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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUILDING FOR THE ARTS NY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,292,435
Total expenses
$18,718,816
Contributions and grants received
$1,747,639
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,903,954
Investment income
$635,842
Other revenue
$5,000
Total assets, end of year
$27,929,404
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,258,110
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,671,294
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,244,548
Management and general expenses
$917,832
Fundraising expenses
$556,436
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,244,548

Program services were 92.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $198,920

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,548,719

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME - PROP. MGMT

    total $1,137,225 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME - T-ROW

    total $1,216,664 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM INCOME

    total $550,065 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $176,810 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $176,810

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,038,434

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

    securities $11,579,402

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $459,032

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $459,032 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $459,032

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $986,402 · program services $739,802 · management and general $147,960 · fundraising $98,640

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,461,778 · program services $1,096,333 · management and general $219,267 · fundraising $146,178

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $138,185 · program services $103,639 · management and general $20,728 · fundraising $13,818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $387,032 · program services $290,274 · management and general $58,055 · fundraising $38,703

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $188,791 · program services $141,593 · management and general $28,319 · fundraising $18,879

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $80,924 · program services $60,693 · management and general $12,138 · fundraising $8,093

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,056 · program services $22,542 · management and general $4,508 · fundraising $3,006

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $83,176 · program services $0 · management and general $83,176 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $379,972 · program services $284,979 · management and general $56,996 · fundraising $37,997

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,188 · program services $13,641 · management and general $2,728 · fundraising $1,819

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $536,594 · program services $402,446 · management and general $80,489 · fundraising $53,659

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $158,720 · program services $119,040 · management and general $23,808 · fundraising $15,872

  • 17 · Travel

    total $112,379 · program services $84,284 · management and general $16,857 · fundraising $11,238

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $403,112 · program services $302,334 · management and general $60,467 · fundraising $40,311

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $117,741 · program services $88,306 · management and general $17,661 · fundraising $11,774

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $254,381 · program services $190,786 · management and general $38,157 · fundraising $25,438

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES & CHARGES

    total $131,487 · program services $98,615 · management and general $19,723 · fundraising $13,149

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRANTS & AWARDS

    total $56,000 · program services $42,000 · management and general $8,400 · fundraising $5,600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,193,898 · program services $13,163,241 · management and general $18,395 · fundraising $12,262

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $215,090 · end of year $473,774

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $155,261 · end of year $305,636

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $137,073 · end of year $127,531

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $322,091 · end of year $1,438,272

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $100,000

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

    $22,865,988

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

    $5,080,557

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,012,378 · end of year $17,785,431

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,005,944 · end of year $7,677,020

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $40,260 · end of year $21,740

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $209,664 · end of year $13,407,105

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $781,647 · end of year $397,750

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $442,012 · end of year $453,255

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,554,774 · end of year $13,671,294

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS BY PROVIDING CREATIVE SPACE, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND HUBS FOR ARTISTIC CONNECTION.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES COMMUNITY RENEWAL WITHIN NEW YORK CITY THROUGH DIRECT INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $13,348,312

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES THEATRE ROW - AN OFF-BROADWAY MULTI-THEATRE COMPLEX IN THE HEART OF THE THEATRE DISTRICT IN NEW YORK CITY. IT SERVES AS AN AFFORDABLE HOME FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND A LIVELY, ACCESSIBLE VENUE FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES.

    Expenses $2,503,967 · Revenue $1,216,664

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES MUSIC AND THE BRAIN, A NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE-BASED PROGRAM THAT BRINGS MUSIC LITERACY CURRICULUM AND CLASSROOM KEYBOARD INSTRUCTION TO SCHOOLS WITH UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, HELPING THEM BUILD COGNITIVE, ATTENTION AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AND IN LIFE.

    Expenses $834,654

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $557,615 · Grants $1,000,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey A Horwitz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce Storm

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zachary E Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Geismar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew D Hamingson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miriam Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Bar Katz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $154,500
    From this org
    $154,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,256
    Filer's total
    $156,756
  • Lydia Knotos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David J Roberts

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $261,780
    From this org
    $261,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,446
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,258
    Filer's total
    $283,704
  • Wendy Rowden

    PRESIDENT EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah P Shen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Shillingford

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $179,554
    From this org
    $179,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,991
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,439
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,070
    Filer's total
    $225,500
  • Cierra Cass

    DIRECTOR OF THEATRE OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $112,444
    From this org
    $112,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisala Beatty

    DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & THE BRAIN

    Total calculated
    $140,575
    From this org
    $140,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nicole Gardner

    Director of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $137,550
    From this org
    $137,550
    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. 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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349313571

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