2025-02-11T14:37:24-05:00 2024-06-30 341873333 MCMANAMON & CO LLC 1651 CROSSINGS PKWY D WESTLAKE OH 441451959 990 2023-07-01 341645238 OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET OHIO 2163973757 3558 LEE ROAD CLEVELAND OH 44120 MARGARET A CARLSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2163973757 2024-01-15 false JEFFREY D FIRESTONE CPA CVA P01055566 4408928900 2025-01-15 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X MARGARET A CARLSON 3558 LEE ROAD CLEVELAND OH 44120 657854 false X WWW.VERBBALLETS.ORG X 1987 OH OCB IGNITES AUDIENCE PASSION AND PARTICIPATION IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE THROUGH PERFORMANCE, OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 22 22 31 49 0 425145 413816 177610 178334 -14 160 58188 50061 660929 642371 0 0 329004 379592 0 29032 294772 298357 623776 677949 37153 -35578 287891 254356 10919 12962 276972 241394 X OCB IGNITES AUDIENCE PASSION AND PARTICIPATION IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE THROUGH PERFORMANCE, OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. false false 552881 EDUCATION/OUTREACH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. BUILDING COMMUNITY WITHIN ITS PHYSICAL SPACE AND THE GREATER GEOGRAPHIC AREA, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN DANCE 2. BRING PROGRAMS TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND CLEVELAND AND NORTHEAST OHIO, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, AND LEARN. OBJECTIVES 1. PARTNER WITH THE CLEVELAND DANCE MOVEMENT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEVELAND'S MINORITY AND EMERGING DANCE PRACTITIONERS. 2. THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIZED RENTAL PROGRAM, SUPPORT MINORITY DANCE PROGRAMS. 3. DELIVER CURRENT OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS IN-HOUSE LEARNING. 4. PRESENT OPEN MASTER CLASSES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE INCLUDING MINORITY ARTISTS. ARTISTIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. VERB AIMS TO SUPPORT ART THAT REFLECTS OUR CURRENT SOCIETAL LANDSCAPE AND IS RELEVANT TO OUR DANCERS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO DANCE ENTHUSIASTS IN CLEVELAND. 2. CHOOSES WORKS FOR THE DANCERS TO LEARN NEW STYLES AND SKILLS 3. ENGAGES EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS TO CREATE NEW WORKS WHICH ARE BOTH TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING AND CONTEMPORARY IN STYLE AND THEME OBJECTIVES 1. CREATE ONE SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK THAT DRAWS FROM CLEVELAND'S HISTORY. 2. ENGAGE AT LEAST TWO MINORITY CHOREOGRAPHERS. THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLEVELAND DANCE MOVEMENT 3. OFFER PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO CLEVELAND'S UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY DANCE COMMUNITY. 4. GROW AUDIENCE DIVERSITY THROUGH MARKETING EFFORTS AND PROGRAMMING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. GOING FORWARD, THE COMPANY MUST FORTIFY ITS FINANCIAL FUTURE BY GROWING ITS DONOR BASE 2. DIVERSIFYING ITS BOARD. IT MUST ATTRACT 1) HIGHER WEALTH/ HIGHER CONTRIBUTING BOARD MEMBERS, 2) NEW BOARD MEMBERS FAMILIAR WITH, OR EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT, THE INNER WORKINGS OF A DANCE COMPANY AND 3) THOSE WHO CAN BRING TO THE BOARD GREATER DIVERSITY, IN TERMS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND AGE, AND WHO CAN EXTEND VERB'S REACH THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES REGION. OBJECTIVES 1. GROW FROM 600,000 TO 750,000 IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WITH THE GOAL OF GROWING TO 1,000,000 IN THE NEXT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. 2. INCREASE SALARIES AND HOURS WORKED FOR EMPLOYEES TO CREATE PARITY WITH DANCE COMPANIES NATIONALLY: 3. INCREASE DANCER AND ARTISTIC STAFF SALARIES BY 40% 4. SEEK INDIVIDUAL AND/OR CORPORATE FUNDING FOR INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND EQUITY EFFORTS. RACIAL EQUITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. THE COMPANY SEEKS TO ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN TOP CREATIVE TALENT WITH A COMPANY THAT REFLECTS DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. 2. PROVIDES A STAGE FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS WHO ELEVATE MARGINALIZED VOICES AND REFLECT OUR TIMES. 3. PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE FIELD AND TO BE AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMBRACES ANTIRACISM. OBJECTIVES 1. ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE AUDITIONS. 2. CREATE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIVERSE GROUPS. 3. SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A NEW WORK FOR VERB BY A LOCAL EMERGING ARTIST. 4. WITH VERB'S MEMBERSHIP IN DANCE USA AND OHIO ARTS PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, WE ADVOCATE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 552881 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 15 0 true 31 true false false false false false false false false X 22 22 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false OH X MARGARET A CARLSON 2163973757 3558 LEE ROAD CLEVELAND OH 44120 MARGARET A CARLSON EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X X 47000 0 0 HEMA STEELE PRESIDENT 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ANTWON DUNCAN-MILCZEWSKI VICE PRESIDE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 FREDERICK LAUTZENHEISER SECRETARY 4.00 X X 0 0 0 MARY ANNE GARVEY TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID M DUSEK PAST PRESIDE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES FARLEY PAST PRESIDE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ROB SCHWAB PAST PRESIDE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 JERI CHAIKIN PAST PRESIDE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ANN ENNIS PAST PRESIDE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 LAURA CLEVELAND BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 DANA DOMBROWSKI BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES GRAHAM BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANN LEVIN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 LEAH MACRAILD BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOANNE MORSCHER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 LESLIE KAUFMAN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES KOEHLER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH L NEALE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD RINEHART JR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES SHEEHE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNA SOSKIC BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 47000 false false false 58500 62054 293262 413816 DANCE FOR EVERYONE 711300 80993 80993 BOX OFFICE 711300 72370 72370 OUTREACH 812900 14111 14111 OTHER REVENUE 711300 10860 10860 178334 160 160 65544 58500 15483 50061 642371 178334 160 47000 37086 7805 2109 298629 235639 49589 13401 33963 26799 5640 1524 56392 45812 8080 2500 82845 79439 1125 2281 22656 10554 7243 4859 6071 2024 4047 47875 37777 7950 2148 7561 3781 3780 4679 3692 777 210 COSTUMES 25603 25603 CHOREOGRAPHY 18600 18600 PRODUCTION TRAVEL 10109 10109 STAGING 6783 6783 9183 9183 677949 552881 96036 29032 26585 41612 147698 107579 71910 63758 29 4464 2944 96802 61866 33845 34936 339 448 3050 3050 287891 254356 10919 12962 10919 12962 X 200282 130636 76690 110758 276972 241394 287891 254356 -35578 X false true X true false X 369687 435095 442743 425145 413816 2086486 152536 120359 198919 252335 243878 968027 8905 8905 522223 564359 641662 677480 657694 3063418 26765 17000 64525 108290 26765 17000 64525 108290 2955128 161 161 161 161 522223 564520 641662 677480 657694 3063579 0.96460 0.96800 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 69356 34640 34716 27446 27226 220 34936 X 642371 642371 642371 677949 677949 677949 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X OCB COMPLIES WITH FASB ASC 740- ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. FASB ASC 740 DETAILS HOW COMPANIES SHOULD RECOGNIZE, MEASURE, PRESENT AND DISCLOSE UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OR ARE EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN. AS SUCH, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WOULD REFLECT EXPECTED FUTURE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS PRESUMING THE TAXING AUTHORITIES' FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSITION AND ALL RELEVANT FACTS, IF THEY EXISTED. THE MANAGEMENT OF OCB BELIEVES THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. OCB'S TAX YEARS THAT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ARE FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 AND FORWARD. 