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← BLACK THEATRE UNITED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK THEATRE UNITED.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,314,014
Total expenses
$924,172
Contributions and grants received
$1,313,859
Grants paid
$16,536
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$155
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$884,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$161,316
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$723,450
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$665,660
Management and general expenses
$114,118
Fundraising expenses
$144,394
Program service expenses (Part III)
$665,660

Program services were 72.0% 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

    $746,282

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $567,577

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $155 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $155

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $298,291

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

    $746,282

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $298,291

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,536 · program services $6,536

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $195,000 · program services $165,750 · management and general $9,750 · fundraising $19,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $134,769 · program services $107,815 · management and general $13,477 · fundraising $13,477

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,668 · program services $1,334 · management and general $167 · fundraising $167

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,240 · program services $8,192 · management and general $1,024 · fundraising $1,024

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,750 · program services $0 · management and general $74,750 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $305,789 · program services $254,463 · management and general $11,492 · fundraising $39,834

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $437 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $437

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,346 · program services $3,477 · management and general $434 · fundraising $435

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,510 · program services $3,608 · management and general $451 · fundraising $451

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,540 · program services $11,540 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,654 · program services $6,124 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,530

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,416 · program services $10,732 · management and general $1,342 · fundraising $1,342

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE

    total $4,216 · program services $3,374 · management and general $421 · fundraising $421

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUE AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,100 · program services $6,480 · management and general $810 · fundraising $810

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND CATERING

    total $11,736 · program services $11,736 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $26,656 · program services $26,656 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $92,809 · program services $27,843 · management and general $0 · fundraising $64,966

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $305,627 · end of year $834,989

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,900 · end of year $12,177

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $37,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,650 · end of year $143,047

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,269 · end of year $18,269

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $333,608 · end of year $723,450

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS MEMBERS OF THE BLACK THEATRE COMMUNITY, WE STAND TOGETHER TO HELP PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK TALENT AND BLACK LIVES OF ALL SHAPES AND ORIENTATIONS IN THEATRE AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR VOICES ARE UNITED TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ACTIVISM IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL HUMANITY. WE WILL NOT BE SILENT. WE WILL BE SEEN. WE WILL BE HEARD. WE ARE HERE.

  • A NEW DEAL FOR BROADWAY - EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY & BELONGING FOR THE THEATRICAL INDUSTRY. BLACK THEATRE UNITED WAS PROUD TO HOST THIS REMARKABLE AND HISTORIC COLLABORATION. IT IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TO REOPENING OUR INDUSTRY WITH A BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY, AND BELONGING FOR BLACK PROFESSIONALS IN THE ARTS. THOUGH ONE OF MANY INITIATIVES CREATED BY BLACK, BIPOC AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS SINCE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, BTUS SUMMIT IS THE FIRST TO BRING TOGETHER ALL AREAS OF OUR INDUSTRY FROM THEATRE OWNERS, PRODUCERS, CREATIVES, CASTING AND UNIONS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH US. BTU WAS ABLE TO FINILIZE THE NEW DEAL, WHICH NOW HAS OVER 100 SIGNATORIES. THE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW DEAL IS OVERSEEN BY BTU, COLLABORATORS KENJI YOSHINO AND DAVID GLASGOW FROM THE CENTER FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW AND A COMMITTEE OF NEW DEAL SIGNATORIES. A SUMMIT IS HELD EVERY YEAR FOR SIGNATORIES TO DISCUSS PROGRESS MADE OVER THE YEAR AND CHALLENGES FACED. THE BROADWAY MARTKETING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - A EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM, IS INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING BLACK TALENT IN ALL AREAS OF THEATRE. INTERNS WORK WITH THE TOP MARKETING AND ADVERTISING AGENCIES IN NYC. BROADWAY BOUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM - A TRANSFORMATIVE 10-12 WEEK INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO BRING THE MAGIC OF BROADWAY TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IN UNDERREPRESENTED, LOW-ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM, TAKING PLACE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AIMS TO INTEGRATE COMMON CORE STANDARDS INTO A DYNAMIC BROADWAY THEORY AND THEATRICS CURRICULUM.

    Expenses $665,660 · Grants $16,536

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kettia Etienne Ming

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $195,000
    From this org
    $195,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $195,000

  • Lachanze Sapp-Gooding

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Michael McElroy

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Norm Lewis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Lisa Dawn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Tamara Tunie

    COMPLIA OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Darius De Haas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Carin Ford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kenny Leon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Capathia Jenkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Molly John

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Schele Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Wendell Pierce

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian Stokes Mitchell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Allyson Tucker-Mitchell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Vanessa Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Natasha Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Audra McDonald

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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.

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
2023
Filed
1 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541049349302059

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