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HARLEM STAGE INC

EIN 13-3166308 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$3,621,362
Expenses 2024
$4,400,026

Program services were 63.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99Z
Classification
1000
Street
150 CONVENT 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 · 2024

Mission

HARLEM STAGE IS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT CELEBRATES AND PERPETUATES THE UNIQUE AND DIVERSE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF HARLEM AND THE INDELIBLE IMPRESSION IT HAS MADE ON AMERICAN CULTURE. WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY, COMMISSIONING, AND SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR, MAKE PERFORMANCES EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AUDIENCES, AND INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE RICH DIVERSITY, EXCITEMENT, AND INSPIRATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN 1983, HARLEM STAGE IS A DYNAMIC HUB OF ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION, DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING PERFORMING ARTISTS OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

  • PRESENTING/COMMISSIONINGFOUNDED IN 1983, HARLEM STAGE IS A DYNAMIC HUB OF ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION, DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING PERFORMING ARTISTS OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR JOURNEY. WE SERVE AS A BEACON OF ARTISTIC FREEDOM FOR NEW YORK CITY, THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. GUIDED BY ITS NORTH STAR-HARLEM IS OUR HOME; THE WORLD IS OUR STAGE-HARLEM STAGE IS A PLATFORM WHERE BOLD, FEARLESS, AND DARING CREATION KNOWS NO BOUNDS WITH 40 - 50 EVENTS ANNUALLY. WE ARE A STAGE TO CREATE FEARLESSLY WITH NEW WORKS; TO PRESENT BOLDLY THROUGH THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC, SPOKEN WORD, FILM, AND LITERATURE; TO EDUCATE ENDLESSLY, ENGAGING LEARNERS OF ALL AGES; TO QUESTION RELENTLESSLY THE IDEAS THAT SHAPE THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE; AND TO ENGINEER EQUITY IN AN ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE THAT HAS LONG UNDERINVESTED IN PERFORMING ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

    Expenses $2,442,132 · Revenue $81,582

  • EDUCATIONAT HARLEM STAGE, WE BELIEVE THE ARTS HAVE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER TO SHAPE YOUNG LIVES, BUT ALSO LIFELONG LEARNERS OF ALL AGES TO IGNITE CRITICAL THINKING AND GIVE VOICE TO UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM NYC AND BEYOND. THROUGH FREE STUDENT-ONLY MATINEES, IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, IMMERSIVE WRITING AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS, WE BRING MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF ALL AGES INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. OUR PROGRAM SPARKS THE COURAGE TO CONFRONT TOUGH, REAL-WORLD TOPICS-RACIAL EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION, GENDER EQUALITY, CONFLICT ZONES, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES, AND MORE - ENGAGING STUDENTS IN STORIES THAT AMPLIFY THE POWER OF ART TO ENACT REAL SOCIAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $346,424

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.

  • Courtney Lee-Mitchell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mark Thomas

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Michael Young

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Larry McRae

    TREASURER AND CHAIR, FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ronald K Alexander

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Angela Glover Blackwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jamila Ponton Bragg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Hugh Dancy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Claire Danes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Channing Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tamara Tunie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Heather Wagoner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alisha Johnson Wilder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Todd Wilder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Joann K Chase

    IN MEMEMORIAM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Blair Washington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Indira Etwaroo

    CEO AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $283,169
    From this org
    $266,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,187
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,982
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,187
    Filer's total
    $283,169
  • Patricia Cruz

    EXECUTIVE ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $141,407
    From this org
    $141,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jelani Buckner

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $129,028
    From this org
    $119,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,348
    Hours/week
    40
  • Deirdre May

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,984
    From this org
    $148,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,128
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,856
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,128
    Filer's total
    $157,984

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,621,362
    Expenses
    $4,400,026
    Contributions
    $3,354,972
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,702,961
    Expenses
    $4,119,185
    Contributions
    $3,468,022
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,747,663
    Expenses
    $3,721,959
    Contributions
    $2,589,091
    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
    $5,568,800
    Expenses
    $3,118,453
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,468,045
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,019,752
    Expenses
    $1,744,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,241,245
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,612,216
    Expenses
    $1,995,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,345,409
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,376,789
    Expenses
    $2,860,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,644,787
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,327,933
    Expenses
    $2,095,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,642,045
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,268,819
    Expenses
    $2,077,279
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,521,482
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,661,526
    Expenses
    $2,887,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,650,856
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,681,010
    Expenses
    $2,611,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,013,399
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,805,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,798,334
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,048,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,781,114

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • THE CITY COLLEGE FUND

    GOVERNMENT · EDUCATION · NY

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.