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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MOVEMENT RESEARCH INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 13 June 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,001,336 changed to $1,074,125
Total expenses
$1,560,560 changed to $1,603,575
Contributions and grants received
$777,961 changed to $792,129
Program service revenue
$173,314 changed to $213,826
Other revenue
$3,568 changed to $21,677
Total assets, end of year
$2,442,312 changed to $2,375,465
Total liabilities, end of year
$611,512 changed to $514,891
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,830,800 changed to $1,860,574
Program services expenses
$1,223,829 changed to $1,274,870
Management and general expenses
$232,326 changed to $251,831
Fundraising expenses
$104,405 changed to $76,874
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,223,829 changed to $1,274,870

Totals

Total revenue
$1,001,336
Total expenses
$1,560,560
Contributions and grants received
$777,961
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$173,314
Investment income
$46,493
Other revenue
$3,568
Total assets, end of year
$2,442,312
Total liabilities, end of year
$611,512
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,830,800
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,223,829
Management and general expenses
$232,326
Fundraising expenses
$104,405
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,223,829

Program services were 78.4% 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

    $45,531

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $243,657

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $488,773

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION FEES

    total $126,118 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDIO RENTAL

    total $40,980 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $405 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION SALES

    total $5,811 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46,493 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $46,493

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

    $45,531

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $3,568 · related or exempt $3,568 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,568

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,729 · program services $59,821 · management and general $22,043 · fundraising $10,865

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $444,973 · program services $287,057 · management and general $105,778 · fundraising $52,138

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $64,366 · program services $41,523 · management and general $15,301 · fundraising $7,542

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,677 · program services $28,177 · management and general $10,383 · fundraising $5,117

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,070 · program services $0 · management and general $9,070 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $452,013 · program services $449,965 · management and general $1,548 · fundraising $500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,017 · program services $21,017 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,648 · program services $0 · management and general $6,648 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $169,848 · program services $142,554 · management and general $27,294 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $81,155 · program services $81,155 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,255 · program services $34,355 · management and general $12,660 · fundraising $6,240

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,819 · program services $3,109 · management and general $1,145 · fundraising $565

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $164 · program services $0 · management and general $164 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: COLLECTION FEES

    total $5,275 · program services $0 · management and general $5,275 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICATIONS

    total $4,216 · program services $0 · management and general $4,216 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND COPYING

    total $8,248 · program services $8,248 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $99,087 · program services $66,848 · management and general $10,801 · fundraising $21,438

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $290,187 · end of year $65,917

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,404,655 · end of year $1,229,281

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $571,215 · end of year $412,313

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $62,741 · end of year $2,858

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,204 · end of year $5,959

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

    $380,670

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

    $108,965

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,177 · end of year $271,705

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $21,954 · end of year $21,954

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $573,859 · end of year $432,325

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,863 · end of year $102,829

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $27,386 · end of year $27,964

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $480,719 · end of year $480,719

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $585,556 · end of year $1,522,389

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,804,468 · end of year $308,411

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FREE AND LOW-COST PROGRAMS THAT NURTURE AND INSTIGATE DISCOURSE AND EXPERIMENTATION. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO REFLECT THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF ITS MOVING COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE.

  • PRESENTATION OF BOTH CURATED AND NON-CURATED WORKS AT TWO SEPARATE FREE WEEKLY PUBLIC PERFORMANCES; TWO ANNUAL FESTIVALS INCLUDING PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS AND DISCUSSIONS; A MONTHLY FREE PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION SERIES; CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS INCLUDING AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM AND MRX EXCHANGES BETWEEN NYC CHOREOGRAPHERS AND NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL PEERS; SUBSIDIZED REHEARSAL SPACE; LOW-COST, ONGOING, DROP-IN CLASSES; IN-SCHOOL DANCE ACTIVITIES FOR K-12; THE PERFORMANCE JOURNAL, A FREE PRINTED FORMAT PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR; AND CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, AN ONLINE FORUM FOR CRITICAL DISCOURSE IN DANCE.

    Expenses $1,223,829 · Revenue $172,909

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BARBARA BRYAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,729
    From this org
    $92,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KAY TAKEDA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN FACEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDISA WEEKS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YANIRA CASTRO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADRIENNE EDWARDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN BEASLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHY WEIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDRE LEPECKI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH MICHELSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOIRA BRENNAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531269349302833

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