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← YOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by YOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,978,665
Total expenses
$3,148,884
Contributions and grants received
$1,770,288
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,040,685
Investment income
$87,450
Other revenue
$80,242
Total assets, end of year
$6,616,455
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,466
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,452,989
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,819,533
Management and general expenses
$329,351
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,819,533

Program services were 89.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $668,398

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,101,890

  • 2a · Program service revenue: School Fees

    total $1,040,685 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $87,450 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $87,450

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revenue

    total $80,242 · related or exempt $80,242 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $80,242

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $987,450 · program services $987,450 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,841 · program services $18,841 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $103,031 · program services $103,031 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,680 · program services $86,680 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,900 · program services $0 · management and general $15,900 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $86,576 · program services $0 · management and general $86,576 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98,599 · program services $98,599 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,855 · program services $0 · management and general $42,855 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $84,577 · program services $25,422 · management and general $59,155 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $77,423 · program services $0 · management and general $77,423 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,591 · program services $1,891 · management and general $6,700 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,824 · program services $0 · management and general $2,824 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,918 · program services $0 · management and general $37,918 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Development Expenses

    total $6,654 · program services $6,654 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Artists Fees

    total $1,460,870 · program services $1,460,870 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Broker/ Credit Card/ Bank Fees

    total $22,295 · program services $22,295 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other Expense

    total $7,800 · program services $7,800 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,233 · end of year $12,745

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,288,556 · end of year $1,402,286

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $172,757 · end of year $120,008

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $175,523 · end of year $195,094

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,579 · end of year $44,086

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

    $296,380

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

    $280,006

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,395 · end of year $16,374

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,661,296 · end of year $4,825,862

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $61,955 · end of year $53,846

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $257,805 · end of year $109,620

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,971,207 · end of year $4,476,691

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,062,372 · end of year $1,976,298

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Young Auidiences (YA) mission is to inspire young peope and expand their learning through the arts. Arts education is who we are and what we do. The work of the board, staff, and teaching artists is guided by a vision of a future in which all students in our region engage in high-quality arts experiences as an integral part of their education. YA is committed to providing all children- inclusive of disabilties, neurodiversity, gender diversity, language, economic status, race and ethnicity- with arts education in which their creativity, cultures and identities are valued and nurtured. YA delivers teaching artist-led arts programming directly in schools to pre-k-12th grade students, teachers,and families through residencies, workshops, performances, teacher professional learning, and family programs. Our programs are authentic, learning level appropriate, and culturally responsive arts learning experiences. Since our founding in 1973, YA has grown into the regions largest arts education

Activities or mission (Part I)

Inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts.

  • Performances/Assemblies: Our performances introduce artforms and provide new and diverse cultural experiences to our audience of students and teachers. We value performance as a vital and powerful component of arts education.: while our stage is a school auditorium, the work is as important and impactful as an event at a performing arts venue. Our 99 performances provide the social connection and intellectual stimulation of seeing a play, concert, or dance performance as part of the school day. We strive to ensure that children value live performance as essential to a full life, cultivating the next generation of performing artists and supporters.

    Expenses $1,491,356 · Grants $184,806 · Revenue $797,710

  • Workshops/Residencies: Our workshops and residencies transform a classroom into an artist studio and provide hands-on sequential arts learning activities. We offer 78 programs in dance, music, theatre, folk arts, visual arts, and media arts. Professional artists guide students and teachers in active and engaging art-making experiences for 1 to 20 days.

    Expenses $884,041 · Grants $424,957 · Revenue $157,455

  • Professional Development: Our professional learning programs empower classroom teachers to integrate the arts across the curriculum. We offer embedded and dedicated PL. Embedded PL provides an active role for classroom teachers during workshops as the teaching artists models lessons, demonstrates creative inquiry, and guides the teacher to extend the artistic process beyond the residency. We offer long-term dedicated professional learning programs and sessions available to schools and districts in a range of artforms.

    Expenses $444,136 · Grants $207,080 · Revenue $85,520

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michele Russo

    Pres & CEO

    Total calculated
    $149,756
    From this org
    $149,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stacy Mattia

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mikaela Levons

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Runk

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Johnson

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heather Barberi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Thornton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gil Blitz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dominique Carroll

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Coe

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrea Colby

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sanjeev Dugar

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ed Greene

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marilyn Grounds

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrienne Hill

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Mendez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Linda Kinsey

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donna McInerney

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Marie Miller

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lou Chen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amanda Newman-Godfrey

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Palmer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bobbie Panfili

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brenda Ross-Dulan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharon White

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Larry Capo

    Trustee Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eleanor Horne

    Trustee Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Haring

    Trustee Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Betterton

    Vice President of Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $109,262
    From this org
    $109,262
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jean Frankel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evan Schiff

    Trustee

    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202620299349301302

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