2024-11-15T00:45:23-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 330373078 EKTAA CENTER EKTA 9493008912 7 Mecklenberg Irvine CA 92620 Harish Murthy President 9493008912 2023-11-10 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X WWW.EKTAACENTER.ORG X X 199263 X 136006 63257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199263 0 0 25658 66896 21981 10651 37911 163097 36166 153092 0 189258 X 144542 180708 0 0 8550 8550 153092 189258 0 0 153092 189258 Ektaa Center is the first and only non-denominational community center in Southern California committed to create and awareness, understanding of the arts and culture of India using diverse medium such as Dance,Music,Theatre and related arts in Southern California.The Ektaa Center and volunteers continually strive to faster cross cultural exchange in this multi ethnic community. We believe education and knowledge of cultures help build better communities. Our primary activities conducted through a center that is a physical space for instruction, community interaction and arts programming. We also use civic and other venues for special events and presentations we produce. The South Asian Senior Association (SASA) initiative became the focal point of our community related programs. This program has expanded to 2 monthly meetings and additional special events. Our partnership with the City of Irvine has been helpful in increasing the impact of our services to over 160 community members in the senior demographic. We continued our flagship community event, Diwali Fest which accounted for the major part of the expenses for the year. This festival is supported mainly by sponsors and vendors and not individual contributions. Only part of the festival is supported by grants and allocated funds from general budgets. Specific and general operating grants are part of the amounts mentioned below which facilitated our SASA programs and the Diwali Fest in 2023. Besides the aforementioned, we also produced and presented one musical event Ragaspirit and a dance event 'Anubandh' both at the prestigious Irvine Barclay Theater featuring internationally renowned artistes showcasing the arts and cultures of India central to our mission. While designated grants supported 50% of the program services additional support from ticket revenue, sponsorships and individual contributions helped us expand our services. 65767 122883 122883 Harish Murthy President and Executive Director 20 0 0 0 Chandrika Kedhar Secretary 5 0 0 0 Anouk Grover Board Member 3 0 0 0 Naresh Arya Board Member 3 0 0 0 Kalyani Gopal Board Member 5 0 0 0 Ramya Harishankar Board Member 5 0 0 0 Aruna Ravishankar Board Member 5 0 0 0 Sravani Jandhyala Board Member 3 0 0 0 Nrapendra Prasad Board Member 5 0 0 0 Preeti Singh Board Member/Manager SASA 15 16500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Harish Murthy 7 Mecklenberg Irvine CA 92620 9493008912 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 66864 33813 90392 98045 136006 425120 131000 29696 13352 19460 63257 256765 197864 63509 103744 117505 199263 681885 681885 197864 63509 103744 117505 199263 681885 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Our program services included 3 major events produced during the 2023 year. This included the Diwali Fest 2023 which is an annual event that attracts over 5000 guests and Ragaspirit 2023 at the Irvine Barclay theater. Each event had detailed event production expenses which included facility rentals, permits and license fees, Parking contractors, Marketing and promotional expenses specific to the events, misc. outsourced services like janitorial, transportation expenses, supplies and misc. related event expenses in multiple categories. We also conducted monthly meetups for Seniors that required catering, supplies and outsourced performance / program personnel. It also includes some expenses not elsewhere classified such as website maintenance, participating in other events thru sponsorship or rental of booth space. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 This asset represents furniture and fittings and a deposit. Extension to File has been filed.