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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$612,194
Total expenses
$132,027
Contributions and grants received
$608,668
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,416
Investment income
$231
Other revenue
$879
Total assets, end of year
$1,082,187
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,082,187
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$35,270
Management and general expenses
$45,839
Fundraising expenses
$50,918
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,270

Program services were 26.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,280

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,349

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $465,678

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $129,361

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WALKING TOUR

    total $1,516 · related or exempt $1,516

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $900 · related or exempt $900

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $231 · excluded $231

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,230

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $12,349

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,482

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$252 · excluded -$252

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,131 · excluded $1,131

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,131

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $32,615 · program services $8,154 · management and general $8,154 · fundraising $16,307

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,549 · management and general $2,549

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,562 · management and general $4,562

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,779 · program services $23,514 · fundraising $20,265

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,346 · fundraising $14,346

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,775 · management and general $4,775

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,619 · management and general $3,619

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,211 · management and general $17,211

  • 17 · Travel

    total $260 · management and general $260

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $949 · management and general $949

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $468 · program services $468

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $991 · management and general $991

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $3,134 · program services $3,134

  • 24b · Other expenses: E.D. SEARCH AND HIRING

    total $1,461 · management and general $1,461

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND FEES

    total $1,103 · management and general $1,103

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $205 · management and general $205

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $530,763 · end of year $858,557

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

    $2,339

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

    $507

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,300 · end of year $1,832

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $68,957 · end of year $221,798

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $602,020 · end of year $1,082,187

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE AARCH SOCIETY IDENTIFIES, COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND MAKES PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THE OBJECTS, ARTIFACTS AND STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY, RICH HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FREDERICK COUNTY PAST AND PRESENT AND IN DOING SO EDUCATES, ENRICHES AND ENLIGHTENS THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • HERITAGE CENTER FACILITY FOR RESEARCH, DISPLAYS, PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES. IN THE CENTER, VISITORS PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, UNDERTAKE RESEARCH, LEARN ABOUT AND EXPERIENCE THE CULTURAL OBJECTS THAT TELL THE RICH AND COMPELLING STORIES AND HISTORY ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FREDERICK COUNTY THROUGH PERMANENT AND CHANGING EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ENRICHMENT AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES. THIS FACILITY IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE. IT WILL OPEN IN LATE 2024. THE CITY OF FREDERICK HAS PROVIDED A BUILDING WITH A SUBSIDIZED LONG-TERM LEASE AND PROFFITT & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS ARE PROVIDING PRO BONO SUPPORT FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE BUILDING.

    Expenses $34,360

  • EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOCUSED ON BRINGING THE STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FREDERICK COUNTY TO VARIED AUDIENCES. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE LIVING TREASURES (CELEBRATING COMMUNITY ELDERS), FAMILY HISTORY FAIRS, CEMTERY RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION, WALKING TOURS, AARCH READS (CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE THROUGH READING TO CHILDREN), AND VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND DISPLAYS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.

    Expenses $910 · Revenue $2,416

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Protean Gibril

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Seaven Gordon

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Barbara Thompson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Zolinka McCauley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Sonja Dee Brown-Jenkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Butler Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Catherine Canning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rose Chaney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tiana Haile

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gary Rollins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alyssa Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Niya Yeboah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Senator Ronald Young Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cheryl Renee Gooch PhD

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,615
    From this org
    $30,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,846
    Hours/week
    40

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
11 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401989349300515

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