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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMUNITY CHOIR SAN DIEGO

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2023 · Form 990EZ · revenue $72K · expenses $45K · assets $77K

EIN
33-0796244
Address
PO BOX 152570, SAN DIEGO, CA 92195-2570
NTEE code
A6B
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2000
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Mission

PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE BO8UND FINE ARTS STUDENTS & SPREADING CULTURAL AWARENESS OF GOSPEL MUSIC NEGRO SPIRITUALS, BLUES AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Kenneth Anderson DIRECTOR2010-2023 $0$3,294 1
Arnessa Rickett VICE CHAIRPERSON2015-2023 $0$300 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Billie Collins TREASURER2015-2023 20 $0 reported 1
Cherry Arnold-Verry CHAIRPERSON2010-2023 20 $0 reported 1
Lynn Neal SECRETARY2010-2023 20 $0 reported 1
Maxine Foster (former) Treasurer2010 20 $0 reported 1

People by year

2023 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON DIRECTOR20 $0-$0 $01
ARNESSA RICKETT VICE CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
BILLIE COLLINS TREASURER20 $0-$0 $01
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
LYNN NEAL SECRETARY20 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON DIRECTOR20 $0-$0 $01
ARNESSA RICKETT VICE CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
BILLIE COLLINS TREASURER20 $0-$0 $01
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
LYNN NEAL SECRETARY20 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON DIRECTOR20 $0-$0 $01
ARNESSA RICKETT VICE CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
BILLIE COLLINS TREASURER20 $0-$0 $01
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
LYNN NEAL SECRETARY20 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $1K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON DIRECTOR20 $1,099-$0 $1,0991
ARNESSA RICKETT VICE CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
BILLIE COLLINS TREASURER20 $0-$0 $01
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$0 $01
LYNN NEAL SECRETARY20 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $1K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON DIRECTOR20 $1,099-- $1,0991
ARNESSA RICKETT VICE CHAIRPERSON20 $0-- $01
BILLIE COLLINS TREASURER20 $0-- $01
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY CHAIRPERSON20 $0-- $01
LYNN NEAL SECRETARY20 $0-- $01
2015 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $898
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON DIRECTOR20 $0-$598 $5981
ARNESSA RICKETT VICE CHAIRPERSON20 $0-$300 $3001
BILLIE COLLINS TREASURER20 $0-- $01
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY CHAIRPERSON20 $0-- $01
LYNN NEAL SECRETARY20 $0-- $01
2010 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $498
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNETH ANDERSON Director20 $498-- $4981
CHERRY ARNOLD-VERRY chairperson20 $0-- $01
MAXINE FOSTER Treasurer20 $0-- $01
LYNN NEAL Secretary20 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$71,657$44,866 $77,382$77,382 $32,495$34,426 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,301$48,786 $50,591$50,591 $12,057$51,607 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$31,338$30,357 $34,187$29,940 $24,044$0 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$33,547$23,222 $33,925$28,959 $17,714$11,230 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$60,515$45,631 $13,134$13,134 $16,683$37,237 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$95,200$115,183 $29,057$29,057 $66,391$23,995 ---
2010 · Form 990EZ period ending 2010-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$50,898$42,984 $15,778$15,778 $50,680- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $66 in all, tax years 2022 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMUNITY CHOIR SAN DIEGO” 2022-2023 2$66 2023$37
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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2023 · Form 990EZ · $44,866 spent · pay $975 · grants $10,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $10,500 23.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $10,072 22.4%
Fees to independent contractors $8,778 19.6%
Printing, publications, postage $7,443 16.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,198 13.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $975 2.2%
Benefits paid to members $900 2.0%
Total$44,866100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $48,786 spent · pay $11,400 · grants $6,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,870 36.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $11,400 23.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,960 20.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $6,000 12.3%
Printing, publications, postage $1,930 4.0%
Fees to independent contractors $1,626 3.3%
Total$48,786100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $30,357 spent · pay $500 · grants $17,100 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $17,100 56.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,890 22.7%
Fees to independent contractors $2,670 8.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,466 8.1%
Printing, publications, postage $731 2.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $500 1.6%
Total$30,357100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $23,222 spent · pay $1,700 · grants $8,600 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $8,600 37.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,000 25.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $4,501 19.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $1,700 7.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,256 5.4%
Printing, publications, postage $1,165 5.0%
Total$23,222100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $45,631 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $20,500 44.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,790 34.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,210 13.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2,283 5.0%
Fees to independent contractors $848 1.9%
Total$45,631100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $115,183 spent · pay $9,500 · grants $7,598 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $79,328 68.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,932 15.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $9,500 8.2%
Grants and similar amounts paid $7,598 6.6%
Printing, publications, postage $825 0.7%
Total$115,183100%

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2010 · Form 990EZ · $42,984 spent · pay $498 · grants $0 · events $2,850
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $40,295 93.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,850 4.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $498 1.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $230 0.5%
Printing, publications, postage $111 0.3%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$2,850reported apart
Total$42,984100%

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