2016-05-03T10:12:32-07:00 2015-06-30 SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS 307 5th Ave 15th Floor NEW YORK NY 100166517 990 2014-07-01 112478709 Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning JAMA 7186587400 161-04 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica NY 11432 Cathy Hung Executive Dir. 2016-05-03 true David C Ashenfarb P00535436 2122682800 2014 2016-08-17 19:52:53Z Cathy Hung 161-04 Jamaica Ave Jamaica NY 11432 1196315 false false X www.jcal.org X 1972 NY Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is a multidisciplinary arts organization that advances Queens as the frontier of the contemporary art scene. 10 10 32 9 0 666587 752246 388668 440680 0 2535 3389 1057790 1196315 0 0 783836 780460 0 193620 374381 413151 1158217 1193611 -100427 2704 275769 210854 219524 151905 56245 58949 To provide accessible and diverse programs that promote creative expression and personal growth to individuals, the business community, and civic communities of southeastern Queens and New York. false false 849633 As a multidisciplinary arts center, JCAL offers a varied amount of programming. Listed below are the major areas of emphasis:COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATIONArts Center WorkshopsOur Art Center Workshop (ACW) series serves over 300 students annually, in classes ranging from ballet, hip hop, cartooning, animation, guitar, and theater. In this fiscal year we also introduced new technology classes such as 3D printing and design, Digital Photography, Advanced Animation to encourage students to take part in technology development. Our culminating recital for performing art classes in dance and theater had an attendance of 400 individuals. We also completed 3 family fun days- Halloween, Christmas, and Earth day, which provided arts & crafts activities, along with live musical performances to the greater Jamaica community.Summer Arts Academy JCAL brought back a part time summer program for youth ranging in ages 8-18. Students rotated through drama, music, dance, and visual arts for 2 weeks at a time. The program ran for 6 weeks and culminated with a performance for parents.SCHOOL PROGRAMSThis fiscal year marked as the inaugural season for our Assembly performance for school students. A series of carefully selected assembly are designed to captivate young audience's imaginations and provide them an experience with quality live performance. The series has served more than 3,000 students in total of 10 programs. We served over 600 students in various residencies in schools that focused on drama, music, visual arts integration into the common core curriculum, and dance intensive residencies that helped middle school students prepare for high school auditions.FIRST FRIDAYS @ JCAL The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning presents First Fridays in Downtown Jamaica. Join local professionals and small business owners 25 and up who work, shop, live and dine in the downtown Jamaica area as they add new life to downtown Jamaicas nightlife. Every First Fridays event has a monthly feature celebrating the Arts & Culture of the community. Features include Open Mic, karaoke, gallery exhibitions, speaker panels, art workshops and vendors. It is a unique opportunity for members of the community to network and become in engaged in JCAL events and activities.PERFORMING ARTSFiscal year 15 opened with the annual MAKING MOVES DANCE FESTIVAL. In its 6th iteration, Making Moves presented NYCs emerging dance companies in a two-part showcase. The SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES, aimed to build the foot traffic for the Jamaica Preforming Arts Center in its Sunday spots. A year-long concert series present broad spectrum of music from Broadway, Cabaret, Classical, Jazz Gospel, Caribbean, African and Reggae, etc. JCAL also instituted an artist in residency program that aided six artists with free space to create, continue or conclude their creative ideas. The program offers 40 hours to individual artist in our facility. The winter session featured a month long weekend program that featured events directed at Black History Month that included the dance program presented the United African Dance Troupe. VISUAL ARTS _ GALLERY EXHIBITIONSJCAL offered a plethora of visual arts exhibitions as reflections of the ever-growing community of Jamaica, Queens, through the visual creations of local and international artists; ARTISTS CO-OP, once a membership based project has been reborn as our annual exhibition featuring local and emerging artists from the borough; In honor of Womens History month, INSTITU, curated by Dr. Margaret Rose Vendryes, celebrated 15 women artists whom represent the breadth and depth of diversity in the visual field; HQ for Planning Jamaica Flux, curated by Heng-Gil Han, employs the idea of an exhibition as a meeting place among people for presenting and learning to explore the relationship between art and community; CULTURAL CAPSULES, an international art and design exhibit, featuring art works that tell the human stories of urban societies, which is often shadowed by the glittering electronic lights of modern cities. This series of exhibits has featured more than 100 international and local artists. 849633 true true false false false false false false false false true 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 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 23 0 true 32 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true false false NY X Cathy Hung 7186587400 161-04 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica NY 11432 Ed Woods Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tonya Cantlo-Cockfield Chair 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael A James Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew Manshel Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Shanqua Harrison Treasurer 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Doreen Clark-Williams Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Karen Dawkins Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dolores Swirin-Yao Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Philippa L Karteron Secretary 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Michelle Stoddart Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nailah Flake-Brown Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 D'Chivon Gooding 1st Vice Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Dawn Kelly 2nd Vice Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cathy Hung Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 97246 0 0 97246 0 false false false 0 23603 636809 91834 752246 Fee income/admissions 440680 440680 440680 0 0 0 0 0 23603 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Income 3389 3389 3389 1196315 440680 3389 0 0 0 0 97246 70017 9725 17504 0 499174 359405 49917 89852 0 135839 97803 13585 24451 48201 34705 4820 8676 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9383 9383 0 0 0 69834 50280 6983 12571 3486 3486 0 0 0 0 15781 11362 1578 2841 14966 1200 13766 Professional Fees 183738 161561 18863 3314 Telephone 27107 19517 2711 4879 Repairs and maintenance 21726 15643 2173 3910 Supplies 16821 12112 1682 3027 50309 16028 21069 13212 1193611 849633 150358 193620 35236 45514 0 60516 20500 23137 0 0 0 0 0 7988 9289 373343 237792 148892 135551 0 0 0 0 0 275769 210854 76202 26294 15325 9714 127997 115897 219524 151905 X 28299 51003 27946 7946 56245 58949 275769 210854 2704 X false false false X 1031485 812704 633008 666587 752246 3896030 0 0 1031485 812704 633008 666587 752246 3896030 113568 3782462 4 2 6 0 4625 1977 2245 2535 3389 14771 3910807 1380580 0.96720 0.97370 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 215575 88916 126659 157768 148876 8892 135551 false Gala 23603 23603 23603 23603 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process 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, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The organization has a "board approved" conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interest party transactions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Each year, the executive committee reviews comparable salaries based on a recognized study and reviews the performance of the executive director to determine if the existing salary falls within these ranges. After a deliberation of this matter, a proposed salary and benefit package is voted on. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Financial statements are available upon request.