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← GIWAYEN MATA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GIWAYEN MATA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$231,937
Total expenses
$264,726
Contributions and grants received
$134,373
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$97,564
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$113,728
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,484
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$106,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$264,726
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$54,500

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,023

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $33,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $97,450

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ticket & Vendor Sales

    total $9,629 · related or exempt $9,629

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Dance Class

    total $16,065 · related or exempt $16,065

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Residency Income

    total $14,525 · related or exempt $14,525

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Performance

    total $54,411 · related or exempt $54,411

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Merchandise

    total $2,484 · related or exempt $2,484

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $450 · related or exempt $450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $5,090 · program services $5,090

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $199,554 · program services $199,554

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,456 · program services $8,456

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,357 · program services $8,357

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,197 · program services $3,197

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,880 · program services $2,880

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,490 · program services $20,490

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,291 · program services $8,291

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $834 · program services $834

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,577 · program services $7,577

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $131,527 · end of year $108,794

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,390 · end of year $4,934

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,184 · end of year $7,484

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $138,733 · end of year $106,244

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The mission of Giwayen Mata is to heal and uplift our communities by presenting and teaching culturally relevant dances, rhythms, and songs that celebrate the lives of women of the African Diaspora.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of Giwayen Mata Inc. is to heal and uplift our communities by presenting and teaching culturally relevant dances, rhythms, and songs that celebrate the lives of women of the African Diaspora.

  • During 2025, Giwayen Mata successfully produced Kwanzaa Freshii RBG, a sold-out, self-produced, multi-generational community concert featuring over 70 artists ages 5 to 60+ performing in dance, drumming, music, and stagecraft. Through rehearsals, workshops, performances, and youth-centered cultural enrichment activities, Kwanzaa Freshii provided artistic training, leadership development, mentorship, and professional-level production experience rooted in African diasporic arts traditions at low or no cost to families. Audience feedback surveys reflected overwhelmingly positive community impact, with attendees describing the experience as culturally enriching, empowering, educational, healing, inspiring, and deeply meaningful. Survey responses also demonstrated strong intergenerational and regional engagement and highlighted the programs success in strengthening community connection, cultural pride, artistic expression, and appreciation for African diasporic arts and traditions.

    Expenses $22,196 · Grants $16,285 · Revenue $4,266

  • Black Woman August: We Be The Movement was a multi-disciplinary cultural arts production and immersive community experience presented through two performances at Academy Theatre that honored the history of Black resistance, liberation, and Black womanhood through dance, drumming, music, spoken word, and visual storytelling rooted in African diasporic traditions. The production highlighted the contributions of Black women leaders, activists, educators, and cultural bearers while creating opportunities for collaborative cultural expression and preservation through the performing arts. The program served an intergenerational audience with a combined seating capacity of 272 attendees, and survey responses from 45 attendees reflected strong community impact and overwhelmingly positive experiences. Audience members ranged in age from 2677, with the largest age group being ages 4655; the majority identified as Black/African American/African Descent (89%) and female (80%). Attendees traveled from Georgia, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C., representing at least nine Georgia counties including Fulton, DeKalb, and Cobb. Survey feedback described the production as impactful, educational, healing, empowering, and culturally affirming, with outcomes including increased cultural awareness, strengthened community connection, expanded intergenerational engagement, and greater appreciation for African diasporic arts and Black womens contributions to liberation movements.

    Expenses $23,622 · Grants $12,964 · Revenue $7,429

  • Giwayen Matas signature 90-minute community dance class specializes in the dances and rhythms of the Baga, Bamana, Malinke, and Susu people of West Africa. During 2025, Giwayen Mata offered 22 class sessions and engaged 1,035 attendees ranging in age from youth participants to adults and elders ages 580+. Attendance reflected strong community engagement across all age groups, with participation from adults, youth, students, elders, guest drummers, and performing artists throughout the year. The class fostered artistic growth, cultural pride, physical activity, intergenerational connections, and holistic wellness while creating an accessible gathering space for learning, joy, and community building through the arts.

    Expenses $8,682 · Revenue $9,007

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tambra Harris

    Executive Artistic Director

    Total calculated
    $65,282
    From this org
    $65,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lindiwe Famodou

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $28,677
    From this org
    $28,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • One Saavy Accountant LLC

    Accountant/Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $11,206
    From this org
    $11,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Adiellah Bates

    Marketing Manager

    Total calculated
    $10,947
    From this org
    $10,947
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Gail Jordan

    Board President/Booking Manager

    Total calculated
    $10,826
    From this org
    $10,826
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Intisar Rashid

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $8,450
    From this org
    $8,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Cynthia Grant

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherryl Henderson

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2025
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601339349309850

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