2024-04-12T11:13:47-07:00 2023-05-31 810926770 NCHENG LLP CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 40 WALL ST 32ND FL NEW YORK NY 10005 990 2022-06-01 852146037 BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC BLAC 2124477300 57 W 57TH ST 4TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 LaChanze Sapp-Gooding President 2024-04-12 true LaChanze Sapp-Gooding 999009999 true Nerou Cheng P00367208 2127850100 0 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z LaChanze Sapp-Gooding 57 W 57TH ST 4TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 415889 false X WWW.BLACKTHEATREUNITED.COM X 2020 DE AS MEMBERS OF THE BLACK THEATRE COMMUNITY, WE STAND TOGETHER TO HELP PROTECT BLACKPEOPLE, BLACK TALENT AND BLACK LIVES OF ALL SHAPES AND ORIENTATIONS IN THEATRE ANDCOMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR VOICES ARE UNITED TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITYTHROUGH ACTIVISM IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALLHUMANITY. WE WILL NOT BE SILENT. WE WILL BE SEEN. WE WILL BE HEARD. WE ARE HERE. JOINUS.THIS CALL TO ACTION IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT WAS THE LATEST MANIFESTATIONS OF POLICEBRUTALITY THAT GALVANIZED BLACK THEATRE UNITED INTO BEING. WITH ROOTS REACHING INTOALL 50 OF THE UNITED STATES THIS COALITION CAN HARNESS INVALUABLE POLITICAL SCOPE ANDINFLUENCE. TO ELEVATE A CAUSE OR TO OVERTURN POLICIES THAT TARGET BLACK PEOPLE IN ANYONE STATE OR COMMUNITY, THE GROUP WILL DRAW ON MEMBERS WITH LOCAL CONNECTIONS TO USETHEIR VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN THEATER AND ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. 18 18 1 18 0 175000 415860 0 29 0 175000 415889 0 0 47564 232809 0 68938 210176 152021 257740 384830 -82740 31059 302549 354527 20919 302549 333608 AS MEMBERS OF THE BLACK THEATRE COMMUNITY, WE STAND TOGETHER TO HELP PROTECT BLACKPEOPLE, BLACK TALENT AND BLACK LIVES OF ALL SHAPES AND ORIENTATIONS IN THEATRE ANDCOMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR VOICES ARE UNITED TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITYTHROUGH ACTIVISM IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALLHUMANITY. WE WILL NOT BE SILENT. WE WILL BE SEEN. WE WILL BE HEARD. WE ARE HERE.JOIN US.THIS CALL TO ACTION IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT WAS THE LATEST MANIFESTATIONS OFPOLICE BRUTALITY THAT GALVANIZED BLACK THEATRE UNITED INTO BEING. WITH ROOTSREACHING INTO ALL 50 OF THE UNITED STATES THIS COALITION CAN HARNESS INVALUABLEPOLITICAL SCOPE AND INFLUENCE. TO ELEVATE A CAUSE OR TO OVERTURN POLICIES THATTARGET BLACK PEOPLE IN ANY ONE STATE OR COMMUNITY, THE GROUP WILL DRAW ON MEMBERSWITH LOCAL CONNECTIONS TO USE THEIR VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN THEATER AND ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. false false 275343 A NEW DEAL FOR BROADWAY - EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY & BELONGING FOR THE THEATRICAL INDUSTRY. BLACK THEATRE UNITED WAS PROUD TO HOST THIS REMARKABLE AND HISTORIC COLLABORATION. IT IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TO REOPENING OUR INDUSTRY WITH A BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY, ANDBELONGING FOR BLACK PROFESSIONALS IN THE ARTS. THOUGH ONE OF MANY INITIATIVES CREATED BY BLACK, BIPOC AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS SINCE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, BTUS SUMMIT IS THE FIRST TO BRING TOGETHER ALL AREAS OF OUR INDUSTRY FROM THEATRE OWNERS, PRODUCERS, CREATIVES, CASTING AND UNIONS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH US FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND TO ALL THOSE WHO COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS DOCUMENT BY SIGNING THEIR NAMES TO IT. