Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by BALAFON WEST AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $402,991
- Total expenses
- $230,330
- Contributions and grants received
- $363,999
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $27,991
- Investment income
- $126
- Other revenue
- $10,875
- Total assets, end of year
- $376,297
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $18,309
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $357,988
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $141,229
- Management and general expenses
- $79,809
- Fundraising expenses
- $9,292
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $141,229
Program services were 61.3% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$18,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$345,999
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2a · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE:PERFORMANCES
total $27,716 · related or exempt $27,716
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2b · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE:CLASS & WORKSH
total $1,820 · related or exempt $1,820
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2c · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE:SALES OTHER
total $530 · related or exempt $530
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2d · Program service revenue: DISCOUNTS GIVEN
total -$2,075 · related or exempt -$2,075
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3 · Investment income
total $126 · related or exempt $126
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11a · Other revenue: UNCATEGORIZED INCOME
total $10,875 · related or exempt $10,875
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11e · Other revenue, total
$10,875
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $43,065 · program services $26,407 · management and general $14,922 · fundraising $1,736
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $12,944 · program services $7,937 · management and general $4,485 · fundraising $522
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $4,784 · program services $2,933 · management and general $1,658 · fundraising $193
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $3,546 · program services $2,174 · management and general $1,229 · fundraising $143
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,980 · program services $3,070 · management and general $1,709 · fundraising $201
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11g · Fees: other
total $70,513 · program services $43,239 · management and general $24,432 · fundraising $2,842
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $39,911 · program services $24,474 · management and general $13,829 · fundraising $1,608
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,451 · program services $890 · management and general $503 · fundraising $58
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17 · Travel
total $16,918 · program services $10,372 · management and general $5,863 · fundraising $683
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23 · Insurance
total $1,031 · program services $632 · management and general $357 · fundraising $42
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES:VENUE RE
total $11,001 · program services $6,746 · management and general $3,812 · fundraising $443
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24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES:FOOD AND
total $4,693 · program services $2,878 · management and general $1,626 · fundraising $189
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24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSES:PAYROLL
total $4,674 · program services $2,866 · management and general $1,620 · fundraising $188
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24d · Other expenses: OFFICE EXPENSES:SOFTWARE
total $2,950 · program services $1,809 · management and general $1,022 · fundraising $119
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24e · All other expenses
total $7,869 · program services $4,802 · management and general $2,742 · fundraising $325
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $135,952 · end of year $119,927
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $27,966 · end of year $256,370
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $38,023
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $70
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $16,614 · end of year $18,239
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $185,327 · end of year $357,988
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
BALAFON WEST AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE IS A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ELEVATING APPRECIATION FOR AFRICAN DANCE AROUND THE WORLD.
Activities or mission (Part I)
OUR MISSION IS CREATING ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THE JOYFUL SPIRIT OF TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE CENTERING THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN.
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EDUCATION: ARTS EDUCATION CLASSES AND RESIDENCIES; MASTER-LEVEL TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, OUT-OF-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
Expenses $52,274
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PERFORMANCES: PERFORMANCES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR COMMUNITY, CORPORATE AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND PRESENTERS ON STAGES AND IN COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL SPACES; MAJOR WORKS AND PRODUCTIONS.
Expenses $29,782
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CULTURAL EVENTS: CULTURAL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES. INTEGRATING AND CENTERING CRAFT, CUISINE, CONVERSATIONS AND OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES RELATED TO AFRICAN ARTS. THIS HAPPENS AS A PART OF PROGRAMMING AND MAY BE PERIODIC SPECIAL EVENTS.
Expenses $40,708
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SUPPORT OF THE DANCE ARTS.
Expenses $18,465
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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PEGGY B HARRIS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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LAVERNE BAKER HOTEP
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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DARRELL BALDWIN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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DAILIA DEE BYRD
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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
- 15 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202423209349328822
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