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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,315,967
Total expenses
$18,552,993
Contributions and grants received
$4,381,944
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$9,476,799
Investment income
$38,483
Other revenue
$418,741
Total assets, end of year
$16,386,065
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,426,834
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,959,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,891,682
Management and general expenses
$5,513,191
Fundraising expenses
$1,148,120
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,891,682

Program services were 64.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,862,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,519,744

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,746

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY MEDIA

    total $8,012,244 · related or exempt $8,012,244

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PERFORMING ARTS

    total $997,892 · related or exempt $997,892

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONTEMPORARY ART AND EDUCATION

    total $466,663 · related or exempt $466,663

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,483 · excluded $38,483

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $97,307

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $7,924

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $89,383 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $89,383 · excluded $89,383

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $329,358 · excluded $329,358

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $329,358

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $661,703 · program services $483,598 · management and general $150,428 · fundraising $27,677

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,615,766 · program services $6,301,583 · management and general $1,949,283 · fundraising $364,900

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,156 · program services $404 · management and general $11,752

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,445,362 · program services $1,119,766 · management and general $320,212 · fundraising $5,384

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $328,567 · program services $144,210 · management and general $153,336 · fundraising $31,021

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,629 · management and general $3,629

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $198,168 · program services $40,418 · management and general $157,750

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,714 · management and general $43,714

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,296,632 · program services $1,556,191 · management and general $1,089,973 · fundraising $650,468

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $445,514 · program services $326,684 · management and general $96,053 · fundraising $22,777

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $633,691 · program services $378,062 · management and general $214,122 · fundraising $41,507

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $353,129 · program services $162,324 · management and general $190,805

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $758,965 · program services $96,473 · management and general $662,492

  • 17 · Travel

    total $84,496 · program services $72,773 · management and general $8,775 · fundraising $2,948

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,246 · program services $2,996 · management and general $3,812 · fundraising $1,438

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $833,948 · program services $679,329 · management and general $154,619

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $293,426 · program services $13,305 · management and general $280,121

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION SUPPLIES

    total $460,881 · program services $438,566 · management and general $22,315

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,763,328 · end of year $1,256,837

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,509,433 · end of year $1,451,727

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,115,400 · end of year $2,080,319

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $246,918 · end of year $302,257

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

    $29,379,850

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

    $18,179,952

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,801,860 · end of year $11,199,898

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $624,022 · end of year $95,027

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,043,815 · end of year $2,081,377

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,129,482 · end of year $1,345,457

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,499,542 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,365,278 · end of year $3,318,762

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,022,844 · end of year $9,640,469

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BRIC IS A LEADING ARTS AND MEDIA INSTITUTION ANCHORED IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN WHOSE WORK SPANS CONTEMPORARY VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, MEDIA, AND CIVIC ACTION. FOR OVER FORTY YEARS, BRIC HAS SHAPED BROOKLYN'S CULTURAL AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE BY PRESENTING AND INCUBATING ARTISTS, CREATORS, STUDENTS, AND MEDIA MAKERS. AS A CREATIVE CATALYST FOR THE COMMUNITY, BRIC IGNITES LEARNING IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND CENTRALIZES DIVERSE VOICES THAT TAKE RISKS AND DRIVE CULTURE FORWARD. BRIC IS BUILDING BROOKLYN'S CREATIVE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BRIC IS A LEADING ARTS AND MEDIA INSTITUTION ANCHORED IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN WHOSE WORK SPANS CONTEMPORARY VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, MEDIA, AND CIVIC ACTION.

  • BRIC IS THE NEW YORK EMMY AWARD-WINNING PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION ORGANIZATION FOR BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. WE OFFER LOW-COST MEDIA PRODUCTION CLASSES AND FREE ACCESS TO TELEVISION PRODUCTION FACILITIES. WE AIR COMMUNITY-PRODUCED FREE SPEECH CONTENT ON OUR CABLE NETWORK, AND IN-HOUSE CONTENT FOCUSED ON BROOKLYN. IN FY23, 539 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY PRODUCERS WORKED WITH BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH TV. BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH SUPPORTED 646 COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS THROUGH BRIC'S COMMUNITY MEDIA STUDIOS AND EQUIPMENT OFFERINGS. 435 USERS AIRED CONTENT ON BRIC'S BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH TV CHANNELS. BRIC ADULT MEDIA EDUCATION OFFERED 351 COURSES, IN-PERSON AND ONLINE TO 5954 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ALL CLASSES WERE FREE OR VERY LOW COST. CLASSES INCLUDED STUDENTS FROM 21 STATES AND 10 COUNTRIES.BRIC TV IS BROOKLYN'S PREMIER VIDEO PRODUCER OF LOCAL NEWS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING; MUSIC, ARTS AND COMEDY COVERAGE; BROOKLYN DOCUMENTARIES; AND ORIGINAL SERIES PROGRAMMING ON CABLE TELEVISION AND ONLINE VIDEO. BRIC TV WORKS WITH THE MOST EXCITING FILMMAKERS IN THE BOROUGH TO CREATE BOLD, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK THAT'S GARNERED EMMYS, IPPIES AND TELLYS, SCREENED AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AND SUNDANCE ALL WHILE SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. IN FY23, BRIC TV WON AN EMMY, DEVELOPED NEW DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND STREAMING, AND SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVEN SHORT AND LONG-FORM FILMS FROM EMERGING FILMMAKERS.

