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← TEATRO EXPERIMENTAL YERBABRUJA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TEATRO EXPERIMENTAL YERBABRUJA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$371,539
Total expenses
$312,555
Contributions and grants received
$306,932
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$64,421
Investment income
$186
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,093,587
Total liabilities, end of year
$470
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,093,117
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$192,528
Management and general expenses
$76,067
Fundraising expenses
$43,960
Program service expenses (Part III)
$192,529

Program services were 61.6% 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)

    $237,506

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $69,426

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ART CLASSES AND EVE

    total $64,421 · related or exempt $64,421

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $186 · related or exempt $186

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,000 · program services $75,000 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $20,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,927 · program services $5,946 · management and general $396 · fundraising $1,586

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $85,279 · program services $80,151 · management and general $5,128

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,876 · fundraising $3,876

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $265 · management and general $265

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,812 · program services $1,359 · management and general $91 · fundraising $362

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,114 · program services $4,233 · management and general $752 · fundraising $1,129

  • 17 · Travel

    total $460 · program services $460

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,179 · program services $6,884 · management and general $459 · fundraising $1,836

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,350 · management and general $2,350

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS

    total $17,838 · program services $12,114 · management and general $1,655 · fundraising $4,069

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $4,011 · program services $4,011

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $2,220 · fundraising $2,220

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT FEES

    total $6,948 · fundraising $6,948

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $64,276 · program services $2,370 · management and general $59,971 · fundraising $1,934

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $479,027 · end of year $654,141

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100 · end of year $625

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $107,772

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

    $450,000

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

    $11,179

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $448,000 · end of year $438,821

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $765 · end of year $470

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,034,134 · end of year $1,093,117

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

(TEY) is dedicated to advancing equity and cultural understanding through the arts. We provide a platform for Latinx and diverse artists to create work that promotes soci justice, community revitalization, and cross-cultural dialog

Activities or mission (Part I)

The purposes of the Corporation are to (i) create and produce high quality experimental theatrical pieces, use theater to increase and encourage people of different cultural backgrounds, offer theater workshops.

  • Our art program offers visual and performing art classes and exhibits. Professional workshop series includes theater, multimedia, music, dance, live drawing, plain air at our art center offered by professional artists. Community art program includes ongoing arts, dance, guitar, theater, bilingual story time, creative writing workshops to develop arts and literacy skills. We also offer once a month Open Mic and photography and sketch clubs. Our professional workshops Include theater, multimedia, music dance, live drawing, plain air at our art center offered by professional artists. Teatro Yerbabruja provides youth-oriented,interactive art-making projects including larger public events with partner organizations. Workshops and public art projects are designed to engage youth with their community and to allow them to experience and celebrate the power of art.

    Expenses $79,529

  • The Puerto Rican Hispanic Day Parade is a tradition of the Brentwood community that began in 1963. Every year about 3,000 participants from different organizations and cultural groups march with their typical dances and floats throughout the 5th avenues. the parade has been celebrated for over 50 years and an audience of over 50,000 enjoy each year of the event. The annual Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day Parade scheduled for 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. However,Teatro Yerbabruja conducted a virtual parade celebration. The event explored the Latino experience the parades 55 year history until todays extraordinary challenges and reasons for celebration.

    Expenses $35,000

  • Arts program for youth in Suffolk County focused on arts, theater, music, creative writing,dance,DJ. Programs will be in person at the Center for the Arts at the Bay Shore Facility and at the after school program at the Brentwood and Central Islip schools. Arts program for youth in Suffolk County focused on arts,theater,music,creative writing,dance,DJ. will take will take place on digital platforms including zoom, google meet and other services if NYS is on Pause, or prohibited to run at its full capacity due to Executive Orders or in order to adhere to NYS safely guidelines. Description: Art classes theater, music, creative writing,dance,DJ. during after school and weekends. Arts, theater, music, creative writing, dance DJ classes. during the summer program. Our Program is open to all Suffolk County Youth.

    Expenses $78,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARGARITA ESPADA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • HYPATIA MARTINEZ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • STEVE BARD

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • ADVENDIZO TORRES

    TREASURE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • JANESA VELAZQUEZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARC SOTO

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ANGEL PEREZ

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • VIVIAN HART

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ANTHONY GARCIA

    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
2024
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202533289349300908

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