Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$703,749

Total expenses

$701,558

Contributions and grants received

$498,349

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$188,944

Investment income

$14,415

Other revenue

$2,041

Total assets, end of year

$596,908

Total liabilities, end of year

$74,007

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$522,901

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$569,380

Management and general expenses

$99,475

Fundraising expenses

$32,703

Program service expenses (Part III)

$569,380

Program services were 81.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE BRAID IS KNOWN FOR PIONEERING "SALON THEATRE AND CREATING A SHAREABLE LEGACY OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH STORIES THAT CAN BE PERFORMED ANYWHERE. EACH SEASON THE BRAID PRODUCES 3-5 NEW SHOWS ON VARIED THEMES. OUR COLLECITON OF OVER 76 ACCLAIMED SHOWS SPOTLIGHTLING JEWISH DIVERSITY FEATURES THE TALENT OF OVER 675 ARTISTS AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS AGES 12-99, AND CHALLENGES ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES TO THINK DIFFERENTLY, CELEBRATE OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY WHILE COMBATTING ANTISEMITISM. IN COLLABORATION WITH OVER 255 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE REGULARLY PERFORM IN OUR PERFORMANCE VENUE, MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, ART GALLERIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, AND SYNAGOGUES IN LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND, REACHING AUDIENCES IN 49 STATES AND 40 COUNTRIES.

  Expenses $360,285 · Revenue $113,878

• THE BRAID HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN VOTED "BEST LIVE THEATRE ON THE WESISIDE AND RECOGNIZED AS A CHANGE AGENT. THROUGH ITS DIVERSE AND VARIED PERFORMANCES, WRITER'S WORKSHOPES, CLASSES, SPEAKER'S SERIES, ART TALKS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, THE BRAID HAS DELIGHTED OVER 135,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE ORGANIZATION'S UNIQUE ARTS AND CULTURE EXPERIENCES ARE NOW ALSO ACCESSIBLE GLOBALLY VIA ZOOM PERFORMANCES, OUR DIGITAL STORYNOSH SERIES, STREAMING ON CHAIFLICKS AND OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS. THE BRAID'S COMMISSIONED SHOW, NOT THAT JEWISH, RAN AT ITS PERFORMANCE VENUE EARNING AN OVATION RECOMMENDATION AND LA DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATION AND ALSO RAN OFF-BROADWAY FOR 200 PERFORMANCES. OUR COMMISSIONED PLAY, STORIES FROM THE VIOLINS OF HOPE, WAS PRESENTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. IT WAS ALSO TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE REACHING AUDIENCES IN 14 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

  Expenses $133,256 · Revenue $41,709

• THE BRAID RUNS NEXT, AN EMERGING ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DIVERSE YOUNG ADULT ARTS LEADERS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO SHOWCASE NEXT GENERATION VOICES AND TALENT. THE PROGRAM, IN ITS 7TH YEAR, CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTS PROFESSIONALS AND AUDIENCES TO DEVELOP AND FLOURISH BY BUILDING AN ARTISTIC PLATFORM AND AND COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE CULTURAL HERITAGE.

  Expenses $75,839 · Revenue $33,357

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

28 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202303389349300745

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