2016-05-16T11:09:13-05:00 2015-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 300 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2014-07-01 113129249 BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC BROO 7182439447 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 112016213 ELISE BERNHARDT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7182439447 2016-05-12 1 MICHAEL WALLACE P00881958 2126972299 2014 2016-08-17 19:52:53Z ELISE BERNHARDT 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 112016213 2652234 0 X WWW.BROOKLYNYOUTHCHORUS.ORG X 1992 NY 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. 25 24 41 100 0 0 991818 1125589 647400 836065 50141 81395 29645 6999 1719004 2050048 0 0 0 0 1051871 1241946 40000 32000 251314 743114 1075273 1834985 2349219 -115981 -299171 3628419 3386092 220273 333688 3408146 3052404 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. 1 0 1831495 840466 CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE:THE BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY (BYC) PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION OF UNPARALLELED QUALITY TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF 509 OF OUR CITY'S YOUNG PEOPLE DURING OUR 2014-15 SEASON, REACHING OUR HIGHEST EVER ENROLLMENT FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR. 1. MUSIC EDUCATION: FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 THROUGH JUNE 2015, 509 STUDENTS AGED 7-18 PARTICIPATED IN SIX TRAINING DIVISION LEVELS (GROUPED BY AGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE) AND THREE PERFORMING DIVISIONS AT BYC'S STATE-OF-THE ART DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN FACILITY AND AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM SITES IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT AND RED HOOK. THE PREP DIVISION (LEVELS 1 AND 2) SERVED 112 CHORISTERS AGES 7-9 IN 5 SECTIONS THAT MET 1 HOUR/WEEK, INCLUDING 2 SECTIONS AT THE BEDFORD STUYVESANT SITE; THE PRE-TEEN DIVISION (LEVELS 3, 4, AND 5) SERVED 229 CHORISTERS, AGED 10-12 IN 6 SECTIONS, MET 1.5-3 HOURS/WEEK, INCLUDING 1 SECTION AT THE RED HOOK SITE; THE TEEN DIVISION (LEVEL 6) SERVED 40 CHORISTERS AGES 13 AND UP FOR 3 HOURS PER WEEK; THE MEN'S ENSEMBLE, 25 CHORISTERS AGES 13-21, MET 14 HOURS PER MONTH; THE JUNIOR ENSEMBLE, 48 CHORISTERS AGES 11-18, MET 18 HOURS PER MONTH; THE CONCERT ENSEMBLE, 55 CHORISTERS AGES 11-18, MET 22.5 HOURS PER MONTH, WITH EXTENSIVE SUPPLEMENTARY REHEARSALS FOR CONCERTS. WEEKLY AFTER-SCHOOL, SATURDAY AND SUMMER ELECTIVE CLASSES INCLUDED HIGH SCHOOL AUDITION PREP; INTRODUCTION TO SONG WRITING AND ARRANGING; MUSICAL THEATRE EXPLORATION; AND INTRODUCTION TO VOCAL JAZZ; AND MUSICIANSHIP LAB. BYC ASSESSED ALL CHORISTERS AT YEAR-END WITH A FOUR-PART ASSESSMENT: SIGHT SINGING, EAR TRAINING, WRITTEN MUSICIANSHIP TEST, AND VOCAL ASSESSMENT. MOST CHORISTERS' YEAR-END RESULTS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER BASELINE SCORES. BYC AWARDED A RECORD $266,000 IN FINANCIAL AID AND TUITION SUBSIDY TO 41% OF CHORISTERS IN 2014-15, TO SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE CHORISTERS. OF THE TOTAL, BYC HAS OFFERED $195,000 IN FINANCIAL AID FOR THE CORE PROGRAM TO 205 CHORISTERS (41% OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT), INCLUDING FULL FINANCIAL AID TO 159 CHORISTERS (32% OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT). THIS INCLUDES $182,000 IN AID SUBSIDIZED THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS TO BYC. BYC OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL $69,000 IN FINANCIAL AID FOR INDIVIDUAL VOICE LESSONS AND MUSIC ELECTIVES. BYC BEGAN TO BUILD ITS INITIAL BEDFORD STUYVESANT ANNEX OPENED IN 2011 INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM, SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHING BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS IN RED HOOK AT P.S. 15 IN FALL 2014 WITH A PRE-TEEN GROUP OF 40 CHORISTERS, WITH A SECOND CLASS OF 40 LAUNCHING IN FALL 2015. PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR 1-2 NEW NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM LOCATIONS TO LAUNCH IN 2016 IN SUNSET PARK AND EAST NEW YORK. BYC OFFERED TEN MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2014-15, PROVIDING PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIMITED MEANS INDIVIDUAL VOICE LESSONS TO SUPPORT THEIR ADVANCEMENT TO TOP PERFORMING DIVISIONS. BYC DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM ENTITLED READY, SET, SING, AND A RELATED MASTERCLASS PROGRAM, OFFERING 2-6 SESSION AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AT PARTNER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PROVIDING AN INTRODUCTION TO BYC'S VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM, AUDITION PREP, AND SPECIAL AUDITIONS. PROGRAMS TOOK PLACE AT EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER, CORNELIA CONNELLY SCHOOL, UNCOMMON MIDDLE SCHOOLS, PS93, AND MS 443, SERVING A TOTAL OF 110 STUDENTS. 