Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,043,512

Total expenses

$525,561

Contributions and grants received

$1,015,272

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$27,475

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$765

Total assets, end of year

$1,002,324

Total liabilities, end of year

$22,091

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$980,233

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$271,841

Management and general expenses

$145,713

Fundraising expenses

$108,007

Program service expenses (Part III)

$271,841

Program services were 51.7% 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

• THE NATIONAL PATHWAYS FESTIVAL AND CONVENING: THE EQUITY ARC NATIONAL PATHWAYS FESTIVAL AND CONVENING BROUGHT 57 PRECOLLEGE FELLOWS AND TWO ALUMNI FROM 17 PATHWAYS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO NASHVILLE FOR A MULTIDAY MUSICAL EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDED SECTIONALS LED BY PRINCIPAL MUSICIANS OF THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY, REHEARSALS LED BY MAESTRO GIANCARLO GUERRERO, AND A CULMINATING SIDE-BY-SIDE PERFORMANCE OF HENRY T. BURLEIGH'S THE YOUNG WARRIOR, ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK'S AN AMERICAN PORT OF CALL, AND SHOSTAKOVICH'S 5TH SYMPHONY SIDE BY SIDE WITH MUSICIANS FROM THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY. IN ADDITION TO THESE INVALUABLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, FELLOWS PARTICIPATED IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS, SHARED THEIR PERSPECTIVES WITH THE FIELD, INTERACTED WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM LEADING COLLEGIATE AND SUMMER STUDY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH OUR FORMAL FAIR, AND SPENT AN AFTERNOON AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. EQUITY ARC PAYS APPLICATION FEES FOR ALL MUSICIANS NOMINATED TO AUDITION FOR THE PATHWAYS ORCHESTRA TO HELP ELIMINATE A BARRIER TO PARTICIPATION. EQUITY ARC ALSO ENGAGED PAID STUDENT INTERNS TO HELP PLAN AND CAPTURE THE STORY OF OUR TIME IN NASHVILLE. 100 ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORTERS JOINED THE CONCURRENT SUMMIT SESSIONS, TAKING PART IN STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS FURTHERING COLLABORATIVE ACTION TO BUILD EQUITY IN THE FIELD. FEATURES OF THE SUMMIT INCLUDED FIVE PANEL DISCUSSIONS, WORKING GROUPS, AND IMPORTANT NETWORKING WITH COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS ANNUAL EXPERIENCE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COALITION.

  Expenses $137,264 · Revenue $6,875

• MEMBER SERVICES: COMMON APPLICATION FOR SUMMER STUDY: THE COMMON APPLICATION FOR SUMMER STUDY IS A FREE RESOURCE FOR MUSICIANS OF COLOR TO APPLY TO MULTIPLE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS WITH ONE APPLICATION AND ONE AUDITION. IN FY24, EQUITY ARC WORKED WITH 18 PARTNERS OPERATING 24 PROGRAMS TO REFINE AND PRESENT THE COMMON APPLICATION '24, ULTIMATELY SERVING 175 INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS WHO RECEIVED ROBUST FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ATTEND THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM OF CHOICE. WE REFINED THE VIRTUAL SUMMER STUDY FAIR AND SHARED EXCERPT LIST, IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR APPLICANTS AND PARTNERS ALIKE. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR PARTNER LIST TO INCLUDE FOUR NEW PARTNERS, EXPANDING THE BREADTH OF SUMMER STUDY OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS NATIONWIDE. EQUITY ARC PAID THE APPLICATION FEES FOR ALL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, AND EACH PARTNER RENEWED THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO AN EQUITY ARC FELLOW.

  Expenses $69,309 · Revenue $13,650

• NATIONAL COLLECTIVE FOR MUSICAL PATHWAYS: IN FALL OF 2022, EQUITY ARC LAUNCHED THE NATIONAL COLLECTIVE FOR MUSICAL PATHWAYS, AN ALLIANCE OF RIGOROUS PRECOLLEGE MUSIC TRAINING PROGRAMS COMMITTED TO REMOVING BARRIERS AND ACCELERATING THE PROGRESS OF BIPOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR) MUSICIANS. SINCE 2022, THE COLLECTIVE HAS GROWN FROM 12 TO 20 PROGRAMS AND EQUITY ARC HAS INVESTED IN STRENGTHENING PATHWAYS WORK AND CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PATHWAYS' MUSICIANS. WE HAVE RAISED PILOT FUNDS FOR AN INSTRUMENT FUND THAT WILL SUPPORT PATHWAYS' MUSICIANS PURSUING PERFORMANCE IN THEIR COLLEGIATE STUDY. THIS SEASON, EQUITY ARC CONDUCTED AN ALUMNI SURVEY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AIM AND ARROW TO INFORM THE ALUMNI NETWORK WE SEEK TO ESTABLISH. WE HAVE ALSO DEVOTED RESOURCES TO BUILDING BEST PRACTICES FOR PATHWAYS' WORK THAT CAN INFORM OTHER PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE DEDICATED HUMAN AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF PATHWAYS' PROGRAM. THE INCREASED VISIBILITY OF THE COLLECTIVE HAS GIVEN NEWLY ESTABLISHED AND PRE-EXISTING PATHWAYS' PROGRAMS A PLACE TO FIND GUIDANCE AND HAS ATTRACTED MAJOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. EQUITY ARC PROVIDES CONSULTING SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE FOR PURPOSES INCLUDING EVENT DESIGN AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIC GOALS. EQUITY ARC STAFF PROVIDE CONSULTATION, AND EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS ARE ENGAGED AS NEEDED.

  Expenses $65,268 · Revenue $6,950

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

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

15 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202530159349300728

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