Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$235,048

Total expenses

$282,611

Contributions and grants received

$235,048

Grants paid

$1,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$49,224

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$49,224

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$265,247

Management and general expenses

$12,307

Fundraising expenses

$5,057

Program service expenses (Part III)

$265,247

Program services were 93.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Celestial Jazz Series during 2023 focused on recognizing and presenting Jazz as a non-traditional approach to mental health wellness in response to the May 14, 2022 tragic murders of 10 community members by a white supremacist that occurred in our neighborhood. Six(6) free Jazz concerts; performed in the sacred atmosphere of church sanctuaries located in the heart of Buffalos Black community, included Reimagine:I Am Change featuring Rodney Whitaker and Rodney Appleby, John Bern Thomas, Esli Honore,Charenee Wade and Year of Healing concert featuring South African Nduduzo Makhathini Quartet presented to highlight the international connection of Jazz to our community. All six events were well attended and appreciation expressed by audience members, many of whom shared being positively impacted.

  Expenses $105,269

• Love Supreme School of Music provides free music and vocal lessons to African American youth (ages 5-18).During 2023 enrollment increased from 65 to 92 students. Our instructional staff increased by 22%, growing from 9 to 11 by year end.Students performed as opening acts for six concerts featuring national and local Jazz artists. Such experiences designed to showcase the growth and skills of our students. Students benefited from two workshops led by credentialed music educators that focused on music theory,improvisation, and performance techniques. Our school was highlighted on MSNBC podcast Healing in Buffalo as a respite in response to the May 14, 2022 mass shooting. Several students were interviwed and a recording of one of our trumpet students was used as part of the music for the podcast. We acquired an exquisite grand piano, elevating the sound of student performances, also reflects and validates our students worthiness contributing to their self-esteem.

  Expenses $92,381

• Pappy Martin Legacy-Masten Jazz Festival is a free festival attracting approximately 3000 attendees on the last two Sundays in July on the grounds of the Buffalo Museum of Science. Our 2023 festival Jazz performances featured George Caldwell, Nasar Abadey, Buster Williams, Trigger & The Sermon, Lakecia Benjamin, Curtis Lundy and local Jazz artists. By presenting the best of international,national, and local musicians, it executes its mission to create opportunities for diverse community engagement in educating, honoring and celebrating the historical, cultural and artistic significance of Jazz. By keeping the festival free and centrally located, it removes financial and physical barrires so that this cultural event is accessible to all members of the community.

  Expenses $66,579

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $1,018 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2023 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

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

31 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202423059349303207

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