Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2023.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
4 people listed on the 990; $101K paid to officers and key staff.
Latisha Jones’s $101K as Executive Director is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latisha Jones | $100,972 | $96,425 | $86,035 | $76,031 | $44,650 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Truartspeaks executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowers youth through spoken word and hip hop to build literacy, leadership, and social justice skills.
Questions for Truartspeaks
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Professional Development
It takes a village and knowledge benefits us all when we share it towards the collective good. At truartspeaks we believe that every young person, emerging artist, and inspiring leader can benefit from learning the best, latest, and tried and true cultural & art PRACTICES.WITH an extensive history of training educators (k-collegiate…
Arts Exhibition and Programming
Cultural art performances and exhibition opportunities for artists, participants and community members.
Hip Hop Education
Truartspeaks has a robust list of teaching artists in our network, each representative of some element or aspect of spoken word and hip hop culture, and BEYOND.OUR crew is rooted and trained in the pillars of our pedagogical practice, engaging in ongoing and regular development opportunities to ensure that they are constantly enhancing…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $44K | $125K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2K | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $221K | $211K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $7K | $30K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $214K | $181K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $101K | $70K | $24K | $7K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $30K | $20K | $7K | $3K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $51 | $51 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $9K | $9K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $41K | $37K | $4K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $2K | $1K | $1K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $4K | $945 | $3K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $19K | $13K | $6K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $3K | $3K | $79 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $2K | $2K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $14K | $9K | $4K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $233K | $156K | $65K | $13K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 26, 2026 | $200K | $233K | −$33K | $181K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $320K | $271K | $49K | $214K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2024 | $402K | $270K | $132K | $183K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 23, 2023 | $245K | $234K | $11K | $50K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 25, 2023 | $121K | $40K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $200,248 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $200,248 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $233,034 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $211,355 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $181,334 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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