Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 August 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

$2,711,508 →changed to $2,731,076

Total expenses

$3,054,799 →changed to $3,119,250

Contributions and grants received

$1,768,351 →changed to $1,693,966

Program service revenue

$857,416 →changed to $931,801

Investment income

$83,692 →changed to $102,936

Other revenue

$2,049 →changed to $2,373

Total assets, end of year

$3,993,747 →changed to $4,010,313

Total liabilities, end of year

$48,322 →changed to $124,291

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,945,425 →changed to $3,886,022

Program services expenses

$1,817,315 →changed to $1,880,446

Management and general expenses

$706,929 →changed to $714,819

Fundraising expenses

$530,555 →changed to $523,985

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,817,315 →changed to $1,880,446

Totals

Total revenue

$2,731,076

Total expenses

$3,119,250

Contributions and grants received

$1,693,966

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$931,801

Investment income

$102,936

Other revenue

$2,373

Total assets, end of year

$4,010,313

Total liabilities, end of year

$124,291

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,886,022

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,880,446

Management and general expenses

$714,819

Fundraising expenses

$523,985

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,880,446

Program services were 60.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ACROSS FY24, UBW CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT AND STRENGTHEN OUR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF UNDER-RESOURCED ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES OF COLOR. BUILDERS, ORGANIZERS, AND LEADERS IN DANCE (BOLD) WORKSHOPS ARE LED BY UBW STAFF AND A ROSTER OF TRAINED ARTIST-FACILITATORS. IN FY24, BOLD REACHED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS 65+ WORKSHOPS WITH 16 ORGANIZATIONS. BOLD OFFERINGS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO 4 CORE WORKSHOPS: 1) DANCE FOR EVERY BODY, EMBRACING EACH INDIVIDUAL'S UNIQUE AND POWERFUL CONTRIBUTION; 2) MINDFUL BODIES & REFLECTIVE PRACTICES, FOCUSING ON SELF-CARE, REJUVENATION, AND (RE-)CONSTRUCTING HEALTHFUL IMAGES OF OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES; 3) ENTERING, BUILDING, AND EXITING COMMUNITY (EBX), ROOTED IN UBW'S VALUE-CENTERED APPROACH FOR WORK IN COMMUNITIES; AND 4) COLLABORATION LAB, FACILITATING ARTISTIC CREATION BASED ON THEMES THAT EMERGE FROM THE GROUP. EACH WORKSHOP IS LED BY ONE OR MORE TRAINED ARTIST FACILITATORS, INCLUDING UBW COMPANY MEMBERS. WORKSHOP SIZE, DURATION, AND FEES ARE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE GROUP.UBW CONCLUDED THE PILOT OF THE CHOREOGRAPHIC CENTER INITIATIVE'S NEW ARM FOCUSING ON WOMEN+ OF COLOR CREATIVE PRODUCERS (CCI 2.0). THE PILOT PROVIDED UBW WITH INVALUABLE LEARNINGS ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM CAN BEST SUPPORT THESE ARTISTS, AND SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATED NEAR-TERM INITIATIVES, SUCH AS 'WHEN BLACK WOMEN+ SPEAK,' A 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONVERSATION SERIES CONVENING WOMEN+ OF COLOR LEADERS TO EXPLORE THE NUANCES OF IDENTITY, COMMUNITY, VALUES, SUPPORT, AND SUCCESS AMONG BIPOC WOMEN+ PRODUCERS. ON MAY 8, 2024, BAM HOSTED THE INAUGURAL CONVERSATION, FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND EVENT AT LINCOLN CENTER ON JULY 31, 2024. FINALLY, WE COMPLETED THE THIRD AND FINAL YEAR OF OUR EXPANDED, THREE-YEAR PAID UBW APPRENTICE PROGRAM WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST'S VAN LIER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM, LED BY CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHANON JUDSON AND ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR COURTNEY J. COOK, PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ARTISTIC TRAINING FOR SIX YOUNG BLACK WOMEN+ DANCERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SIX YOUNG ARTISTS PARTICIPATED AS APPRENTICES DURING FY24. THIS FINAL YEAR OF AN EXTENDED 3-YEAR PROGRAM CULMINATED WITH AN INFORMAL SHOWCASE ON SEPT 28 IN BROOKLYN FEATURING CURRENT AND PAST APPRENTICES. TWO OF THESE APPRENTICES HAVE SINCE JOINED THE UBW COMPANY AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AS BOLD FACILITATORS-IN-TRAINING, PERFORMER SUBSTITUTES, AND MORE.FINALLY, THE UBW ARCHIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021 TO PRESERVE UBW'S FOUR DECADES AS AN UNPARALLELED BLACK DANCE COMPANY. THIS PROJECT IS CRUCIAL TO DOCUMENTING, IMPLEMENTING, AND INNOVATING EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT WORK. THE UBW ARCHIVE FEATURES THE VOICES OF THE BLACK WOMEN+ ARTISTS, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND COUNTLESS COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SHAPED UBW'S GROUNDBREAKING FUSION OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC CULTURAL PRACTICES WITH MODERN DANCE AND AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS 40 YEARS. DURING FY24, UBW CONTINUED TO DIGITIZE AND CATALOG ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND BEGAN BUILDING A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE PORTAL TO BE ACTIVATED DURING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY, PROVIDING AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEEKING TO LEARN FROM UBW'S BODY OF WORK.

  Expenses $1,880,446 · Revenue $933,115

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

3 June 2026

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202621549349300512

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