UBW INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A620

Classification

2000

Street

138 S OXFORD ST STE 4B

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• FY25 SAW A CONTINUATION OF UBW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS WITH OUR THIS IS RISK NATIONAL TOUR (OCTOBER 2024 - APRIL 2025), WHICH TRAVELED TO TALLAHASSEE, FL; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; BOSTON, MA; AND LARAMIE, WY, PERFORMING FOR 1,889 ATTENDEES. LOCALLY, FY25 PERFORMANCES OF THIS IS RISK AND OTHER UBW MIXED REPERTORY TOOK PLACE AT 92NY AND THE APOLLO FOR 1,520 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. WE ALSO TOURED EXCERPTS OF OUR SITE-RESPONSIVE WORK HAINT BLU TO WILLIAMSTOWN, MA AND BUFFALO, NY FOR 127 ATTENDEES.THE CENTERPIECE OF UBW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMMING WAS THE NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE OF UBW FOUNDER JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR'S SCAT! THE COMPLEX LIVES OF AL & DOT, DOT & AL ZOLLAR IN FEBRUARY 2025 AT THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY ZOLLAR IN COLLABORATION WITH JAZZ COMPOSER CRAIG HARRIS AND CO-CHOREOGRAPHED BY ZOLLAR AND VINCENT THOMAS WITH DRAMATURGY BY TALVIN WILKS, 'SCAT!' IS A POWERFUL TALE OF THE ZOLLAR FAMILY AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DREAMS ENCOUNTER THE REALITIES OF AMERICAN LIFE IN THE '40S AND '50S, MODELED AFTER THE GREAT TRADITION OF BLACK FLOOR SHOWS. SCAT! RAN FOR FOUR PERFORMANCES AT THE PAC FOR 1,042 ATTENDEES. BEFORE ITS RUN AT PAC NYC, SCAT! HAD ITS WEST COAST PREMIERE AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM (NOVEMBER 2024), PERFORMING FOR 2,825 AUDIENCE MEMBERS OVER FOUR PERFORMANCES.IN APRIL 2025, UBW SPENT TWO WEEKS IN RESIDENCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO TEACHING WORKSHOPS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY. IN MAY, UBW HOSTED OUR GENERATIVE DANCER WORKSHOP AT MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A PROCESS-BASED APPROACH TO UBW'S ART-MAKING INFORMED BY WHO IS IN THE ROOM--GROUNDED IN BLACK FEMINIST THEORY AND CENTERING RADICAL BLACK EXPERIMENTATION IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE, POLITICS, IDENTITY, AND HISTORY.ACROSS FY25, UBW CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT AND STRENGTHEN OUR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF UNDER-RESOURCED ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES OF COLOR. BUILDERS, ORGANIZERS, AND LEADERS IN DANCE (BOLD) WORKSHOPS ARE LED BY UBW STAFF AND A ROSTER OF TRAINED ARTIST-FACILITATORS. IN FY25, BOLD REACHED 1,108 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS 11 ENGAGEMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE MUSIC CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, THE LAUNDROMAT PROJECT, NATURALLY OCCURRING CULTURAL DISTRICTS NY, THE PEACE CORPS, BROOKLYN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, 92NY, AND MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP, ARTSPOOL, SANTA FE COLLEGE, AND AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. BOLD OFFERINGS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO 4 CORE WORKSHOPS: 1) DANCE FOR EVERY BODY, EMBRACING EACH INDIVIDUAL'S UNIQUE AND POWERFUL CONTRIBUTION; 2) MINDFUL BODIES & REFLECTIVE PRACTICES, FOCUSING ON SELF-CARE, REJUVENATION, AND (RE-)CONSTRUCTING HEALTHFUL IMAGES OF OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES; 3) ENTERING, BUILDING, AND EXITING COMMUNITY (EBX), ROOTED IN UBW'S VALUE-CENTERED APPROACH FOR WORK IN COMMUNITIES; AND 4) COLLABORATION LAB, FACILITATING ARTISTIC CREATION BASED ON THEMES THAT EMERGE FROM THE GROUP. EACH WORKSHOP IS LED BY ONE OR MORE TRAINED ARTIST FACILITATORS, INCLUDING UBW COMPANY MEMBERS. WORKSHOP SIZE, DURATION, AND FEES ARE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE GROUP. UBW'S SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (SLI) IS A 10-DAY CONVENING THAT SERVES AS AN INCUBATION SPACE FOR ARTISTS, ORGANIZERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SEEKING TO BUILD SKILLS IN CULTURAL LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL JUSTICE, STORYTELLING, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ART. THE SLI WAS FORMALIZED IN 1992 AND HAS SINCE SERVED OVER 2,000 PARTICIPANTS RANGING IN AGE FROM TEENS TO ELDERS AND COMING FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND ABROAD. PARTICIPANTS REGISTER ONLINE, WITH A PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN ENROLLMENT FEE. EACH SLI CULMINATES WITH TWO FREE, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES BY PARTICIPANTS. FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN, SLI HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT FORMATS. IN FY25, WE LED AN INTERNAL VERSION FOR THE UBW TEAM, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING AND PURSUING FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FULL SLI. UBW'S CHOREOGRAPHIC CENTER INITIATIVE (CCI) BEGAN IN 2013 AS A 10-YEAR INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN+ OF COLOR CHOREOGRAPHERS. SINCE THEN, THE PROGRAM HAS TAKEN MANY FORMS TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR ARTISTS AND THE NATIONAL ARTS ECOLOGY. IN FY25, WE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING AND EXPLORATORY WORK FOR FUTURE ITERATIONS OF CCI. IN 2021, UBW LAUNCHED THE UBW ARCHIVE PROJECT TO DOCUMENT, PRESERVE, AND DIGITIZE UBW'S 40 YEAR HISTORY OF CHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE, SOCIAL PRACTICE, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE UBW ARCHIVE FEATURES THE VOICES OF THE BLACK WOMEN+ ARTISTS, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND COUNTLESS COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SHAPED UBW'S GROUNDBREAKING FUSION OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC CULTURAL PRACTICES WITH MODERN DANCE AND AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS 40 YEARS. FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 2025, THE UBW ARCHIVE WAS FEATURED IN UBW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE APOLLO, TITLED 'LEGACY, LINEAGE, AND LIBERATION: AN EXAMINATION OF URBAN BUSH WOMEN'S ART-MAKING AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PRAXIS.' THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED A ONE-MONTH EXTENSION AND FEATURED SPECIAL POP-UP PERFORMANCES BY UBW COMPANY MEMBERS. IT SHOWCASED RARE PHOTOGRAPHS, PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE, MANUSCRIPTS, COSTUMES, AND MEMORABILIA FROM ACROSS THE ENSEMBLE'S 40-YEAR HISTORY.

