2023-05-15T08:05:46-07:00 2022-06-30 132696850 Gruber Palumberi Raffaele Fried CPAs PC 7 Penn Plaza Suite 310 New York NY 10001 990 2021-07-01 112336154 BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE INC BILL 7186366949 1368 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN NY 11216 JELANI BUCKNER MANAGING DIR. 2023-05-15 true JELANI BUCKNER 999009999 M CARLINE LOGERIE CPA P01387821 2125860800 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z JELANI BUCKNER 1368 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN NY 11216 4732438 false X THEBILLIEHOLIDAY.ORG X The Billies SummerFest in FY22, offered four months of free outdoor programming ending with the culminating annual event RestorationRocks! Two well attended visual art exhibitions, the first entitled "Time??X and the second, "Black Genius: We Rise...Still" was a success and reached approximately 2,800 attendees. The 22-year-old Youth Arts Academy continued to thrive in FY22 achieving our goal of 100% scholarship participation for the program. Presented in partnership with the Stella Adler Studio for Acting, the Black Art Institute (BAI) is a professional theater training program that provides an immersive exploration of Americas Black Theatre Canon while addressing gaps that still exist today in many theater training programs across the country that do not fully reflect the exquisite diversity of students of African descent. The Billie also partners with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University on the BAI Transfer Track, a 14-week theater intensive that is accredited by NYU. 10 10 1 0 9266478 4580547 447789 124399 161 242 1999 27250 9716427 4732438 4845000 359280 0 39360 74364 0 0 1359729 950988 6244089 1384632 3472338 3347806 5103055 8498562 535737 583438 4567318 7915124 The goal of the Billie Holiday Theatre is to provide audiences with complete and authentic portrayals of the experiences of people of African descent across the world. To provide artists of African descent pure and unapologetic artistic freedom. We do this by producing and presenting all forms of art, and by challenging unjust systems that would prevent artists, institutions, and communities full access to world-class arts, creative spaces, and resources. false false 626072 359280 Theatrical Productions:1) SUMMERFESTFY22 Season kicked off in July with The Billies SummerFest offering four months of free outdoor programming.SummerFests recurring series included Skylight Open (7/30, 8/31, 9/24, & 10/29), a monthly music and spoken word series featuring cutting edge Brooklyn-based talent; Screening Black Joy (7/29, 8/12, & 9/23), monthly family-friendly films that engaged audiences in the beauty, complexity, and resilience found in our communities across the globe; and weekly Community Dance Classes (7/27, 8/3, 8/17, & 8/31) conducted by BHTs Youth Arts Academy instructors. Culminating SummerFest 2021 was RestorationROCKS! on October 9th, inviting audiences to join us in celebration on Fulton Street. Now in its 15th year, RestorationROCKS! has become the ultimate Block Party for our community to uplift the people, arts, culture, and entertainment that make the Bed-Stuy neighborhood world-renowned. The theme of RestorationROCKS! 2021 was Restoration Rocks the Turntables - with performances highlighting the art of the DJ, showcasing some of New Yorks most renowned mix masters holding court on multiple stages across Restoration Plaza on October 9th from 12pm - 6pm. Participating DJs included Rich Medina, DJ Reborn, DJ Hard Hittin Harry, DJ Taela Naomi, and DJ Stormin Norman. RestorationROCKS! 2021 also featured spoken word performances by acclaimed poets Derrick Cross, Clyla Destiny, Mic The System Murphy and David Mills. This seasons festival reached approximately 1,500 attendees of all ages. 2) EDUCATION & HUMANITIESDuring the FY22 season, our Youth Arts Academy (YAA) activities reached a significant number of students ages 12-18 and included training in choreography, musical theater, improvisation, dance history, body conditioning, and nutrition. We are proud to have continued to achieve our goal of 100% scholarship participation for the program, ensuring equitable and inclusive access to the positive impact experienced by our young YAA participants. The YAA provided weekly multi-disciplinary arts instruction to youth in beginner/pre-professional Dance (Ballet, Modern, West African, Jazz, Hip-Hop), Theater (Spoken Word, Story Slam), and African Drumming. We used a hybrid format, combining in-person and online activities adapted to provide our students with high-quality, rigorous training while also maintaining safety measures. On March 18 and 25, the YAA Pre-Professional Program hosted two specialized masterclasses for 32 students: an Afro Beat workshop with Director and Founder of Les Ballet Afrik and the House of Oricci Omari Wiles and a specialized Radio City Rockette masterclass with Keisa Parrish, who is one of the first African American Rockettes. On March 26, eighteen students joined us on a field trip to attend a performance by acclaimed choreographer Ronald K. Brown, founder of EVIDENCE and Co-Artistic Director of YAAs Pre-Professional Training Program at The Joyce. 