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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,156,403
Total expenses
$48,268,877
Contributions and grants received
$12,208,696
Grants paid
$1,366,994
Program service revenue
$19,054,331
Investment income
$6,712,529
Other revenue
-$819,153
Total assets, end of year
$257,305,406
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,302,978
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$224,002,428
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$38,673,101
Management and general expenses
$6,530,246
Fundraising expenses
$3,065,530
Program service expenses (Part III)
$38,673,101

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,736,271

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,224,095

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,248,330

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $467,533

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE FEES

    total $8,937,213 · related or exempt $8,937,213

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION & TEACHING FEES

    total $8,895,592 · related or exempt $8,895,592

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT FEES

    total $610,935 · related or exempt $610,935

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STUDIO INCOME

    total $511,903 · related or exempt $488,820 · unrelated business $23,083

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SCHOOL TICKET SALES

    total $98,688 · related or exempt $98,688

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,394,681 · unrelated business $103,666 · excluded $4,291,015

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $211,456 · excluded $211,456

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $32,021,337

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $29,703,489

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,317,848

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,317,848 · excluded $2,317,848

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $327,130

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $3,736,271

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,426,593

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,099,463 · excluded -$1,099,463

  • 11a · Other revenue: PERFORMANCE REIMBURSEMENT FEES

    total $48,764 · excluded $48,764

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $20,090 · excluded $20,090

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $68,854

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,366,994 · program services $1,366,994

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,499,105 · program services $461,622 · management and general $2,037,483

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,269,591 · program services $16,547,467 · management and general $1,206,706 · fundraising $1,515,418

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $624,483 · program services $548,701 · management and general $36,805 · fundraising $38,977

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,976,753 · program services $2,464,656 · management and general $340,214 · fundraising $171,883

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,505,454 · program services $1,231,280 · management and general $164,098 · fundraising $110,076

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $198,672 · management and general $198,672

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $229,593 · management and general $229,593

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $611,799 · management and general $611,799

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,644,487 · program services $3,699,787 · management and general $758,391 · fundraising $186,309

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,197,386 · program services $1,197,386

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $906,811 · program services $417,116 · management and general $366,218 · fundraising $123,477

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $441,300 · program services $379,518 · management and general $44,130 · fundraising $17,652

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $158,343 · program services $158,343

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,171,102 · program services $2,920,942 · management and general $178,686 · fundraising $71,474

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,764,764 · program services $2,722,505 · management and general $16,841 · fundraising $25,418

  • 20 · Interest

    total $800,478 · program services $688,411 · management and general $80,048 · fundraising $32,019

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,095,206 · program services $1,801,877 · management and general $209,521 · fundraising $83,808

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $315,236 · program services $271,103 · management and general $31,524 · fundraising $12,609

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION & SCENERY

    total $868,857 · program services $868,857

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $432,780 · program services $432,780

  • 24c · Other expenses: COSTUMES & WARDROBE

    total $428,514 · program services $428,514

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONOR CULTIVATION

    total $226,327 · fundraising $226,327

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $534,842 · program services $65,242 · management and general $19,517 · fundraising $450,083

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,888,346 · end of year $4,909,495

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,646,097 · end of year $1,700,639

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,935,624 · end of year $4,839,975

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,345,523 · end of year $942,809

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $15,893 · end of year $15,893

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $501,280 · end of year $777,177

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $80,019,967

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $28,512,489

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $52,781,019 · end of year $51,507,478

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $115,423,617 · end of year $96,402,696

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $62,965,081 · end of year $91,779,796

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $100,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,060,442 · end of year $4,329,448

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,112,755 · end of year $2,643,440

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,943,998 · end of year $3,884,828

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $23,676,590 · end of year $23,127,898

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,719,554 · end of year $3,646,812

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $130,194,926 · end of year $133,280,040

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $93,015,099 · end of year $90,722,388

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO FURTHER THE PIONEERING VISION OF THE CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, AND CULTURAL LEADER ALVIN AILEY BY BUILDING AN EXTENDED CULTURAL COMMUNITY WHICH PROVIDES DANCE PERFORMANCES, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR ALL PEOPLE. THIS PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY PLAYS A CRUCIAL SOCIAL ROLE, USING THE BEAUTY AND HUMANITY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND OTHER CULTURES TO UNITE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO FURTHER THE PIONEERING VISION OF ALVIN AILEY.

  • ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER - SEE SCHEDULE OFOUNDED BY ALVIN AILEY IN 1958, ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER NOW ANNUALLY REACHES ABOUT 300,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE COMPANY HAS PERFORMED IN 71 COUNTRIES ON 6 CONTINENTS FOR AN ESTIMATED 25 MILLION PEOPLE AT VENUES WORLDWIDE, PLUS TENS OF MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE VIA TELEVISION APPEARANCES. IN 2008, THE AILEY COMPANY WAS DESIGNATED "A VITAL AMERICAN CULTURAL AMBASSADOR TO THE WORLD" BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. THE COMPANY CONSISTS OF THIRTY OF THE MOST TALENTED AND VERSATILE DANCERS IN THE WORLD, AND ITS DIVERSE REPERTORY IS UNPARALLELED IN MODERN DANCE. A TYPICAL ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER SEASON INCLUDES A U.S. TOUR TO OVER 20 CITIES, INTERNATIONAL TOURING, AND TWO ENGAGEMENTS IN ITS HOME BASE OF NEW YORK CITY: A SPRING ENGAGEMENT AT LINCOLN CENTER AND A 5-WEEK WINTER ENGAGEMENT AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER, WHERE AILEY IS THE PRINCIPAL DANCE COMPANY AND HAS APPEARED ANNUALLY SINCE 1972.

