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← BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,150,935
Total expenses
$3,193,647
Contributions and grants received
$974,282
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,067,278
Investment income
$89,333
Other revenue
$20,042
Total assets, end of year
$5,267,342
Total liabilities, end of year
$562,441
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,704,901
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,406,888
Management and general expenses
$398,171
Fundraising expenses
$388,588
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,406,888

Program services were 75.4% 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

    $179,236

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $139,760

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $655,286

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $828,117 · related or exempt $828,117

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE REVENUE

    total $124,303 · related or exempt $124,303

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONTRACTED PERFORMANCE FEES

    total $114,858 · related or exempt $114,858

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $136,616 · excluded $136,616

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,444,200

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

    securities $2,491,483

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$47,283

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$47,283 · excluded -$47,283

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $57,460

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

    $179,236

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $57,460

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,730

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,730 · related or exempt $4,730

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $15,312 · excluded $15,312

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,312

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $354,095 · program services $235,580 · management and general $88,886 · fundraising $29,629

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,252,246 · program services $936,472 · management and general $104,200 · fundraising $211,574

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $174,265 · program services $127,116 · management and general $16,613 · fundraising $30,536

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $117,611 · program services $85,811 · management and general $13,851 · fundraising $17,949

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,488 · management and general $1,488

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,416 · management and general $75,416

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $36,000 · fundraising $36,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $18,414 · management and general $18,414

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $325,295 · program services $319,795 · fundraising $5,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,495 · program services $19,251 · fundraising $12,244

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,025 · program services $43,436 · management and general $4,568 · fundraising $7,021

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,961 · program services $14,943 · management and general $4,018

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $109,586 · program services $96,435 · management and general $10,959 · fundraising $2,192

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,321 · program services $53,897 · fundraising $424

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $64,137 · program services $56,441 · management and general $6,413 · fundraising $1,283

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,126 · program services $31,791 · management and general $3,612 · fundraising $723

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $279,830 · program services $255,300 · fundraising $24,530

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHORUS SUPPLIES

    total $53,813 · program services $53,813

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND PROCESSING FEE

    total $41,395 · program services $40,794 · management and general $601

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $33,548 · management and general $33,548

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $60,580 · program services $36,013 · management and general $15,584 · fundraising $8,983

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $369,473 · end of year $327,895

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $31,368 · end of year $1,012

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $342,242 · end of year $360,751

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,584 · end of year $37,233

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,729 · end of year $58,309

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

    $3,005,427

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

    $1,734,214

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,324,978 · end of year $1,271,213

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,756,575 · end of year $3,210,929

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,568 · end of year $187,961

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $209,153 · end of year $374,480

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $12,014

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,954,158 · end of year $1,468,156

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,631,056 · end of year $3,236,745

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER YOUNG SINGERS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN CHORAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND THE CREATION OF NEW WORKS. BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS'S CITY-WIDE, MULTI-LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAM AND GRAMMY-WINNING ENSEMBLES ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR DISTINCTIVE SOUND AND VIRTUOSITY, BRINGING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO CHORAL PERFORMANCE THAT CROSSES BOUNDARIES AND DEFIES CONVENTION. WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF SUCCESS AND IMPACT IN THE FIELD, THE CHORUS SEEKS TO RAISE THE ARTISTIC PROFILE AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN CHORAL PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION BY FURTHERING ITS UNIQUE CROSS-CHORAL TRAINING METHODOLOGY AND BUILDING A DYNAMIC NEW REPERTOIRE FROM AN INCLUSIVE ROSTER OF COMPOSERS AND ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING COLLECTIVE OF YOUNG VOICES LED BY VISIONARY FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER. THE CHORUS HAS COLLABORATED WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS INCLUDING IN THIS SEASON ALONE, POP SUPERSTAR STING, MACARTHUR FELLOW CECILE MCLORRIN SALVANT, AND ACCLAIMED BASS-BARITONE DAVONE TINES AND IN PAST SEASONS THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, BARBRA STREISAND, ARCADE FIRE, SIR ELTON JOHN, THE NATIONAL, AND GRIZZLY BEAR.

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

    Expenses $2,406,888 · Revenue $1,072,008

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

  • JESSICA HOLLOWAY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KARA HAILEY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JORDANE ROLLIN

    TREASURER (AS OF JAN 25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHLEEN EMBERGER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $194,843
    From this org
    $165,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,030
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,813
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,030
    Filer's total
    $194,843

  • JACQUELINE AGUANNO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAUREN ASHCRAFT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTI AVRAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHERINE BARTHOLOMAUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SABINA CHATTERJEE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NAOMI GARDNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TRACY GARRISON-FEINBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICOLAS GRABAR

    TRUSTEE/TREASURER (TO DEC 24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • YOUNG HAH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY JAMES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNA MCNEIL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAMUEL NANA-SINKAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN ROCKEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GRACE ROW

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JONATHAN ROUNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHARI JENKINS TAYLOR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMANDA VAN DOORENE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BLAKE ZIDELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEGAN LEMLEY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,421
    From this org
    $127,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,778
    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

  • 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621069349301502

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