Totals
- Total revenue
- $93,205
- Total expenses
- $56,096
- Contributions and grants received
- $90,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,105
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $1,350
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $750
- Total assets, end of year
- $425,867
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $59,300
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $366,567
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $37,292
Program services were 66.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Primary Exempt Purpose: To promote Preservation, Awareness and Appreciation of Historic Origins and Cultures of Chicago Black Music Genres, in particular Blues Music, as significant indigenous American Art Forms, in local Communities and to worldwide Audiences.
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Promote Preservation, Awareness and Appreciation of Historic Origins and Cultures of Chicago's Black Music Genres through Educational Traveling/Permanent Exhibits, regularly accompanied by Film Presentations and/or Live Performance Programs, based on Traditions of these Genres (Patrons served exceeds 10,000).
Expenses $37,292
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Gregg Parker
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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James E Griffith
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ruby Andrews
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Franklin Vanderbilt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Cook
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TM Johnson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513159349203961
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