Totals
- Total revenue
- $36,497
- Total expenses
- $27,849
- Contributions and grants received
- $25,991
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $10,506
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $36,535
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $350
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $36,185
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $27,849
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
TO CELEBRATE, PRESERVE, AND PROMOTE THE BLUES AS AN ORIGINAL AMERICAN ART FORM.
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THE MISSION OF DCBS IS TO KEEP THE BLUES MUSIC TRADITIONS OF THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA ALIVE THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCES, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. DCBS RELIES SOLELY UPON THE DEDICATION OF ITS VOLUNTEERS TO CARRY OUT ITS PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF THIS MISSION. FUNDING COMES FROM MEMBERSHIP DUES, PRIVATE DONATIONS, SPONSORSHIPS, GRANTS, SALES OF MERCHANDISE, NEWLETTER ADVERISING AND EVENT TICKET SALES. DCBS CARRIES OUT ITS PROGRAMS WITH REGULAR FREE EVENTS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, DCBS ALSO HOSTS 2-3 CONCERTS PER YEAR WHERE ADMISSION IS CHARGED.
Expenses $27,849
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Paloma CostaPALOMA COSTA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dorothy HinesDOROTHY HINES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John LitwackJOHN LITWACK
PRESIDENT (AS OF 12/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ida CampbellIDA CAMPBELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jim BarrattJIM BARRATT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kay JewellKAY JEWELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Rose LuceriMARY ROSE LUCERI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John NeumannJOHN NEUMANN
PRESIDENT (ENDED 12/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lawrence SpiwakLAWRENCE SPIWAK
DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patricia BransfordPATRICIA BRANSFORD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Adam OppenheimADAM OPPENHEIM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Eric GetzingerERIC GETZINGER
VICE PRESIDENT
- 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
- 8 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202512209349200131
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