- 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.
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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.
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Deena BernsteinDEENA BERNSTEIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Thomas BlumbergTHOMAS BLUMBERG
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sandra F CahnSANDRA F CAHN
CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Theodore FederTHEODORE FEDER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Karen FriedmanKAREN FRIEDMAN
CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Louis GalpernLOUIS GALPERN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ken RosenKEN ROSEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Frances KroshinskyFRANCES KROSHINSKY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol LevinCAROL LEVIN
CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Mark MlotekMARK MLOTEK
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Joseph PotasnikJOSEPH POTASNIK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Seryl RitterSERYL RITTER
CHAIR, DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Judith Friedman RosenJUDITH FRIEDMAN ROSEN
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark SarnaMARK SARNA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Minna SeitelmanMINNA SEITELMAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David TeyfDAVID TEYF
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeffrey S WiesenfeldJEFFREY S WIESENFELD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Jay WisnickiJAY WISNICKI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erika WitoverERIKA WITOVER
CHAIR, NOMINATING
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matthew DidnerMATTHEW DIDNER
PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $85,239
- From this org
- $82,667
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,572
- Hours/week
- 40
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Zalmen MlotekZALMEN 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
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Steve RossSTEVE 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
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Dominick BallettaDOMINICK 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
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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
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,534,194
- Expenses
- $5,014,077
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,005,371
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,394,349
- Expenses
- $1,503,750
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,531,305
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,840,538
- Expenses
- $2,448,384
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,535,749
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,430,897
- Expenses
- $5,111,665
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,861,544
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,822,999
- Expenses
- $1,769,301
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,739,802
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,799,584
- Expenses
- $1,798,228
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,276,571
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,805,965
- Expenses
- $1,896,568
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,439,020
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,834,502
- Expenses
- $1,426,200
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,508,610
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,018,204
- Expenses
- $1,695,598
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,028,771
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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
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$300,916
2023 IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$158,850
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$126,700
2022 IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$78,986
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 New York Theatre Program
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.