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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW NATIVE THEATRE.

Totals

Total revenue
$953,430
Total expenses
$594,725
Contributions and grants received
$893,376
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$42,926
Investment income
$14,822
Other revenue
$2,306
Total assets, end of year
$1,192,891
Total liabilities, end of year
$49,441
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,143,450
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$452,945
Management and general expenses
$117,780
Fundraising expenses
$24,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$452,945

Program services were 76.2% 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)

    $41,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $851,476

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $42,926 · related or exempt $42,926

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,822 · excluded $14,822

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,306 · excluded $2,306

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,306

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,370 · program services $57,941 · management and general $21,429

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $127,926 · program services $93,386 · management and general $34,540

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,336 · program services $4,777 · management and general $1,559

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,144 · program services $13,252 · management and general $4,892

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $108,154 · program services $62,477 · management and general $21,677 · fundraising $24,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,553 · program services $4,618 · management and general $935

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,057 · program services $3,426 · management and general $5,631

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,077 · program services $24,727 · management and general $7,350

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,603 · program services $19,659 · management and general $8,944

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,743 · program services $6,294 · management and general $3,449

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,229 · management and general $6,229

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $152,323 · program services $151,923 · management and general $400

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $6,625 · program services $6,202 · management and general $423

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $4,449 · program services $4,263 · management and general $186

  • 24d · Other expenses: FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

    total $136 · management and general $136

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $539,034 · end of year $157,591

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $128,412 · end of year $976,870

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $131,546 · end of year $58,430

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,324

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,571 · end of year $49,441

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $784,745 · end of year $642,808

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $500,642

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NNT ENGAGES ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES BY: 1) PRODUCING COMMISSIONED AND EXISTING PLAYS BY NATIVE PLAYWRIGHTS. 2) PRODUCING COMMUNITY CREATED PLAYS ABOUT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TOPICS. 3) PRESENTING THE BEST NATIVE AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS FROM AROUND NORTH AMERICA. 4) PROVIDING AN ARRAY OF THEATRE TRAINING TO NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 5) ENGAGING IN COLLABORATIONS WITH NATIVE ARTISTS AND NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS OF VARYING ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRODUCE AND PRESENT GLOBAL NATIVE THEATRE AND EVENTS TO ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION OF THE CANON OF NATIVE THEATRE AND TO RAISE EXPECTATIONS OF EXCELLENT PRODUCTIONS VALUES BY INDIGENOUS THEATRE ARTISTS AND COMPANIES.

  • PROGRAMRECEIVED $500K FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING AND PROGRAM WORK, THE BIGGEST FOUNDATION GRANT TO DATE. HIRED FIRST-EVER MANAGING DIRECTOR IN AUGUST 2024. SHOWS PERFORMED CHRISTMAS IN OCHOPEE, BEAR GREASE, AND CONTINUED THE 4TH ANNUAL TWO SPIRIT POW WOW. EDUCATIONCONTINUED THE YOUTH THEATRE SUMMER CAMP WITH DIW ALONG WITH A BLOOD QUANTUM PHYSICS WORKSHOP

    Expenses $452,945 · Revenue $42,926

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rhiana Yazzie

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $79,370
    From this org
    $78,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,272
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christina Woods

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Freda Begay

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry Waters Junior

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
9 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531929349300723

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