- Revenue 2023
- $1,923,761
- Expenses 2023
- $2,849,936
Program services were 76.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A6FZ
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 150 1ST AVE 4TH FLOOR
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 · 2023
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE OPERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE ARTS (INCLUDING PERFORMANCE, VISUAL AND ALL OTHER CONTEMPORARY ARTS), FOSTERING ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING THROUGH DIRECT GRANTS), ADVANCING DIVERSITY IN THE FIELD OF THE PERFORMING, VISUAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS, AND BROADENING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF PERFORMANCE, VISUAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS AT LARGE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK HAS BEEN A HUB FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. NURTURING AND ENCOURAGING CREATIVE RISK-TAKING IN THE PRESENTATON OF LIVE PERFORMANCE IS A HALLMARK OF PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK'S ARTISTIC VISION.
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COMMISSIONING AND DEVELOPMENT:PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK IS AN ARTIST-CENTRIC INSTITUTION. OUR WORK STARTS WITH THE ARTIST, NOT THE PROJECT, ENSURING THE FREEDOM AND SECURITY NECESSARY FOR CREATIVE RISK-TAKING.ARTISTS ARE PROVIDED WITH MONETARY SUPPORT AND THE FULL RESOURCES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE, MARKETING, FUNDRAISING, PRODUCTION, AND PROGRAMMING STAFF.
Expenses $2,181,676 · Grants $16,108 · Revenue $169,209
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Roxane GayROXANE GAY
PRESIDENT (THROUGH 2/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Thomas RomTHOMAS ROM
BOARD CHAIR (SINCE 3/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ted OberwagerTED OBERWAGER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Debbie MillmanDEBBIE MILLMAN
SECRETARY (THROUGH 2/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Meaghan GraggMEAGHAN GRAGG
SECRETARY AND VP (SINCE 3/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kerstin BratschKERSTIN BRATSCH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nicole EisenmanNICOLE EISENMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan GonzalezJONATHAN GONZALEZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Autumn KnightAUTUMN KNIGHT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeffrey LeeJEFFREY LEE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sophie MornerSOPHIE MORNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jackson PolysJACKSON POLYS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Thomas RomTHOMAS ROM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Frank SpelmanFRANK SPELMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patricia HertlingPATRICIA HERTLING
SENIOR DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $153,034
- From this org
- $125,591
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,443
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $125,591
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,443
- Filer's total
- $153,034
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,923,761
- Expenses
- $2,849,936
- Contributions
- $1,672,479
- Grants paid
- $16,108
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,607,241
- Expenses
- $2,557,315
- Contributions
- $3,436,860
- Grants paid
- $4,000
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,981,557
- Expenses
- $2,101,811
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,473,192
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,599,433
- Expenses
- $1,591,935
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,843,709
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,285,856
- Expenses
- $1,794,088
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,866,108
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,036,999
- Expenses
- $2,094,327
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,106,243
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,184,103
- Expenses
- $1,771,892
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,348,590
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $999,732
- Expenses
- $1,408,090
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,808,402
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,932,630
- Expenses
- $1,836,204
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,153,913
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,618,544
- Expenses
- $1,164,908
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,059,199
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.
Grants made
-
WANGSHUI LLC
$10,000
2023 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Grants received
-
$300,000
2024 HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
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$248,000
2022 HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
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$147,599
2024 COALITION EFFORT OF MID-SIZED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.
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2022 New York Theatre Program
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$25,484
2023 COALITION EFFORT OF MID-SIZED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$21,667
2025 COALITION EFFORT OF MID-SIZED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.
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2023 ARTIST ASSITANCE
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.