THE FLEA THEATER INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: THE FLEA THEATER INC (EIN 13-3904262)
Tax period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed: 2023-10-23
IRS object ID: 202302969349300220
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-10-23T13:38:34-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	812950760	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAX LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS-16TH FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10018	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	133904262	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE FLEA THEATER INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FLEA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2122260051	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 THOMAS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10007	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NIEGEL SMITH	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2122260051	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-10-23	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	NIEGEL	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	SMITH	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MIKE SCHALL	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P02024184	PTIN
Phone	2122682804	PhoneNum
Preparation	2023-10-11	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	NIEGEL SMITH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 THOMAS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10007	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,385,432	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.THEFLEA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1996	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	WE SUPPORT AND INVEST IN EXPERIMENTAL ART BY BLACK, BROWN, AND QUEER ARTISTS. WE PROVIDE SPACE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, PRODUCING PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER RESOURCES SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP AND SHARE THEIR VISION IN COMMUNITY WITH AUDIENCES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	74	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,100,072	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,165,586	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$70,275	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$204,956	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$6,601	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,390	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$21,299	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,198,247	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,372,932	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$268,908	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$500,606	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$12,600	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$144,794	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,235,735	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,387,824	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,517,243	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,888,430	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$318,996	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$484,502	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$20,802,738	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$21,324,710	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$906,692	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$944,162	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$19,896,046	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$20,380,548	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	WE WORK TO CREATE A CULTURE WHERE BLACK, BROWN AND QUEER ARTISTS AND THEIR AUDIENCES CAN COMMUNE, CREATE ART ON THEIR OWN TERMS AND LIVE IN THEIR FULL EXPRESSION AND CULTURAL TRUTHS. WE WILL SUPPORT WORK THAT IS NOT STRICTLY DEFINED BY TRADITIONAL DESIGNATIONS LIKE "OFF-OFF-BROADWAY OR "THEATER". WHILE WE ARE A NYC BASED COMPANY, WE ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO BE UNBOUND BY GEOGRAPHY OR PHYSICAL BUILDINGS. WE ALSO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUDIENCES TO DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND INTEREST IN EXPERIMENTAL ART BY BLACK, BROWN AND QUEER ARTISTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,484,859	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$159,648	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE FLEA RETURNED TO LIVE, IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE IN 2022 WITH THE PREMIERE OF OUR FIRST NEW WORK IN OVER TWO YEARS: ARDEN: A RITUAL FOR LOVE AND LIBERATION, A LARGE-SCALE IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE DEVISED BY THE FLEA'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NIEGEL SMITH; MACARTHUR FELLOWS CARRIE MAE WEEMS AND OKWUI OKPOKWASILI; DIANA OH; AND PETER BORN. ARDEN CENTERED A PLURALITY OF VOICE AND AESTHETICS WHILE USING AS YOU LIKE IT'S FOREST OF ARDEN, A PLACE WHERE THE QUEERS, FEMINISTS AND INTELLECTUALS DARED CREATE THE WORLD THAT CENTERED THEIR DESIRES, AS ITS PROMPT TO BUILD AN INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE THAT OFFERS AUDIENCES MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY, RITUAL, AND AWE AROUND THE THEMES OF LOVE AND LIBERATION. ARDEN BEGAN PREVIEWS AT THE FLEA THEATER ON FEBRUARY 6, 2022 AND PREMIERED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2022 AND RECEIVED A FIVE-WEEK PERFORMANCE RUN THROUGH MARCH 13. THE 2022 SEASON WAS THE INAUGURAL YEAR OF THE FLEA'S REIMAGINED RESIDENT COMPANY PROGRAM. CURRENT RESIDENT COMPANIES INCLUDE EMERGE125 AND THE FLED, AS THE KEY RESIDENT COMPANY. THE FLEA'S JUNETEENTH PUBLIC PERFORMANCES PROGRAM WHICH COMMISSIONS FIVE BLACK PERFORMANCE ARTISTS TO STAGE FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AROUND THE THEME OF JUNETEENTH HAD ITS SECOND YEAR IN 2022. ARTISTS INCLUDED EBONY NOELLE GOLDEN, JAMES SCRUGGS, PARIS L'HOMMIE, CHANON JUDSON, AND ACCLAIMED ARTIST AND SCHOLAR NIA O. WITHERSPOON.THROUGHOUT 2022, THE COMPANY ADDITIONALLY SUPPORTED EIGHT NEW ARTISTS THROUGH VARIOUS PROJECT-BASED CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. FROM DRAMATURGICAL WORKSHOPS TO PROCESS SHOWINGS, THE FLEA PROVIDED ARTISTS WITH THE ADAPTIVE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR PROJECT. THIS INCLUDED SPACE, PRODUCING STRUCTURE, HOSPITALITY, AND STAFF PARTNERSHIP TO FURTHER THEIR MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,484,859	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	74	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	74	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ERICA LAIRD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2122260051	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 THOMAS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10007	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
NIEGEL SMITH
PRESIDENT	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$85,307	$0	$9,187
TONY TRAMONTIN
CO-CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NONA HENDRYX
CO-CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SARAH EAST JOHNSON
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
FRANK LAVADERA
TREASURER (THROUGH 10/22)	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MAJA JANKO
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RICK MIRAMONTEZ
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CAUVERY PATEL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MELISSA POULOS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAYSILYN LAWSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETER GOLDSTEIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSY DUSSEK
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$85,307	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$9,187	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$28,420	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$293,599	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,843,567	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,165,586	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
FACILITY RENTALS	532000	$159,648	$159,648
BOX OFFICE INCOME	711110	$45,308	$45,308

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$204,956	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,390	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,390	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$12,500	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$28,420	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$12,500	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,372,932	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$204,956	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,390	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$89,188	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,594	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,297	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,297	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$338,799	TotalAmt
Program Services	$275,938	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,966	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,895	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,829	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,255	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$357	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$217	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,775	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,832	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,634	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,309	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,015	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,514	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,043	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,458	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,139	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,139	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,004	TotalAmt
Management And General	$19,004	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,660	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$12,660	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$278,403	TotalAmt
