2018-05-14T14:08:23-05:00 2017-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 551 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 NEW YORK NY 10176 990 2016-07-01 113129249 BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC BROO 7182439447 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 112016213 MARIE DEROSA CHAIR 7182439447 2018-05-08 1 MICHAEL WALLACE P00881958 2126972299 38.142.140.186 2018-05-08 12:10:55 ED P 7B20775B69BF4BDE3892C9DE05F670E3CF789805 0EB9CC01B8AA81C0BB48C498234A73F3440E1851 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z JENNIFER SAGE 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 112016213 4029064 0 X WWW.BROOKLYNYOUTHCHORUS.ORG X 1992 NY NAMED WQXR NEW YORK'S 2016-17 ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE AND CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS IS A COLLECTIVE OF YOUNG SINGERS AND VOCAL ENSEMBLES RE-ENVISIONING CHORAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH ARTISTIC INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, AND THEIR DISTINCTIVELY BEAUTIFUL SOUND.WITH AN INCREDIBLY VERSATILE RANGE AND REPERTOIRE, BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS COMBINES INTENSIVE VOICE TRAINING AND MUSIC STUDY WITH EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES. OUR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT HAVE MADE US THE GO-TO CHORUS FOR LEADING NEW YORK ORCHESTRAS, POPULAR RECORDING ARTISTS, AND ARTS PRESENTERS.THE CHORUS'S TRADEMARKED CROSS-CHORAL TRAINING METHOD PREPARES SINGERS WITH THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUE NECESSARY TO PERFORM MUSIC FROM A VARIETY OF STYLES--CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY--TRADITIONAL TO COMMERCIAL. WITH AN EMPHASIS ON COMMISSIONING, THE CHORUS'S REPERTOIRE INCLUDES MORE THAN 100 ORIGINAL WORKS AND WORLD PREMIERES. 27 26 43 85 0 0 1483483 2278873 858055 951002 36071 52946 21298 13711 2398907 3296532 0 0 0 0 1371409 1536966 45878 36751 336591 869938 1066714 2287225 2640431 111682 656101 3533504 4297176 404196 475661 3129308 3821515 X THE BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC TRAINING AND CHORAL PERFORMANCES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF ITS STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. THROUGH MUSIC STUDY AND PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL PERFORMING EXPERIENCES, BYCA UNITES CHILDREN OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND HELPS THEM DEVELOP INTO CONFIDENT AND EXPRESSIVE MUSICIANS AND INDIVIDUALS. BYCA STRIVES TO ADVANCE THE ARTISTIC ROLE OF YOUTH CHORUSES THROUGH INNOVATIVE CONCERT PROGRAMMING, COLLABORATIONS, AND THE COMMISSIONING OF NEW CHORAL REPERTOIRE. 0 0 2093245 955058 CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE:THE BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY (BYC) PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION OF UNPARALLELED QUALITY TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF 637 NYC YOUNG PEOPLE DURING 2016-17.MUSIC EDUCATION: FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY, 547 STUDENTS AGED 7-21 STUDIED AND PERFORMED IN CHORAL DIVISIONS GROUPED BY AGE, AND THEN BY SKILL AND EXPERIENCE. TRAINING TOOK PLACE AT BYC'S DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN FACILITY AND AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM SITES IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT AND RED HOOK. PARTICIPATION WAS AS FOLLOWS: PREP DIVISION (177 CHORISTERS AGES 7-9 IN 2 LEVELS/ 7 SECTIONS; 1 HR/WK); PRE-TEEN DIVISION (182 CHORISTERS AGES 10-12 IN 3 LEVELS/6 SECTIONS; 1.5-2 HRS/WK); TEEN DIVISION (47 CHORISTERS AGES 14-18/2 SECTIONS; 2 HRS/WK); MEN'S TRAINING DIVISION (16 CHORISTERS AGES 10-13; 1.5 HRS/WK); MEN'S ENSEMBLE (25 CHORISTERS AGES 13-21; 2 HRS/WK); JUNIOR ENSEMBLE (50 CHORISTERS AGES 11-18; 18 HOURS/MO); AND CONCERT ENSEMBLE (50 CHORISTERS AGES 11-18; 22.5 HRS/MO, WITH EXTENSIVE ADDITIONAL REHEARSALS FOR CONCERTS). TWO PREP SECTIONS AND ONE PRE-TEEN SECTION MET WEEKLY AT THE BEDFORD STUYVESANT AND RED HOOK LOCATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 90 STUDENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH OUR SCHOOL-BASED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS AT P.S. 15, P.S. 1, M.S. 8 AND I.S. 285, MEETING WEEKLY FOR FULL SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS. WEEKLY AFTER-SCHOOL AND SATURDAY ELECTIVE CLASSES INCLUDED HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITION PREP, VOCAL JAZZ WORKSHOP, BEGINNING AND ADVANCED MUSICIANSHIP, AND MUSICAL THEATRE.BYC 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 SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF NYC: 58% OF BYC'S STUDENTS WERE NON-WHITE, INCLUDING 30% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 13% ASIAN-AMERICAN, 13% HISPANIC, AND 2% OTHER. STUDENTS HAILED FROM 69 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 SUBSIDIZED AT ONLY $780-$1,505 PER YEAR, THOUGH THE PROGRAM'S COST PER STUDENT WAS $3,400/YEAR. APPROXIMATELY 40% OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVED OVER $300,000 IN ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AID AND TUITION SUBSIDY. 