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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$259,947
Total expenses
$70,375
Contributions and grants received
$258,960
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$987
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$602,020
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$602,020
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,315
Management and general expenses
$19,427
Fundraising expenses
$19,633
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,315

Program services were 44.5% 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

    $8,750

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $161,160

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $89,050

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WALKING TOUR

    total $612 · related or exempt $612

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $375 · related or exempt $375

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $16,000 · program services $8,000 · management and general $7,200 · fundraising $800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,900 · management and general $2,900

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $10,828 · fundraising $10,828

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,070 · management and general $570 · fundraising $7,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $100 · fundraising $100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,585 · program services $1,975 · management and general $1,205 · fundraising $405

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,937 · program services $10,048 · management and general $5,889

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $660 · management and general $660

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39 · program services $39

  • 24a · Other expenses: VIDEO PRODUCTION

    total $8,020 · program services $8,020

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRESERVATION/COLLECTIONS

    total $1,632 · program services $1,632

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AT EVENT

    total $812 · program services $812

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $632 · program services $444 · management and general $188

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,160 · program services $345 · management and general $815

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $370,651 · end of year $530,763

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

    $2,339

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

    $39

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $2,300

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,797 · end of year $68,957

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $412,448 · end of year $602,020

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE AARCH SOCIETY IDENTIFIES, COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND MAKES PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THE OBJECTS, ARTIFACTS AND STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY, RICH HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FREDERICK COUNTY PAST AND PRESENT AND IN DOING SO EDUCATES, ENRICHES AND ENLIGHTENS THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • HERITAGE CENTER FACILITY FOR RESEARCH, DISPLAYS, PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES. IN THE CENTER, VISITORS PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, UNDERTAKE RESEARCH, LEARN ABOUT AND EXPERIENCE THE CULTURAL OBJECTS THAT TELL THE RICH AND COMPELLING STORIES AND HISTORY ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FREDERICK COUNTY THROUGH PERMANENT AND CHANGING EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ENRICHMENT AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES. THIS FACILITY IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE. IT WILL OPEN IN LATE 2023 OR 2024. THE CITY OF FREDERICK HAS PROVIDED A BUILDING WITH A SUBSIDIZED LONG-TERM LEASE AND PROFFITT & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS ARE PROVIDING PRO BONO SUPPORT FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE BUILDING.

    Expenses $13,875

  • EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOCUSED ON BRINGING THE STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FREDERICK COUNTY TO VARIED AUDIENCES. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE LIVING TREASURES (CELEBRATING COMMUNITY ELDERS), FAMILY HISTORY FAIRS, CEMETERY RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION, WALKING TOURS, AARCH READS (CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE THROUGH READING TO CHILDREN), AND VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND DISPLAYS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.

    Expenses $17,440 · Revenue $987

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SONJE BROWN-JENKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DAVID BUTLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • CATHERINE CANNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ROSE CHANEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • KAVONTE DUCKETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • TIANA HAILE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • THERESA HARRISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • JOHN KIPPEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • VELMA LAWSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • GARY ROLLINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • GAYON SAMPSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • TERRY SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ALYSSA WATSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • NIYA YEBOAH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • PROTEAN GIBRIL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • SEAVEN GORDON

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • ZOLINKA MCCAULEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • BARBARA THOMPSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349305842

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