2024-02-01T11:37:21-06:00 2023-06-30 990EZ 2022-07-01 812563221 BRIDGING VOICES BRID 5034454888 PO BOX 86033 PORTLAND OR 97286 IAN MORTON TREASURER 5034454888 2024-01-18 IAN MORTON 999009999 0 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X BRIDGINGVOICES.ORG X X 62228 X 57276 4382 570 62228 27679 8692 4800 14032 55203 7025 59151 0 66176 X 56545 64921 2606 1255 59151 66176 0 0 59151 66176 X THE MISSION OF BRIDGING VOICES IS TO CREATE A SAFE, WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR THE FULL SPECTRUM OF QUEER, TRANS, AND ALLIED YOUTH TO EXPERIENCE EMPOWERMENT AND UNITY THROUGH MUSIC AND COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE BRIDGES ARE BETTER THAN WALLS AND AIM TO BREAK DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA THROUGH CREATIVITY AND REPRESENTATION. SELF-PRODUCED CONCERT PERFORMANCES:WE PRODUCED TWO FULL CONCERTS THIS SEASON - "LIGHT" IN DECEMBER 2022 AND "RIGHT NOW!" IN JUNE 2023. AS WE ARE STILL IN A REGROWTH PHASE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN ERA, AND BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER NEW ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD START SMALL WITH OUR DECEMBER CONCERT BY HOSTING IT IN THE 180-SEAT CHAPEL OF FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. HOWEVER, WE INSTANTLY OUTGREW THAT SPACE AND MOVED OUR JUNE CONCERT INTO THE CHURCH'S 700-SEAT SANCTUARY SPACE. 26004 38946 MEMBERSHIP: MEMBERSHIP IN BRIDGING VOICES IS OPEN TO ALL QUEER, TRANS, AND ALLIED YOUTH AGES 13 AND 21. NO AUDITION IS REQUIRED. OUR MEMBERSHIP IN JUNE WAS 23 SINGERS, UP FROM 16 IN DECEMBER. OUR SINGERS REPRESENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES FROM ALL AROUND THE PORTLAND METRO REGION. 1872 3223 OUTREACH: IN ADDITION TO OUR FULL CONCERTS, BRIDGING VOICES HAS PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES AS WELL, INCLUDING APPEARANCES AT THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY FAIR, WITH CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST'S "PRELUDES" PROGRAM AT THE PATRICIA RESER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AT THE PRIDE NORTHWEST FESTIVAL AND PARADE, AND A SPECIAL TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON KGW'S "HELLO, ROSE CITY!"THESE EVENTS PROVIDE UNIQUE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR SINGERS, INTRODUCE NEW AUDIENCES TO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, MAKE US KNOWN AND AVAILABLE TO OTHER QUEER/TRANS SINGERS THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF OUR SAFE AND CREATIVE SPACE, AND SPREAD QUEER/TRANS JOY AND MUSIC THROUGHOUT OUR LOCAL REGION. 2412 4119 PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWNS OF 2020, WE HAD GROWN TO BE THE LARGEST QUEER-TRANS-ALLIED YOUTH CHORUS IN THE NATION. WE ARE NOT SURE WHERE WE RANK WITH OTHER CHORUSES TODAY, BUT WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN NUMBERS AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. WE ARE IN OUR 10TH SEASON, CONTINUING TO SERVE AND SUPPORT, AND STRIVING TO MAINTAIN THIS UNIQUELY CREATIVE AND QUEER COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. OUR MEMBERS DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF AND A SAVVY FOR INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCES THEY ENCOUNTER WITH BRIDGING VOICES. AND, SEVERAL MEMBERS USE THEIR DEDICATION TO THE CHORUS TO CULTIVATE SKILLS FOR LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZING. THE SUCCESS OF BRIDGING VOICES AS AN INSTITUTION IS INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO THE SUCCESS OF EACH OF OUR MEMBERS, INDIVIDUALLY. FOR THIS REASON AND MANY OTHERS, WE REMAIN DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE SUCCESS OF BOTH. 0 0 46288 MAIA ESTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1.00 0 0 0 PASCAL TOWER BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1.00 0 0 0 ISA KELLETT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1.00 0 0 0 JADE RUBICK BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5.00 0 0 0 HEIDI EBENSEN PRESIDENT/BOARD CHAIR 7.00 0 0 0 IAN MORTON TREASURER 4.00 0 0 0 ELLIOTT ORRIN HINKLE SECRETARY 3.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OR MARK CLIFT 520 SW YAMHILL SUITE 500 PORTLAND OR 97204 5032270581 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 41421 35438 34837 60290 57276 229262 9557 4556 0 3057 4382 21552 50978 39994 34837 63347 61658 250814 775 480 1040 787 125 3207 1000 1000 775 480 1040 787 1125 4207 246607 6 5 535 197 570 1313 6 5 535 197 570 1313 50984 39999 35372 63544 62228 252127 0.97810 0.97990 0.00520 0.00390 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: INTEREST & OTHER. AMOUNT: 570. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: BACKGROUND CHECKS. AMOUNT: 366. DESCRIPTION: MUSIC & LICENSING. AMOUNT: 2,144. DESCRIPTION: REHEARSAL FOOD. AMOUNT: 1,598. DESCRIPTION: DUES. AMOUNT: 1,242. DESCRIPTION: PAYROLL TAXES AND FEES. AMOUNT: 4,258. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 2,484. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 860. DESCRIPTION: TAXES AND LICENSES. AMOUNT: 50. DESCRIPTION: SERVICE FEES. AMOUNT: 780. DESCRIPTION: VIDEOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY. AMOUNT: 250. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 14,032. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: PREPAIDS/DEPOSITS. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,606. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 1,255. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.