Jack Arts INC FY2023 filing

Tax-deductible

Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 45-5346846Revenue $329K in FY2023

On file with the IRSjackny.org20 Putnam Ave, 11238-2441 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Aug 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To offer performing artists a space to create work, and to share that work with our surrounding community, mostly through our fifty seat performance venue, JACK. We also offer space for conversations on topics of importance to our neighborhood.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$134K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $20K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$134K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $119K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$534K
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$329K
-52% vs prior year
Spent
$623K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$571K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$329K
FY2023▼ -52%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$472K
FY2021$530K
FY2022$685K
FY2023$329K
FY2024$542K
Expenses
$623K
FY2023▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$285K
FY2021$398K
FY2022$574K
FY2023$623K
FY2024$576K
Net assets
$571K
FY2023▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$356K
FY2021$478K
FY2022$578K
FY2023$571K
FY2024$522K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2014.

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% · $481K Management & general 17% · $109K Fundraising 5% · $33K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $134K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Director
$68,896Pt VII · Sec A
$65,264Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Skye Kowaleski’s $70K as Co-Director (resgined in 2024) is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Skye Kowaleski$69,821$68,896$35,288——
Jordana De La Cruz$15,811$65,264$61,818$51,208$36,869
Alec Duffy——$34,481$37,204$26,869
Jenni Bowman$7,700————
Mimi Lien——$4,000——

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides a venue for artists to create and share performances, and hosts community discussions.

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1 program · $481K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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We are dedicated to two primary aims at jack. The first is to support early career artists by offering them space and guidance at a crucial stage of their development. This includes providing rehearsal space, marketing support, technical support and artistic feedback from jacks co-directors and staff.

$481Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$329K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$261K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Money outPt IX
$623K
Ln 25
Programscol B$481K
Managementcol C$109K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$571K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$400K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$534K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$261K
Government grantsLn 1e$161K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Total revenueLn 12$329K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$400K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$400K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$46K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Other assetsLn 15$484K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$534K
Net assetsLn 32$571K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$603K$400K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$41K$46K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$84K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$871K$534K
Net assetsLn 32$578K$571K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$3K$3K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$134K$91K$31K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$79K$71K$8K$673
Other employee benefitsLn 9$27K$20K$5K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$14K$3K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$0$19K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$25$0$25$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$126K$125K$995$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K$206$129
Office expensesLn 13$21K$119$21K$100
Information technologyLn 14$4K$48$3K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$95K$76K$10K$9K
TravelLn 17$446$446$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$50K$40K$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$3K$694$234
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K$6K$1K$779
All other expensesLn 24e$28K$26K$1K$445
Total functional expensesLn 25$623K$481K$109K$33K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $542K$576K−$34K$522K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $329K$623K−$294K$571K 990 PDF
FY2022 $685K$574K$111K$578K 990 PDF
FY2021 $530K$398K$132K$478K 990 PDF
FY2020 $472K$285K$186K$356K 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
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $329,150 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $619,608$260,904
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $53,067$39,454
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,687$6,543
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,888$22,249
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $685,250$329,150
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$3,414
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $220,596$258,288
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $353,437$361,521
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $574,033$623,223
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $111,217−$294,073
Part VI · Governance 14 of 16 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $329,150 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$160,815
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$100,089
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$260,904
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$39,454
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,543$6,543
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $20,295$20,295
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,954 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,954
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $61,703 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,543$329,150
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $623,223 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,414$3,414
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $91,102 · Management $30,839 · Fundraising $12,371$134,312
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $70,509 · Management $7,763 · Fundraising $673$78,945
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,091 · Management $4,799 · Fundraising $1,622$26,512
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,034 · Management $3,352 · Fundraising $1,133$18,519
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $19,464 · Fundraising $0$19,464
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $25 · Fundraising $0$25
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $125,215 · Management $995 · Fundraising $0$126,210
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,731 · Management $206 · Fundraising $129$5,066
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $119 · Management $20,885 · Fundraising $100$21,104
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $48 · Management $2,597 · Fundraising $1,555$4,200
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $76,284 · Management $9,716 · Fundraising $9,355$95,355
IX-17 TravelPrograms $446 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$446
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $40,064 · Management $5,008 · Fundraising $5,008$50,080
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,905 · Management $694 · Fundraising $234$3,833
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,881 · Management $1,027 · Fundraising $779$7,687
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $26,247 · Management $1,359 · Fundraising $445$28,051
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $481,090 · Management $108,729 · Fundraising $33,404$623,223
Part X · Balance sheet $1,104,775 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $602,763$399,789
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $158,290$132,591
X-4 Accounts receivable$278
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,431$7,653
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $84,087$34,009
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $40,995$46,294
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $556,210$484,161
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,449,776$1,104,775
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,975$10,853
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $281,225$5,124
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $587,182$517,952
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $871,382$533,929
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $578,394$463,189
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$107,657
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $578,394$570,846
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,449,776$1,104,775
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $570,846 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$329,150
XI-2 Total expenses$623,223
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$294,073
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$578,394
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,300
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$281,225
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$570,846

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