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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2023 , filed 18 May 2026. 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
$935,015 changed to $927,858
Total expenses
$904,087 changed to $900,177
Contributions and grants received
$913,201 changed to $910,661
Investment income
$4,617 changed to $0
Total assets, end of year
$157,792 changed to $151,356
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,297 changed to $9,108
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$145,495 changed to $142,248
Program services expenses
$565,733 changed to $657,111
Management and general expenses
$338,354 changed to $197,159
Fundraising expenses
$0 changed to $45,907
Program service expenses (Part III)
$565,733 changed to $657,111

Totals

Total revenue
$935,015
Total expenses
$904,087
Contributions and grants received
$913,201
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$17,197
Investment income
$4,617
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$157,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,297
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$145,495
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$565,733
Management and general expenses
$338,354
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$565,733

Program services were 62.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $913,201

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $14,497 · related or exempt $14,497

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES

    total $2,700 · related or exempt $2,700

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,617 · excluded $4,617

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $191,526 · program services $117,115 · management and general $74,411

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,830 · management and general $9,830

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,799 · management and general $78,799

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,356 · management and general $24,356

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,472 · management and general $4,472

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,762 · program services $86,762

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,187 · program services $21,187

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,674 · management and general $7,674

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC FEES

    total $265,010 · program services $265,010

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $125,439 · management and general $125,439

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUILDS/ RENTALS

    total $60,909 · program services $60,909

  • 24d · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $10,890 · management and general $10,890

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,233 · program services $14,750 · management and general $2,483

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $108,138 · end of year $12,590

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $527

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $37,500 · end of year $100,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $829 · end of year $11,731

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

    $36,605

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

    $3,661

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,945 · end of year $32,944

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,845 · end of year $12,297

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,567 · end of year $145,495

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS, IS AN ACTIVIST OPERA COMPANY DEDICATED TO CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA OF THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION VALUES COMBINED WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. ITS MISSION IS TO UPLIFT THE VOICES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND BE A PLATFORM FOR COMPOSERS AND WRITERS WHO MAY OTHERWISE NEVER BE HEARD.FOUNDED BY ICONOCLASTS CHARLES AND CERISE JACOBS, THE COMPANY HAS CONTINUED THE MISSION OF THE WHITE SNAKE UNDER CERISE'S GUIDANCE FOLLOWING CHARLES'S DEATH, INVESTING IN AMERICAN COMPOSERS ADEPT AT TELLING THE MYTH-BASED STORIES THAT LIVE IN OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATIONS THROUGH MUSIC. AS A SOCIALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION, WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS BELIEVES IN MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND COMMITS TO PROVIDING FREE TICKETS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS IS AN ACTIVIST OPERA COMPANY DEDICATED TO CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA OF THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION VALUES COMBINED WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. ITS MISSION IS TO UPLIFT THE VOICES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND BE A PLATFORM FOR COMPOSERS AND WRITERS WHO MAY OTHERWISE NEVER BE HEARD.FOUNDED BY ICONOCLASTS CHARLES AND CERISE JACOBS, THE COMPANY HAS CONTINUED THE MISSION OF THE WHITE SNAKE UNDER CERISE'S GUIDANCE FOLLOWING CHARLES'S DEATH, INVESTING IN AMERICAN COMPOSERS ADEPT AT TELLING THE MYTH-BASED STORIES THAT LIVE IN OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATIONS THROUGH MUSIC. AS A SOCIALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION, WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS BELIEVES IN MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND COMMITS TO PROVIDING FREE TICKETS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

  • AS A SOCIALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION, WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS BELIEVES IN MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND COMMITS TO PROVIDING FREE TICKETS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

    Expenses $565,733 · Revenue $17,197

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Cerise Lim Jacobs

    TREASURER & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel P Dain

    CHAIRPERSON/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pauline Ho Bynum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darcey Bartel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Erlich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marlene Aron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shari Thurer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Niol Ma

    DIRECTOR

    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
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349321124

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