THE FLEA THEATER INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
THE FLEA THEATER INC (EIN 13-3904262)
Tax period
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed
2020-09-14
IRS object ID
202012589349300881
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionFounded in 1996, The Flea Theaters mission is simple yet bold: to raise a joyful hell in a small space, representing the best and brightest of what Off-Off-Broadway can be.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionFounded in 1996, The Flea Theaters mission is simple yet bold: to raise a joyful hell in a small space, representing the best and brightest of what Off-Off-Broadway can be. The Flea produces over 250 performances each year, giving voice and opportunity to diverse and innovative writers, directors, actors and designers who have something urgent to say about our world. The Flea is a destination for bold and adventurous theater that sticks, and stays with you long after the performance.MissionDesc
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DescIn 2019, The Flea welcomed over 7,700 audience members across 200+ performances and served over 225 total artists. In the spring we finished our "Color Brave" season with the NY premiere of Kristiana Rae Coln'sgood fridayand Thomas Bradshaw'sSouthern Promises; we also remounted our inaugural Cereals production ofNot My Monster!by Nick Gandiello. And in the fall we produced a 10-week festival featuring five works - including two world premieres -by Flea co-founderMac Wellman, titled "Perfect Catastrophes." Throughout the year we continued our two series,Flea FridaysandSERIALS, the latter of which celebrated its 50th Cycle. We also hosted 17 Anchor Partners, itinerant music (3), dance (6) and theater (8) companies who produced a total of 201 performances while in residence.Desc
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EOY$22,454,040EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$354,699ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,437,114CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,382,567CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,915,172CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,386,100CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,354,051CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,475,004TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,437,114CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,382,567CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,915,172CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,386,100CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,354,051CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,475,004TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$1,693,417SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$13,781,587PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$406CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$5,112CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$16,716CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$12,883CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,067CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$44,184TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,100CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,601CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,701TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$15,526,889TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,587,876GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.88760PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.87640PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$22,313,619OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,424,645DepreciationAmt
Book Value$20,888,974BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$861,243OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$338,980DepreciationAmt
Book Value$522,263BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$21,411,237TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,674,130TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,674,130RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,674,130TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,319,431TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,319,431ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,319,431TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Flea Theater, Inc. does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending December 31, 2016 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt
Melissa Sandor
352 Van Brunt St 3rd FlBrooklynNY11231F/R Consultantfalse$20,000
Rachel Colbert
333 Park Ave SNew YorkNY10010F/R Consultantfalse$10,825
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors$30,825TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$550,785GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$483,871CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$66,914GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$66,914FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Event2Other EventsEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$25,075GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$25,075CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$575,860GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$508,946CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$66,914GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$66,914FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$66,914DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtMichael Graff and Carol Ostrow, director and officer, are husband and wife.Tony and Celeste Tramontin as well as Sigourney Weaver and Jim Simpson are married.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessManagement reviewed a draft of the form 990 with the audit/finance committee and provided edits to the tax prepare. 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, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe 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, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementEach year, the executive committee reviews comparable salaries based on a recognized study and reviews the performance of the Producing Director/President 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, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesEach 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.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableFlea Theater does not disclose governing documents to the public.

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