    Expenses $18,036,309 · Revenue $8,254,970

  • AILEY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS - SEE SCHEDULE OTHROUGH THE AILEY SCHOOL, ITS EXTENSIVE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND THE AILEY EXTENSION, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING DANCE INTO THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.FOUNDED IN 1969, THE AILEY SCHOOL IS AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF DANCE AND SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL OF THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER. THE SCHOOL OFFERS MORE THAN 300 CLASSES WEEKLY FOR AGES 3 THROUGH 25 IN A BROAD RANGE OF DANCE TECHNIQUES. THE SCHOOL'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR TALENTED AND DESERVING STUDENTS; APPROXIMATELY 200 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED EACH YEAR AND THE MAJORITY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GOES TO MINORITY STUDENTS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, THE AILEY SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN DANCE.EACH YEAR, AILEY ARTS IN EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVE POTENTIAL, BUILD SELF-ESTEEM, AND DEVELOP LIFE-SKILLS SUCH AS TEAMWORK AND SELF-DISCIPLINE. PROGRAMS INCLUDE AILEYCAMP, A UNIQUE SUMMER DAY CAMP PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES; AILEYDANCE KIDS, WHICH PRESENTS DANCE CLASSES AND CROSS-CURRICULAR LESSONS TO APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NY AND NJ; REVELATIONS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, A CURRICULUM-BASED INITIATIVE THAT USES ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER'S SIGNATURE PIECE TO TEACH ACADEMIC SUBJECTS IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.THE AILEY EXTENSION OFFERS DANCE AND FITNESS CLASSES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WITH MORE THAN 80 CLASSES EACH WEEK IN A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES INCLUDING HORTON, BALLET, WEST AFRICAN, AND ZUMBA. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2005, MORE THAN 125,000 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN CLASSES THROUGH THE AILEY EXTENSION.

    Expenses $16,299,314 · Grants $1,366,994 · Revenue $9,554,066

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $2,549,159 · Revenue $733,392

  • ANCILLARY ON-SITE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (STUDIO OPERATIONS AND RENTALS)

    Expenses $1,788,319 · Revenue $488,820

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bennett Rink

    TRUSTEE/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $681,216
    From this org
    $633,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,658
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $550,265
    Bonus
    $83,293
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,411
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,247
    Filer's total
    $681,216
  • Robert Battle

    TRUSTEE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $641,624
    From this org
    $613,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $558,534
    Bonus
    $54,636
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,662
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,792
    Filer's total
    $641,624
  • Joy Allen-Altimare

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eleanor S Applewhaite

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paulette Mullings Bradnock

    TRUSTEE (THRU 9/19/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gunther Bright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Laura D Corb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Suzan Kereere

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 4/3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Kissane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anthony A Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Leslie L Maheras

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lucinda C Martinez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jack Pitts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Muhammad Qubbaj

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lata N Reddy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Oti Roberts

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 9/22/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Danielle M Robinson PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cara Sabin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Joan H Weill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Julia C Wellborn

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 4/3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Edna Kane Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dejuan V Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gillian Wynn

    TRUSTEE (THRU 6/30/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jean-Rene Zetrenne

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pamela D Zilly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Daria L Wallach

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Anthony S Kendall

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sela Thompson Collins

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jaishri Kapoor

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stephen J Meringoff

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Arthur J Mirante II

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pamela Robinson

    CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $340,970
    From this org
    $292,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,926
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,044
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,003
    Filer's total
    $340,970
  • Elena M Paul Esq

    GENERAL COUNSEL/BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $268,471
    From this org
    $241,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,087
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,384
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,432
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,655
    Filer's total
    $268,471
  • Ines Aslan

    CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $295,406
    From this org
    $293,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,639
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,767
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $248
    Filer's total
    $295,406
  • Matthew Rushing

    ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,603
    From this org
    $189,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,518
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,085
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,730
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,788
    Filer's total
    $210,603
  • Justin Garlinghouse

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $258,132
    From this org
    $235,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,920
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,128
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,792
    Filer's total
    $258,132
  • Chad J Sutton

    DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $256,318
    From this org
    $202,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,691
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,627
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,768
    Filer's total
    $256,318
  • Christopher Zunner

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $245,793
    From this org
    $223,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,638
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,777
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,378
    Filer's total
    $245,793
  • Michael Canarozzi

    FACILITY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,596
    From this org
    $181,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,497
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,099
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,925
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,572
    Filer's total
    $216,596
  • Eric D Wright

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $210,135
    From this org
    $188,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,652
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,792
    Filer's total
    $210,135

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
AS DELINEATED IN THEIR WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MAY RECEIVE A BONUS FOR MEETING OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AGREED UPON WITH THE BOARD. DURING THE YEAR, THE NON-FIXED PAYMENT AMOUNT AWARDED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS $83,293 & THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WAS $54,636. THE FACILITY DIRECTOR RECEIVED A NON-FIXED PAYMENT IN THE FORM OF A BONUS DURING THE YEAR OF $10,000.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401369349302465

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