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← OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE FOR NORTH BROOKLYN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE FOR NORTH BROOKLYN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,880,428
Total expenses
$1,669,985
Contributions and grants received
$773,931
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,106,087
Investment income
$410
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$361,655
Total liabilities, end of year
$359,279
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,376
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,362,888
Management and general expenses
$116,698
Fundraising expenses
$190,399
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,362,888

Program services were 81.6% 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

    $130,807

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $405,808

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $237,316

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARK USAGE EVENT FEES

    total $1,106,087 · related or exempt $1,106,087

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $410 · excluded $410

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $54,481

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

    $130,807

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $54,481

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,930 · program services $50,772 · management and general $25,386 · fundraising $50,772

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $691,608 · program services $540,890 · management and general $61,441 · fundraising $89,277

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $56,512 · program services $40,695 · management and general $6,053 · fundraising $9,764

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $64,202 · program services $46,234 · management and general $6,877 · fundraising $11,091

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,411 · program services $43,050 · management and general $7,027 · fundraising $11,334

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $269,487 · program services $269,487

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,660 · program services $1,005 · fundraising $655

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,091 · program services $17,130 · management and general $1,202 · fundraising $5,759

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,390 · program services $4,328 · management and general $406 · fundraising $656

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,942 · program services $7,186 · management and general $1,055 · fundraising $1,701

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,988 · program services $28,752 · management and general $4,300 · fundraising $6,936

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARK MAINTENANCE AND IM

    total $136,688 · program services $136,688

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $117,466 · program services $117,466

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $30,129 · program services $30,129

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION

    total $12,372 · program services $8,810 · management and general $1,363 · fundraising $2,199

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,109 · program services $20,266 · management and general $1,588 · fundraising $255

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,093 · end of year $278,587

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,800 · end of year $8,285

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,607 · end of year $7,513

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

    $88,883

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

    $32,212

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,266 · end of year $56,671

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $10,599

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $201,830 · end of year $231,917

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $79,500

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $48,312 · end of year $47,862

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $18,358

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,533 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$245,063 · end of year -$177,177

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,796 · end of year $179,553

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NORTH BROOKLYN PARKS ALLIANCE WORKS WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND OUR COMMUNITY TO MAINTAIN, ACTIVATE, ENHANCE, AND EXPAND PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES IN NORTHBROOKLYN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NORTH BROOKLYN PARKS ALLIANCE'S MISSION IS TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND VIBRANT PARK AND OPEN SPACE SYSTEM IN NORTH BROOKLYN.

  • IN 2024, THE NORTH BROOKLYN PARKS ALLIANCE EXPANDED ITS MAINTENANCE AND HORTICULTURAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING AT UNDER THE K BRIDGE PARK FOR ITS FIRST FULL YEAR OF BEING OPEN AS A PUBLIC PARK. PUBLIC PROGRAMMING RANGED FROM ONGOING VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, TO THE SECOND ANNUAL "REGGAE UNDER THE BRIDGE" SERIES, TO A "SUMMER OF LOVE" MUSIC FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSE OF YES.THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN'S COMMUNITY BOARD 1, THE ORGANIZATION COORDINATED VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, SUPPORTED NEIGHBORHOOD PARK GROUPS-LIKE LOCAL DOG RUNS (PROVIDING PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO COOPER, MCGOLRICK, MCCARREN, AND STERNBERG RUNS), COMMUNITY GARDENS THROUGH AN OPEN GARDEN DAY COLLABORATION, AND FRIENDS GROUPS THROUGH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WORKED WITH OPEN STREETS AND PUBLIC PLAZA PARTNERS ON NEW PUBLIC SPACES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

    Expenses $1,362,888 · Revenue $1,106,087

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Lombino

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Zelvin

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Salinger

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Pool

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karli Bainbridge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Bernstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ward Dennis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Feeney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Kohl Riggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Berger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Scarincini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nam Phan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Horowitz

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,930
    From this org
    $126,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

  • OSA PRESENTS INC

    501(C)3 · PARK PERFORMANCES · NY

    Directly controlled by OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE FOR NORTH BROOKLYN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349303599

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