Program Services	$132,382	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$102,116	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$43,905	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,218	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,982	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,245	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,991	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,940	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,255	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,670	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,015	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$147,417	TotalAmt
Program Services	$143,481	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,968	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,968	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,880	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,855	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,025	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,201	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,201	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$680,013	TotalAmt
Program Services	$652,813	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,600	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,600	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,186	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,109	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,950	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,127	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PRODUCTION EXPENSE	$74,710	$74,710
OTHER EVENT EXPENSE	$21,352		$21,352
OTHER	$9,435			$9,435
BANK AND CREDIT CARD	$3,266			$3,266

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,888,430	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,484,859	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$258,777	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$144,794	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$210,292	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,878	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$284,667	BOYAmt
EOY	$344,469	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$235,825	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,484,054	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,423	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,470	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$23,194,338	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,803,499	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,066,531	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,390,839	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,802,738	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,324,710	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,139	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,807	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$86,999	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,901	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$801,554	BOYAmt
EOY	$903,954	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,500	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$906,692	BOYAmt
EOY	$944,162	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,550,111	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,869,538	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$345,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,511,010	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,896,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,380,548	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,802,738	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,324,710	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$484,502	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,386,100	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,354,051	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$688,086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,100,072	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,165,586	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,693,895	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,386,100	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,354,051	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$688,086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,100,072	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,165,586	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,693,895	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,967,273	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$5,726,622	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,067	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$980	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,601	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,390	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,921	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,100	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,601	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$240,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$21,299	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$269,570	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$8,995,386	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,109,300	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.63660	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.80600	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	OTHER INCOME - 2018 AMOUNT: $ 5,100. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 2,601. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 11,869. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 0. INSURANCE PROCEEDS - 2020 AMOUNT: $ 228,701. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 21,299.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$22,319,444	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,141,450	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$19,177,994	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$874,894	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$662,049	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$212,845	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$19,390,839	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER LIABILITIES	Desc
Amt	$4,500	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,500	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,372,932	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,372,932	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,372,932	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,888,430	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,888,430	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,888,430	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE FLEA THEATER, INC. DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ANY MATERIAL, UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. TAX FILINGS FOR PERIODS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND LATER ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	0	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MORGAN TACHCO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	623 E 4TH STREET APT 2	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11218	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	GRANT WRITING	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$0	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$12,330	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$0	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$12,330	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	HOUSE PARTY	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$40,920	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$28,420	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$12,500	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$12,500	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$40,920	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$28,420	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$12,500	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$12,500	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$12,500	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$0	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	LINE 11B EXPLANATION - MANAGEMENT REVIEWED A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 WITH THE AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDED EDITS TO THE TAX PREPARER. AFTER THIS PROCESS WAS PERFORMED, THE FORM 990 WAS SENT TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO BEING FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION HAS A BOARD APPROVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. EACH BOARD MEMBER MUST FILL OUT AN ANNUAL DECLARATION STATING THEY HAD NO CONFLICTS OR IDENTIFYING THE NATURE OF THEIR INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	EACH YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPARABLE SALARIES BASED ON A RECOGNIZED STUDY AND REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TO DETERMINE IF THE EXISTING SALARY FALLS WITHIN THESE RANGES. AFTER A DELIBERATION OF THIS MATTER, A NEW PROPOSED SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE IS VOTED ON. THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REFLECT THE NATURE OF THIS PROCESS. EACH YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPARABLE SALARIES BASED ON A RECOGNIZED STUDY AND REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO DETERMINE IF THE EXISTING SALARY FALLS WITHIN THESE RANGES. AFTER A DELIBERATION OF THIS MATTER, A NEW PROPOSED SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE IS VOTED ON. THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REFLECT THE NATURE OF THIS PROCESS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	FLEA THEATER DOES NOT DISCLOSE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	ARTISTIC FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 119,383. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 119,383. OTHER FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 12,999. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 102,116. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 43,905. TOTAL EXPENSES 159,020.