2026-02-18T22:05:15-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 203339412 SKIPP PEARSON FOUNDATION SKIP 8034001879 Post Office Box 835 Columbia SC 29202 Shirley Martin Executive Director 8034001879 2025-11-15 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://pearsonjazz.org/ X X not-for-profit organization 51000 X 30000 20000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 51000 20000 0 0 20000 10000 1000 1000 52000 -1000 1000 1000 1000 X 1000 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 1000 0 0 1000 1000 The Skipp Pearson Foundation/Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation was created to preserve America's rich jazz music heritage and to foster a greater appreciation of live jazz music performances for generations to discover and enjoy. Seventy-five per cent of our annual income is spent on educational program content. The "global" pandemic of 2020-2023 made it impossible to present in-person programming of any kind. The Foundation was fortunate to be able to create a series of virtual programs that produced unique content and launched the organization into the "digital age". Suspended until 2026. Educational programming in celebration of National Jazz Appreciation Month. Multi-layered public education project that provides a forum for arts organizations from various disciplines to work in partnership. Educational programming done under the project known as International Jazz Day in South Carolina. Note, as the Foundation was unable to fund raise due to a greatly diminished operating budget all efforts were placed on this education program. Even with great hardship and in the face of the current "global" pandemic the Foundation managed to provide a full day of virtual FREE admission programming to all ages. There was a particular focus on elementary school students. 0 0 Closed Le Cafe Jazz the public arts-in-education project created by the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation to expand its stated mission iw temporarily without a performance space. Le Cafe Jazz will return Fall 2027.Annually Le Cafe Jazz offers a weekly music program designed to provide public education programs to further the Foundation's mission to foster a greater appreciation of Jazz Music. Le Cafe Jazz is designed to be a listening venue. 0 0 Suspended until 2027. Jazz on the Road was created to act as the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation's mobile educational division used to promote and support the Foundation's primary mission; to foster a greater appreciation of live jazz music performances. The Foundation seeks to offer a minimum of twenty-five FREE admission performances per year. Note, COVID-19 and the Federal and State mandated closer throughout 2020 through 2022 made it unsafe to facilitate this program. 0 0 South Carolina's Great Flood of October 2015 left the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation's listening venue damaged. Through the offering of the Small Business Administration the Foundation was able to secure a loan to aid in restoration of personal property. Throughout 2016 through 2021 the Foundation continued to repair its damaged facility and return to its regular music education programming on a limited basis. Note, the effect of Tropical Hurricane Florence, Matthew and Maria and four others have prevented the Foundation from accomplishing the recovery goals previously established. COVID-19 has made it necessary to extend the time-line to re-open all projects and program. Projected date is Spring 2027. 0 0 SVOG award allowed the Foundation use the down time to revamp all areas of its technology, retrain staff, retool equipment supplies and take on the digital age of Ai education. More time is needed. Expected date 9/2026. 0 0 0 Shirley Martin Executive Director, Member of the Executive Committee 40 0 0 0 James Atkinson Member of the Executive Committee 10 0 0 0 Kim James Member of the Executive Committee 0 0 0 0 Roosevelt Cummings Member of the Executive Committee 10 0 0 0 Nancy Greene Director of the Executive Committee 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Shirley Martin Post Office Box 835 Columbia SC 29202 8034001879 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 62864 80315 65446 65000 52000 325625 62864 80315 65446 65000 52000 325625 325625 325625 1 0.33 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 like many not-for profit organizations the Skipp Pearson Foundation, through no fault of management, loss it's primary funding, Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Funds use to further the organization's mission of public education. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 used reserve funding to maintain the organization's technology. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Like many not-for profits The Pearson Foundation, through no fault of it's ow loss all primary funding. All reserve funds had to be utilized. the is at working to secure a stronger funding base. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Like many not-for profits the Skipp Pearson foundation has its primary funding souces, The Pearson Foundation continues to restructure its organization to fulfill its stated mission. Senior artists, are main community of service continues to need more services as we navigate the political climate for funding. We endeavor to provide as much help to them as possible. Our goal is to seek out new funding sources to help maintain all public programming. Our 990 was delayed by the complete collapse of the financial giving sector.