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← LAW ROCKS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAW ROCKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,005,944
Total expenses
$1,051,536
Contributions and grants received
$1,089,244
Grants paid
$706,711
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
-$83,302
Total assets, end of year
$403,981
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$403,981
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$858,058
Management and general expenses
$193,478
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$858,058

Program services were 81.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,074,244

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $15,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · excluded $2

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $188,906

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,074,244

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $270,715

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$81,809 · excluded -$81,809

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,388

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $8,881

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$1,493 · excluded -$1,493

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $706,711 · program services $706,711

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $153,557 · program services $77,848 · management and general $75,709

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,233 · program services $30,536 · management and general $29,697

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,458 · management and general $1,458

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,038 · management and general $6,038

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,522 · program services $605 · management and general $32,917

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,347 · program services $707 · management and general $4,640

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,720 · program services $4,098 · management and general $24,622

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,543 · management and general $7,543

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,251 · program services $37,451 · management and general $800

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,534 · management and general $4,534

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,500 · management and general $5,500

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $122 · program services $102 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $396,054 · end of year $403,460

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,956 · end of year $521

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $403,010 · end of year $403,981

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO PROMOTE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH AND RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY COMBINING THE POWER OF MUSIC AND THE GENEROSITY OF THE GLOBAL LEGAL COMMUNITY. TO ENHANCE THEIR MISSION LAW ROCKS, INC. IS FOCUSING ON PROMOTING MUSIC EDUCATION FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH AND RAISING FUNDS FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY COMBINING THE POWER OF MUSIC AND GENEROSITY OF THE GLOBAL LEGAL COMMUNITY. LAW ROCKS, INC. PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GLOBAL LEGAL COMMUNITY TO BRING ATTENTION AND FUNDING TO DESERVING LOCAL NONPROFITS. OUR VISION IS TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD BY RAISING FUNDS AND ATTENTION FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT CHANGE LOCAL LIVES. SO FAR LAW ROCKS, INC. HAS TOURED TO 24 CITIES AND FIVE CONTINENTS WITH OUR SIGNATURE COMBINATION OF ROCK-N-ROLL AND CHARITABLE GIVING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND CARRY ON SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.

  • LAW ROCKS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GLOBAL LEGAL COMMUNITY TO BRING ATTENTION AND FUNDING TO DESERVING LOCAL NONPROFITS. OUR VISION IS TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD BY RAISING FUNDS AND ATTENTION FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT CHANGE LOCAL LIVES. A KEY COMPONENT OF LAW ROCKS' MISSION IS TO PROMOTE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH; WE BELIEVE EVERY YOUNG PERSON SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF MUSIC. IN 2023, WE AMPED UP OUR SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE BY ESTABLISHING THE MUSIC MATTERS GRANT. THIS GRANT IS GIVEN TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS YOUTH MUSIC EDUCATION IN EACH OF OUR U.S. TOUR CITIES. SO FAR LAW ROCKS HAS RAISED $7 MILLION AND TOURED TO 30 CITIES AND FIVE CONTINENTS WITH OUR SIGNATURE COMBINATION OF ROCK-N-ROLL AND CHARITABLE GIVING. IN 2023, THERE WERE TEN LIVE CONCERTS.

    Expenses $858,058 · Grants $706,711

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ted Scott

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Charles D Jarrell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shawn Dailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Doll

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Devon Engel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Horn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cat Casey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Kennedy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Murao

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabe McCool

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charity O'Sullivan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Rabinowitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Trofino

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oma Crawford

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $116,954
    From this org
    $115,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,043
    Hours/week
    40

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443139349301734

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