2019-09-18T08:18:09-07:00 2017-12-31 William R Oster CPA 1-15 Cyril Avenue Fair Lawn NJ 07410 990 2017-01-01 311614732 The Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc MAMA 2122801045 149 West 126th Street New York NY 10027 VY HIGGINSEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2122801045 2019-09-18 true WILLIAM R OSTER P00179043 9739670502 2019-09-18 X 24.190.51.60 2019-09-18 08:18:01 PD 54FEEB6F3CEC28D3C1D4970EB6DE7BC3DFC67C4B 54FEEB6F3CEC28D3C1D4970EB6DE7BC3DFC67C4B 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z X VY HIGGINSEN 149 West 126th Street New York NY 10027 599182 false X N/A X 1998 NY CREATED TO HELP ESTABLISH HARLEM AS AN ARTISTIC & CULTUREAL CENTER PIECE OF THE WORLD. THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PRESENT, PRESERVE & PROMOTE GOSPEL, JAZZ & THE R&B ARTS FOR CURRENT & FUTURE GENERATIONS. 7 7 53 0 0 288111 311071 0 0 599182 0 0 357759 0 16293 417886 775645 -176463 938552 751759 95398 85068 843154 666691 Created to help establish Harlem as an artistic & cultureal center false false 448679 298633 PRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL & REVIVAL THEATER & MUSICAL PERFORMANCES OF VARIOUS HISTORICAL & RELEVANT SHOWS, WHICH TOURED NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY IN ORDER TO REESTABLISH HARLEM AS A WORLD ARTISTIC & CULTURAL CENTER 113397 1719 THROUGH WORKSHOPS, MUSIC LESSONS, CONCESSIONS & MERCHANDISE PROMOTION TO PRESENT, PRESENT & PROMOTE GOSPEL, JAZZ & R&B ARTS FOR CURRENT & FUTURE GENERATIONS. TO IDENTIFY & TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PERFORMERS IN THE AREA OF THEATRICAL ARTS. 562076 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true 18 0 true 53 true false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false NY TAXPAYER 2122802092 149 West 126th Street New York NY 10027 JOYCE DAVIS Chairperson 0.10 X 0 0 0 ANDREA CISCOS Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 KERY DAVIS Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 RITA RODIN Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 SAMANTHA DAVIS Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 JEFFEREY BURNS JR Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 JEFF ANDERSON Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 VY HIGGINSEN President & CEO 30.00 X X 21400 0 0 21400 false false false 288111 288111 Performance revenue 711130 300352 Workshop merchandise & concessions 711130 10719 311071 599182 311071 21400 15408 4066 1926 311040 177056 126047 7937 25319 14545 10015 759 13422 0 13422 0 25892 25892 0 0 30721 13824 15361 1536 46759 35069 9352 2338 10176 0 10176 0 4008 2405 1603 0 Production expenses 268946 268946 0 0 Real estate taxes 10938 6563 3281 1094 Telephone 7024 2368 3953 703 775645 562076 197276 16293 938552 751759 938552 751759 34327 23997 61071 61071 95398 85068 X 843154 666691 843154 666691 938552 751759 -176463 X true false true false X 0 0 0 286034 263991 289282 308884 288111 1436302 831930 352141 1087459 695125 311071 3277726 1117964 616132 1376741 1004009 599182 4714028 4714028 4714028 1.00000 0.99990 0 0.00000 X X Pt X, Line 2 The Organization recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Management has determined that they had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition and/or dislosure. VY HIGGINSEN Executive Director Working capital X 32988 32988 false true false VY HIGGINSEN Executive Director Working capital X 28083 28083 false true false 61071 Pt VI, Line 2 Ken Wydro, employee, is spouse of Executive Director & Knoelle Wydro is daughter of Executive Director. Pt VI, Line 11b Prior to submitting the Form 990 to the Federal government, it is distributed to and reviewed by the voting board members. Pt VI, Line 19 The Organization makes governance documents available to the public upon request. Filings with the NYS Office of Attorney General Charities Bureau is available to the public.