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Many Mouths One Stomach

Tucson, AZ · EIN 342039132 · Form 990EZ · FY2021 · NTEE A20 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Micro (<$100K) · manymouths.org
revenue
$71K
expenses
$96K
net assets
$-35K
employees
mission · from form 990

Promotion of the arts

profile · synthesized from sources

Many Mouths One Stomach (MMOS) is a Tucson-based nonprofit that organizes the All Souls Procession, a large community-driven event honoring the dead through art, ritual, and public participation. The organization supports free, open workshops where people of all backgrounds create masks, puppets, floats, and lanterns, fostering creative expression, intergenerational connection, and community cohesion. MMOS emphasizes collaborative culture-building and has become a significant cultural and economic force in southern Arizona.

named programs · 2 · from sources

what they call their work

All Souls Procession
Annual public event in Tucson featuring a large procession of participants with handmade art, culminating in a ceremonial fire; open to all and rooted in cross-cultural remembrance traditions
All Souls Procession Workshops
Free community workshops offering hands-on opportunities to create ritual art such as masks, lanterns, floats, and puppets for participation in the All Souls Procession
activities · 2 groups

what they do

  • All Souls Procession Programming 11 activities
    • Ancestors Project and Urn Collection
      Many Mouths One Stomach facilitates community participation in the Ancestors Project by accepting digital submissions of images for display during the live stream and on the All Souls website. They also collect digital and mailed prayers and mementos for inclusion in the Urn, with physical collection stations available during the All Souls season.
    • Broadcasting All Souls Procession Events Digitally
      The organization provides live stream broadcasts and digital public access to the Finale ceremony of the All Souls Procession, ensuring wider community engagement and participation.
    • Community Workshops for All Souls Procession
      The organization provides free community workshops, including lantern-making and big-head puppet creation, to engage the public and share creative inspiration for participation in the All Souls Procession. These workshops have also shifted to a digital tutorial format for remote participation.
    • Expands public access through digital engagement and remote participation
      Enhances community access to the All Souls Procession through digital means, including live streaming the finale ceremony, accepting digital submissions for the Ancestors Project, and offering remote participation via Zoom-based workshops. Digital prayers and mementos are also collected and incorporated into the event.
    • Facilitating Community Remembrance through the Urn and Ancestors Project
      Many Mouths One Stomach facilitates community remembrance by accepting digital and mailed prayers and mementos for inclusion in the Urn, with physical collection stations during the All Souls season. They also expand digital submission capacity for the Ancestors Project, displaying submitted images during live streams and on their website.
    • Organizes the annual All Souls Procession Weekend
      Produces and hosts the annual All Souls Procession Weekend, a multi-day, free, non-motorized community event in Tucson that honors the living and the dead, including a main processional and finale ceremony. Events have been organized annually, including the 32nd, 33rd, and 34th editions in recent years.
    • Organizing the Annual All Souls Procession
      Many Mouths One Stomach organizes and produces the annual All Souls Procession, a free, non-motorized parade in Tucson that honors the living and the dead, including multi-day weekend events designed to deepen community connection and remembrance of lost loved ones. This includes live stream broadcasts and digital public access to the Finale ceremony.
    • Organizing the Annual All Souls Procession Weekend
      Many Mouths One Stomach organizes and hosts the multi-day All Souls Procession Weekend in Tucson, a free, non-motorized parade and series of events designed to honor the living and the dead, deepen community connection, and remember lost loved ones. This includes the main processional and a finale ceremony.
    • Producing Participatory Artistic and Educational Work
      Many Mouths One Stomach produces and hosts various gatherings and activities that involve participatory and meaningful artistic and educational work within the community, including creating specific dances for the All Souls Procession.
    • Provides free community art workshops and creative programming
      Organizes and delivers free community workshops as part of the All Souls Procession programming, including lantern-making, big-head puppet creation, and other participatory artistic activities. These workshops engage the public in creative expression and event participation, historically in person and more recently adapted to digital formats.
    • Providing Community Workshops for the All Souls Procession
      The organization offers free community workshops, including lantern-making and big-head puppet creation, to engage the public and share creative inspiration in preparation for the All Souls Procession. These workshops have also been adapted to digital formats for remote participation.
  • Memorial Arts Performance & Workshop Programs 3 activities
    • Artistic and Educational Community Work
      The organization produces participatory and meaningful artistic and educational work in the community, including organizing and presenting various gatherings and activities as part of its programming. This also includes creating specific performances and dances for the All Souls Procession, such as those by Odaiko Sonora.
    • Hosts and supports Odaiko Sonora’s community drumming and performance program
      Odaiko Sonora is an integral performing group in the All Souls Procession, contributing original dance and drumming performances since 2005. The group has engaged in capacity-building activities such as drum construction, repertoire development, and hosting workshops to recruit and train members, including its first workshop led by Esther Vandecar.
    • Odaiko Sonora Capacity Building
      Odaiko Sonora, an integral part of the All Souls Procession, engaged in capacity-building activities in its early years, focusing on building drums, recruiting players, developing repertoire, and hosting workshops to recruit initial students.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2021
revenue
Total revenue$71K
Contributions & grants$71K100%
Program service revenue$780%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue
expenses
Total expenses$96K
Program expenses
Admin / overhead
Fundraising
Salaries & benefits
Grants paid out$6K
balance sheet
Total assets$4K
Cash
Investments
Liabilities
Net assets$-35K
2 years on record · 2020–2021 · YoY revenue +41.7%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2021

who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Paul Weir President/Director 40 $2K
board members · 2
  • Melanie Cooley-Tomazik — Secretary/Director
  • Nadia Dinner — Treasurer/Director
relationships · 6

who they work with

  • All Souls Procession Partner — Organizes and manages the All Souls Procession event in collaboration with the community.
  • All Souls Procession Partner — Produces the All Souls Procession as a core event under its programming.
  • Ensphere Partner — Collaborated with Odaiko Sonora on a taiko/prog-rock fusion for the 2010 Urn-burning ceremony finale.
  • Fushicho Daiko Partner — Helped Odaiko Sonora get started by teaching them how to build drums and leading their first workshop.
  • Odaiko Sonora Partner — Taiko drum troupe that has been an integral part of the All Souls Procession since 2005.
  • Tucson Puppet Works Partner — Previously held the fort on the Procession workshop scene.