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COLLABORATORS KENJI YOSHINO AND DAVID GLASGOW FROM THE CENTER FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW FOR THEIR FACILITATION, EDIAB TRAINING FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, AND DRAFTING OF THE NEW DEAL.A COLLABORATION WITH TEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDATION, WHICH CONVENED MAJOR THEATERS NATIONWIDE TO DISCUSS AND ACTIVATE EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION.LAUNCHED A MENTORSHIP COLLABORATION, BTU RISE, WITH WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL. LAUNCHED THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF BTU RISE WITH A MARKETING INTERNSHIP, AIMED TO CREATE NEW PIPELINES WITHIN THE THEATER INDUSTRY FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR.LAUNCHED THE FIRST ANNUAL SUMMIT CENTERED AROUND ANTI-RACIST, ANTI-BLACK ISSUES AND EQUITABLE PRACTICES FOR THE COMMERCIAL BROADWAY THEATER COMMUNITY TO CREATE A NEWDEAL OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY AND BELONGING.SERVED ON THE REVIEW PANEL FOR THE BLACK SEED FOR THE AWARDING OF $10 MILLION TO THE BLACK THEATER FIELD ACROSS AMERICA. THE BLACK SEED IS A NATIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON CREATING IMPACT AND THRIVABILITY FOR BLACK THEATRE INSTITUTIONS, WITH CLOSE TO 100 BLACK THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RECEIVING ONE- OR TWO-YEAR GRANTS.CREATED A LISTENING SALON WITH OTHER BLACK AND BIPOC GROUPS.RECORDED A SINGLE DISTRIBUTED BY REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL RECORDS CALLED STAND FOR CHANGE, WHICH REFLECTS BTU'S MISSION. 275343 true true 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 false false true true false false false true 5 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false false false false NY X NORMAN LEWIS 2124477300 57 W 57TH ST 4TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 Kettia Etienne Ming Interim ED 35.00 0.00 X 91597 0 0 LaChanze Sapp-Gooding President 12.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael McElroy Vice President 12.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Norm Lewis Treasurer 12.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Dawn Secretary 12.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Tamara Tunie Complia officer 12.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 DARIUS DE HAAS BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANNA DEAVERE SMITH BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CARIN FORD BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KENNY LEON BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Capathia Jenkins BOARD MEMBER 3.00 3.00 X 0 0 0 Molly John BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Schele Williams BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wendell Pierce BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALLYSON TUCKER-MITCHELL BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 VANESSA WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Natasha Williams BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Audra McDonald BOARD MEMBER 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 91597 0 false false false 0 415860 415860 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 415889 29 X 0 0 0 0 140000 112000 14000 14000 0 85539 68431 8554 8554 0 1869 1495 187 187 5401 4321 540 540 0 0 15250 15250 0 0 0 43845 15230 28615 0 4447 3557 445 445 45602 36482 9120 0 2911 2329 291 291 24225 19380 4845 0 0 0 0 0 2509 2007 251 251 Photography & Video production 7218 5774 1444 Payroll processing fees 3683 2947 368 368 Dues and subscriptions 1321 1057 264 Other expenses 774 125 649 236 208 14 14 384830 275343 40549 68938 45634 305627 0 0 3900 0 0 0 0 45000 0 0 0 0 0 256915 0 302549 354527 2650 18269 0 20919 X 302549 333608 302549 333608 302549 354527 31059 X X true X false true false X 627915 175000 415860 1218775 0 0 627915 175000 415860 1218775 734577 484198 0 0 29 29 1218804 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Due to affiliate 18269 18269 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE COMPLETED FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW. THE REVIEW ANDAPPROVALS ARE DONE BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE REVIEW AIMS AT ENSURING ACCURACY,COMPLETENESS AND CONSISTENCY OF INFORMATION REPORTED ON THE FORM 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AREAVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c the process has not changed from the prior year BLACK THEATRE UNITED ACTION GROUP 57 W 57TH ST 4TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 851539014 ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES DE 501(C)(4) BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true BLACK THEATRE UNITED ACTION GROUP s 140270 actual amount