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PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BLACK ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT INC

EIN 84-4432820 BALTIMORE, MD

Revenue 2024
$1,715,971
Expenses 2024
$1,183,197

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
12 W MADISON ST STE 120

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

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES OF BLACK ARTS DISTRICT TO THE GREATER PUBLIC, AND TO PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DISTRICTS TAX BENEFITS TO ARTISTS, ARTS OR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, AND PROPERTY OWNERS.

  • THE PROJECT RESTART IS A MULTI-PRONG INITIATIVE TO RESTIMULATE THE CREATIVE ECONOMY IN WEST BALTIMORE BY SPONSORING LOCAL CURATORS WHO CREATE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, CURATING MARQUEE EVENTS AND PROVIDING TRAINING, FELLOWSHIP, INTERNSHIPS, AND DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK CREATIVES. THIS INITIATIVE SEEKS TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, SPEED UP RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY, AND LEVERAGE RESOURCES AS A CATALYST FOR THE LONG-TERM RESILIENCE, VIBRANCY, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF BLACK CREATIVES. PROJECT RESTORE DEWMORE BALTIMORE INITIATIVES: DEWMORE BALTIMORE YOUTH POETRY LEAGUE ENGAGES YOUTH IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS CITY INSTITUTIONS USING THE POWER OF POETRY. POETS PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY DYNAMIC WRITING AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS FROM ACCLAIMED ARTISTS THAT WILL EXPOSE POETS TO COMPLEX CONCEPTS, ADVANCED VOCABULARY, AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS. THE PROGRAM CREATES A SAFE SPACE FOR POETS TO EXPLORE WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM ON A LOCAL AND NATIONAL PLATFORM. USING SLAM AS A VEHICLE TO SELF DISCOVERY, POETS EXERCISE THE ART OF "TRUTH-TELLING." WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL'S FACULTY COACH, A TEACHING ARTIST AND A COMMUNITY OF WRITERS, EVERY MOMENT OF DEVELOPMENT - FROM THE PAGE TO STAGE - IS GUARANTEED TO BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR WE WORK WITH 10 SCHOOLS BUT OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND WORK WITH MORE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. YOUTH POETRY FESTIVAL - EVERY SPRING, DEWMORE BALTIMORE HOSTS THE DEWMORE BALTIMORE YOUTH POETRY FESTIVAL. THIS IS MARYLAND'S LARGEST SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL. HERE, STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LIKE-MINDED YOUTH OF THEIR AGE GROUP WHO THEY WOULD HAVE NORMALLY NEVER ENCOUNTERED. THEY ATTEND WORKSHOPS BY SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST RECOGNIZED ARTISTS AND ORGANIZERS. THE YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN TOGETHER, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME, THEN ENGAGE IN SOME HEALTHY COMPETITION. THIS TYPE OF CROSS COMMUNITY BUILDING WILL HELP TO DECREASE VIOLENCE AND BOLSTER A SINCERE LOVE FOR OUR CITY. BALTIMORE YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM - THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM APPOINTS A YOUTH FROM THE AGE OF 13-19 EVERY YEAR TO REPRESENT BALTIMORE ON A LOCAL AND NATIONAL PLATFORM AND TWO ADDITIONAL YOUTH THAT CO-SERVE AS AMBASSADORS. EVERY SPRING, CITY HALL HOSTS UP TO 12 CREATIVE, HONEST AND POWERFUL YOUTH VOICES TO COMPETE FOR THE TITLE OF BALTIMORE'S APPOINTED YOUTH POET LAUREATE. THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING A YOUTH AMBASSADOR OF BALTIMORE'S ART AND CULTURE COMMUNITY AS THEY SPEAK, SHARE, AND BUILD LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. THE YPL WILL RECEIVE A CASH PRIZE, A NATIONAL BOOK DEAL, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT BALTIMORE INTERNATIONALLY, AND WILL PERFORM ON A LOCAL ENOCH PRATT LIBRARY TOUR THAT WILL BRING THIS POWERFUL EXPERIENCE TO THE COMMUNITY. MAYA-BARAKA WRITERS INSTITUTE- THE MAYA ANGELOU WRITERS INSTITUTE (MBWI) IS A WRITING PROGRAM THAT HIRES STUDENT WRITERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A SERIES OF POETRY WORKSHOPS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING LOCAL PERFORMANCES AND VISITS TO HISTORICAL ART SITES. MAWI FOCUSES ON PROVIDING CONTEXT TO ART AS ACTIVISM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT FOR MILLENNIALS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRESENTATIONS BY LOCAL NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT LEADERS, WRITERS, ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS, FILMS/VIDEOS, INFORMATIVE READING MATERIAL AND CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $874,708 · Grants $188,075

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • BRION GILL

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $96,691
    From this org
    $89,906
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,785
    Hours/week
    40

  • KENNETH MORRISON

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $86,468
    From this org
    $79,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,016
    Hours/week
    40

  • AYO FIGUEROA

    OPERATIONS D

    Total calculated
    $45,684
    From this org
    $44,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,298
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN HARRIS

    BOARD VICE P

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD MARCUS

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CANDACE CHANCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAYVON LOVE

    BOARD PRESID

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR KEVIN DANIELS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAYENECHA DAUGHERTY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL CORNISH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALANAH NICOLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLI TUBMAN WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHNDRE JENNINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CANDACE HANDY

    BOARD SECRET

    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
    $1,715,971
    Expenses
    $1,183,197
    Contributions
    $1,679,287
    Grants paid
    $188,075
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,070,488
    Expenses
    $1,080,167
    Contributions
    $868,379
    Grants paid
    $72,652
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $716,798
    Expenses
    $587,603
    Contributions
    $614,862
    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
    $527,290
    Expenses
    $415,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,533

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $125,586
    Expenses
    $100,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,256

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.