Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← D-COMPOSED GIVES

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by D-COMPOSED GIVES.

Totals

Total revenue
$111,255
Total expenses
$81,405
Contributions and grants received
$77,450
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$33,805
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$117,800
Total liabilities, end of year
$660
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,140
Program service expenses (Part III)
$71,672

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

D-COMPOSED GIVES IS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, ESTABLISHMENT, AND EXPANSION OF CHAMBER MUSIC AND BLACK COMPOSERS. SPECIFICALLY, THE MISSION OF D-COMPOSED GIVES IS TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER SOCIETY BY PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR THE MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE AIM TO INCREASE ACCESS AND EXPOSURE TO BLACK CREATIVITY, CULTURE AND LIFE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMMING, EVENTS AND CONTENT.

  • MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS - OUR SIGNATURE PERFORMANCE SERIES DESIGNED TO GIVE AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES AN INTRODUCTION TO BLACK COMPOSERS ACROSS TIME PERIODS AND GENRES IN AN EFFORT TO REVERSE THE SEVERE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF BLACK RECOGNITION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ARTS.

    Expenses $46,865

  • MUSIC INCLUSION HUB - A DIGITAL HUB OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, INTERSECTIONAL, MIXED MEDIA RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATORS TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR CURRICULUMS.

    Expenses $8,041

  • D-COMPRESSED - A WELLNESS FOCUSED MUSIC & MEDITATION EXPERIENCE AT KENWOOD COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT FOCUSED ON PROMOTING INCLUSION AND SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE EVENT HIGHLIGHTS THE MUSIC OF BLACK WOMEN COMPOSERS, MEDITATIONS, SOUND BOWLS, AND STORYTELLING ON HEALING LED BY A BLACK WOMEN PRACTITIONERS.

    Expenses $3,028

  • D-COMPOSITION - OUR FIRST COLLABORATION WITH POETS & STORYTELLERS. SPECIAL PROJECTS - EXPO CHICAGO, WE COLLABORATED WITH MARIANE IBRAHIM GALLERY AND CURATED A PROGRAM FOR PATRICK EUGNE'S DEBUT SOLO SHOW, 50 LBS. COLLABORATION WITH COMPOSER JESSIE MONTGOMERY TO PERFORM AN ORIGINAL SCORE FOR ALLANA CLARK'S EXHIBITION "I FEEL EVERYTHING". BOTH PROJECTS MARKED OUR FIRST TIME PARTNERING WITH VISUAL ARTISTS. COMMUNITY & YOUTH ENGAGEMENT - 6 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND 7 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FAMILY EDITION - A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT AT THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER THAT INTRODUCES THE WORK OF BLACK COMPOSERS TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS.

    Expenses $13,738

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Kori Coleman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Shayla B Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Doyle Armbrust

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Dunson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edna Togba

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
22 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442969349201174

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.