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MINDBUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS INC

EIN 13-2988157 BRONX, NY

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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Shirley Taylor

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,449
    From this org
    $86,449
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Basir McHawi

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rachel Lissy

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cynthia Martin

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Christina Connor Thompson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James Carney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Latoya Westbrooks Keeling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jean Hodge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeanna Hussey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Darise Jeanbaptiste

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lynn Karam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kiara Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Clarener Moultrie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tad 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
  • 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

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.