Wooster Group INC FY2020 filing

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 23-7022729Revenue $1.4M in FY2020

On file with the IRSthewoostergroup.orgPo Box 2075, 10013-0882 · New York, NYTax-exempt since May 1969Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$163K paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $170K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$163K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $52K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$409K
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 6 voting members
Fine: 3 of 6 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$714K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$1.5M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$714K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$714K
FY2021$923K
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1969.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $1.0M Management & general 16% · $216K Fundraising 7% · $89K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $163K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Vice-President
$54,750Pt VII · Sec A
$54,750Pt VII · Sec A
President
$53,876Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kate Valk’s $65K as President is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kate Valk$65,000$63,085$55,669$56,686$58,500$53,876
Elizabeth Lecompte$48,352$49,343$55,990$58,425$58,500$54,750
Cynthia Hedstrom$56,999$57,091$55,230$58,152$58,500$54,750

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 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Wooster Group INC is an arts and culture nonprofit based in New York, NY.

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1 program · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

The wooster group, inc. Is a new york based theater company known world wide for its ground-breaking experiments in theater performance. Under the direction of elizabeth lecompte, the group has made more than 40 works for theater, dance, and media, including rumstick road (1977), L.S.D.

$1.0Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$52K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$248K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$216K
Fundraisingcol D$89K
Owns and owesPt X
$714K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$788K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$409K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$106K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$72K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$36K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$248K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$2K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$250K
SavingsLn 2$538K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$788K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$168K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$409K
Net assetsLn 32$714K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 555
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$211K$788K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$215K$168K
Total assetsLn 16$682K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K$409K
Net assetsLn 32$652K$714K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$207K$142K$41K$24K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$572K$437K$90K$45K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$66K$56K$8K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$116K$93K$16K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$9K$12K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$931$282$5K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$13K$7K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$116K$93K$23K
TravelLn 17$7K$7K$121
InterestLn 20$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$52K$42K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$8K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$111K$107K$3K$259
All other expensesLn 24e$677$271$271$135
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.0M$216K$89K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.5M$1.7M−$207K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.3M$1.7M$546K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.5M−$6K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.3M$415K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.2M$209K$923K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$1.3M$63K$714K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $1,373,917 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,226,360$1,119,149
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $362,916$247,552
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $449$2,422
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $18,370$4,794
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,608,095$1,373,917
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 $1,081,850$960,368
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $443,709$350,999
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,525,559$1,311,367
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $82,536$62,550
Part VI · Governance 3 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,373,917 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$36,229
VIII-1e Government grants$105,620
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$977,300
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$72,199
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,119,149
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $247,552$247,552
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $59$59
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,363$2,363
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $4,794$4,794
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $252,346 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,422$1,373,917
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,311,367 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $141,927 · Management $40,979 · Fundraising $23,959$206,865
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $436,525 · Management $89,993 · Fundraising $45,292$571,810
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $55,674 · Management $7,796 · Fundraising $2,538$66,008
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $92,548 · Management $16,196 · Fundraising $6,941$115,685
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $9,213 · Management $11,517 · Fundraising $2,303$23,033
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $931 · Management $282 · Fundraising $4,970$6,183
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,546 · Management $7,487 · Fundraising $2,271$22,304
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $92,671 · Management $23,167$115,838
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,040 · Management $121$7,161
IX-20 InterestManagement $2,190$2,190
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $41,958 · Management $10,489$52,447
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,045 · Management $2,011$10,056
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $107,365 · Management $3,486 · Fundraising $259$111,110
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $271 · Management $271 · Fundraising $135$677
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,006,714 · Management $215,985 · Fundraising $88,668$1,311,367
Part X · Balance sheet $1,123,548 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $110,015$249,972
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $100,784$538,133
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $239,615$152,745
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,908$2,880
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,026$11,960
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $215,232$167,858
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $681,580$1,123,548
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $29,855$26,523
X-19 Deferred revenue$39,150
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$193,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $29,855$409,273
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $348,881$217,967
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $302,844$496,308
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $651,725$714,275
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $681,580$1,123,548
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $714,275 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,373,917
XI-2 Total expenses$1,311,367
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$62,550
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$651,725
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$714,275

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