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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,305,458
Total expenses
$5,258,397
Contributions and grants received
$2,052,792
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,193,204
Investment income
$12,681
Other revenue
$46,781
Total assets, end of year
$2,022,941
Total liabilities, end of year
$494,263
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,528,678
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,550,516
Management and general expenses
$348,655
Fundraising expenses
$359,226
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,550,516

Program services were 86.5% 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

    $609,619

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $96,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,346,923

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $139,018

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $1,066,703 · related or exempt $1,066,703

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ENHANCEMENT AND CO-PRO

    total $860,229 · related or exempt $860,229

  • 2c · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP PRODUCTION FE

    total $165,000 · related or exempt $165,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTION SALES

    total $78,340 · related or exempt $78,340

  • 2e · Program service revenue: STREAMING REVENUE

    total $22,932 · related or exempt $22,932

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,681 · excluded $12,681

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $42,025 · excluded $42,025

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $80,210

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

    $609,619

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $80,210

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $4,756 · excluded $4,756

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,756

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $420,735 · program services $222,295 · management and general $87,918 · fundraising $110,522

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,628,689 · program services $1,454,549 · management and general $55,378 · fundraising $118,762

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $28,964 · program services $23,759 · management and general $2,252 · fundraising $2,953

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $221,679 · program services $181,791 · management and general $16,810 · fundraising $23,078

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $151,227 · program services $123,765 · management and general $10,675 · fundraising $16,787

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $61,203 · management and general $61,203

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,767 · management and general $32,767

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $668,632 · program services $668,632

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $371,479 · program services $371,479

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $94,623 · program services $84,918 · management and general $5,119 · fundraising $4,586

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $792,443 · program services $708,881 · management and general $32,482 · fundraising $51,080

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25,051 · program services $25,051

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,936 · program services $12,053 · management and general $2,287 · fundraising $3,596

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,169 · management and general $31,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $580,511 · program services $580,511

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $82,989 · program services $55,755 · management and general $10,595 · fundraising $16,639

  • 24c · Other expenses: LITERARY AND EDUCATION

    total $37,077 · program services $37,077

  • 24d · Other expenses: BENEFIT EVENT EXPENSES

    total $11,223 · fundraising $11,223

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,129,567 · end of year $428,658

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $701,130 · end of year $729,178

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $662,600 · end of year $459,491

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,636 · end of year $11,390

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $94,225 · end of year $66,353

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

    $158,053

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

    $153,630

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,359 · end of year $4,423

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $257,080 · end of year $323,448

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,361 · end of year $133,146

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $136,249 · end of year $97,157

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $181,370 · end of year $263,960

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,583,548 · end of year $1,167,784

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $898,069 · end of year $360,894

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE NEW GROUP IS AN ARTIST-DRIVEN COMPANY WITH A COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING POWERFUL, CONTEMPORARY THEATER. WHILE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, WE MAINTAIN AN ENSEMBLE APPROACH TO ALL OUR WORK AND AN ARTICULATED STYLE OF EMOTIONAL IMMEDIACY IN (SEE SCHEDULE O) OUR ACTING AND PRODUCTIONS. IN THIS WAY, WE SEEK A THEATER THAT IS ADVENTUROUS, STIMULATING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY "NOW" - A TRUE FORUM FOR THE PRESENT CULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AN ARTIST-DRIVEN COMPANY WITH A COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE POWERFUL, CONTEMPORARY THEATER.