1831495 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 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 74 0 1 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 25 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 NY X JULIAN SHEFFIELD 7182439447 179 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 11201 JENNIFER SAGE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARIE DEROSA VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANA ADAMS TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 GAIL ERICKSON SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANE BERKUN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 120408 0 16920 JUDY BERKUN TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 J BARCLAY COLLINS II TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 RUFUS COLLINS TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARTHA ECKFELDT TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 NAOMI GARDNER TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW GATTO TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLAS GRABAR TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOHARI JENKINS TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNIE KEATING TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 ARLETTE FERGUSON MATHIS 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 KAREN ROCKEY 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 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 NARCISSA TITMAN TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 AMANDA VAN DOORENE TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE R YAGODA TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 DICK YANCEY TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 ELISE BERNHARDT STARTED SEP 2014 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 39375 0 7200 159783 0 24120 1 0 0 0 0 172686 236200 716703 1125589 TUITION AND FEES 611600 604771 604771 CONTRACTED PERFORMANCE 711130 164704 164704 BOX OFFICE REVENUE 711130 66590 66590 836065 49447 49447 545403 513455 31948 31948 31948 88731 172686 88731 0 4401 0 4401 4401 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 2598 2598 2598 2050048 840466 0 83993 X 275482 237530 12651 25301 828095 618084 87689 122322 59097 41413 6901 10783 79272 59771 7332 12169 5620 5620 27860 27860 32000 32000 4929 4929 241935 228841 9972 3122 18789 15461 1137 2191 110901 100637 6096 4168 96653 84571 9666 2416 38131 36775 805 551 108844 95239 10884 2721 37565 32869 3757 939 PRODUCTION EXPENSE 153651 153651 TOUR EXPENSE 68493 68493 EXECUTIVE SEARCH FEES 50000 50000 BANK AND PROCESSING FEE 27813 23535 2216 2062 84089 29005 24515 30569 2349219 1831495 266410 251314 249494 335693 20947 59064 165282 147148 69487 58752 19794 18356 2826784 940706 1935459 1886078 1167956 881001 3628419 3386092 42847 68416 177426 265272 220273 333688 X 2653297 2409902 304849 192502 450000 450000 3408146 3052404 3628419 3386092 -299171 -56571 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 985079 1149932 796143 991818 1125589 5048561 985079 1149932 796143 991818 1125589 5048561 881189 4167372 39154 23949 33501 34775 49447 180826 3658 3157 3031 29312 2598 41756 5271143 2835278 0.79060 0.76680 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 522701 -440 -37359 484902 485635 62247 25181 522701 476603 33135 24103 485635 496174 2626 22197 476603 466433 53062 23321 496174 0.92800 0.07200 0 0 1100000 284167 815833 1449013 458569 990444 116052 112331 3721 161719 85639 76080 1886078 X 1988548 -56571 -56571 2045119 4929 4929 2050048 2344290 0 2344290 4929 4929 2349219 PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE MAINTENANCE OF BYCA. PART X, LINE 2: MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED ALL INCOME TAX POSITIONS,AND CONCLUDED THAT NO DISCLOSURES RELATING TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS ARE REQUIRED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE TOUR 76701 0 0 0 0 0 0 76701 0 76701 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X X X 1 BRYONY ROMER 439 2ND STREET 5 BROOKLYN NY 11215 GRANT WRITING 0 703760 32000 703760 703760 32000 703760 NY BENEFIT EVENT 261417 172686 88731 7663 34320 46748 261417 172686 88731 7663 34320 46748 88731 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 BYCA FURTHER DEVELOPED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EXPANSION PROGRAM AT BEDFORD- STUYVESANT RESTORATION AND LAUNCHED A SECOND SITE IN RED HOOK. WE ARE NOW LAYING PLANS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SITES IN EAST NEW YORK AND SUNSET PARK STARTING IN 2016. WE UNDERTOOK OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOUR IN TEN YEARS, TAKING BLACK MOUNTAIN SONGS TO LONDON'S PRESTIGIOUS BARBICAN CENTRE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBER DIANNE BERKUN IS THE DAUGHTER OF JUDY BERKUN, WHO IS A FOUNDING TRUSTEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CONDUCT A THOROUGH REVIEW OF 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 POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE REVIEWED ON AN ONGOING BASIS BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED ANNUALLY WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION TO REPORT ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WAS DETERMINED THROUGH A PERFORMANCE REVIEW CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 228,841. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 9,972. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 3,122. TOTAL EXPENSES 241,935.