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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,723,662
Total expenses
$8,743,309
Contributions and grants received
$4,228,635
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,621,409
Investment income
$833,851
Other revenue
$39,767
Total assets, end of year
$20,801,747
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,134,437
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,667,310
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,091,752
Management and general expenses
$759,919
Fundraising expenses
$891,638
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,091,752

Program services were 81.1% 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

    $649,757

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $319,745

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,259,133

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $428,458

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Box office revenue

    total $849,631 · related or exempt $849,631

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Co-production revenue

    total $606,892 · related or exempt $606,892

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Education revenue

    total $97,128 · related or exempt $97,128

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Ticket handling fees

    total $67,758 · related or exempt $67,758

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $378,763 · related or exempt $81,058 · excluded $297,705

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,398,592

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

    securities $3,943,504

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $455,088

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $455,088 · related or exempt $455,088

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $251,919

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

    $649,757

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $251,919

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Concession income

    total $9,667 · related or exempt $9,667

  • 11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $30,100 · related or exempt $30,100

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $39,767

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 $1,335,326 · program services $771,758 · management and general $278,131 · fundraising $285,437

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,657,131 · program services $2,298,935 · management and general $106,595 · fundraising $251,601

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $77,737 · program services $77,737

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $398,844 · program services $323,424 · management and general $18,986 · fundraising $56,434

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $357,223 · program services $325,747 · management and general $17,801 · fundraising $13,675

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,000 · program services $15,000 · management and general $12,000 · fundraising $3,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $39,126 · management and general $39,126

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,015,550 · program services $842,351 · management and general $151,742 · fundraising $21,457

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $298,446 · program services $298,446

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,208 · program services $5,348 · management and general $4,789 · fundraising $1,071

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $48,320 · program services $48,320

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $193,359 · program services $165,338 · management and general $23,108 · fundraising $4,913

  • 17 · Travel

    total $255,071 · program services $246,591 · management and general $6,782 · fundraising $1,698

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $26,488 · program services $13,244 · management and general $10,595 · fundraising $2,649

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $191,876 · program services $148,564 · management and general $18,012 · fundraising $25,300

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $143,074 · program services $123,897 · management and general $15,342 · fundraising $3,835

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production costs

    total $786,079 · program services $786,079

  • 24b · Other expenses: Facilities expense

    total $347,297 · program services $347,297

  • 24c · Other expenses: Fundraising event expense

    total $169,530 · fundraising $169,530

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $124,908 · program services $66,364 · management and general $33,307 · fundraising $25,237

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $236,716 · program services $187,312 · management and general $23,603 · fundraising $25,801

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $215,810 · end of year $165,588

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,773,858 · end of year $1,339,728

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,474,437 · end of year $1,285,274

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $55,301 · end of year $38,583

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $194,892 · end of year $585,626

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

    $6,581,383

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

    $1,902,812

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,521,091 · end of year $4,678,571

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,626,260 · end of year $10,953,652

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,228,597 · end of year $1,754,725

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $157,971 · end of year $403,480

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $334,404 · end of year $231,846

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $141,198 · end of year $137,365

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $784,557

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,109,164 · end of year $1,577,189

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,331,953 · end of year $5,139,049

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,015,556 · end of year $12,528,261

