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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JESS CURTISGRAVITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$341,407
Total expenses
$395,811
Contributions and grants received
$263,639
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$71,700
Investment income
$6,068
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$470,603
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,915
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$449,688
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$252,032
Management and general expenses
$135,580
Fundraising expenses
$8,199
Program service expenses (Part III)
$252,032

Program services were 63.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $155,653

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $107,986

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACCESS SERVICE INCOME

    total $71,532 · related or exempt $71,532

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE FEES

    total $168 · related or exempt $168

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,068 · excluded $6,068

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $71,695 · program services $55,767 · management and general $9,557 · fundraising $6,371

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $50 · management and general $50

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,772 · management and general $34,772

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $233,386 · program services $157,052 · management and general $74,506 · fundraising $1,828

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $73 · management and general $73

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,212 · program services $1,982 · management and general $11,230

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,394 · program services $2,094 · management and general $300

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,100 · management and general $3,100

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,990 · program services $8,708 · management and general $282

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $760 · program services $760

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,406 · program services $1,406

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $969 · management and general $969

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $25,004 · program services $24,263 · management and general $741

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $246,183 · end of year $129,440

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $156,775 · end of year $182,078

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $61,234 · end of year $116,153

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $59,228 · end of year $39,725

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

    $16,546

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

    $13,339

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,613 · end of year $3,207

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,941 · end of year $20,915

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $366,387 · end of year $372,931

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $137,705 · end of year $76,757

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

JESS CURTIS/GRAVITY CREATES EXCEPTIONALLY ENGAGING BODY-BASED ART THAT PHYSICALLY ADDRESSES ISSUES AND IDEAS OF RELEVANCE TO ANYONE WITH A BODY. THROUGH INNOVATIVE, ACCESSIBLE, EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE, GRAVITY ACTIVATES THE BODIES AND MINDS OF OUR VIEWERS, EXPOSING THEM TO NEW IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE BODY. GRAVITY SUPPORTS THE CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE WORK OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JESS CURTIS, AS WELL AS THAT OF QUEER ARTISTS, SELF-IDENTIFIED DISABLED ARTISTS, AND EMERGING DANCEMAKERS, AND ENGAGES WITH THE BROADER ARTISTIC COMMUNITY THROUGH GRAVITY ACCESS SERVICES, WHICH ASSISTS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MAKING THEIR PRODUCTIONS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE SENSORY MODALITIES AND PHYSICALITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CREATION, PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE ART.

  • 2024 PERFORMANCE SEASON. JESS CURTIS/GRAVITY PRESENTED "BEYOND GRAVITY" IN FALL OF 2024. THIS PRODUCTION WAS INSTIGATED BY JESS CURTIS FOLLOWING HIS PASSING AND FEATURED FOUR ARTISTS MENTORED BY CURTIS DURING HIS LIFETIME. BEYOND GRAVITY PREMIERED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON NOVEMBER 21, 2024, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTERPULSE AND AIMED TO SPECIFICALLY ENGAGE OUR RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND PHYSICALLY DIVERSE CORE AUDIENCE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS; AND PEOPLE INTERESTED IN CULTURAL EQUITY.GRAVITY ACCESS SERVICES: PROVIDED ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS A MULTITUDE OF ACCESS SERVICES, INCLUDING LIVE AND RECORDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION, PRE-SHOW HAPTIC ACCESS TOURS, ASL REFERRAL SERVICES, AND MORE. WE PROVIDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION (AD) FOR 68 LIVE AND RECORDED PERFORMANCE EVENTS IN 2024. WE ALSO PROVIDED A RANGE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY CONSULTATIONS TO LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CAL PERFORMANCES, COUNTERPULSE, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. BEYOND GRAVITY ARTISTS SERVICES: OFFERS ARTISTIC MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE, PRODUCTION SUPPORT, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO DIVERSE EMERGING ARTISTS. SINCE 2018 BG HAS PROVIDED FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR ARTISTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND PRESENTED THEIR WORK, A MAJORITY IDENTIFYING AS BIPOC, QUEER, AND NON-BINARY.

    Expenses $252,032 · Revenue $71,700

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jess Curtis

    ARTISTIC/EXECUTIVE DIR. (THRU MAR.)

    Total calculated
    $16,180
    From this org
    $16,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Gabriele Christian Deleon

    DIRECTOR/EXEC. DIR. (STARTING MAR.)

    Total calculated
    $47,535
    From this org
    $47,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Tiffany Taylor

    SECRETARY/ARTIST

    Total calculated
    $7,980
    From this org
    $7,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dress Wedding

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michelle Lynch Reynolds

    TREASURER (THRU NOV.)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rebecca Fitton

    TREASURER (STARTING NOV.)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sophia Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Link PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maia Scott

    DIRECTOR (STARTING MAY)

    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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349314046

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