Cabd Inc.

“Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the board prior to filing.”

“The organization has a board-approved conflict of interest policy. On an annual basis, each board member and senior staff must fill out a survey outlining any conflicts or lack thereof. If conflicts are identified, the board member must outine the nature of the conflict and share this with the board.”

“The process for determining compensation for the organizations's executive director consisted of independent research and a board review of comparable organizations. Full board approval is required.”

“The process for determining compensation for other key employees consisted of indepenedent research and a board review of comparable organizations. Full board approval is required.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request. As well, the form 990 appears on such public websites as guidestar.org.”

“Committed to the artistic vision of camille a. Brown, cabd creates, produces, and performs brown's choreographic works, offers dance engagement activities, and provides a multi-faceted platform for sharing and building understanding of and appreciation for the african american experience, fostering interaction and dialogue among diverse communities in nyc, nationally, and globally.”

“The persistence of the covid-19 pandemic led to continued cancellations and postponements of touring engagements. The organization did not tour or give live performances in 2021, and mostly focused on creative work, rehearsing and preparing for the resumption of touring, community engagement programming--both virtual and in-person (when possible), the setting of dances on university students, and other activities described under accomplishments, below.”

“In 2021, due to the persistence of covid-19, cabd did not tour, but instead engaged in two creative residencies: the first, a 5-week bubble residency at ps21 in chatham, ny (february 15-march 21, 2021), which allowed our dancers and musicians to gather for the first time since the start of the pandemic; and a second, two-week residency at the lake placid center for the arts, in lake placid, ny, june 20 to july 8, 2021. Short videos of work created during the 1st residency were shared online. In the fall of 2021, the organization expanded, adding five new dancers to cabd, who in preparation for 2022 touring, rehearsed repertory roles alongside veteran dancers. Repertory roles rehearsed included sections from brown's trilogy of evening-long works on race, culture, and identity--"mr. Tol e. Rance-; "black girl: linguistic play- and "ink"--and the "trilogy repertory programs", specially crafted evenings of selections from brown's "trilogy"--originally scheduled to be performed in 2021 in nyc and on tour, but postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic. In addition, the organization set its repertory on students at three universities. "city of rain", was staged on the university of washington dance department's chamber dance company, in seattle, and at george mason university's dance department in fairfax, va; "new second line" was staged on new york university's tisch school of dance's 2nd avenue dance company. These dance pieces were performed live at their universities. As well, cabd dancers led virtual masterclasses at temple university, usc/kaufman school of dance, la's body traffic, and the national dance institute (ndi). Five cabd dancers also choreographed four separate zoom dance works for ndi's celebration team, comprised of 50 student dancers. The dances were performed virtually for family and friends of ndi. As well, the organization worked with non-profits and a college to provide online access to the cabd repertory. Goucher college (md) dance department received access to two screenings of "black girl: linguistic play", lincoln center institute's educators received access to cabd's mixed repertory program through june 30, 2021, and cabd's "ink: a dance film" was live- streamed by the apollo theater on june 7, 2021 and remained available on the apollo theater website through august 7, 2021. In 2021, the organization partnered with 11 community neighborhood centers, arts organizations, and public schools in nyc and two national partners to bring free in-person and virtual every body move (ebm) creative and empowering workshops, social dance classes, and convenings to individuals of all ages, with a focus on bipoc youth in harlem, the bronx, queens, and brooklyn--who lack access to the arts. Cabd provided 180 workshops to nyc and nys residents, mostly adolescent girls and offered 12 every body move-at-home, free virtual social dance classes for youth, in afrobeat, afro-caribbean, and afro-house social dance styles, december 7 -dec 30, 2021. The organization also hosted an online/virtual edition of "the gathering"-- a networking and learning event, with a focus on black and brown female dancemakers and dance artists--with sessions running april 20-may 5, 2021. Cabd's virtual school, social dance for social change, which engages and connects a broad community of dance artists, scholars, students, and those seeking deeper knowledge of black aesthetic culture through an exploration of the rich history of movement and music originating from the african diaspora, offered 19 free artist/scholar lectures. These lectures uplifted the "indigenous dances" of the african diaspora from "pattin juba- and the buzzard dance, to lindy hop and hip hop, alongside afro-caribbean dances and their west african roots, and post-modern black aesthetics. Noted scholars and famed artist/practitioners speaking as part of the series-- including dr. Brenda dixon gottschild, eva yaa asentewaa, ishmael houston- jones, dexter jones, and marlies yearby--gave c”