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AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER

EIN 47-2697273 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2024
$7,764,222
Expenses 2024
$6,885,074

Program services were 65.1% 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
980 LIBERTY AVE

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 AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IS TO OWN AND OPERATE A HOME FOR THE ARTS, STORYTELLING, LEARNING AND EXCHANGE AROUND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND THE RICH CULTURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. THE AWAACC IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS A VARIETY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES, INCLUDING SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND SENIOR CITIZENS. MANY VISUAL ART EXPERIENCES HAVE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM BUILT WITHIN IT, PROVIDING A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE ART WORK AND THE ARTIST. THE AWAACC ALSO PROVIDES A YOUTH WRITERS CAMP, FAMILY COMMUNITY DAY EVENTS, AND SPECIAL VISUAL ART TOURS.

  • THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER (AACC) WAS FORMED BY THREE FOUNDATIONS IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA TO ACQUIRE A BUILDING KNOWN AS THE AUGUST WILSON CENTER (CENTER) OUT OF RECEIVERSHIP. THE AACC EXISTS TO OWN, OPERATE AND PRESERVE THE CENTER AS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY ASSET FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON PRODUCING AND PRESENTING AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE CENTER INCLUDES SEVEN EXHIBITION GALLERIES, A 486 SEAT THEATER, AN EDUCATION CENTER, A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT GALLERY FOR ART EXHIBITS, AND MULTIPLE-USE SPACES FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.

    Expenses $4,479,892 · Revenue $839,633

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.

  • TRACEY MCCANTS LEWIS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DELBERT TYLER CPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KENYA BOSWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA SCHROEDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREGG KANDER ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MALESIA DUNN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR FELICIA SNEAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR JAMES TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR RAHMON HART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHIV SETHI

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • REX RIDEOUT

    VICE CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ANDRE PERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DERRICK WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANIS BURLEY WILSON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $274,756
    From this org
    $260,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,356
    Filer's total
    $274,756

  • ADRIAN WATSON

    SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,234
    From this org
    $105,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • TONYA JOHNSON

    VP OF ADMIN AND LEGAL AFFA

    Total calculated
    $119,297
    From this org
    $119,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DENISE CHURCH

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $115,271
    From this org
    $115,271
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • AMANDA BRANDES

    VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANC

    Total calculated
    $163,043
    From this org
    $163,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,043
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,043

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,764,222
    Expenses
    $6,885,074
    Contributions
    $6,924,589
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,289,458
    Expenses
    $8,452,125
    Contributions
    $5,406,164
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,949,827
    Expenses
    $9,247,589
    Contributions
    $6,057,126
    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
    $8,128,417
    Expenses
    $6,775,199
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,275,830

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,426,276
    Expenses
    $4,184,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,626,024

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,650,723
    Expenses
    $6,423,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,371,424

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,268,645
    Expenses
    $5,695,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,067,061

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,357,332
    Expenses
    $2,404,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,281,758

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,683,446
    Expenses
    $2,489,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,325,404

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,038,650
    Expenses
    $1,974,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,219,272

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

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

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.