UBW INC

Financials

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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

138 S OXFORD ST STE 4B, BROOKLYN, NY 11217-1694

In care of

% HENRY LILES

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MICHELLE DORANT, 138 SOUTH OXFORD STREET 4B, BROOKLYN, NY 11217

Signed the 990

MICHELLE DORANT, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(718) 398-4537

Return prepared by

LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP

Mission

CHOREOGRAPHER JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR FOUNDED URBAN BUSH WOMEN (UBW) IN 1984 AS A PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE DEDICATED TO EXPLORING THE USE OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. UBW WEAVES CONTEMPORARY DANCE, MUSIC AND TEXT WITH THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. UBW'S ARTISTIC WORK IS UNIQUE AND REQUESTED AROUND THE WORLD. UBW HAS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE AND WORKS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF COLLABORATORS FROM THE WORLDS OF DANCE, MUSIC AND LITERATURE.

Program accomplishments

• FY25 SAW A CONTINUATION OF UBW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS WITH OUR THIS IS RISK NATIONAL TOUR (OCTOBER 2024 - APRIL 2025), WHICH TRAVELED TO TALLAHASSEE, FL; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; BOSTON, MA; AND LARAMIE, WY, PERFORMING FOR 1,889 ATTENDEES. LOCALLY, FY25 PERFORMANCES OF THIS IS RISK AND OTHER UBW MIXED REPERTORY TOOK PLACE AT 92NY AND THE APOLLO FOR 1,520 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. WE ALSO TOURED EXCERPTS OF OUR SITE-RESPONSIVE WORK HAINT BLU TO WILLIAMSTOWN, MA AND BUFFALO, NY FOR 127 ATTENDEES.THE CENTERPIECE OF UBW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMMING WAS THE NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE OF UBW FOUNDER JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR'S SCAT! THE COMPLEX LIVES OF AL & DOT, DOT & AL ZOLLAR IN FEBRUARY 2025 AT THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY ZOLLAR IN COLLABORATION WITH JAZZ COMPOSER CRAIG HARRIS AND CO-CHOREOGRAPHED BY ZOLLAR AND VINCENT THOMAS WITH DRAMATURGY BY TALVIN WILKS, 'SCAT!' IS A POWERFUL TALE OF THE ZOLLAR FAMILY AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DREAMS ENCOUNTER THE REALITIES OF AMERICAN LIFE IN THE '40S AND '50S, MODELED AFTER THE GREAT TRADITION OF BLACK FLOOR SHOWS. SCAT! RAN FOR FOUR PERFORMANCES AT THE PAC FOR 1,042 ATTENDEES. BEFORE ITS RUN AT PAC NYC, SCAT! HAD ITS WEST COAST PREMIERE AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM (NOVEMBER 2024), PERFORMING FOR 2,825 AUDIENCE MEMBERS OVER FOUR PERFORMANCES.IN APRIL 2025, UBW SPENT TWO WEEKS IN RESIDENCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO TEACHING WORKSHOPS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY. IN MAY, UBW HOSTED OUR GENERATIVE DANCER WORKSHOP AT MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A PROCESS-BASED APPROACH TO UBW'S ART-MAKING INFORMED BY WHO IS IN THE ROOM--GROUNDED IN BLACK FEMINIST THEORY AND CENTERING RADICAL BLACK EXPERIMENTATION IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE, POLITICS, IDENTITY, AND HISTORY.ACROSS FY25, UBW CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT AND STRENGTHEN OUR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF UNDER-RESOURCED ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES OF COLOR. BUILDERS, ORGANIZERS, AND LEADERS IN DANCE (BOLD) WORKSHOPS ARE LED BY UBW STAFF AND A ROSTER OF TRAINED ARTIST-FACILITATORS. IN FY25, BOLD REACHED 1,108 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS 11 ENGAGEMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE MUSIC CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, THE LAUNDROMAT PROJECT, NATURALLY OCCURRING CULTURAL DISTRICTS NY, THE PEACE CORPS, BROOKLYN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, 92NY, AND MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP, ARTSPOOL, SANTA FE COLLEGE, AND AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. BOLD OFFERINGS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO 4 CORE WORKSHOPS: 1) DANCE FOR EVERY BODY, EMBRACING EACH INDIVIDUAL'S UNIQUE AND POWERFUL CONTRIBUTION; 2) MINDFUL BODIES & REFLECTIVE PRACTICES, FOCUSING ON SELF-CARE, REJUVENATION, AND (RE-)CONSTRUCTING HEALTHFUL IMAGES OF OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES; 