CROSSING BORDERS MUSIC COLLECTIVE
EIN 45-4368130 · Music (A68)
What they do
In FY25, Crossing Borders Music Shared 61 Concerts Reaching Approximately 2960 Adults and 4160 Students, Primarily In Chicago Public Schools. Crossing Borders Music Also Added 86 Videos to Its Online Music Library - Both World Premiere String Quartet Performances and Videos Documenting Rohingya Musicians Performance Practices In The Coxs Bazar Refugee Camps of Bangladesh. These Videos of Rohingya Music Are A Part of CBMs News Rohingya Music Virtual Library, One of The Worlds Largest Collections of Online Information About Rohingya Music, Created and Published to Document Endangered Rohingya Cultural Traditions. Altogether, Videos In CBMs Online Music Library Were Viewed 81,000 Times In The Past Year. CBM Also Commissioned 7 New String Quartet Compositions and Arrangements. Finally, CBM Ran Its Annual Young Composers Project Providing Music Composition Lessons and Mentorship to Four Youth From Music Programs In The Garfield Park and North Lawndale Neighborhoods of Chicago.
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Of every $100 spent, about $76.20 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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They name their leaders9 people are listed in the latest report.
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THOMAS CLOWESARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CELLIST
MARSCHNEE STRONGEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SCOUT FYNNDIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
CASANDRA HOLLIDAYPRESIDENT
CURTIS SMITHPAST-PRESIDENT
MI RAN CHOIDIRECTOR
MICHAEL KINGSECRETARY
NIK RANADIRECTOR
TOM MCNULTYDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2012
- Location
- 1330 W ALBION AVE APT G, CHICAGO, IL 60626-5291
- County
- Cook
- In care of
- % TOM CLOWES
- Primary officer
- Tom Clowes, Executive Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Music (A68)
- IRS tax category
- Music