ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETY INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A23Z

Classification

2000

Street

101 E BROAD 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

• ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETYS ARRAY OF ANNUAL FESTIVALS THAT WORK TO FURTHER ITS MISSIONS AND ENRICH THE COMMUNITY, VIA FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DISTINCTIVE IN THEIR VARYING PURPOSES TO HIGHLIGHT LITERARY ARTS, ENGAGE IN HISTORICAL COMMEMORATION, FOLKLIFE EXPLORATION AND CULTURAL AFFINITY, RESPECTIVELY. THROUGH THESE OPPORTUNITEES FOR LEARNING AND ENTERTAINMENT, EDUTAINMENT, FAMILIES GROW IN EXPOSURE AND PRIDE IN CULTURAL HERITAGE.

  Expenses $105,012 · Revenue $98,023

• ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETYS CULTURAL CENTER SHOWCASES VISUAL ARTS, ARTIFACTS AND FORMS OF MATERIAL CULTURE WHERE ALL THE PIECES HAVE AN ORIGIN STORY. VISITORS CAN SEE AND COLLECT OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS THAT PROVIDE A CULTURAL CONNECTION AND A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH EXPOSURE. ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETYS CULTURAL CENTER IS A COMMUNITY HUB WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT TO FIND ENRICHING EXPERIENCES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. VISITORS WERE BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS. THE SOCIETYS CULTURAL CENTER HAS MAINTAINED ITS LOCATION IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY AND IN THE DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT FOR 28 YEARS. THE SOCIETY INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PROGRAMS SUCH AS DOCUMENTARIES, POETRY READINGS, MUSICAL PROGRAMS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS WHILE STUDENTS OFTEN VISIT TO ENGAGE IN GALLERY TOURS AND TALKS OR ART MAKING WORKSHOPS. THESE ENGAGEMENTS ALIGN WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION. THE CENTER IS THE ORGANIZATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS.

  Expenses $93,913 · Revenue $49,904

• THE SOCIETYS PERFORMING COMPANY OF DANCERS, DRUMMERS, SINGERS, SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS AND MASQUERADES APPEARS AT COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, THEATERS, FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND CHURCHES TO PRESENT FROM ITS REPERTOIRE OF CONCERTS, DANCE THEATRE, PERFORMANCE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS. AUDIENCES AND STUDENTS ARE IMMERSED IN HIGH QUALITY ARTS ENGAGEMENT AND A UNIVERSAL APPEAL THROUGH THE COMPANYS ORIGINAL WORK. THE PERFORMANCES ARE INTERACTIVE AND UNIFYING.

  Expenses $25,418 · Revenue $28,353

• ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETYS CULTURAL HISTORY TOUR PROGRAM OFFERS A MENU OF IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR GROUPS BY RESERVAEON ALONG WITH MONTHLY EXCURSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE SEASONAL MONTHS. GROUPS FROM A MULTI-STATE AREA RESERVE PERSONALIZED PROGRAMS. COUPLES, SMALL FAMILIES AND FRIENDS CHOSE AN OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC EXCURSION AVAILABLE ONCE EACH MONTH. PARECIPANTS EXPERIENCE HIDDEN HISTORY BY WALKING TO SITES OF THE PAST AND ALSO VISITING PLACES OF MEMORY FROM THE BUS WINDOW. TOURS CAN INCLUDE COLLABORATIONS WITH MUSEUMS, HISTORICAL SITES OR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHURCHES WHERE PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPAND THEIR UNDERSTANDING WITH DOCENTS INSIDE.

  Expenses $15,991 · Revenue $15,414

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.

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

  $191,693

  Expenses

  $240,334

  Contributions

  $88,698

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $329,430

  Expenses

  $264,814

  Contributions

  $219,603

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $233,916

  Expenses

  $244,817

  Contributions

  $126,969

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $231,915

  Expenses

  $244,817

  Contributions

  $126,969

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $233,916

  Expenses

  $244,817

  Contributions

  $126,969

  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

  $216,609

  Expenses

  $180,836

  Assets (EOY)

  $127,115

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $191,588

  Expenses

  $139,849

  Assets (EOY)

  $91,342

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $199,821

  Expenses

  $166,695

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,603

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $139,257

  Expenses

  $128,645

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,779

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $159,604

  Expenses

  $167,405

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,167

• 2013 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $99,185

  Expenses

  $129,668

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,197

• 2012 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $93,185

  Expenses

  $90,585

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,684

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

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

• CULTUREWORKS INC

  $54,220

  2024 · Arts & Cultural Funding Consortium Operating Support Grant

• CULTUREWORKS INC

  $46,435

  2022 · Support Excellence in the Arts in the Richmond Region and Cultural Equity

• CULTUREWORKS INC

  $46,192

  2023 · Support Excellence in the Arts in the Richmond Region and Cultural Equity

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