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JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

EIN 31-1776667 AUGUSTA, GA

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Revenue 2024
$944,660
Expenses 2024
$772,475

Program services were 72.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1200
Street
739 GREENE ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the Jessye Norman School of the Arts is to develop students to become creative, caring, visionary, responsible citizens through the transformative power of the arts. The broad-ranged fine arts program challenges students academically, integrates technology and lays the foundation for extraordinary life experiences. The Jessye Norman school of the arts is an after school program designed to develop and nurture the artistic and creative talents of students. The school of the arts serves the cultural and educational needs of these traditionally under-serve youth by providing: free fine arts instruction, academic tutoring, an opportunity for advance level study in dance, drama, music, art and creative writing and exposure to professionals working within the arts fields.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Jessye Norman School of the Arts is an after school and summer program designed to develop and nurture the artistic and creative talents of economically challenged students. The school of the arts serves the cultural and educational needs of these students.

  • The Jessye Norman School of the Arts (JNSA) is an after-school and summer program that provides middle and high school students with an opportunity for concentrated study of the fine arts. The mission of the JNSA is to provide professional quality fine arts instruction for gifted and talented children who are economically challenged. The school opened in September 2003. Children audition to attend the school, and there is no tuition charged. The school is supported by an active advisory board from the community, a parent group which involves parents with the school, and a friends group which provides support and fundraising. The Jessye Norman School actively engages more than 500 people in positive academic and arts enrichment outcomes for children.

    Expenses $561,339

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Gary Dennis

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $67,000
    From this org
    $67,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Albright

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Shawna Lloyd

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Dennis Sodomka

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Joy Distefano

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynwood Holmes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr E Van Deusen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Keely Rhodes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Mark Albertin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Bryant

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle David Esq

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Turman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Uhles

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rayn Abel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Laura Rychly

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trvia Brown

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $944,660
    Expenses
    $772,475
    Contributions
    $878,956
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $920,225
    Expenses
    $818,647
    Contributions
    $861,211
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $850,157
    Expenses
    $696,741
    Contributions
    $692,807
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $437,922
    Expenses
    $598,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,429,702
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $540,150
    Expenses
    $485,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,589,413
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $488,791
    Expenses
    $491,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,585,892
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $487,365
    Expenses
    $411,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,630,118
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $501,583
    Expenses
    $383,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,681,418
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $501,297
    Expenses
    $370,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,597,917
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $431,640
    Expenses
    $341,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,432,074
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $300,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,366,380
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $230,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,262,269
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $189,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,276,561

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.