3) TALKS AND FILMSThe highlight of our Talks & Films program in FY22 was our 5th annual Nova Frontier Film Festival, which took place at The Billie with three days of unique programming from June 24 26, 2022. The Nova Frontier Film Festival is passionately committed to showcasing and incubating the works of filmmakers and artists from and about the global African Diaspora, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Festival also includes a multi-disciplinary lab, which nurtures and mentors emerging filmmakers and young adults in filmmaking and media arts from our festival regions and underserved and underrepresented communities. In partnership with Nova Frontier, the festival presented a curated line-up of 26 films spanning narrative, experimental, and documentary work, both short and feature-length. In addition, the festival featured a suite of events, including conversations, panels, and performances led by filmmakers, academics, and activists. This year's theme was exile and belonging: the selected films grappled with experiences of uprootedness, departure, return, motherhood, and home, among other topics. This years Festival reached approximately 205 audience members. 626072 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 79 0 false 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X X MARTHA SAMUELS 7186366949 138 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN NY 11216 X Blondel Pinnock Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Colvin Grannum Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Toni Yuille-Williams Board Chair 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Latoya Nelson Kamdang Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Durell Cooper Vice Chair 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Wendell Pierce Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kerry McCarthy Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kibra Yohannes Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Taneshia Nash Laird Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rasu Jilani Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JELANI BUCKNER MANAGING DIR. 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 489031 4091516 4580547 CONTRACT REVENUE 561000 45500 45500 theatre rental 900099 78899 78899 124399 242 242 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 other revenue 900099 27250 27250 27250 4732438 151649 242 X 359280 359280 0 0 0 0 0 40750 40750 0 33614 33614 0 0 7206 7206 83080 83080 0 0 0 253606 46446 207160 83509 83509 46512 1910 44602 0 0 150000 150000 4787 987 3800 0 0 16 16 0 3807 3807 0 Production expenses 221310 185066 36244 Printing and Publications 20125 20125 Supplies 18281 13680 4601 Repair and maintenance 17429 848 16581 41320 17855 23465 1384632 626072 758560 0 2166506 6203540 0 2500356 2067311 272153 87333 0 0 0 0 0 43316 6295 60683 37021 0 0 0 0 103357 103357 5103055 8498562 217594 71545 10000 2673 250423 305470 261470 535737 583438 X 2128945 2416673 2438373 5498451 4567318 7915124 5103055 8498562 3347806 X false true X true false X 444469 404094 1655132 9266478 4580547 16350720 268064 137314 281246 438368 45500 1170492 0 0 0 712533 541408 1936378 9704846 4626047 17521212 0 108699 297066 405765 108699 297066 405765 17115447 161 242 403 0 161 242 403 0 14100 226376 18587 11420 106149 376632 726633 767784 1954965 9716427 4732438 17898247 0.95630 0.94970 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 24824 24824 18492 6295 12197 37021 DUE TO AFFILIATES 261470 261470 X 4732438 4732438 4732438 1384632 1384632 1384632 Part X : FIN48 Footnote BHT has evaluated the recognition requirements for uncertain income tax positions as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, with no cumulative effect adjustment required. Income tax benefits are recognized for income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return only when it is determined that the income tax position will more-likely-that-not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. Accordingly, the company has not recorded any reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties for uncertain income tax provisions at June 30, 2022. true Black Theatre United 57 W 57TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10019 852146037 176410 0 FMV FISCAL SPONSORSHIP The Black Seed 1368 Fulton Street Brooklyn NY 11216 182870 0 FMV FISCAL SPONSORSHIP 0 2 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY the Director of Finance, the Executive Director and signed off by the Board Treasurer. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Monitored via board meetings and regular check-ins with the Managing Director. Form 990, Part VI, Line 18: Explanation of Other Means Forms Available For Public Inspection THE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE THEATRE'S BOX OFFICE. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No documents available to the public.