2023-09-29T10:13:01-07:00 2022-12-31 311717077 Support Kansas City 6750 Antioch Rd Suite 305 Merriam KS 66204 990 2022-01-01 820925535 ART AS MENTORSHIP INC ARTA 8164590454 300 Gladstone Blvd Kansas City MO 64124 Enrique Chi Executive Director 8165886426 2023-09-29 1 1 Karen Cubbage P01286851 9138314752 2023-09-29 0 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Enrique chi 300 Gladstone Blvd Kansas City MO 64124 365354 0 X artasmentorship.org X 2018 MO Empowering young people, through music, to write their own success stories 6 6 2 10 0 0 265099 342608 12375 16270 3 3 0 -1248 277477 357633 0 0 0 0 51948 65487 0 0 44673 209678 287276 261626 352763 15851 4870 39162 101722 9582 20995 29580 80727 Art as Mentorship's mission is to empower young people to write their own success stories. Our programs help underserved immigrant, Latinx and low-income young artists create their own vision for a successful life through access to world-class mentorship, real-world skill development, and mental health support. We believe the future will be made brighter by enabling the healing qualities of music to unite us. 0 0 201183 0 16270 Art as mentorship empowers young people, through music to write their own success stories Art as Mentorship is a Kansas City-based non-profit organization that takes an innovative approach to fully grasp young students' full potential through music programs. We envision an inclusive community where under-represented artists are emboldened to raise their voices through music. We believe the future will be made brighter by enabling the healing qualities of music to unite us and serve as a vehicle for social change. Our team is made up of musicians, creatives and industry professionals who strive to lift the voices of our students. We provide our students with consistent support to propel themselves through self-discovery, emotional intelligence and the freedom of creativity. In our programs, we give students the chance to learn and grow from music industry mentors, many of whom are world-class, GRAMMY Award-winning professionals. We work to transform young artists through access to world-class mentorship, real-world skill development and mental health support. We give students access to resources and equipment they wouldn't have otherwise to lift their voices and write their own stories. Programs include; Rebel Song Academy - The Rebel Song Academy is at the heart of our programming. Our flagship 12-week music camp takes an innovative approach to exploring young artists' full potential through creativity, mentorship opportunities, and fostering their inherent sense of exploration and achievement. Students work directly with industry-professional mentors to write, record, publish, and perform an original song. RSA Live! In 2020, we launched RSA Live!, the supplemental sister program of our Rebel Song Academy. Operating in tandem with RSA, we give students/alumni real world opportunities to perform their music and events including Crossroads Music Fest, Plaza Art Fair, and many more! We also connect students virtually with nationally-renown mentors to work directly with young artists of all backgrounds, empowering them, through music, to write their own success stories. Our industry-professional mentors work directly with students and answer questions in our virtual chat room. Camp - The Rebel Song Academy's Ignition Camp is our week-long songwriting bootcamp to find and ignite the creative spark within students! This camp appeals to a wide range of young artists - from seasoned musicians looking to enhance their songwriting skills, to those that have never picked up an instrument but love music. Students band together to create original songs and perform them at our Youth Summer Concert AMERI'KANA - AMERI'KANA is a collaborative project between Art as Mentorship and Making Movies that explores America's music- both past and present. This event highlights the contributions of Black, Indigenous, and people of color and how interwoven these individuals are in all of America's stories through this musical festival in Kansas City. AMERI'KANA gives our students resources to learn about the origins of American music as well as performance opportunities at Celebrate AMERI'KANA Music and Arts Festival. 2022 Highlights included 8 Music Programs, 15 plus Grammy recognized Artist mentors and over 500 students served. 3 Satellite Programs - Launched the first annual Celebrate AMERI'KANA Music & Arts Festival, a multi cultural festival. Produced first annual Spread Hope event attended by 400 Community - Hosted listening sessions and think tanks with music educations, arts policy makers/organizers, and music industry professionals for feedback and purpose filled planning On tour - Presentations at Levitt Foundation National Conference, El Sistema Symposium on Trauma-informed music education and assemblies at schools across the Americas 2022 by the numbers equals 470 hours of mentorship, 456 hours of studio time provided by THE LAB, 4 Rebel Song Academy Programs serving 72 young artists, 30 songs recorded at THE LAB, 4,000 plus students impacted at assemblies and 16 live performances by RSA Alumni powered by Art as Mentorship Produced first annual Spread Hope event, attended by 400. We also produced first annual Spread Hope event, attended by 400. Celebrate AMERI'KANA 2022 charts include 1,500 attendees, 44% hispanic/latino, 40% white, 15% black and 1% other and featured grammy winning and nominated performers and featured performers from the Rebel Song Academy and Harmony Project KC. 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Aisa was not on the board for 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The board of directors review the 990 virtually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Officer's compensation is determined by the board of directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Organization documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Contract personnel: development manager, financial manager, marketing director, grant writer, community outreach, communication stagiest, content manager and vista; graphic designers, event coordinator, video editor, artists. Form 990, Part X, Line 17 The Organization received IRS exemption status on 9.22.22. Previously the Organization was under a group exemption. During the transition from group exemption to stand alone exemption there was a period where the EIN could not be connected to the IRS payment system for submission of employment taxes. The Organization is currently processing payments to the IRS for period of time payments could not be submitted. Form 990, Part XI, Line 8 Duplicate transaction reported on 2021 990 and adjusted after 990 was filed. Expenses were overstated and cash was understated on previous Form 990. No impact on program service accomplishments or taxable impact Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Adjustments to accounting to remove duplicate transactions after 990 was filed.