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← DESTINATION CRENSHAW

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DESTINATION CRENSHAW.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,216,538
Total expenses
$4,250,250
Contributions and grants received
$18,177,177
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$38,450
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$911
Total assets, end of year
$100,116,768
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,044,754
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$52,072,014
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,995,646
Management and general expenses
$818,450
Fundraising expenses
$436,154
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,995,646

Program services were 70.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,408,815

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,768,362

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $38,450 · related or exempt $38,450

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $911 · related or exempt $911

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $911

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $224,199 · program services $157,279 · management and general $40,039 · fundraising $26,881

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $405,814 · program services $286,084 · management and general $71,637 · fundraising $48,093

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,453 · program services $24,093 · management and general $5,815 · fundraising $3,545

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,050 · program services $26,312 · management and general $8,344 · fundraising $5,394

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $148,178 · management and general $148,178

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $189,896 · management and general $189,896

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $120,400 · fundraising $120,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,765,039 · program services $1,677,329 · management and general $87,710

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $79,280 · management and general $143 · fundraising $79,137

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,615 · management and general $48,615

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $134,310 · program services $62,400 · management and general $71,910

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,482 · management and general $7,482

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,750 · program services $3,750

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,965 · program services $47,965

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,783 · management and general $59,783

  • 24a · Other expenses: ART CURATORIAL STIPEND

    total $201,725 · program services $201,725

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $154,125 · management and general $1,421 · fundraising $152,704

  • 24c · Other expenses: AMORTIZATION

    total $123,076 · program services $123,076

  • 24d · Other expenses: PARTNERSHIP STIPENDS

    total $101,238 · program services $100,988 · management and general $250

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $361,872 · program services $284,645 · management and general $77,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,325,394 · end of year $6,180,629

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $398,602 · end of year $491,127

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,751 · end of year $28,508

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

    $85,816,141

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

    $47,965

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,952,633 · end of year $85,768,176

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,257,391 · end of year $7,648,328

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,225,420 · end of year $17,060,054

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $746,999

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $28,614,625 · end of year $28,737,701

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $1,500,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,497,923 · end of year $51,760,195

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $607,803 · end of year $311,819

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESTINATION CRENSHAW PROJECT, DESTINATION CRENSHAW IS BUILDING BLACK GLOBAL CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC PLATFORMS THAT ALLOW BLACK ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND DRIVE INVESTMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY.THESE PLATFORMS INCLUDE PUBLIC ART AND CULTURAL ASSETS, COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL BLACK BUSINESSES, COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES THAT CELEBRATE BLACK ART, AND MORE. ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGES THAT SURROUND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING AND PRESERVING EXISTING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR POWER.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,030,176 · Revenue $39,361

  • ORGANIZATION IS DEVELOPING POCKET PARKS THAT WILL LINE THE PROJECT SITE RESULTING IN REFORESTING THE BOULEVARD BY PLANTING MORE THAN 800 TREES AND DEVELOPING OVER 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO FUEL CONSTRUCTION CAREERS AND INCLUDES UNPRECEDENTED 70% LOCAL HIRING REQUIREMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION'S CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. PROGRAMMING IS ALSO IN DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN ADDITION TO PROGRAMMING RELATED TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $1,965,470

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Berlinda Fontenot-Jamerson

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Bryant

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Effie Turnbull-Sanders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shomari Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Foster

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $224,199
    From this org
    $214,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,527
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,672
    Filer's total
    $224,199

  • Heather Elena Heslup

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ART PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $127,820
    From this org
    $118,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,820
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503099349304020

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