Multi-disciplinary collaboration in dance, Theater, music and other live, time-based arts

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
17¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $46K a year · 21% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
17%
of spending
Concern: 17% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$54K
to officers and key staff · 32% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 32% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $101K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$27K
15% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 15% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$121K
-44% vs prior year
Spent
$167K
To programs
17%
Net assets
$152K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$121K
FY2025▼ -44%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$172K
FY2021$191K
FY2022$135K
FY2023$306K
FY2024$218K
FY2025$121K
Expenses
$167K
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$156K
FY2024$185K
FY2025$167K
Net assets
$152K
FY2025▼ -23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$58K
FY2021$69K
FY2022−$699
FY2023$164K
FY2024$197K
FY2025$152K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2003.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

17 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 17% · $29K Management & general 83% · $138K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $54K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$29,500Pt VII · Sec A
$24,500Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ryan Kelly’s $30K as Artist is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ryan Kelly$29,500$30,000$18,950$21,000$24,000$24,770
Brennan Gerard$24,500$30,000$18,950$21,000$24,000$24,770

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $25K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The creation and development of a new performance, "RUG," co-produced by L'Alliance New York and Gerard & Kelly Foundation. "RUG" will premiere at the Crossing The Line festival in New York City in November 2026.

$14Kprogram expense
02

The production of new works in installation and sculpture for "Bardo," an exhibition that was free and open to the public for six weeks in 2025 at Marian Goodman Gallery

$6Kprogram expense
03

The development and production of a new performance and film project, "Saints at a Disco," which launched in March 2026 as public performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for an audience of 250 people.

$4Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$121K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$90K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$167K
Ln 25
Programscol B$29K
Managementcol C$138K
Owns and owesPt X
$152K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$178K
Total assetsLn 16$178K
LiabilitiesLn 26$27K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$90K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Total revenueLn 12$121K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$36K
SavingsLn 2$142K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$178K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$178K
LiabilitiesLn 26$27K
Net assetsLn 32$152K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$223K$178K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$223K$178K
LiabilitiesLn 26$27K$27K
Net assetsLn 32$197K$152K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$55K$0$55K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$0$8K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$0$4K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$0$3K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$0$9K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$0$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$4K$0$4K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$23K$0$23K$0
TravelLn 17$26K$2K$24K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$0$3K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$25K$25K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$167K$29K$138K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $121K$167K−$45K$152K 990 PDF
FY2024 $218K$185K$32K$197K 990 PDF
FY2023 $306K$156K$151K$164K 990 PDF
FY2022 $135K−$699 990 PDF
FY2021 $191K$69K 990 PDF
FY2020 $172K$58K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $121,494 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $197,056$90,500
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $13,836$25,495
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,815$5,499
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $217,707$121,494
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $81,006$66,848
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $104,227$99,734
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $185,233$166,582
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $32,474−$45,088
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $121,494 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $265 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$90,500
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$90,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $25,230 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$25,230
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $5,499 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,499
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $30,994 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$121,494
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $166,582 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $54,717 · Fundraising $0$54,717
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $8,000 · Fundraising $0$8,000
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $4,131 · Fundraising $0$4,131
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,642 · Fundraising $0$2,642
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $9,479 · Fundraising $0$9,479
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,953 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,953
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $3,975 · Fundraising $0$3,975
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $3,765 · Fundraising $0$3,765
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $23,467 · Fundraising $0$23,467
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,531 · Management $24,275 · Fundraising $0$25,806
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $3,330 · Fundraising $0$3,330
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $25,317 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$25,317
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $28,801 · Management $137,781 · Fundraising $0$166,582
Part X · Balance sheet $178,378 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,652$36,065
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $201,814$142,313
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $223,466$178,378
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,564$26,564
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,564$26,564
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $196,902$151,814
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $223,466$178,378
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $151,814 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$121,494
XI-2 Total expenses$166,582
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$45,088
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$196,902
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$151,814

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