    Expenses $7,874,865 · Revenue $8,012,244

  • BRIC PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS INCLUDE PRESENTATION OF MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, FILM, AND SPOKEN WORD, AND SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK. IN FY23 BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN EXECUTED 21 FREE SHOWS, 5 BENEFIT SHOWS, 68 MUSICAL ACTS, HOSTED 115,000+ SEASON ATTENDEES AND ATTRACTED 6.9B+ MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. BRIC JAZZFEST ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE EXECUTING A 3-NIGHT FESTIVAL; ACTIVATING 3 STAGES, SUPPORTING 118 ARTISTS IN OUR VENUE, AND SELLING 2,497 TICKETS.

    Expenses $2,640,821 · Revenue $997,892

  • BRIC CONTEMPORARY ART PROGRAMS INCLUDE EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND AN INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM AT OUR 3,000 SQUARE FOOT GALLERY AT BRIC HOUSE AND AROUND THE BOROUGH. OUR AIM IS TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT BRIC HOUSE AND ACCESSIBILITY OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND MEDIA WHILE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE ART WORLD AND GLOBAL CULTURE IN BROOKLYN. IN ADDITION, OUR ART EDUCATION PROGRAMS BRING THESE EXPERIENCES TO STUDENTS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK. ABOUT 3,200 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR SCHOOLBASED ART EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES IN 56 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND BRIC HOUSE DELIVERY OF DIGITAL EDUCATION CONTENT.

    Expenses $792,695 · Revenue $466,663

  • BRIC HOUSE IS AN ACCESSIBLE DESTINATION

    Expenses $583,301

  • For art performance, media & educational

  • programs for artists, audiences, and

  • community members.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristina Newman-Scott

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $298,549
    From this org
    $298,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $298,549
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $298,549
  • Erum Jaffer

    COO

    Total calculated
    $193,745
    From this org
    $184,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,547
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,198
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,672
    Filer's total
    $193,745
  • Anthony Riddle

    VP, COMMUNICATION MEDIA

    Total calculated
    $193,672
    From this org
    $185,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,672
    Filer's total
    $193,672
  • Alexandra Robertson

    CFO (LEFT 11/2022)

    Total calculated
    $187,816
    From this org
    $178,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,826
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,913
    Filer's total
    $187,816
  • Emily Harney

    Chief Strategist (LEFT 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $177,373
    From this org
    $176,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $757
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,616
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $177,373
  • Kuye Youngblood

    General Manager

    Total calculated
    $154,981
    From this org
    $147,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,654
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,827
    Bonus
    $8,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,354
    Filer's total
    $154,981
  • Diane Eber

    General Manager, BRIC TV

    Total calculated
    $144,548
    From this org
    $143,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $670
    Hours/week
    40
  • Wesley Jackson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $143,841
    From this org
    $143,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • James Michael Nichols

    Interim Director, MKTG & COMM

    Total calculated
    $132,553
    From this org
    $123,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,345
    Hours/week
    40
  • Seneca Mudd

    FORMER COO

    Total calculated
    $129,666
    From this org
    $129,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $17,619
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $129,666
  • Michael Liburd

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark Cheffo

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Norman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Kahr

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Aschkenasy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessie McClintock Kelly

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Greenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Antonia Yuille Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ashley C Cotton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brent Starks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Catie Marshall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Douglas C Steiner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jennifer Wong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joseph Nacmias

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Josh Epstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Karen Synesael

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kim Soule

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lenore Cooney

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lynn Nottage

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Phillip Howze

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephen Plumlee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Jurevics

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Winston Song

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lizanne Fontaine

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kerry leBlanc Strong

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a
Kristina Newman-Scott received a severance payment of $298,549 and Seneca Mudd received a severance vacation payout of $17,619.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • STRAND THEATER TENANTS ASSOCIATION LLC

    TENANT ASSOC · DE · 56.5% owned · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441349349306819

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