2024-06-10T20:58:33-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 812515412 LANGSTON LANG 2063237067 104 17th Ave S Seattle WA 98144 Ebony Arunga Executive Director 2063237067 2024-06-03 Ebony Arunga 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Ebony Arunga 104 17th Ave S Seattle WA 98144 824245 0 X X 2016 WA Our mission is to strengthen and advance our community through Black arts and culture. Our vision is Cultivating Black Brilliance. 6 6 7 238 0 0 745943 793689 56312 30556 0 0 0 0 802255 824245 0 0 0 0 251904 392104 0 0 71601 303340 323896 555244 716000 247011 108245 1936216 2013343 34047 2929 1902169 2010414 LANGSTON is a community-conceived and designed non-profit arts organization with a mission to strengthen and advance our community through Black arts and culture. Our vision is Cultivating Black Brilliance. We are led by our foundational values: sharing culture, promoting artistic expression, encouraging artistic excellence, facilitating cultural education and possibility, cultivating leaders, practicing radical inclusivity, and thriving as a self-determined community. 0 0 123053 19199 The Seattle Black Film Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary. As the longest running Black film festival in the Pacific Northwest, this is our biggest program. 990 people were in attendance with 304 people who attended at a free or reduced price. The film festival screened over 60 films representing the diverse voices of Black filmmakers from all over the world. We host panels, workshops and artist spotlights to dive deeper into the themes presented and explore Black brilliance through multiple mediums. 59826 7398 Theatrical Productions - This year we brought in two new experimental works. Dispersed, Women of Region Six, directed by Olisa Enrico and The Things Around us written and performed by Ahamfule J. Oluo. Dispersed was a culmination of 3 years of workshops that produced a play written by a community of women. The Things Around Us was a one person show that combined music and storytelling to capture the life story of Ahamefule J. Oluo. 354120 1458 General Programs and Series expenses for all our programs as a whole including smaller annual programs such as World Cancer Day and Reel Youth Film Camp. World Cancer Day, in partnership with the Ciera Sisters, is a day-long series of workshops, panels and performances centering women's health. Reel Youth is a week-long workshop with BIPOC youth focused on creating a film production and hands-on learning for all aspects of filmmaking. This year we held two Reel Youth workshops, one in the summer and one in the winter. We continue to expand this program. Move Groove and Explore was a weekly multigenerational series of multiple genres of movement to bring families together in health and wellness for the body. Other programs include Taste of Madaraka dinner series, an outdoor film screening of The WIZ, Het Heru Healing Dance Retreat, Inspired Child/Verbal Oasis Poetry Festival and more. 0 0 0 536999 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Franklin Pierce Northwest 2066390585 1600 2nd Ave 3808 Seattle WA 981013351 Ebony Arunga Executive Director 40 0 X X 33333 0 0 Anthony Tackett Chair 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Naho Shioya Board Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Randy Engstrom Board Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Gilda Sheppard Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Marie Kidhe Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 33333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 518679 275010 0 793689 Ticket sales 711190 30556 30556 0 0 0 0 0 0 30556 0 0 0 0 0 0 824245 30556 0 0 X 0 333121 249841 49968 33312 27227 20420 4084 2723 31756 23817 4763 3176 24367 18275 3655 2437 0 223159 167369 33474 22316 1932 1449 290 193 48722 36542 7308 4872 0 0 22461 16846 3369 2246 479 359 72 48 0 0 2500 1875 375 250 276 206 42 28 716000 536999 107400 71601 1909408 1986535 25000 25000 19380 17572 1808 1808 1936216 2013343 34047 2929 34047 2929 X 1635568 2010414 266601 0 1902169 2010414 1936216 2013343 X 108245 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 419543 1683573 879088 745943 793689 4521836 419543 1683573 879088 745943 793689 4521836 4521836 9453 10359 46425 56312 30556 153105 4674941 0.96725 0.97118 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other income produced from ticket sales and other program revenue. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19380 0 17572 1808 0 0 0 0 1808 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Executive Director presents the draft 990 to the Board for review and comment before final submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We review the policy and ask for disclosures of any potential conflicts annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Any documentation such as the conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Operating support services $24,000.00, Artistic services $29,172.50, and other Professional services $169,985.34 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 -$1 for rounding differences