124044 58500 65544 10989 4494 124044 58500 65544 10989 4494 15483 50061 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A EDUCATION/OUTREACH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. BUILDING COMMUNITY WITHIN ITS PHYSICAL SPACE AND THE GREATER GEOGRAPHIC AREA, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN DANCE 2. BRING PROGRAMS TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND CLEVELAND AND NORTHEAST OHIO, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, AND LEARN. OBJECTIVES 1. PARTNER WITH THE CLEVELAND DANCE MOVEMENT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEVELAND'S MINORITY AND EMERGING DANCE PRACTITIONERS. 2. THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIZED RENTAL PROGRAM, SUPPORT MINORITY DANCE PROGRAMS. 3. DELIVER CURRENT OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS IN-HOUSE LEARNING. 4. PRESENT OPEN MASTER CLASSES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE INCLUDING MINORITY ARTISTS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ARTISTIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. VERB AIMS TO SUPPORT ART THAT REFLECTS OUR CURRENT SOCIETAL LANDSCAPE AND IS RELEVANT TO OUR DANCERS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO DANCE ENTHUSIASTS IN CLEVELAND. 2. CHOOSES WORKS FOR THE DANCERS TO LEARN NEW STYLES AND SKILLS 3. ENGAGES EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS TO CREATE NEW WORKS WHICH ARE BOTH TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING AND CONTEMPORARY IN STYLE AND THEME OBJECTIVES 1. CREATE ONE SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK THAT DRAWS FROM CLEVELAND'S HISTORY. 2. ENGAGE AT LEAST TWO MINORITY CHOREOGRAPHERS. THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLEVELAND DANCE MOVEMENT 3. OFFER PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO CLEVELAND'S UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY DANCE COMMUNITY. 4. GROW AUDIENCE DIVERSITY THROUGH MARKETING EFFORTS AND PROGRAMMING FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. GOING FORWARD, THE COMPANY MUST FORTIFY ITS FINANCIAL FUTURE BY GROWING ITS DONOR BASE 2. DIVERSIFYING ITS BOARD. IT MUST ATTRACT 1) HIGHER WEALTH/ HIGHER CONTRIBUTING BOARD MEMBERS, 2) NEW BOARD MEMBERS FAMILIAR WITH, OR EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT, THE INNER WORKINGS OF A DANCE COMPANY AND 3) THOSE WHO CAN BRING TO THE BOARD GREATER DIVERSITY, IN TERMS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND AGE, AND WHO CAN EXTEND VERB'S REACH THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES REGION. OBJECTIVES 1. GROW FROM 600,000 TO 750,000 IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WITH THE GOAL OF GROWING TO 1,000,000 IN THE NEXT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. 2. INCREASE SALARIES AND HOURS WORKED FOR EMPLOYEES TO CREATE PARITY WITH DANCE COMPANIES NATIONALLY: 3. INCREASE DANCER AND ARTISTIC STAFF SALARIES BY 40% 4. SEEK INDIVIDUAL AND/OR CORPORATE FUNDING FOR INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND EQUITY EFFORTS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D RACIAL EQUITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. THE COMPANY SEEKS TO ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN TOP CREATIVE TALENT WITH A COMPANY THAT REFLECTS DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. 2. PROVIDES A STAGE FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS WHO ELEVATE MARGINALIZED VOICES AND REFLECT OUR TIMES. 3. PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE FIELD AND TO BE AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMBRACES ANTIRACISM. OBJECTIVES 1. ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE AUDITIONS. 2. CREATE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIVERSE GROUPS. 3. SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A NEW WORK FOR VERB BY A LOCAL EMERGING ARTIST. 4. WITH VERB'S MEMBERSHIP IN DANCE USA AND OHIO ARTS PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, WE ADVOCATE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE FEDERAL FROM 990 IS PROVIDED TO ANYONE WHO SUBMITS A WRITTEN REQUEST.