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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JESS CURTISGRAVITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$471,096
Total expenses
$551,110
Contributions and grants received
$406,623
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$64,094
Investment income
$379
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$528,033
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,941
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$504,092
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$423,777
Management and general expenses
$111,528
Fundraising expenses
$15,805
Program service expenses (Part III)
$423,777

Program services were 76.9% 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)

    $199,054

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $207,569

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE FEES

    total $64,094 · related or exempt $64,094

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $379 · excluded $379

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,554 · program services $70,279 · management and general $7,365 · fundraising $4,910

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,304 · management and general $23,304

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $338,091 · program services $266,468 · management and general $60,728 · fundraising $10,895

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,760 · management and general $1,760

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,731 · program services $1,310 · management and general $7,421

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,534 · program services $757 · management and general $777

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,293 · program services $1,293 · management and general $3,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,008 · program services $49,703 · management and general $5,305

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,943 · program services $1,762 · management and general $181

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,044 · program services $2,044

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $31,303 · program services $30,161 · management and general $1,142

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $545 · management and general $545

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $186,065 · end of year $246,183

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $285,811 · end of year $156,775

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $102,152 · end of year $61,234

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $59,228

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

    $16,546

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

    $11,933

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,657 · end of year $4,613

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $23,941

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $177,775 · end of year $366,387

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $404,910 · end of year $137,705

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

JESS CURTIS/GRAVITY CREATES EXCEPTIONALLY ENGAGING BODY-BASED ART THAT PHYSICALLY ADDRESSES ISSUES AND IDEAS OF RELEVANCE TO ANYONE WITH A BODY. THROUGH INNOVATIVE, ACCESSIBLE, EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE, GRAVITY ACTIVATES THE BODIES AND MINDS OF OUR VIEWERS, EXPOSING THEM TO NEW IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE BODY. GRAVITY SUPPORTS THE CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE WORK OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JESS CURTIS, AS WELL AS THAT OF QUEER ARTISTS, SELF-IDENTIFIED DISABLED ARTISTS, AND EMERGING DANCEMAKERS, AND ENGAGES WITH THE BROADER ARTISTIC COMMUNITY THROUGH GRAVITY ACCESS SERVICES, WHICH ASSISTS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MAKING THEIR PRODUCTIONS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE SENSORY MODALITIES AND PHYSICALITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CREATION, PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE ART.

  • 2023 PERFORMANCE SEASON. JESS CURTIS/GRAVITY PRESENTED ITS NEW ENSEMBLE WORK INTO THE DARK (ITD) IN THE FALL OF 2023. THIS BOLD INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION IS GROUNDED IN BLIND CULTURE, INSTIGATED BY JESS CURTIS, AND COLLABORATIVELY CREATED BY 6 CULTURALLY AND RACIALLY DIVERSE BLIND, LOW-VISION, AND SIGHTED PERFORMERS. ITD PREMIERED IN SAN FRANCISCO, NOV. 9 TO 19, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAN FRANCISCO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND SPECIFICALLY ENGAGING OUR RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND PHYSICALLY DIVERSE CORE AUDIENCE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS; AND PEOPLE INTERESTED IN CULTURAL EQUITY.GRAVITY ACCESS SERVICES: PROVIDED ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS A MULTITUDE OF ACCESS SERVICES, INCLUDING LIVE AND RECORDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION, PRE-SHOW HAPTIC ACCESS TOURS, ASL REFERRAL SERVICES, AND MORE. PARTNERED WITH SAN FRANCISCO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND TO HOST A PANEL ON ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ARTS ON JUNE 5, 2023. WE PROVIDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION (AD) FOR 54 LIVE AND RECORDED PERFORMANCE EVENTS IN 2023. WE ALSO PROVIDED A RANGE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY CONSULTATIONS TO LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, CAL PERFORMANCES, COUNTERPULSE, AND SEVEN OTHERS. BEYOND GRAVITY ARTISTS SERVICES: OFFERS ARTISTIC MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE, PRODUCTION SUPPORT, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO DIVERSE EMERGING ARTISTS. SINCE 2018 BG HAS PROVIDED FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR ARTISTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND PRESENTED THEIR WORK, A MAJORITY IDENTIFYING AS BIPOC, QUEER, AND NON-BINARY.

    Expenses $423,777 · Revenue $64,094

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jess Curtis

    ARTISTIC/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $49,100
    From this org
    $49,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Dress Wedding

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michelle Lynch Reynolds

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tiffany Taylor

    SECRETARY/ARTIST

    Total calculated
    $16,275
    From this org
    $16,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gabriele Christian Deleon

    DIRECTOR/ARTIST

    Total calculated
    $17,179
    From this org
    $17,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sophia Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Link PhD

    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
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403169349305285

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