  • IN FY24, THE NEW GROUP OFFERED THREE PRODUCTIONS, A SELECTION OF PUBLIC READINGS AS PART OF FREE FEST, AND TUITION-FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. ALL IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING TOOK PLACE AT THE PERSHING SQUARE SIGNATURE CENTER IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.WE OPENED THE SEASON WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION OF PHILIP ROTH'S NOVEL, SABBATH'S THEATER BY ARIEL LEVY & JOHN TURTURRO, DIRECTED BY JO BONNEY, AND FEATURING TURTURRO AND ELIZABETH MARVEL. SABBATH'S THEATER TELLS THE STORY OF DISGRACED PUPPET MAKER MICKEY SABBATH, WHOSE SECRET LIFE OF DEBAUCHERY COMES TO A HEARTBREAKING END, PLUNGING MICKEY INTO INCREASINGLY MAD AND MADDENING ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE FROM HIS WILD AND WICKED PAST. THIS CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER RAN 10/10/2023-12/17/2023, AND WAS ATTENDED BY 12,574 PEOPLE.IN WINTER 2024, WE PRODUCED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF JORDAN SEAVEY'S THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR WHICH FEATURED CYNTHIA NIXON PLAYING EIGHT CHARACTERS IN A TOUR DE FORCE FOR THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR. THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP OF AN AMBITIOUS SON AND HIS MOTHER WHO IS LASER-FOCUSED ON HER ART AND CAREER. AFTER MISSING FOR SEVEN YEARS, NAPHTALI'S MOTHER, A WORLD-FAMOUS PERFORMANCE ARTIST, SUDDENLY REAPPEARS WITH FEW ANSWERS AND A STAGGERING REQUEST, FORCING HIM TO CONFRONT WHAT HE'S SPENT YEARS TRYING TO FORGET. THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR IS A FUNNY AND DEEPLY HUMAN MYSTERY ABOUT MOTHERS AND SONS, COMING OF AGE, AND COMING APART. THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR RAN 2/6/2024-3/31/2024; 7,625 PEOPLE ATTENDED. TNG ALSO LIVE-STREAMED FOUR PERFORMANCES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEAGUE OF LIVE STREAM THEATRES, WHICH HAD 495 PURCHASES.THE FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON WAS THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF ALL OF ME BY LAURA WINTERS. AN UNCONVENTIONAL ROMANTIC COMING OF AGE STORY, ALL OF ME FOCUSES ON LUCY AND ALFONSO, TWO DISABLED TWENTY-SOMETHINGS FROM WILDLY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WHO RELY ON MOBILITY AIDS AND TEXT-TO-SPEECH TECHNOLOGY TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD AROUND THEM. ALL OF ME NOT ONLY EXPANDED OUR AUDIENCES, BUT CREATED GREATER CONVERSATIONS WITH AND ABOUT ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES; 6,605 PEOPLE ATTENDED.WINTER 2024 ALSO SAW THE NEW GROUP OFF STAGE RELEASE OF LYPSINKA: TOXIC FEMININITY, A FILM PROJECT STARRING JOHN EPPERSON AS HIS ALTER-EGO "LYPSINKA," DIRECTED BY CHLOE SEVIGNY AND AVAILABLE TO STREAM FREE OF CHARGE ON TNG'S WEBSITE FROM JANUARY 26 - MARCH 22, 2024 AND AGAIN JUNE 3 - JULY 1, 2024. A TOTAL OF 13,154 PEOPLE STREAMED LYPSINKA: TOXIC FEMININITY.TNG DEVELOPED THE WORKS OF 15-20 PLAYWRIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH A MIX OF IN-HOUSE AND PUBLIC-FACING READINGS. IN JUNE 2024, TNG PRESENTED THE SECOND ANNUAL FREE FEST, A FREE PUBLIC READING SERIES FEATURING THE WORKS OF EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED PLAYWRIGHTS, CONCEIVED AND CURATED BY SHARIFFA ALI. WE PRODUCED READINGS OF THE FEMALE POPE WITH BOOK AND LYRICS BY SHANNON BURKETT AND MUSIC BY HEATHER CHRISTIAN; RED TAXI BY BANNA DESTA; HOLD STILL BY NADIA DAVIDS; THE LAST BIMBO OF THE APOCALYPSE, BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BY MICHAEL BRESLIN AND PATRICK FOLEY, AND HAG, WITH BOOK AND LYRICS BY KATE DOUGLAS AND MUSIC AND LYRICS BY GRACE MCLEAN.YTT COLLEGE ACCESS AT THE NEW GROUP (YTT) PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN 8 SIX-WEEK IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL COURSES TO USE THEATER TECHNIQUES FOR COLLEGE PREPAREDNESS. STUDENTS CREATED TWO MONOLOGUES BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND WORKED WITH TNG EDUCATION COORDINATOR JUAN CARLOS SALINAS AND GUEST TEACHING ARTISTS TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO ESSAYS AND INTERVIEW RESPONSES FOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. THE EXPANDED PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS SUPPORT AND COUNSELING FOR EVERY STEP OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS INCLUDING COLLEGE TOURS. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT FOR YTT IS GIVEN TO JUNIORS AND SENIORS, MANY OF WHOM ARE FIRST-GENERATION/LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. TO DATE, 100% OF YTT PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE, WITH A HIGH SUCCESS RATE OF ADMISSIONS INTO IVY LEAGUE AND OTHER ELITE INSTITUTIONS.IN JULY 2022, THE NEW GROUP WAS THRILLED TO RESTORE OUR FLAGSHIP THEATER EDUCATION PROGRAM, SCENE 1 AFTER A 2-YEAR HIATUS PROMPTED BY THE PANDEMIC. SCENE 1 RETURNED AGAIN IN JULY 2023 AS A THREE-WEEK SUMMER INTENSIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ARTS EDUCATION NON-PROFIT, WINGSPAN ARTS. STUDENTS MET MONDAY-FRIDAY FOR 4-HOURS A DAY TO EXPAND THEIR CREATIVITY, MASTER FUNDAMENTAL ACTING AND IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES AND HONE THEIR PERFORMANCE SKILLS.THE NEW GROUP PARTNERS WITH LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, BROOKLYN TO OFFER A BFA PROGRAM IN ACTING FOR THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION. BY STUDYING UNDER THE STUDIO MODEL WITH A PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY, OUR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE ART OF ACTING, NETWORK WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, ATTEND PERFORMANCES, AND PARTICIPATE IN MASTERCLASSES AND TALKBACKS WITH RENOWNED DIRECTORS AND ACTORS PERFORMING IN THE NEW GROUP'S WORKS.

    Expenses $4,550,516 · Revenue $2,193,204

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SCOTT ELLIOTT

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $231,250
    From this org
    $225,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,250
    Filer's total
    $231,250

  • ADAM BERNSTEIN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,575
    From this org
    $172,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,132
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,132
    Filer's total
    $173,575

  • DEREK MCLANE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABBY MERRILL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KUMIKO YOSHII

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS BRADSHAW

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINA KOPEC ROONEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN GREENWOOD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER C ALKALAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SALMAN AL-RASHID

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STUART BINSTOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ETHAN HAWKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GWEN KOROVIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN LATHROP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DAVID MILCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISAAC MIZRAHI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVANGELINE MORPHOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SERGE NIVELLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA NIXON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIMI O'DONNELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL OSTROW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PRITI PATEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLE PIWNICA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAWRENCE PLATKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA QUELLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES RENFRO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT ROSENBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANA SHEA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN MARC SHERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA SLOAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERRESE CLARKE SOARES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANITA WAXMAN

    BOARD 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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

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

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.

  • TNG MANAGING ENTITY LLC

    MANAGEMENT OF TNG OFF STAGE LLC · NY · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by THE NEW GROUP INC

Related partnerships

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

  • TNG OFF STAGE LLC

    RELATED · AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT, FINANCING, AND DISTRIBUTION · NY · 50% owned · share of assets $16,034 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by TNG MANAGING ENTITY LLC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531959349300738

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