- Revenue 2023
- $3,451,824
- Expenses 2023
- $3,778,793
Program services were 51.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A250
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 3415 OLINVILLE AVE
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
INSPIRE THE GROWTH OF YOUTH, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY THROUGH QUALITY ARTS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL, ARTS INSTRUCTION AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO YOUTH.
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DANCE & MUSIC PROGRAM - BEGINNER THROUGH ADVANCES LEVEL STUDENTS AGES 3.5 TO ADULT TO STUDY SUZUKI VIOLIN, DIGITAL MUSIC PRODUCTION, PIANO, KEYBOARD, VIOLIN, GUITAR, BASS, VOICE, WOODWINDS, BRASS, DRUM, BALLET, TAP, MODERN, HIP HOP, AFRICAN, AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT IN PRIVATE AND GROUP CLASSES. MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS ATTEND OVER 190 CLASSES WEEKLY IN ADDITION TO PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS FOR AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 4000 MEMBERS AND SCHOOL GROUPS. FREE COMMUNITY FITNESS CLASSES ARE ALSO PROVIDED. AN AUDIANCE OF MORE THAN 2000 MEMBERS AND SCHOOL GROUPS.
Expenses $599,398
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UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARDEN PROGRAM - UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, MIND-BUILDERS OFFERS FREE FULL-DAY PRE-K TO 18 CHILDREN MONDAY-FRIDAY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
Expenses $168,286
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POSITIVE YOUTH TROUPE THEATER PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE TRAINING FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH SUMMER WORKSHOPS AND AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES IN ACTING, IMPROVIZATION, AND MUSICAL THEATER AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. MORE THAN 30 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY.
Expenses $177,733
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FOLK CULTURE AND VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM - TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY, DOCUMENT AND PRESENT THE TRADITION AND FOLK ARTISTS AND AFRICAN ARTS DISCOVERED IN THEIR FAMILITES, COMMUNITY, THE BOROUGH AND THE CITY. MARTIAL ARTS - WEEKLY KARATE CLASSES IN GOJU RYU KARATE ARE OFFERED FOR STUDENTS AGES 5-18.
Expenses $1,002,443
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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Shirley TaylorSHIRLEY TAYLOR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $86,449
- From this org
- $86,449
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
-
Basir McHawiBASIR MCHAWI
CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Rachel LissyRACHEL LISSY
CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Cynthia MartinCYNTHIA MARTIN
VICE-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Christina Connor ThompsonCHRISTINA CONNOR THOMPSON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
James CarneyJAMES CARNEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Latoya Westbrooks KeelingLATOYA WESTBROOKS KEELING
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jean HodgeJEAN HODGE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jeanna HusseyJEANNA HUSSEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Darise JeanbaptisteDARISE JEANBAPTISTE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Lynn KaramLYNN KARAM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kiara LeeKIARA LEE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Clarener MoultrieCLARENER MOULTRIE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tad ShullTAD SHULL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
-
2023
- Revenue
- $3,451,824
- Expenses
- $3,778,793
- Contributions
- $2,829,512
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $3,844,870
- Expenses
- $3,779,435
- Contributions
- $3,144,318
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $5,694,102
- Expenses
- $3,561,517
- Contributions
- $4,971,098
- Grants paid
- $0
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
- $3,377,027
- Expenses
- $2,378,532
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,390,871
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,684,688
- Expenses
- $2,396,447
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,799,608
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,030,266
- Expenses
- $2,098,557
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,710,802
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,215,052
- Expenses
- $1,947,055
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,672,856
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,195,731
- Expenses
- $1,854,246
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,205,735
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,400,360
- Expenses
- $1,914,036
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,709,420
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,682,218
- Expenses
- $1,636,333
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,203,442
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,715,125
- Expenses
- $1,584,907
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,174,725
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,294,749
- Expenses
- $1,159,166
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,028,608
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,438,270
- Expenses
- $1,039,797
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,902,946
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
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$486,000
2022 EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
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$243,000
2024 EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
-
$200,000
2024 FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DANCE SERVICE NEW YORK CITY INC
$36,975
2022 FOR REHEARSAL SPACE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GRANT RECIPIENTS
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2022 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
-
$12,500
2023 CO-HOST/CO-DESIGN STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS ENGAGING BX RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE BOROUGH
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$10,000
2023 SPONSORSHIP
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$10,000
2022 SPONSORSHIP
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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.