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 60,000 IN 2016-17 WITH 30 CONCERTS AT VENUES RANGING FROM PARKS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BAM AND LINCOLN CENTER. HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 21, 2016, BYC LAUNCHED A YEARLONG ARTIST RESIDENCY AT WQXR. FEATURED COMPOSERS INCLUDED JEFF BEAL, NICO MUHLY, SHARA WORDEN, BRYCE DESSNER, CAROLINE SHAW, RICHARD REED PARRY, KIRK NUROCK;MARCH 3-12, 2017, CONCERT ENSEMBLE PREMIERED AGING MAGICIAN, COMPOSED BY PAOLA PRESTINI WITH LIBRETTO BY RINDE ECKERT AND DESIGN AND DIRECTION BY JULIAN CROUCH, AT NEW VICTORY THEATER;MARCH 31, 2017, BYC CELEBRATED THE RELEASE OF ITS BLACK MOUNTAIN SONGS ALBUM ON THE NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS LABEL WITH A PERFORMANCE AT THE GREENE SPACE;MAY 12-13, 2017, CONCERT ENSEMBLE PREMIERED SILENT VOICES, CO-COMMISSIONED AND CO-PRODUCED WITH BAM, AT BAM'S HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE. 2093245 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 0 1 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 27 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY X X JULIAN SHEFFIELD 7182439447 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 11201 JENNIFER SAGE CO-CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARIE DEROSA CO-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 133711 0 14215 JACKIE AGUANNO TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 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 DAN COGAN THROUGH 052017 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 KRISTAL PACIFIC TRUSTEE 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 TAMER SECKIN THROUGH 062017 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 ELISE BERNHARDTTHROUGH 32017 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 132526 0 2607 266237 0 16822 2 0 0 0 0 243742 277420 1757711 2278873 TUITION AND FEES 611600 663899 663899 CONTRACTED PERFORMANCE 711130 197113 197113 BOX OFFICE REVENUE 711130 89990 89990 951002 41756 41756 705187 693997 11190 11190 11190 38535 243742 38535 0 4056 0 4056 4056 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 9655 9655 9655 3296532 955058 0 62601 281298 243351 12649 25298 1054493 805892 86486 162115 82445 58355 7884 16206 118730 89994 9409 19327 35349 35349 20000 20000 36751 36751 6690 6690 257157 240218 10779 6160 14635 4749 3584 6302 106412 88393 4513 13506 105593 92394 10559 2640 35032 33999 980 53 96118 84103 9612 2403 44171 38650 4417 1104 PRODUCTION EXPENSE 238713 238713 BANK AND PROCESSING FEE 30374 25141 2079 3154 TOUR EXPENSE 29063 29063 INDIRECT BENEFIT EXPENS 20722 20722 26685 20230 5605 850 2640431 2093245 210595 336591 427303 266193 30724 22230 213234 842360 27674 41307 17801 40101 2925647 1149590 1829192 1776057 987576 1308928 3533504 4297176 103872 118558 300324 257103 100000 404196 475661 X 2353648 2540007 155660 232535 620000 1048973 3129308 3821515 3533504 4297176 656101 36106 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 796143 991818 1125589 1483483 2278873 6675906 796143 991818 1125589 1483483 2278873 6675906 1312530 5363376 33501 34775 49447 35354 41756 194833 3031 29312 2598 17738 9655 62334 6933073 3822584 0.77360 0.80590 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20000 20000 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: DALY GONZALEZ PROVIDED THE ORGANIZATION WITH LOBBYING AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION. THE SERVICES INCLUDED COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION, AND STRATEGIC MEETINGS WITH STATE AND CITY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 623860 221400 56788 -31300 870748 484902 170000 -3106 -27936 623860 522701 -440 -37359 484902 485635 62247 25181 522701 476603 33135 24103 485635 0.96630 0.03370 0 0 1100000 328167 771833 1456893 548258 908635 164052 123253 40799 204702 149912 54790 1776057 3359971 36106 34023 70129 3289842 6690 6690 3296532 2667764 34023 34023 2633741 6690 6690 2640431 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 613000 36751 613000 613000 36751 613000 NY BENEFIT EVENT 282277 243742 38535 4408 17670 16457 282277 243742 38535 4408 17670 16457 38535 0 PART I, LINE 6 EXPLANATION VOLUNTEERS INCLUDE 25 UNPAID BOARD MEMBERS AND 60 PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS WHO CHAPERONE OR OTHERWISE ASSIST WITH PERFORMANCES, CONCERT PRODUCTIONS, MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT. 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.