2024-04-18T06:39:05-04:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 861320888 Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc % Steven Allard LOST 7328418651 1075 EASTON AVENUE SUITE 500 Somerset NJ 08873 Steven J allard Treasurer 2024-04-18 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X X lostsoulsmemorialnj.org X X 6482 X 6470 12 0 0 0 6482 3041 1436 4477 2005 24096 26101 24096 26101 0 0 24096 26101 24096 26101 X The mission of the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project is to uncover relevant history raise community awareness and build a public memorial through centering the experiences of those who have become known as the Lost Souls stolen in 1818 by a slave ring led by a corrupt Middlesex County judge We commit to involving perspectives of Black individual s and groups in our process and project while engaging the whole of our diverse communities We see our work as an on going and collective act of liberatory memory that contributes to greater justice amends and healing in our local co mmunities state and country Community education The focus of our efforts is to promote community awareness of the story of the Lost Souls In 202 2 we spent the largest portion of our funds on community education through an update of our website and the conducting of our annual public Recitation of Names In 2022 the website was visited by 16099 people The Recitation of Names was attended by 55 people and was live-streamed to the wider public Community education was also supported by in-kind labor from Board members who published a monthly newsletter received by348 individuals and made more than a dozen virtual and in person presentations at numerous events throughout the State 0 1592 Fundraising for Memorial In order to support all of our efforts the next largest expenditure was to establish our fundraising infrastructure and identify potenti al grant opportunities 750 1230 Research: In 2022 we hired a student research assistant in Louisiana to begin exploring archives of county records relevant to the Lost Souls who were transported to the port of New Orleans and then sold to plantations in and around Pointe Coupee Louisiana This student identified the one location of documents from that era and found some newspaper articles sale records and court case materials which pertained to several of them The materials uncovered will become part of a digital mapping project that will create an interactive site where teachers students and the general public can learn more about the history of New Jerseys Lost Souls 0 1210 Mailbox 0 359 NJ State reporting fees 0 86 4477 Toni Hendrix President 5 0 0 0 Maevonia Caldwell Vice President 3 0 0 0 Steven Allard Treasurer 5 0 0 0 Toni Armstead Secretary 2 0 0 0 Kristal Langford Trustee 7 0 0 0 Peter Kahn Trustee 2 0 0 0 Gene Armstead Trustee 1 0 0 0 Elayne Risley Trustee 1 0 0 0 Carol Austin Trustee 3 0 0 0 Denise Rompilla Trustee 8 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false Steven J Allard 1050 George St Apt 9D New Brunswick NJ 08901 7328418651 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 0 26498 6470 32968 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26498 6470 32968 13934 19034 0 0 0 10 12 22 0 0 0 279 0 279 33269 X Item B - Amended Return Correcting typo in Part 1 Line 1. Should be $6,470 and was entered $6,770. Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Bloomerang software fundraising, $703| USPS and UPS Store for mailbox, $359| Flowers and other supplies for Recitation event, $242| NJ State Annual Report certificate and Change of Registered Agent fees, $86| PayPal and Bloomerang transaction fees, $46|