2025-01-17T07:55:14-05:00 2024-09-30 990EZ 2023-10-01 631039461 ALABAMA FOLKLIFE ASSOCIATION INC % Emily Blejwas ALAB 2512890757 124 Williams Court Mobile AL 36606 Emily Blejwas Executive Director 2025-01-17 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.alabamafolklife.org X X 119789 X 118423 46 0 0 1320 62 1258 119727 64668 393 2388 1403 49997 118849 878 124250 -10793 114335 X 124250 121870 124250 121870 0 7535 124250 114335 X To document preserve present and promote the folkways of Alabama through research education and programming. Alabama Folk: Program to elevate under-documented cultures and traditions from across the state through interviews with traditional artists and makers the Alabama Folk podcast and hands-on community workshops. Engaged 29 artists makers researchers and reviewers who were paid for their work. Delivered 13 hands-on community workshops across Alabama in pine needle basket weaving Greek cooking rangoli crochet and Bharatanatyam dance. Produced Season 3 of Alabama Folk podcast with a focus on elevating immigrant and womens voices. Included 6 episodes on broommaking Vietnamese lion dance Greek Orthodox Easter foodways rangoli Mardi Gras costume design and Sew Their Names quilts. Podcast has 3210+ plays to date and airs annually on Alabama Public Radio. 18426 18426 Cauthen Fellowships Tributaries. Awarded 6 Cauthen Fellowships $1,200 each to individuals community and academic to support original research on Alabama folk traditions. Topics included: old-time Tennessee muskmelon Cherokee stories and traditions quilting songs in the Black Belt textile practices in North Alabama intentional communities in Blount County and Birmingham musicians. 45 writers photographers editors and designers contributed to publication of Tributaries: the sole journal dedicated to Alabama folklife published annually by the AFA. Vol. 18 features coal miners piatas Black funeral pamphlets tornado shelters bayou folktales Sacred Harp memorial lessons drag pageants Jewish life in Birmingham and Selma an all-Black traveling revue folk recordings in the Black Belt and more. 13523 13523 Refugee Voices: Program to elevate refugee voices and stories and better integrate resettled refugees into the fabric of Mobile Alabama. Engaged 8 families from DRC Sudan Iraq Cuba and Uganda whose documented oral histories snapshots family portraits and childrens artwork were featured at a month-long gallery show in downtown Mobile that engaged 280+ visitors. 4001 4001 Jewish Alabama folklife 1500 1500 2 annual sacred harp singing events 1403 1403 Sacred Sounds exhibit at Alabama Music Hall of Fame: transport and installation costs 1692 1692 research fieldwork on sacred harp music in Alabama 3500 3500 44045 Dr Martin Olliff President 2 0 0 0 Dr Shari Williams Vice President 1 0 0 0 Debbie Pendleton Secretary 1 0 0 0 Mary Amelia Taylor Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Maiben Beard Member 1 0 0 0 Joey Brackner Member 1 0 0 0 Dr Alan Brown Member 1 0 0 0 Sulynn Creswell Member 1 0 0 0 Ester de Aguiar Member 1 0 0 0 Russell Gulley Member 1 0 0 0 Emily Blejwas Executive Director 40 55000 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false Emily Blejwas 124 Williams Court Mobile AL 36606 2512890757 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 106096 129054 139416 121723 118423 614712 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106096 129054 139416 121723 118423 614712 614712 74 74 59 46 46 299 0 0 0 0 0 0 615011 0.9995 0.9988 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| office supplies, $2022| online communications: zoom website email marketing online storage, $1390| advertising, $756| memberships and dues, $40| travel, $1743| programs, $44046| Part I, line 20 | Explanation:, Amount:| net revenue from balance sheet, $-10793| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| total liabilities, $0, $7535|