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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PERFORMA INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 19 June 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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
$1,940,626 changed to $1,924,671
Total expenses
$2,629,042 changed to $2,712,967
Contributions and grants received
$1,108,388 changed to $1,083,388
Investment income
$56,503 changed to $52,051
Other revenue
$631,827 changed to $645,324
Total assets, end of year
$873,849 changed to $779,269
Total liabilities, end of year
$545,097 changed to $550,397
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$328,752 changed to $228,872
Program services expenses
$1,137,667 changed to $1,494,543
Management and general expenses
$1,083,450 changed to $956,013
Fundraising expenses
$407,925 changed to $262,411
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,137,667 changed to $1,494,543

Totals

Total revenue
$1,924,671
Total expenses
$2,712,967
Contributions and grants received
$1,083,388
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$143,908
Investment income
$52,051
Other revenue
$645,324
Total assets, end of year
$779,269
Total liabilities, end of year
$550,397
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$228,872
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,494,543
Management and general expenses
$956,013
Fundraising expenses
$262,411
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,494,543

Program services were 55.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,083,388

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $143,908 · related or exempt $143,908

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52,051 · excluded $52,051

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $630,364

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $630,364 · excluded $630,364

  • 11a · Other revenue: DONATED SERVICES

    total $19,500 · related or exempt $19,500

  • 11b · Other revenue: UNREALIZED LOSS

    total -$4,540 · unrelated business -$4,540

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,960

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $83,334 · management and general $83,334

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $295,724 · management and general $257,818 · fundraising $37,906

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,990 · management and general $61,592 · fundraising $15,398

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,506 · management and general $32,855 · fundraising $3,651

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,225 · management and general $24,225

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,002 · program services $4,725 · management and general $40,277

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $759,979 · program services $520,439 · management and general $155,525 · fundraising $84,015

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $157,451 · program services $146,257 · management and general $5,874 · fundraising $5,320

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,253 · management and general $5,253

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $184,850 · program services $94,240 · management and general $79,947 · fundraising $10,663

  • 17 · Travel

    total $223,451 · program services $204,076 · management and general $16,192 · fundraising $3,183

  • 20 · Interest

    total $45,803 · management and general $45,803

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $528 · management and general $528

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,182 · management and general $13,182

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $345,235 · program services $331,299 · management and general $0 · fundraising $13,936

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $156,431 · program services $118,037 · management and general $211 · fundraising $38,183

  • 24c · Other expenses: IMPAIREMENT OF ARTWORK

    total $84,122 · management and general $84,122

  • 24d · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $64,734 · program services $14,543 · management and general $1,501 · fundraising $48,690

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $110,167 · program services $60,927 · management and general $47,774 · fundraising $1,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $135,718 · end of year $120,764

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $997,160

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $476,464

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,370 · end of year $2,915

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

    $17,664

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

    $10,273

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,391

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $400,016

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,500 · end of year $248,183

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $261,318 · end of year $250,397

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $153,600

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $178,726 · end of year $146,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $482,104 · end of year $125,000

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $535,064 · end of year $103,872

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING THE ROLE OF LIVE PERFORMANCE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY ART HISTORY AND ENCOURAGING NEW DIRECTIONS OF LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY THROUGH VARIOUS SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS.

  • PLAYS AND SHOWS - VARIOUS PLAYS, SHOWS, AND EXHIBITIONS RELATING TO EXPLORING TWENTIETH CENTURY ART HISTORY AND ENCOURAGING NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST.

    Expenses $1,494,543 · Revenue $143,908

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katherine Bishop

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roya Sachs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronald Guttman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Fisher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Stewart Rodder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shirin Neshat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roselee Goldberg

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $83,334
    From this org
    $83,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rashid Johnson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Chang

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Hoffman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kara Ross

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julia Fowler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrea Franchini

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202533399349300403

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