Nonprofit · EIN 13-2694851
THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10003
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,753,519 | $1,282,740 | $470,779 | $3,955,293 | $128,515 | $3,826,778 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,650,597 | $1,150,549 | $500,048 | $3,488,305 | $132,306 | $3,355,999 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,775,738 | $1,168,891 | $606,847 | $2,949,824 | $93,873 | $2,855,951 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,320,372
- of which government grants
- $615,159
- Program service revenue
- $445,670
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$12,523
- Other revenue
- -$12,523
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $84,850
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $62,646
- Other salaries and wages
- $95,586
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $221,997
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Travel
- $25,490
- Depreciation
- $76,153
- Program services (functional)
- $1,028,132
- Management and general (functional)
- $208,473
- Fundraising (functional)
- $46,135
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,488,305
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,955,293
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $128,515
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,826,778
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,924,259
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,801,778
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $25,000
- Gross receipts
- $1,786,166
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 200
- Year formed
- 1970
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF | OPS MGR / BOD Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $33,600 |
| MARK MARCANTE | Director Trustee or director | 40 | $21,571 |
| CRYSTAL FIELD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $19,875 |
| JANET COOPER PIONTEK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PHILIP HACKETT | Secretary/tresa Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| joan Kane | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MYRNA DUARTE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEENA HARBURG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JONATHAN FREEMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOEL KUPFERMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EDUARDO MACHADO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM ROBBINS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY TIERNEY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA FULTON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SCOTT PRICE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT GREER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF | OPS MGR / BOD Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $33,800 | $0 |
| CRYSTAL FIELD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $19,500 | $4,455 |
| MARK MARCANTE | Director Trustee or director | 40 | $21,406 | $0 |
| JANET COOPER PIONTEK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILIP HACKETT | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VINIE BURROWS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MYRNA DUARTE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEENA HARBURG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALBERTO FERRERAS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL KUPFERMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EDUARDO MACHADO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM ROBBINS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY TIERNEY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| J TERENCE MACAVERY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREA FULTON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SCOTT PRICE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIANA ROSARIO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT GREER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK MARCANTE | Director Trustee or director | 40 | $24,700 | $10,828 |
| ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF | OPS MGR / BOD Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $29,740 | $0 |
| CRYSTAL FIELD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $19,500 | $0 |
| JANET COOPER PIONTEK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILIP HACKETT | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VINIE BURROWS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MYRNA DUARTE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEENA HARBURG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALBERTO FERRERAS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL KUPFERMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EDUARDO MACHADO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM ROBBINS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY TIERNEY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| J TERENCE MACAVERY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREA FULTON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SCOTT PRICE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIANA ROSARIO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT GREER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 155 1ST AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10003-2906
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CRYSTAL FIELD, 155 FIRST AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10003
- Signed the 990
- CRYSTAL FIELD, President
- Phone
- (212) 254-1109
- Website
- www.theaterforthenewcity.net
- Return prepared by
- Gary S Eisenkraft CPA
Mission
THE THEATER PRODUCES AND PERFORMS NEW WORK, MOSTLY BY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS. THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A FOUR THEATER FACILITY, IT ALSO PROVIDES EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL THEATER PERFORMANCES FOR THE THEATER-GOING PUBLIC. THE THEATER ALSO COMMISSIONS NEW WORKS FROM AMERICAS ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS AND OFFERS A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH AN EXTENSIVE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PERFORMERS IN STREET THEATER AS WELL AS A PLAYWRIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INVOLVING WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTION.
Program accomplishments
- THE THEATER NURTURES AND DEVELOPS WRITERS FOR THE AMERICAN STAGE. THE THEATER DOES ONLY NEW WORK - ALL PREMIERS. IT PRODUCES A PLAYWRIGHT MORE THAN ONCE, AS THE WRITER GAINS STRENGTH OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IT DOES FULL-LENGTH PLAYS, MANY WITH MUSIC AND SONG AND CHOREOGRAPHY. EACH YEAR, THE THEATER PRODUCES BETWEEN 30-40 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS BY BOTH EMERGING WRITERS, ESTABLISHED WRITERS, AND THEATER COMPANIES THAT HAVE NO PERMANENT HOME. THE RESIDENT THEATER PRODUCES 20-30 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS PER YEAR, PROVIDING A FORUM FOR BOTH NEW AND MID-CAREER WRITERS TO EXPERIMENT WITH THEIR WORK AND DEVELOP AS ARTISTS.Expenses $655,368 · grants $39,850 · revenue $303,340
- STREET THEATER - THE ANNUAL SUMMER STREET THEATER IS A FREE OPERETTA-FOR-THE-STREETS THAT TOURS 13 LOCATIONS IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY. BEGUN IN THE EARLY 1970S AND EMBODYING THE GRASSROOTS IDEALS OF THAT DECADE, STREET THEATER AIMS TO RAISE SOCIAL AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT PERFORMS IN, CREATING CIVIC DIALOGUE THAT INSPIRES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE COMMUNITIES GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES. STREET THEATER PLAYS TO AN ESTIMATED 25,000 PEOPLE EACH SUMMER.Expenses $148,534 · grants $30,000
- COMMUNITY FESTIVAL - THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL PROGRAM IS A RESULT OF THE THEATERS STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. CONSISTING OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, IT GIVES LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND CURIOUS OUT-OF-TOWNERS ALIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE ARTISTIC DIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CITY FOR FREE. THE HALLOWEEN BALL SHOWCASES OVER 200 ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS AT A MULTI-LEVEL THEATRICAL EVENT, SPILL OUT ONTO THE STREET, WHOSE PERFORMANCES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. THE LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IS A FREE THREE-DAY WEEKEND LONG EXTRAVAGANZA CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC DIVERSITY OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE. ARTS IN EDUCATION - THE THEATERS ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A 10-WEEK AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM TEACHING CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH A VARIETY OF THEATRICAL MEDIUMS. THIS PROGRAM IS HELD TWICE A YEAR IN THE FALL AND SPRING. APPROXIMATELY 20 STUDENTS, AGES 8 THROUGH 12, ATTEND THIS PROGRAM EACH SESSION. THIS PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES OF PERFORMANCE AND MANY STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE THEATER.Expenses $113,431 · grants $15,000 · revenue $27,670
- PRESENTING THEATER - THE PRESENTING THEATER PROGRAM IS THE THEATERS VEHICLE TO PROVIDING A SHOWCASE FOR PERFORMING GROUPS WITHOUT A PERMANENT BASE. EACH WINTER, THE PRESENTING PROGRAM HOSTS BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER, THE OLDEST CONTINUING EXPERIMENTAL THEATER COMPANY IN AMERICA AND THE THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW, WHICH OFFERS RITUAL AND SOCIAL DANCES FROM 17 TRIBES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW IN THE EAST WHERE NATIVE AMERICANS CAN SEE THE DANCES OF EACH OTHERS TRIBES. NATIVE FOODS AND CRAFTS ARE SOLD IN THE LOBBY.Expenses $110,799 · revenue $114,660
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-2694851
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1971
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A650)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,955,293
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,786,166
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,753,519 | $1,282,740 | $3,955,293 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,650,597 | $1,150,549 | $3,488,305 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,775,738 | $1,168,891 | $2,949,824 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,186,055 | $867,631 | $2,374,441 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-2694851).
Questions about THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC is 13-2694851.
- Is THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1971.
- Are donations to THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CRYSTAL FIELD.
- Who are the officers and directors of THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $33,600 (ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF, OPS MGR / BOD).
- How much revenue does THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,753,519, expenses of $1,282,740 and total assets of $3,955,293 at year end.
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