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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC & EDUCATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$766,379
Total expenses
$661,154
Contributions and grants received
$707,289
Grants paid
$34,693
Program service revenue
$54,238
Investment income
$3,387
Other revenue
$1,465
Total assets, end of year
$202,341
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,457
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$194,884
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$599,429
Management and general expenses
$61,725
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$599,429

Program services were 90.7% 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)

    $407,029

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $300,260

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $91,963

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Concert donations

    total $42,359 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Services

    total $11,879 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $3,387

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $3,387

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,387 · related or exempt $3,387 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $34,870

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $107

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $107 · related or exempt $107

  • 11a · Other revenue: Cashback Rewards

    total $1,358 · related or exempt $1,358 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,358

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,993 · program services $9,993

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $24,700 · program services $24,700

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $142,713 · program services $114,171 · management and general $28,542 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $41,588 · program services $33,270 · management and general $8,318 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,555 · program services $11,644 · management and general $2,911 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $61 · program services $0 · management and general $61 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,990 · program services $5,992 · management and general $1,998 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,583 · program services $5,266 · management and general $1,317 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,238 · program services $8,991 · management and general $2,247 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,771 · program services $29,417 · management and general $7,354 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,460 · program services $4,368 · management and general $1,092 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,343 · program services $2,343 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges

    total $1,905 · program services $0 · management and general $1,905 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Direct Music Programs Expenses

    total $249,385 · program services $249,385 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $170 · program services $0 · management and general $170 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $9,907 · program services $7,926 · management and general $1,981 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $95,792 · program services $91,963 · management and general $3,829 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100,318 · end of year $157,433

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $400

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

    $101,573

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

    $57,065

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $44,508

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,660 · end of year $7,457

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,658 · end of year $194,884

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FAMEs mission is to give every youth musicians the best opportunity to succeed in life by providing music instruction and academic support. We prepare middle and high school students for college and careers through a four-pronged approach--music, instruction, academic support, college preparation and career readiness.

  • Fame Jazz Band Program. more than just a band-it is a high touch program that serves up to 31 middle and high school youth The progam has four components: Music instruction, Math Tutoring, College Preparation and Career Readiness. With access to educators,musical and academic support service and technology, participants are demonstrating improved musical and academic knowledge and skills inspite of the lingering impact of Covid-19. As a part of the program, students serve as interns during the summer and on school breaks.

    Expenses $451,839 · Grants $34,692 · Revenue $54,238

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

    Expenses $45,761

  • Music Is Central Program. The program supported 962 students during schoolday and afterschool music programs in elementary, middle and high schools by providing academic tutoring, donated instruments, music supplies, advisory services, and guest instructors for under-resourced schools. Seventy-five percent of the youth are eligible for the Free and Reduced Meals. The six support schools are in prince Georges, Montgomery and Alexandria counties.

    Expenses $101,829

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

  • Ingrid Valentine

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Reginald Weaver

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cecelia Davis

    Vice Chair & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Gregory K Wells

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Karen Jackson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Hutchinson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Wayne Ferguson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carl Shazor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cassandra White

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Arethia Lewis

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $142,713
    From this org
    $142,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413149349300406

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