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FBA PRESENTED A FREE SPECIAL SHOW ON THE FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL PRESENTED TO CLIENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE THE HOMELESS, DOMESTICALLY ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING STUDENT OF TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, AND RESIDENTS OF RECOVERY HOMES AND HALF-WAY HOUSES. IT IS GIFTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OVER 600 UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PERFORMANCES OF THIS CALIBER THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. -FOR ONE WEEK IN MARCH, FBA DANCERS TRAVELED TO FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS TO PRESENT TWO PIECES OF CHOREOGRAPHY CHOSEN FOR THE REGIONAL DANCE AMERICA (RDA/SW). RDA IS A PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL DANCE ORGANIZATION OF WHICH FBA IS A SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEMBER AND IS THE ONLY ADJUDICATED AND ACCEPTED MEMBER FROM NEW MEXICO. TWO WORKS OF CHOREOGRAPHY WERE PRESENTED, INCLUDING ONE FBA DANCER BEING CHOSEN FROM HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST TO PERFORM AS AN OUTSTANDING SOLOIST, AND WHO IS A NATIVE NEW MEXICAN TRAINED AT FBA SINCE HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD. _ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH OUT THE SPRING MONTHS, FBA PERFORMED FREE ON-SITE MOBILE HISTORY OF DANCE AND DISCOVERY WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS PART OF ITS VAST OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR LOCAL UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. FBA PERFORMED FOR TEN PRIMARILY TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE URBAN ENHANCEMENT TRUST FUND. -IN AUGUST, FBA HELD CITY-WIDE AUDITIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 2025-2026 SEASON, GAINING MANY NEW DANCERS IN BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND THE PRE- PROFESSIONAL LEVELS. -IN NOVEMBER, FBA SERVED AS GUESTS OF THE NEW MEXICO HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO PERFORM AT THE PRESENTATION EVENT OF THE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEES FOR THEIR CORAZON DE CULTURA AWARDS. IN ATTENDANCE WAS THE MAYOR OF ALBUQUERQUE, THE LT. GOVERNOR, THE AMBASSADORS TO MEXICO AND SPAIN, SEVERAL CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS, SEVERAL BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND MANY OTHER DIGNITARIES. -IN DECEMBER, FBA PRODUCED NUTCRACKER IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. FBA PROVIDED 5 PUBLIC SHOWS, NEARLY ALL SOLD OUT, AS THIS REGIONAL NUTCRACKER BALLET HAS BECOME A FAVORITE ANNUAL HOLIDAY TRADITION WHERE ENTIRE FAMILIES ATTEND. A FREE SPECIAL SHOW ON THE LAST DRESS REHEARSAL WAS PRESENTED TO CLIENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE THE HOMELESS, DOMESTICALLY ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING STUDENT OF TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, AND RESIDENTS OF RECOVERY HOMES AND HALF-WAY HOUSES. IT IS GIFTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OVER 600 UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PERFORMANCES OF THIS CALIBER THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. 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FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 ALL BOARD MEMBERS VOLUNTEER TIME TO THE ORGANIZATION. DURING 2025, BOARD MEMBERS PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 1,110 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME. IN ADDITION TO VOLUNTEER TIME, PARENTS AND OTHER NON-BOARD MEMBER VOLUNTEER HOURS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 710 HOURS. THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER TIME UNDERSCORES THE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS MISSION FROM THE BOARD, MANAGEMENT, PARENTS, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A FROM JANUARY THROUGH EARLY MAY, FBA DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTOR WERE WORKING ON THE SPRING PRODUCTION OF AN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION OF ROMEO & JULIET PRESENTED IN MAY AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER, WHICH WAS A FIRST-TIME PRODUCTION FOR FBA. FBA PRESENTED A FREE SPECIAL SHOW ON THE FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL PRESENTED TO CLIENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE THE HOMELESS, DOMESTICALLY ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING STUDENT OF TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, AND RESIDENTS OF RECOVERY HOMES AND HALF-WAY HOUSES. IT IS GIFTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OVER 600 UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PERFORMANCES OF THIS CALIBER THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. -FOR ONE WEEK IN MARCH, FBA DANCERS TRAVELED TO FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS TO PRESENT TWO PIECES OF CHOREOGRAPHY CHOSEN FOR THE REGIONAL DANCE AMERICA (RDA/SW). RDA IS A PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL DANCE ORGANIZATION OF WHICH FBA IS A SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEMBER AND IS THE ONLY ADJUDICATED AND ACCEPTED MEMBER FROM NEW MEXICO. TWO WORKS OF CHOREOGRAPHY WERE PRESENTED, INCLUDING ONE FBA DANCER BEING CHOSEN FROM HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST TO PERFORM AS AN OUTSTANDING SOLOIST, AND WHO IS A NATIVE NEW MEXICAN TRAINED AT FBA SINCE HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD. _ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH OUT THE SPRING MONTHS, FBA PERFORMED FREE ON-SITE MOBILE HISTORY OF DANCE AND DISCOVERY WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS PART OF ITS VAST OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR LOCAL UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. FBA PERFORMED FOR TEN PRIMARILY TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE URBAN ENHANCEMENT TRUST FUND. -IN AUGUST, FBA HELD CITY-WIDE AUDITIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 2025-2026 SEASON, GAINING MANY NEW DANCERS IN BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND THE PRE- PROFESSIONAL LEVELS. -IN NOVEMBER, FBA SERVED AS GUESTS OF THE NEW MEXICO HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO PERFORM AT THE PRESENTATION EVENT OF THE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEES FOR THEIR CORAZON DE CULTURA AWARDS. IN ATTENDANCE WAS THE MAYOR OF ALBUQUERQUE, THE LT. GOVERNOR, THE AMBASSADORS TO MEXICO AND SPAIN, SEVERAL CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS, SEVERAL BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND MANY OTHER DIGNITARIES. -IN DECEMBER, FBA PRODUCED NUTCRACKER IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. FBA PROVIDED 5 PUBLIC SHOWS, NEARLY ALL SOLD OUT, AS THIS REGIONAL NUTCRACKER BALLET HAS BECOME A FAVORITE ANNUAL HOLIDAY TRADITION WHERE ENTIRE FAMILIES ATTEND. A FREE SPECIAL SHOW ON THE LAST DRESS REHEARSAL WAS PRESENTED TO CLIENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE THE HOMELESS, DOMESTICALLY ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING STUDENT OF TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, AND RESIDENTS OF RECOVERY HOMES AND HALF-WAY HOUSES. IT IS GIFTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OVER 600 UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PERFORMANCES OF THIS CALIBER THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. ADDITIONALLY, FBA PROVIDED TWO SCHOOL-TIME SHOW THERE IN THE NHCC THEATER FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR A GREATLY REDUCED PRICE, AND IN SOME CASES FOR TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, STUDENTS ATTENDED FOR FREE. FORM 990, PART VI GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. AVAILABLE IN HARD COPY AT THE OFFICES OF THE REGISTERED AGENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990, A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. THE PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE RETURN, SIGNS AND SUBMITS THE EFILE AUTHORIZATION FORM TO THE TAX PREPARER UPON APPROVAL OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE RETURN. THE RETURN IS THEN ELECTRONICALLY FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. AVAILABLE IN HARD COPY AT THE OFFICES OF THE REGISTERED AGENT. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G MUSICIAN SERVICES PROVIDED 35,169 0 0 DANCERS HONORARIUMS 44,475 0 0 REHEARSAL ASSIST 2,410 0 0 CHOREOGRAPHERS 4,650 0 0 LIGHTING/DIGITAL BACKDROP 5,091 0 0 STAGE AND SET CREW 18,562 0 0 TECHNICAL OUTSIDE SERVICES 301 0 0 TECHNICAL CREW 1,593 0 0 VIDEO/CD/DVD PRODUCTION 2,640 0 0 COSTUMER 5,585 0 0 RDA FEES PAID OUT 8,553 0 0 POSTAGE 0 31 0 NON-PROFIT FILING FEE 0 10 0 BOX OFFICE FEES 19,638 0 0 TOTAL 148,667 41 0