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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GIRLS MAKE BEATS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$504,013
Total expenses
$571,888
Contributions and grants received
$398,394
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$97,308
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$8,311
Total assets, end of year
$1,106,862
Total liabilities, end of year
$375
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,106,487
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$478,380
Management and general expenses
$93,508
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$478,380

Program services were 83.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $398,394

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $17,360

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUES

    total $49,506 · related or exempt $49,506

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSICAL INSTRUCTION

    total $47,750 · related or exempt $47,750

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLISHING

    total $52 · related or exempt $52

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $76,968

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $69,727

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,241

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $477

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $477 · related or exempt $477

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $593 · related or exempt $593

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $593

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $247,236 · program services $197,790 · management and general $49,446

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $41,074 · program services $32,859 · management and general $8,215

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,267 · program services $18,614 · management and general $4,653

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $134,070 · program services $107,256 · management and general $26,814

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,572 · program services $5,572

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,622 · program services $2,245 · management and general $1,377

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,005 · program services $50,005

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,725 · program services $18,725

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,004 · program services $10,004

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,993 · program services $9,993

  • 24a · Other expenses: IN KIND EXPENSE

    total $17,360 · program services $17,360

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, REF

    total $4,734 · program services $3,077 · management and general $1,657

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $1,742 · program services $1,742

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $1,480 · program services $1,184 · management and general $296

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,004 · program services $1,954 · management and general $1,050

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,061,919 · end of year $946,191

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,689 · end of year $93,589

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,095

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

    $76,133

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

    $21,518

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,144 · end of year $54,615

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,690 · end of year $12,467

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175 · end of year $375

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,174,362 · end of year $1,106,487

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWERS GIRLS BY EXPANDING THE FEMALE PRESENCE OF MUSIC PRODUCERS, DJS AND AUDIO ENGINEERS.

  • IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, GIRLS MAKE BEATS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED ITS REACH, IMPACTING NOT ONLY THE LOS ANGELES, MIAMI, ATLANTA AREAS BUT ALSO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE EMPOWERED OVER 100 GIRLS FROM UNDERSERVED BACKGROUNDS, HELPING THEM PURSUE CAREERS IN MUSIC PRODUCTION, DJING, AND AUDIO ENGINEERING. THROUGH MORE THAN 320 HOURS OF DIRECT INSTRUCTION VIA WORKSHOPS, IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND INDUSTRY-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, OUR PARTICIPANTS GAINED CRUCIAL TECHNICAL SKILLS WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR CREATIVE ABILITIES. OUR PROGRAMS REACHED YOUNG GIRLS NATIONWIDE, THANKS TO VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS, INDUSTRY MENTORSHIPS, AND NATIONAL EVENTS. THESE EFFORTS PROVIDED ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD SUCH RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY IN UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS. THE PARTNERSHIPS WE FORGED WITH MAJOR BRANDS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING META, BILLBOARD AND THE RECORDING ACADEMY HELPED BROADEN OUR IMPACT, PROVIDING INVALUABLE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES THAT INTRODUCED OUR PARTICIPANTS TO REAL-WORLD CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. A MILESTONE IN OUR GROWTH WAS OUR INAUGURAL GALA, WHICH BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION TO OUR MISSION AND HONORED TRAILBLAZING FIGURES IN MUSIC, INCLUDING MISSY ELLIOTT, CHLOE, HARVEY MASON JR., AND FLYANA BOSS. THESE ICONS WERE CELEBRATED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INDUSTRY AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN MUSIC, FURTHER AMPLIFYING THE IMPORTANCE OF REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION. THE EVENT NOT ONLY SHOWCASED OUR WORK BUT ALSO UNDERSCORED THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE GIRLS MAKE BEATS IS HAVING BY INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE MUSIC PRODUCERS, ENGINEERS, AND DJS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BEYOND THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, OUR PROGRAMS ARE DRIVING CULTURAL CHANGE, EMPOWERING YOUNG GIRLS-PARTICULARLY GIRLS OF COLOR-BY PROVIDING MENTORSHIP, ACCESS TO THE ARTS, AND CAREER PATHWAYS IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE THEIR VOICES ARE OFTEN UNDERREPRESENTED. THROUGH THIS WORK, GIRLS MAKE BEATS IS CREATING A LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF YOUNG WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ENSURING THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT TO SUCCEED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $478,380

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tiffany Miranda

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $135,417
    From this org
    $135,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bianca Renee Casseus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $31,202
    From this org
    $31,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Whitney Taber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $27,917
    From this org
    $27,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Marilyn Booker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Charlip

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Frenzel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernie Lawrence Watkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510159349302116

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