2024-11-14T10:11:42-07:00 2023-12-31 861887111 Reinhardt Tax and Books 53 Russell Ave Beacon NY 12508 990EZ 2023-01-01 371793041 A J WILLIAMS-MYERS AFRICAN ROOTS COMMUNITY CENTER INC AJWI 8458020035 PO Box 2203 Kingston NY 12402 Jamie Levato treasurer 7735695238 2024-11-01 1 1 Andrew Reinhardt P02428374 2033139932 2024-11-01 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X http://africanrootslibrary.org X X 87014 X 86995 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87014 0 0 27594 34968 26246 704 5177 94689 -7675 149235 0 141560 X 152510 149568 0 0 0 120 152510 149688 3275 8128 149235 141560 African Roots Community Center strives to uplift the history, experience, and culture of Black peoples, indigenous peoples, and peoples of color through a library collection and through programming for children, teens, adults, and elders. Often working in collaboration with community groups and local organizations, African Roots Comminity Center is committed to the advancement of historical knowledge, cultural enrichment, civic engagement, and class and racial justice. Community Center/Library: The African Roots Community Center which includes the Little Free Library and provides regular community meetings, volunteer sessions, and free book distributions is open to the public on a weekly basis. The objective is to provide an ongoing space in service of our mission for civic engagement and cultural enrichment. Approximately 105 served. 0 48247 Youth and Family Programming: Programming in 2023 included puppet-making workshops, puppet theatre performances, tabling outreach at festivals, Friday Family Film Night, and art workshops. These programs further our mission by directly engaging youth and families through storytelling experiences that are fun, historically informative and empowering. Approximately 210 served. 0 36649 Lectures/Presentations/Events: Lectures, presentations and events in 2023 included Black August, Films for Praxis, Black Women Book Read, Kwanza Celebration and the Community Open Mic. These special events are free to the general public and like our youth programming are geared towards cultural enrichment and the promotion of class and racial justice. Approximately 160 served. 0 8092 92988 Maureen Byrd-Blue President 10 0 0 0 Anne Ames Vice-President 15 0 0 0 Paul Bermanzohn Vice President 5 0 0 0 Rachel Gans Secretary 20 0 0 0 Sima Dhesi Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Maxine Kamin board member 5 0 0 0 Jamie Levato board member 5 0 0 0 Stephanie Munford board member 5 0 0 0 Odell Winfield board member 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Rachel Gans PO Box 2203 Kingston NY 12402 8458020035 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 44923 93886 88675 90282 86958 404724 12341 40 50 10 37 12478 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57264 93926 88725 90292 86995 417202 0 0 0 0 2500 2500 15500 15000 10500 0 0 41000 15500 15000 10500 0 2500 43500 373702 40 59 77 30 19 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 59 77 30 19 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57304 93985 88802 90322 87014 417427 0.89525 0.85558 0.00054 0.00056 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Educational supplies;2365|Travel;1706|Food and food supplies;986|Marketing;75|Office supplies and software;32|Bank fees;13^Total;5177^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 22 Beginning of year balance corrected from $155,687 to 152,510 to account for mistakes in previous year's books. Also, for Part II, Line 24 beginning of year other assets corrected from $354 to $0 to account for mistakes in previous year's books. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^accounts receivable;120^Total;120^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Payroll liabilities;8128^Total;8128^ Approved for filing by November 15, 2024