Festival Ballet Albuquerque

“Election of members and their rights subject to the authority of the board of directors to designate and appoint one or more committees as provided in these bylaws, all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under autority of, and the affairs and property of fba shall be controlled by its board of directors, which shall consist of not less that three (3) and not more that ten (10) directors (not including any es officio directiors). The number of directors may be increased or decreased form time to time by a majority vote of the board of directors; but in no event shall the board of directors consist of less than three (3) directors. In the event the number of directors is increased, the vacancies so created will be filled in the manner specified in sect 5.4 of the articles. There shall be no special qualifications for eligibility for membership on the board of directors; and a person need not be resident of the state of new mexico to be eligible for election or appointment as director. Ex officio directors shall be non-voting members of the board of directors, and shall not be counted in the determination of a quorum.”

“Decisions subject to approval of members the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors. Such adoption, amendment or repeal requires a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of those directors present at a meeting in which such vote is taken, provide that a quorum has been attained at such meeting.”

“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.”

“Governing documents are made available upon request. Available in hard copy at the offices of the registered agent.”

“To further the appreciation and advancement in the community of the art of dance, to provide performance and educational opportunities to students of dance, and to provide opportunities for the community to be enriched through the public performance of dance.”

“All board members volunteer their time to the organization for an estimated total of 569 hours. List of in-kind services included business consulting, marketing and board of director duties valuated at $2,106; accounting services valued at $2,600; and administrative and managerial operations valued at $20,000. In addition there 8 local and national volunteers that act as advisory members to the board and 74 parent volunteers whom worked a total of 713.5 hours.”

“The corporation is formed for educational and charitable purposes, within the meaning of section 501(c)(3)of the internal revenue code of 1986, to further the appreciation and advancement in the community of the art of dance, to provide performance and educational opportunities to students of dance, and to provide opportunities for the community to be enriched through the public performance of dance, and to do any other act or thing incidental to or connected with the foregoing purposes or in advancement thereof, but not for the pecuniary profit of financial gain, except as permitted under the new mexico nonprofit corporation act.”

“After all the 2021 spring concerts and past 2020 concerts after march of that year were cancelled, festival ballet albuquerque began 2021 by taking film footage from a 2019 performance of sacred journeys ii originally destined to become a documentary in 2020, (which became impossible), and making it into a film: "sacred journeys ii: the live performance recording" which was successfully accepted and screened at the red nation international film festival and the american indian film festival in the fall of 2021. Since february 2020, festival ballet albuquerque (fba) held the first in-theater performance series, nutcracker in the land of enchantment december 17-19, 2021, with nearly all sold out shows. Over 400+ clients of area health and human resource organizations who serve the homeless, physically and mentally challenged, victims of domestic abuse, educational directives, and more, were hosted by fba at a special show, the final dress rehearsal on dec. 16, 2021, with all attending for free this high caliber performance which otherwise they would not have had the opportunity to attend. Prior to this accomplishment of finally being back inside a theater again, following 18 months of shut-down due to the covid 19 pandemic, fba presented an outdoor drive-in performance of the same show in a parking lot at balloon fiesta park on a 340 stage-line theatrical stage. Two performances of nutcracker in the land of enchantment in late may was unorthodox but was a welcomed and uplifting relief to all patrons who attended in a picnic-style setting just outside their vehicles--to be able to have the opportunity to experience a live performance again complete with live dancers and orchestral musicians under the night sky was inspiring, giving new hope to a brighter future past covid. With this performance series, fba was able to provide work opportunities for the first time in months for professional dancers, musicians, designers, and stage tech crews who could not work for the past year and a half. One new piece of choreography by jock soto, memoir chaco, to music by two-time grammy award winning taos pueblo musician, robert mirabal, was choreographed during the shutdown via zoom and other virtual means. This piece was finally performed outdoors, first on grass and then on an outdoor stage, along with screening the film, "sacred journeys ii: the live performance recording", in two outdoor drive-in movie venues in santa fe, nm in late april 2021, and in albuquerque in late may 2021. On sept 8th, fba dancers performed live as guests of the hispanic heritage committee for the hispanic heritage month kick-off press conference in old town in albuquerque. This was the first time this event was held live since 2019. Festival ballet albuquerque has successfully continued to secure financial assistance throughout 2021 from the city of albuquerque city councilors and department of cultural affairs, albuquerque community foundation, network for good-givingtuesday fundraising campaigns, foundations, corporate sponsorships, individual donations, fundraising benefits and more, which helped towards continuing to remain a viable non-profit entity throughout the pandemic until such a time it was safer to resume either modified or regular activities.”

“Artistic/choreographers/musicn: program service expenses 56,269. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 56,269. Lighting: program service expenses 22,645. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 22,645. Stage crew: program service expenses 43,253. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 43,253. Technical crew: program service expenses 4,340. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,340. Video/ dvd production: program service expenses 721. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 721. Performance supplies/costumes: program service expenses 5,382. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,382. Props/equip rental: program service expenses 810. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 810. Regional dance america fees: program service expenses 1,211. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,211. Nhcc ticket fees/merch cc fees: program service expenses 283. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 283. Performance theatre rental: program service expenses 9,669. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,669.”