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FOLKSBIENE YIDDISH THEATRE INC

EIN 13-3998872 NEW YORK, NY

Largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2023
$2,057,211
Expenses 2023
$2,466,781

Program services were 73.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1000
Street
36 BATTERY PLACE FL 2

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

THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE - FOLKSBIENE'S MISSION IS TO CELEBRATE THE YIDDISH EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS BY TRANSMITTING THE RICH CULTURAL LEGACY IN EXCITING NEW WAYS THAT BRIDGE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIVIDES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE - FOLKSBIENE'S MISSION IS TO CELEBRATE THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TRANSIT THE LEGACY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTS PLAYS, MUSICALS, CONCERTS, LECTURES, INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH.

    Expenses $1,819,883 · Revenue $240,230

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Deena Bernstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Blumberg

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra F Cahn

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Theodore Feder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Friedman

    CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Louis Galpern

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Rosen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Frances Kroshinsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Levin

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mark Mlotek

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Joseph Potasnik

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seryl Ritter

    CHAIR, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Judith Friedman Rosen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Sarna

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Minna Seitelman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Teyf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey S Wiesenfeld

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jay Wisnicki

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erika Witover

    CHAIR, NOMINATING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Didner

    PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,239
    From this org
    $82,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,572
    Hours/week
    40
  • Zalmen Mlotek

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,961
    From this org
    $161,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,961
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,961
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,961
  • Steve Ross

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,302
    From this org
    $172,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,039
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,263
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,289
    Filer's total
    $190,302
  • Dominick Balletta

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,960
    From this org
    $164,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $169,960

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,057,211
    Expenses
    $2,466,781
    Contributions
    $1,779,118
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,689,690
    Expenses
    $4,003,248
    Contributions
    $1,897,399
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,708,825
    Expenses
    $4,026,839
    Contributions
    $1,916,534
    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
    $4,534,194
    Expenses
    $5,014,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,005,371
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,394,349
    Expenses
    $1,503,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,531,305
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,840,538
    Expenses
    $2,448,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,535,749
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,430,897
    Expenses
    $5,111,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,861,544
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,822,999
    Expenses
    $1,769,301
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,739,802
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,799,584
    Expenses
    $1,798,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,276,571
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,805,965
    Expenses
    $1,896,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,439,020
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,834,502
    Expenses
    $1,426,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,508,610
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,018,204
    Expenses
    $1,695,598
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,028,771
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,058,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $255,369

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.