DESERT PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION INC
EIN 88-2243875 · Performing Arts (A60)
What they do
California Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) Partnership With DSUSD - We Served 60 Elementary and Middle School Aged Students Through An After School Color Guard Program Within Desert Sands Unified School District. This Program Goes From September 2024 Through May 2025. Students In This Program Performed At 7 Local Performing Arts Showcases Which Helped Create Visibility for The Performing Art and for Their School Sites. Through Participating In This After School Color Guard Program, We Hope to Strengthen The Vertical Articulation of The Color Guard Activity Between Our Elementary, Middle School, and High Schools Within The District. Our Long Term Vision is That Our Organization Provides An Opportunity to Coach and Teach After Students Graduate High School. Prior to Our Organization Existing, Many Advanced Performers Would Leave The Coachella Valley to Seek Performance and Coaching Opportunities Elsewhere. Now That We Are Providing This Type of Programming, It Can Encourag
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MATTHEW RICHARDSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBER
DUANE ALDRIDGEPRESIDENT
JOHN GRAYVICE PRESIDENT
JOSE STA ANATREASURER
MEGAN VENTURASECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- 41995 BOARDWALK, PALM DESERT, CA 92211-9030
- County
- Riverside
- In care of
- Jose Sta Ana
- Primary officer
- Jose Sta Ana, Treasurer
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Performing Arts (A60)
- IRS tax category
- Performing Arts