLY 3,200 OF THESE STUDENTS RECEIVED SUSTAINED WEEKLY INSTRUCTION.MORE THAN 60% OF PARTICIPANTS ARE FROM LOW-INCOME, UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS. WORLD MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS IS SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL, PTA, PTO, SCHOOL FOUNDATIONS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS.

  Expenses $657,298 · Grants $101,886 · Revenue $443,893

• THE CENTER FOR WORLD MUSIC (CWM) HOSTED A PUBLIC CONCERT AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOP PROGRAM WITH YEAR-ROUND PERFORMANCES IN VARIOUS SAN DIEGO VENUES. ANNUALLY, CWM SHOWCASES 12 DIFFERENT WORLD MUSIC DANCE RADITIONS, ENGAGING AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES. THE TICKETED CONCERT SERIES FEATURES LOCAL AND VISITING ARTISTS, PROMOTING CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND INTERACTION.FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 2021, THE CWM PRESENTED SIX PUBLIC CONCERTS THAT ATTRACTED AN ESTIMATED 700 ATTENDEES.SEPARATELY, COMMUNITY PERORMANCES, IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL GROUPS HIGHLIGHTED THE CITYS MUSICAL DIVERSITY. THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM INCLUDED FREE MINI-CONCERTS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 15 EVENTS THAT DREW OVER 350 PARTICIPANTS.SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE COMES FROM THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO COMMISSION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, DONORS, AND TICKET SALES.

  Expenses $19,654 · Revenue $20,235

• THE CENTER RUNS A SCHOOL FOR TEACHING ODISSI DANCE (A CLASSICAL DANCE FORM FROM INDIA) TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS TO STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH MANY PUBLIC PERFORMANCES BY THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER. THE TEACHERS COME FROM INDIA ON P-3 VISAS TO BE TEACHERS IN RESIDENCE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE CURRENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS 30 WITH TUITIONS VARYING FROM $20 TO $35 FOR ONE-HOUR CLASS.

  Expenses $2,810 · Revenue $51,635

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

23 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531139349300328

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