3) ENTERING, BUILDING, AND EXITING COMMUNITY (EBX), ROOTED IN UBW'S VALUE-CENTERED APPROACH FOR WORK IN COMMUNITIES; AND 4) COLLABORATION LAB, FACILITATING ARTISTIC CREATION BASED ON THEMES THAT EMERGE FROM THE GROUP. EACH WORKSHOP IS LED BY ONE OR MORE TRAINED ARTIST FACILITATORS, INCLUDING UBW COMPANY MEMBERS. WORKSHOP SIZE, DURATION, AND FEES ARE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE GROUP. UBW'S SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (SLI) IS A 10-DAY CONVENING THAT SERVES AS AN INCUBATION SPACE FOR ARTISTS, ORGANIZERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SEEKING TO BUILD SKILLS IN CULTURAL LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL JUSTICE, STORYTELLING, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ART. THE SLI WAS FORMALIZED IN 1992 AND HAS SINCE SERVED OVER 2,000 PARTICIPANTS RANGING IN AGE FROM TEENS TO ELDERS AND COMING FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND ABROAD. PARTICIPANTS REGISTER ONLINE, WITH A PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN ENROLLMENT FEE. EACH SLI CULMINATES WITH TWO FREE, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES BY PARTICIPANTS. FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN, SLI HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT FORMATS. IN FY25, WE LED AN INTERNAL VERSION FOR THE UBW TEAM, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING AND PURSUING FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FULL SLI. UBW'S CHOREOGRAPHIC CENTER INITIATIVE (CCI) BEGAN IN 2013 AS A 10-YEAR INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN+ OF COLOR CHOREOGRAPHERS. SINCE THEN, THE PROGRAM HAS TAKEN MANY FORMS TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR ARTISTS AND THE NATIONAL ARTS ECOLOGY. IN FY25, WE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING AND EXPLORATORY WORK FOR FUTURE ITERATIONS OF CCI. IN 2021, UBW LAUNCHED THE UBW ARCHIVE PROJECT TO DOCUMENT, PRESERVE, AND DIGITIZE UBW'S 40 YEAR HISTORY OF CHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE, SOCIAL PRACTICE, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE UBW ARCHIVE FEATURES THE VOICES OF THE BLACK WOMEN+ ARTISTS, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND COUNTLESS COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SHAPED UBW'S GROUNDBREAKING FUSION OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC CULTURAL PRACTICES WITH MODERN DANCE AND AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS 40 YEARS. FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 2025, THE UBW ARCHIVE WAS FEATURED IN UBW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE APOLLO, TITLED 'LEGACY, LINEAGE, AND LIBERATION: AN EXAMINATION OF URBAN BUSH WOMEN'S ART-MAKING AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PRAXIS.' THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED A ONE-MONTH EXTENSION AND FEATURED SPECIAL POP-UP PERFORMANCES BY UBW COMPANY MEMBERS. IT SHOWCASED RARE PHOTOGRAPHS, PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE, MANUSCRIPTS, COSTUMES, AND MEMORABILIA FROM ACROSS THE ENSEMBLE'S 40-YEAR HISTORY.
  Expenses $1,254,075 · revenue $408,229

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

13-3645651

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

1992

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A620)

Assets (IRS master file)

$5,414,252

Income (IRS master file)

$3,567,279

Filing history

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.

Questions about UBW INC

What is the EIN of UBW INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of UBW INC is 13-3645651.

Is UBW INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1992.

Are donations to UBW INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does UBW 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 UBW INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did UBW INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of UBW INC?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names MICHELLE DORANT.

Who are the officers and directors of UBW INC?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $101,902 (TAHNIA BELLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 3/7/25)).

How much revenue does UBW INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,567,279, expenses of $2,379,176 and total assets of $5,414,252 at year end.

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