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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MUSIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$350,517
Total expenses
$239,004
Contributions and grants received
$350,517
Grants paid
$303
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$272,610
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,240
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$266,370
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$159,569
Management and general expenses
$79,435
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$159,569

Program services were 66.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $43,646

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $6,871

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $147,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $152,500

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

    $43,646

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $303 · program services $303

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $186,615 · program services $132,145 · management and general $54,470

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $184 · management and general $184

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,001 · program services $501 · management and general $2,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,198 · management and general $1,198

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,008 · management and general $2,008

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,261 · program services $800 · management and general $10,461

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,483 · program services $21,483

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $184 · management and general $184

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,010 · program services $2,010

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,115 · program services $2,115

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank & Merch fees

    total $262 · program services $39 · management and general $223

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $2,460 · management and general $2,460

  • 24c · Other expenses: Vehicle Expenses

    total $4,747 · management and general $4,747

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs

    total $173 · program services $173

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,433 · end of year $64,453

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $85,000 · end of year $155,000

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $3,128

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

    $63,616

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

    $13,587

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $56,424 · end of year $50,029

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $6,240

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $154,857 · end of year $266,370

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Music Education Initiative mission isto bring music education and appreciation to the general public andschool aged children.

  • The Music Education Initiative was the first organization to be accepted into the program and the first to raise the maximum eligible matching funds from the ioby Northwest Arkansas Neighborhood Match Program. This program provides matching funds on donations received to help provide more music education programs across the state.

    Expenses $95,761 · Revenue $30,457

  • The Cast of Blues exhibit are cast of faces of the great artist of past and current Blues musicians. Each facial cast has a description of the artist and their origins. This exhibit has been viewed by several school districts and was open for the general public. This was the second year that The Music Education Initiative has bought this exhibit to the State of Arkansas.

    Expenses $5,160

  • The Music Education Initiative was selected to send a delegate to both the Music Cities and Music Cities Tourism Conferences which allows the organization to expand music education.

    Expenses $2,246

  • The Music Education Initiative helped sponsor the 2023 Arkansas County Blues & Strings Band Festival which was a weekend event to for general public to come and enjoy live performances.

    Expenses $41,192 · Revenue $44,638

  • Juke Joint was originally commissioned by the Clinton Library in 2020 as a reproduction of a music joint of the south in early American history. The Clinton Library Foundation donated the Juke Joint to The Music Education Initiative in 2021 for use in music education. The Juke Joint is currently located in the Pryor Center Atruim for ongoing public presentations and community activations. The Music Education Initiative pays performing artist to play at the Juke Joint. When a live performance is not available at the Juke Joint, The Music Education Initiative has programmed performances for the ongoing enjoyment of music appreciation for the general public. World Languages, Literatures & Cultures presented The Music Education Initiative with $300.00 for Honorarium for the use of the Juke Joint for their Experience Project.

    Expenses $12,527 · Revenue $5,871

  • The Music Education Initiative (MEI) was selected to send a panelist and presentor to the 2023 Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City. The allowed MEI to expand their music educational into the Kansas City area.

    Expenses $1,641

  • The Music Education Initiative (MEI) was the Receiptance of Year Two of the Music Organizations Advancement Coalition (MOAC) Grant funded by the Walton Family Foundation to help further the efforts of MEI to bring music education to the Northwest Arkansas area.

    Expenses $1,042

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Orson Weems

    Founder

    Total calculated
    $96,195
    From this org
    $96,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
10 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202421909349301402

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