  Expenses $1,254,075 · Revenue $408,229

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,567,279

  Expenses

  $2,379,176

  Contributions

  $3,062,692

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,711,508

  Expenses

  $3,054,799

  Contributions

  $1,768,351

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,731,076

  Expenses

  $3,119,250

  Contributions

  $1,693,966

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,954,125

  Expenses

  $3,270,072

  Contributions

  $964,926

  Grants paid

  $164,628

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,097,625

  Expenses

  $3,270,376

  Contributions

  $1,108,426

  Grants paid

  $164,628

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,215,799

  Expenses

  $2,493,802

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,586,480

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,215,799

  Expenses

  $2,445,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,634,786

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,046,470

  Expenses

  $1,579,791

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,223,809

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,601,239

  Expenses

  $1,579,791

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,152,678

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,028,318

  Expenses

  $1,179,284

  Assets (EOY)

  $941,747

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,028,318

  Expenses

  $1,139,289

  Assets (EOY)

  $981,742

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,395,337

  Expenses

  $1,707,213

  Assets (EOY)

  $819,422

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,408,450

  Expenses

  $1,776,756

  Assets (EOY)

  $832,574

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,571,477

  Expenses

  $1,547,829

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,203,232

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,551,216

  Expenses

  $1,112,963

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,141,098

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE INC

  $200,000

  2024 · COHI GAMMA - GOS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $150,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $143,950

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $131,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $100,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC

  $66,500

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING, CREATION AND/OR PRESENTING SUPPORT

• ALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRES NEW YORK INC

  $55,000

  2022 · New York Theatre Program

• SOLIDAIRE NETWORK INC

  $50,000

  2024 · General support

• THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE INC

  $13,500

  2022 · COHI MOVE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE INC

  $12,500

  2023 · COHI MOVE - GOS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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