2019-11-08T11:47:19-06:00 2018-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 551 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 NEW YORK NY 10176 990 2017-07-01 113129249 BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC BROO 7182439447 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 112016213 NICOLAS GRABAR CHAIR 7182439447 2019-10-22 1 MICHAEL WALLACE P00881958 2126972299 38.142.140.186 2019-10-22 09:02:31 ED 264930201913403fce33 2019-05-14 P 7EE24DDEAA34AFAE9DF92C3D2672F42BD3DA974D 5113AD6B164773D5121634EC23FD61D36CB6A590 2017 2020-03-31 21:24:44Z X JENNIFER SAGE 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 112016213 2844370 0 X WWW.BROOKLYNYOUTHCHORUS.ORG X 1992 NY BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING COLLECTIVE OF YOUNG VOICES LED BY VISIONARY FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER. THE CHORUS HAS COLLABORATED WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS, THIS SEASON ALONE WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, THE NATIONAL, WYE OAK, INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE AND IN PREVIOUS SEASONS WITH LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, BARBARA STREISAND, ARCADE FIRE, SIR ELTON JOHN, AND GRIZZLY BEAR. 29 27 43 29 0 4989 2278873 1278287 951002 977712 52946 68607 13711 15372 3296532 2339978 0 0 0 0 1536966 1489513 36751 38063 309563 1066714 915721 2640431 2443297 656101 -103319 4297176 4244830 475661 538137 3821515 3706693 X BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER YOUNG SINGERS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN CHORAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND THE CREATION OF NEW WORKS. BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS'S CITY-WIDE, MULTI-LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAM AND GRAMMY-WINNING ENSEMBLES ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR DISTINCTIVE SOUND AND VIRTUOSITY, BRINGING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO CHORAL PERFORMANCE THAT CROSSES BOUNDARIES AND DEFIES CONVENTION. WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF SUCCESS AND IMPACT IN THE FIELD, THE CHORUS SEEKS TO RAISE THE ARTISTIC PROFILE AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN CHORAL PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION BY FURTHERING ITS UNIQUE CROSS-CHORAL TRAINING METHODOLOGY AND BUILDING A DYNAMIC NEW REPERTOIRE FROM AN INCLUSIVE ROSTER OF COMPOSERS AND ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS. 0 0 1742893 990384 CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE:THE BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY (BYC) PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION OF UNPARALLELED QUALITY TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF 674 NYC YOUNG PEOPLE DURING 2017-18. MUSIC EDUCATION: FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY, 575 STUDENTS AGED 7-21 STUDIED AND PERFORMED IN CHORAL DIVISIONS GROUPED BY AGE, AND THEN BY SKILL AND EXPERIENCE. TRAINING TOOK PLACE AT BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS' DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN FACILITY AND AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM SITES IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT AND RED HOOK. PARTICIPATION WAS AS FOLLOWS: PREP DIVISION (209 CHORISTERS AGES 7-9 IN 2 LEVELS/ 7 SECTIONS; 1 HR/WK); PRE-TEEN DIVISION (193 CHORISTERS AGES 10-12 IN 3 LEVELS/6 SECTIONS; 1.5-2 HRS/WK); TEEN DIVISION (55 CHORISTERS AGES 14-18/2 SECTIONS; 2 HRS/WK); MEN'S TRAINING DIVISION (6 CHORISTERS AGES 10-13; 1.5 HRS/WK); MEN'S ENSEMBLE (23 CHORISTERS AGES 13-21; 2 HRS/WK); JUNIOR ENSEMBLE (43 CHORISTERS AGES 11-18; 18 HOURS/MO); AND CONCERT ENSEMBLE (47 CHORISTERS AGES 11-18; 22.5 HRS/MO, WITH EXTENSIVE ADDITIONAL REHEARSALS FOR CONCERTS). TWO PREP SECTIONS AND TWO PRE-TEEN SECTIONS MET WEEKLY AT THE BEDFORD STUYVESANT AND RED HOOK LOCATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 99 STUDENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH OUR SCHOOL-BASED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS AT P.S. 1, AND P.S. 94 IN SUNSET PARK AND EXCELLENCE CHARTER SCHOOL IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT, MEETING WEEKLY FOR FULL OR PARTIAL SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS. WEEKLY AFTER-SCHOOL AND SATURDAY ELECTIVE CLASSES INCLUDED PRIVATE VOICE, PIANO, AND GUITAR LESSONS AND HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITION PREPARATION GROUP CLASSES. BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS CONDUCTED YEAR-END ASSESSMENTS (SIGHT SINGING, EAR TRAINING, WRITTEN MUSICIANSHIP TEST, AND VOCAL ASSESSMENT); THE MAJORITY OF CHORISTERS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT YEAR-END IMPROVEMENT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR'S BASELINE RESULTS. STUDENTS EPITOMIZED THE DIVERSITY OF NYC: 52% OF BYC'S STUDENTS WERE NON-WHITE, INCLUDING 22% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 16% HISPANIC, AND 14% ASIAN-AMERICAN. STUDENTS HAILED FROM 71 NYC ZIP CODES (INCLUDING EAST NEW YORK, SHEEPSHEAD BAY, LOWER MANHATTAN AND STATEN ISLAND), AND ATTENDED 126 PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. OVER 35% CAME FROM EXTREMELY LOW, VERY LOW OR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACCORDING TO HUD. TUITION WAS $1,000-$1,795 PER YEAR, A SUBSIDIZED RATE AS THE PROGRAM COSTS $3,400/YEAR PER STUDENT. 35% OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVED OVER $278,000 IN FINANCIAL AID AND TUITION SUBSIDY. BYC ALSO PROVIDED FULLY-SUBSIDIZED SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS AT THREE SCHOOLS SERVING 99 STUDENTS FOR WHICH NO TUITION WAS CHARGED. THROUGH OUR IN-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM, BYC REACHED LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND OFFERED GUARANTEED AID TO CHORISTERS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.PERFORMANCES, COMMISSIONS AND PRODUCTIONS: BYC'S THREE PERFORMING ENSEMBLES SERVED NYC AUDIENCES OF 25,000 IN 2017-18 WITH 28 CONCERTS AT VENUES RANGING FROM PARKS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO'S THE GREENE SPACE AND AND LINCOLN CENTER'S DAVID GEFFEN HALL. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 1, 2017, CONCERT ENSEMBLE PERFORMED BLACK MOUNTAIN SONGS, COMMISSIONED AND PRODUCED BY BAM AND BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS AND CURATED BY BRYCE DESSNER AND RICHARD REED PARRY, AT NORTH CAROLINA'S BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE.NOVEMBER 9-14, 2017, CONCERT ENSEMBLE PERFORMED WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LED BY LEONARD SLATKIN, IN THE FINALE OF THEIR BERNSTEIN'S PHILHARMONIC: A CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL, BERNSTEIN'S SYMPHONY NO. 3 KADDISH.JANUARY 31, 2018-FEBRUARY 3, 2018, CONCERT ENSEMBLE AND MEN'S ENSEMBLE PERFORMED WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AS PART OF THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT AND THEIR SIX YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS FOR SCHOOLS ON THE THEME OF "INSPIRATIONS AND TRIBUTES: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LINEAGE."FEBRUARY 16, 2018, JUNIOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMED IN THE WORLD PREMIERE OF COMPOSER WILLIAM BRITTELLE'S SONG CYCLE SPIRITUAL AMERICA AT SYMPHONY SPACE, NYC, EXPLORING THE NEVER-ENDING SEARCH FOR MEANING IN OUR LIVES THROUGH A STUNNING MIX OF CLASSICAL, ELECTRONIC, AND ROCK MUSIC, FEATURING BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS, INDIE-DUO WYE OAK AND NYC'S AWARD-WINNING METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE. IN JUNE THEY PARTICIPATED IN A RECORDING SESSION FOR AN UPCOMING ALBUM OF THE WORK TO BE RELEASED SPRING 2019.APRIL 27-28, 2018, CONCERT ENSEMBLE PREMIERED SILENT VOICES: IF YOU LISTEN AT NATIONAL SAWDUST IN BROOKLYN, NY. EIGHT COMPOSERS, ALL WOMEN, COLLABORATED WITH CHORISTERS TO AMPLIFY MARGINALIZED STORIES AND VOICES AND ACTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE AS AGENTS OF CHANGE. TO THAT END, IF YOU LISTEN FEATURED THE CHORISTERS' OWN WORDS, EVINCED THROUGH EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS AND INTERVIEWS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, THEIR POWER/PRIVILEGE OR LACK THEREOF, AND THEIR COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. 1742893 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 48 0 1 43 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 29 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY X X THE ORGANIZATION 7182439447 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 11201 JENNIFER SAGE RESIGNED 022018 CO-CHAIR (UNTIL 02/2018) 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARIE DEROSA CO-CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JACKIE AGUANNO VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANA ADAMS TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 NAOMI GARDNER SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 136543 0 16576 LAUREN ASHCRAFT TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANJALI BAIJAL TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 JUDY BERKUN TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 J BARCLAY COLLINS II TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARTHA ECKFELDT TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 GAIL ERICKSON TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 M SALOME GALIB TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLAS GRABAR TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNIE KEATING TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 RYAN MARTIN TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 ARLETTE FERGUSON MATHIS TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 SAMUEL NANA-SINKAM TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTAL PACIFIC TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY PARSONS TREASURER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXANDRA PARTOW TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 HILLARY RICHARD TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN ROUNER TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 GRACE ROW TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 FELICIA STINGONE TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 LYNN M STIRRUP TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOHARI JENKINS TAYLOR TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 AMANDA VAN DOORENE TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 DICK YANCEY TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 136543 0 16576 1 0 1 0 0 235825 297000 745462 1278287 TUITION AND FEES 611600 741758 741758 CONTRACTED PERFORMANCE 711130 136706 136706 BOX OFFICE REVENUE 711130 99248 99248 977712 51754 51754 481885 465032 16853 16853 16853 39360 235825 39360 0 12672 0 12672 12672 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 2700 2700 2700 2339978 990384 0 71307 157357 157357 1119608 751987 217405 150216 100353 62839 21331 16183 112195 76439 20332 15424 30647 30647 38063 38063 6734 6734 194544 177496 17048 15007 3590 11417 93000 85987 4381 2632 31208 27564 2909 735 83208 72807 8321 2080 57963 55930 1483 550 93989 82240 9399 2350 42439 37134 4244 1061 PRODUCTION EXPENSE 90098 90098 INDIRECT BENEFIT EXPENS 67602 67602 BANK AND PROCESSING FEE 39041 31743 6810 488 REDUCTION OF PLEDGES 31000 31000 39241 29682 8797 762 2443297 1742893 390841 309563 266193 485883 22230 45421 842360 494899 41307 10796 40101 26354 2938290 1243579 1776057 1694711 1308928 1486766 4297176 4244830 118558 120041 257103 318096 100000 100000 475661 538137 X 2540007 2356245 232535 141061 1048973 1209387 3821515 3706693 4297176 4244830 -103319 -11503 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 991818 1125589 1483483 2278873 1278287 7158050 991818 1125589 1483483 2278873 1278287 7158050 1136489 6021561 34775 49447 35354 41756 51754 213086 29312 2598 17738 9655 2700 62003 7433139 4295256 0.81010 0.77360 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 870748 278588 41679 -38740 1152275 623860 221400 56788 -31300 870748 484902 170000 -3106 -27936 623860 522701 -440 -37359 484902 485635 62247 25181 522701 0.97200 0.02800 0 0 1100000 350167 749833 1456893 593201 863692 164052 128053 35999 217345 172158 45187 1694711 2321741 -11503 -11503 2333244 6734 6734 2339978 2436563 0 2436563 6734 6734 2443297 PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE MAINTENANCE OF BYCA. A PORTION OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS IS DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHORISTERS IN THE PROGRAM. X X X X X X X 1 BRYONY ROMER 439 2ND STREET 5 BROOKLYN NY 11215 GRANT WRITING 0 0 36000 -36000 36000 -36000 NY BENEFIT EVENT 275185 235825 39360 39360 275185 235825 39360 39360 39360 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 136543 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16576 0 153119 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7B THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON PART I, LINE 7B INCLUDES CERTAIN FRINGE BENEFIT EXPENSES SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS TAX UNDER IRC SECTION 512(A)(7). THESE AMOUNTS ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS REVENUE AND, THEREFORE, NOT REPORTED AS SUCH ON FORM 990, PART VIII. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBER DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER AND FOUNDING TRUSTEE JUDY BERKUN - FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. CO-CHAIR JENNIFER SAGE AND TRUSTEE NICOLAS GRABAR - FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEW THE 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED. WHEN IT IS IN ITS FINAL FORM, IT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD BEFORE BEING FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CO-CHAIRS MONITOR TRUSTEES' COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY WHEN REVIEWING FINANCIAL AND ACTIVITY REPORTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORS' COMPENSATIONS, WHICH ARE THE SAME, WERE ESTABLISHED UPON HIRING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN SEPT. 2014. A NOMINAL INCREASE WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN THE COMPENSATION BUDGET FOR FISCAL 2016-17. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST. AMENDED RETURN FORM 990, PAGE 1, SECTION B THE ORGANIZATION HAS FILED AN AMENDED RETURN DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE COMPLETION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. THE AMENDED RETURN CONTAINS CHANGES TO PARTS I THROUGH XI AND SCHEDULES A, B, D, G AND J THAT CONFORM TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPLETED FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.