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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FIJI THEATER COMPANY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,941,073
Total expenses
$1,521,236
Contributions and grants received
$1,699,765
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$230,262
Investment income
$8,917
Other revenue
$2,129
Total assets, end of year
$2,217,740
Total liabilities, end of year
$171,078
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,046,662
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,211,618
Management and general expenses
$127,700
Fundraising expenses
$181,918
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,211,618

Program services were 79.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $369,960

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,329,805

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Box office revenue

    total $14,139 · related or exempt $14,139

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Contracted services

    total $158,440 · related or exempt $158,440

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Lectures, panels & classe

    total $57,683 · related or exempt $57,683

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,917 · related or exempt $8,917

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,339 · related or exempt $1,339

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $790 · related or exempt $790

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $790

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,578 · program services $104,319 · management and general $11,347 · fundraising $18,912

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $531,653 · program services $446,482 · management and general $35,443 · fundraising $49,728

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,013 · program services $6,115 · management and general $1,411 · fundraising $2,487

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,778 · program services $52,100 · management and general $5,356 · fundraising $11,322

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $54,852 · program services $41,527 · management and general $5,429 · fundraising $7,896

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,058 · program services $13,517 · management and general $20,276 · fundraising $11,265

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $246,139 · program services $155,878 · management and general $30,785 · fundraising $59,476

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $46,501 · program services $46,501

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,683 · program services $5,889 · management and general $2,075 · fundraising $5,719

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,271 · program services $40,331 · management and general $5,272 · fundraising $7,668

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,564 · program services $27,592 · management and general $1,502 · fundraising $470

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,917 · program services $10,537 · management and general $1,377 · fundraising $2,003

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,465 · program services $10,951 · management and general $1,432 · fundraising $2,082

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fiscal sponsorship expenses

    total $127,391 · program services $127,391

  • 24b · Other expenses: Production costs

    total $63,802 · program services $63,802

  • 24c · Other expenses: Hospitality

    total $44,381 · program services $43,947 · management and general $434

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $9,315 · program services $6,902 · management and general $1,723 · fundraising $690

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,875 · program services $7,837 · management and general $3,838 · fundraising $2,200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $706,785 · end of year $409,948

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $590,230 · end of year $1,146,106

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $269,330 · end of year $463,999

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,600 · end of year $36,507

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,984 · end of year $31,173

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

    $75,420

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

    $73,907

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,413 · end of year $1,513

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $20,341 · end of year $9,823

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,003 · end of year $118,671

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,861 · end of year $52,758

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $117,320

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $866,075 · end of year $1,194,634

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $760,750 · end of year $852,028

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Fiji Theater Company, Inc. creates works of theater and art that reveal beauty, precision, and a commitment to social justice. Founded by Ping Chong, the company creates original interdisciplinary works by a group of affiliated artists and is committed to artistic innovation, collaboration community engagement, and amplifying underrepresented voices. The Fiji Theater develops works in collaboration with local, regional, national, and international institutional partners ranging from schools and universities, to regional theaters, international arts festivals,, and grass roots social service organizations.

  • In December 2022, the retirement of founder and Artistic Director Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice, longstanding Executive Director heralded a major organizational transformation. The company is now in the second year of a planned three-year transition period, and has announced an innovative leadership model, in the form of a collaborative five-person Artistic Leadership Team (ALT) which will develop and realize a vision for PCCs future. In 2022-2023, we presented:Inside/Out...voices from the disability community, an Undesirable Elements production that shared seven cast members reflections on living with disability. Inside/Out was presented at Lincoln Centers Summer for the City Festival in August 2022.Lazarus 1972 2022 was Ping Chongs final work with the Company as Artistic Director. Lazarus was the first work that Ping Chong created as an independent artist in 1972. The new production premiered in September/October 2022 at LaMama, an interdisciplinary, imagistic meditation on alienation and belonging, the passage of time, and the evolution of his artistry.Testify (the worst is yet to come), a lecture and solo performance by Nile Harris was presented as part of the Public Theaters Under the Radar Festival in January 2023. This work was developed in Fall 2022 as part of the third year of the Creative Fellowships program which provides paid 8-month fellowships to two emerging artists of color. On February 2023, a two-day Undesirable Elements 30th Anniversary Symposium celebrated the history of UE in partnership with The New School's Eugene Lang College and College of Performing Arts. The celebration brought cast members, presenters, creative collaborators, producing partners and colleagues in the field of documentary theater to the university for a student workshop, panels, and a culminating evening performance from work-in-progress, Undesirable Elements: Ukraine. Generations Rise: Reston, directed by Sara Zatz and Tuy?t Th? Ph?m was held in partnership with Reston Community Center (RCC) on March 24-25, 2023. In this Undesirable Elements production, cast members ranging in age from 14 to 57 reflected on Reston's unique history and utopian vision as the nation's first planned community, and what brought their families to Reston. The production addresses themes of healing, grief, growth, struggles with mental health and identity, the impact of COVID, and the search for community.Undesirable Elements: Ukraine (directed by Ping Chong and Virlana Tkacz, Artistic Director of Yara Arts Group), explores the experiences of Ukrainian American New Yorkers and recent Ukrainian arrivals: Ukrainian identity, immigration, intergenerational connections, the history of Ukrainians in the U.S., and the disastrous effect of Russias war. The work in progress was shared at New School University as part of UE 30th Anniversary Symposium, and premiered May 5-14, 2023 at the Ukrainian Museum.An Extra Ordinary Afternoon with Ping Chong and Company was held at La Mama Theater in June 2023, a day-long gathering of curated conversation and new performance. This event invited new and returning PCC audience members to engage with new creative visions and artistic collaborators, and represented the first public presentations curated by the Companys new leadership model.Education Programs: PCC continued to provide its arts education program to six NYC schools in FY23. Students in 19 classrooms in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, worked with teaching artists to explore identity, culture, and sense of belonging and connection. PCC also partnered with the New Victorys Education program, NYC Department of Education, and the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Alaska, to create curricular materials based on PCCs work. PCCs newly launched a Creative Aging program partnered with a NYC senior center, and higher education workshops happened at the New School for Drama, UC Davis, UCONN, San Jose State, and Mars Hill University.

    Expenses $1,211,618 · Revenue $230,262

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Allardice

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $119,587
    From this org
    $83,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,693
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Chong

    Artistic Dir.

    Total calculated
    $73,175
    From this org
    $59,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,041
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cathy Barbash

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Chin

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Deirdre Valente

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Chan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lillian Cho

    Treasurer

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
29 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420299349302222

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