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

As a New York home for Shakespeare and other contemporary playwrights, the author is at the heart of our mission. Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) creates a dialogue between the language and ideas of Shakespeare and diverse authors, past and present, exploring the ever-changing forms of world theatre and expanding what is considered canonical. We build long-term associations with artists from around the world and support their development through productions, commissions, and residencies.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • THE THEATRES 2024-2025 ARTISTIC SEASONIn 2024-2025, the Theatre celebrated its 46th Season with four thrilling productions: the World Premiere of Ethan Liptons We Are Your Robots, directed by Leigh Silverman and co-produced with Rattlestick Theater; William Shakespeares Henry IV, adapted by Dakin Matthews into one three-act play, directed by Eric Tucker; the Off-Broadway Premiere of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinkas The Swamp Dwellers, directed by Awoye Timpo; and the World Premiere of Taylor Macs Prosperous Fools, directed by Darko Tresnjak and starring Mac. In addition, the Theatres 2022 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Arin Arbus and featuring John Douglas Thompson as Shylock, toured to the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Overall in the 2024-2025 Season, the Theatres productions and programs served a diverse audience of nearly 21,000 people in the New York region and over 14,000 in Edinburgh.ARTS IN EDUCATIONIn the 2024-2025 Season, the Theatre continued its nearly four-decade-long partnership with the New York City Department of Education by providing its two 10-week arts in education programsWorld Theatre Project (WTP) and New Voices Project (NVP) to students and teachers throughout New York City. The programs served 1,184 students and 83 teachers in 55 classrooms at 13 New York City Public Schools.ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT AND HUMANITIESThe Theatre is dedicated to providing access to a broad and diverse audience through a variety of low-cost ticket initiatives. the Theatre offers open-captioned performances for the deaf and hard of hearing at one weekend performance per production.The Theatre invites audiences of all ages to engage with the language and ideas of the Theatres productions through its free Humanities Programs. In the 2024-2025 Season, the Theatre engaged 1,196 people with 14 TFANA Talks post-show discussions with the productions casts, creative teams, and eminent scholars. These included four New Deal Night talkbacks for young audiences, and community affinity nights including Africa Night, Black Theatre Night, and Pride Night, which were each followed by a free post-show celebration. For each mainstage production, the Theatres online dramaturgical publication and digital program the 360 Viewfinder offered context on the plays themes and interviews with the creative teams. The four 360 Viewfinders for the 2024-2025 Season were read online 16,289 times.THE STUDIOThrough the Merle Debuskey Studio program, the Theatre offered Reasons to Go Places, a free two-day directing seminar for 12 early-career directors, led by Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher. Project in development in the 2024-2025 Season included workshops for the World Premiere of Prosperous Fools by Taylor Mac and for a new production of Shakespeares Coriolanus directed by Ash Tata.

    Expenses $7,091,752 · Revenue $1,621,409

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Horowitz

    Pres/AD/CEO

    Total calculated
    $566,607
    From this org
    $336,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $230,063
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,544
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $200,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,481
    Filer's total
    $566,607

  • Dorothy Ryan-Leitch

    Exec Dir/VP

    Total calculated
    $220,446
    From this org
    $195,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,004
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,442
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,004
    Filer's total
    $220,446

  • James Lynes

    DIR OF INSTL ADVAN

    Total calculated
    $162,548
    From this org
    $137,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,004
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,544
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,004
    Filer's total
    $162,548

  • Mary Sormeley

    TREAS/FIN DIR.

    Total calculated
    $110,065
    From this org
    $109,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $230
    Hours/week
    32

  • Chloe Knight

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $62,082
    From this org
    $57,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,205
    Hours/week
    40

  • Arin Arbus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $24,219
    From this org
    $24,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Riccardo Hernandez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $8,688
    From this org
    $8,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Douglas Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $1,930
    From this org
    $1,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bianca Vivion Brooks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $300
    From this org
    $300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Constance Christensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Weisberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Berendt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benton Campbell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Beller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Walsh

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Hunter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert A Caro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Dunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Lahr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Kirdahy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Ivey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harry J Lennix

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Samulski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seymour Lesser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frederick Wiseman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry M Loeb Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine Maciariello

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew E Fishbein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Audrey Heffernan Meyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Polonsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Steiner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marie Maignan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip R Rotner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan R Donnellan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsay H Mantell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jt Rogers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Stranahan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Turturro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Buckholz

    BOARD CHAIR

    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. 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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.
GROSS UP OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION/PENSION CONTRIBUTION IS STIPULATED IN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND APPROVED BY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ARTFUL DODGERS IN PERFORMANCE

    INVESTOR IN COMMERICAL PRODUCTIONS · NY

    Directly controlled by NA

  • TFA HOLDINGS LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202631909349300503

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