Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$76,288

Total expenses

$74,511

Contributions and grants received

$63,663

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$12,625

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

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)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,485

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,694

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,791

Program service expenses (Part III)

$51,652

Program services were 69.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Part III, Line 28:AGAR managed and co-presented production of 2 performances in Amherst VA of opera "Nightcaps". This world premiere on August 3 & 6had a cast of 27, a staff of 7 & audience of 197 for 231 benefitted. Expenses of $19,214 were primarily payments to singers and musicians.

  Expenses $19,214

• Part III, Line 29 AGAR presented 12 performances of "Java & Jazz", using local musicians, with a maximum ticket price of $12 per event. Twenty-seven artists played and 7 staff assisted. This has become a popular recurring event in Amherst. Total expenses $9,945

  Expenses $9,945

• Part III, Line 30. AGAR presented a site specific play, "The Belle of Amherst", by William Luce, with 8 shows at the Amherst Glebe (circa 1763). Total audience 184, plus 4 artists, for total benefitted of 188. In addition, actress Sally Southall presented, through AGAR, 5 Amherst high school lectures on the poetry of Emily Dickenson, benefitting 306 students and 5 teachers. Total benefitted 500. Expenses: Personnel $3000, Rights to Play $1156, Portable toilet for disabled audience $689, Props $752, Printing $237. Total Expenses $5843

  Expenses $5,843

• Part III, Line 30 Other Program Services include:(a)Concert & lecture by Cecilia Smith &. Lafayette Harris at Schewel Hall, Univ. of Lynchburg. Expenses included Artist fees $4,250, Travel, lodging, meals $1,972, Total Expenses $6,222. Benefitted: 92 (b)Baltimore Consort Early Music Artist Fees $3,000, Travel, lodging, meals $968, Production expenses $966. Total Expenses $4,934 Benefitted 85. (c)Storyteller Sheila Arnold at Court St. Baptist Church, Lynchburg, presenting "Upstanders", plus 2 classes of storytelling at Madison Hts Elementary School. Artist fee $1,100, Travel, lodging, per diem $664, Venue Fee $400. Total expenses $2,164. Benefitted 153. (d)Stephanie Nakasian Concert Artist fees $1,500, Venue fee $230. Total Expenses $1,730. (e)AGAR supplied musician for Amherst Town Christmas Concert and Parade on Main Street. Artist Fee $300. Benefitted 300. (f)Virtual Smith/Harris Christmas Concert via Youtube at 4 CVACL nutrition sites in Central VA. Expenses $500, Benefitted 79. (g)School Events (1)C. Smith at Amherst HS. 2 Jazz improv classes. Expenses $150. Benefitted 25 (2)David McCormack virtual presentation via Zoom at Stewardsville 6 grade Elementary-Bedford Expenses $250, Benefitted 64 (3)Sally Southall lectures re Emily Dickenson poetry at Amherst HS, Artist Fees $400. Benefitted 118. Toral Expense Other Services $16,650.

  Expenses $16,650

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

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

9 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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