HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO 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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

120 BANK ST, NEW YORK, NY 10014-2126

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MARIE-LOUISE STEGALL, 120 BANK STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10014

Signed the 990

MARIE-LOUISE STEGALL, PRESIDENT

Phone

(212) 675-2370

Website

WWW.HBSTUDIO.ORG

Return prepared by

LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP

Mission

HB STUDIO, FOUNDED IN 1945 BY HERBERT BERGHOF AND UTA HAGEN, IS AN ARTISTIC HOME FOR ACTORS, PLAYWRIGHTS AND DIRECTORS AT EVERY LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT. WE PROVIDE A HAVEN FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS, FREE FROM COMMERCIAL PRESSURES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Program accomplishments

• (A) THE UTA HAGEN INSTITUTE FOR FULL TIME STUDY:ALL FY25 PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN-PERSON.(I) HAGEN SUMMER INTENSIVE: 6-WEEK, 5-DAY, FULL-TIME INTENSIVE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON UTA HAGEN'S APPROACH TO ACTING TECHNIQUE AND REHEARSAL PROCESS. 6/23/25 TO 8/01/25, 12 STUDENTS SERVED, 10 SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED.(II) HAGEN TEACHERS LAB: A FIVE-DAY INTENSIVE FULL-TIME PROGRAM FOR ACTORS AND EDUCATORS INTERESTED IN TEACHING UTA HAGEN'S ACTING EXERCISES AND METHODOLOGY 08/11/25 TO 8/15/25, 12 STUDENTS SERVED, 2 SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED. TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR 1 UTA HAGEN AWARD RECIPIENT WERE SPONSORED BY THE COLLEGE OF FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)(B) STUDIO CLASSES FOR TRAINING AND PRACTICE: FALL, WINTER, SPRING, AND SUMMER TERMS: ACTING, ACTING IMPROVISATION, ACTING ON CAMERA, SCENE STUDY, ACTING TECHNIQUE, MOVEMENT & THE BODY, MUSICAL THEATER & SINGING, SPEAKING VOICE, SPEECH, DIRECTING, PLAYWRITING, AND MORE. 3231 ENROLLMENTS, IN 272 CLASSES/YEAR, SEPTEMBER THROUGH AUGUST, 1520 STUDENTS SERVED, 74 SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED, 267 WORK-STUDY GRANTS. CLASSES WERE OFFERED IN BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON FORMATS.(C) HB STUDIO SPECIAL WORKSHOPS: IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR TERM-LENGTH STUDIO CLASS SCHEDULE, HB OFFERED SHORT TERM (1-5 SESSIONS) SKILL BUILDING AND SPECIAL FOCUS WORKSHOPS. 696 ENROLLMENTS IN 64 WORKSHOPS, 462 STUDENTS SERVED, 2 SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED, 33 WORK-STUDY GRANTS. WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED IN BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON FORMATS FROM SEPTEMBER 16 THROUGH THE YEAR'S END.(D) RESIDENCY PROJECTS: HB STUDIO'S RESIDENCY PROGRAM PROVIDES SPACE FOR ARTISTS TO REHEARSE AND PRESENT A NEW WORK AT AN EARLY- TO MID-STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PRODUCTION CAPABILITY OF THE HB PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION THEATER. SIX(6) WEEK-LONG RESIDENCIES, FEATURING 54 ARTISTS, CULMINATING IN A PUBLIC PRESENTATION. RESIDENCY PROJECTS INCLUDED: SONS OF AN UNKNOWN FATHER (2/3/25-2/9/25); PYRRHA, THE POET, AND PLANET EARTH (3/31/25-4/6/25); DIVERGENTS: QUE HARIAS POR AMOR?(6/9/25-6/15/25); MY BODY SAYS NO (6/23/25-6/29/25); WAITING: A QUEER BLACK TRAGICOMEDY IN TWO ACTS (7/7/25-7/13/25); AND LUCHA LIBRE (7/21/25-7/27/25); HB ALSO HOSTED ACTING OUT AND CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS. ACTING OUT IS A RESIDENT COMPANY OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS THAT PRESENTED THE ODETS PROJECT (1/18/25-1/19/25), AN ACTING OUT BOOK EVENT (5/4/25), AND RICH: SONGS OF LOVE AND OUTRAGE (8/3/25). CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS IS A RESIDENT COMPANY SUPPORTING EMERGING VOICES OF THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA AND THE CARIBBEAN THEATRE AND FILM SCENE AND PRESENTED ITS NEW WORKS FESTIVAL (12/6/24-12/7/24). HB ALSO HOSTED SPIDERWOMAN THEATER, THE OLDEST CONTINUALLY RUNNING INDIGENOUS FEMINIST THEATER COMPANY IN THE AMERICAS, WHICH PRESENTED A STORYWEAVING WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE (5/16/25-5/17/25), AND BASEMENT THEATRICS, AN EMERGING THEATRE COLLECTIVE DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK THROUGH READINGS, WORKSHOPS, PRODUCTIONS, AND ARTIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. THESE RESIDENCY PROJECTS AND HOSTED COMPANIES ENGAGED 137 ARTIST, PRESENTED 17 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS, AND SERVED AN AUDIENCE OF 714.(E) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: WINSTON TRANSITIONSHB PARTNERED WITH NONPROFIT PRIVATE NYC-BASED WINSTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL, AN INNOVATIVE DAY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES. HB TEACHING ARTISTS WORKED WITH STUDENTS IN WINSTON'S 'TRANSITIONS' PROGRAM--THOSE WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM 12TH GRADE, BUT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO TRANSITION TO THE WORKFORCE OR COLLEGE. THE PROGRAM SERVED 30 YOUNG ADULTS, WITH 13 60-MINUTE SESSIONS OVER 9 MONTHS, USING ACTORS' TOOLS TO SUPPORT SELF-EXPRESSION, INDEPENDENT LEARNING, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS. HB ALSO WELCOMED AN INTERN FROM WINSTON TO WORK ON-SITE IN THE STUDIO'S OFFICE TO TRAIN IN WORKPLACE SKILLS.(F) PUBLIC PROGRAMS: THEATER PROGRAM(I) HB STUDIO WORKS-IN-PROGRESS PRODUCTIONS AND PUBLIC EVENTS:TWENTY EIGHT (28) PUBLIC EVENTS OVER 32 DATES, FEATURING 367 ARTISTS AND SERVING AN AUDIENCE OF 794. SINGING VOICE PRESENTATIONS, 11/21/24, 3/11/25, 3/13/25, 3/16/25, 5/27/25, 6/1/25, 8/17/25; ACTING THE SONG PRESENTATIONS, 11/22/24, 3/12/25, 3/14,/25, 5/30/25, 6/2/25; INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECT LAB PRESENTATIONS, 11/24/24, 3/12/25, 6/3/25, 8/20/25; ACTING FOR TEENS PRESENTATIONS, 11/24/24, 3/23/25, 6/1/25; STAGE COMBAT PRESENTATION, 3/18/25; PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP WITH JOSE RIVERA, 5/9/25; BEHIND THE STUDIO DOORS OPEN HOUSES, 3/15/25, 5/31/25; TESTIMONY: THEATRE AS WITNESS TO OUR TIMES, 4/22/25; AMERICAN SCOREBOARD, 5/19/25; HB STUDIO TONY AWARD VIEWING PARTY, 6/8/25; VELVET RAGE: A QUEER-ASS PLAY, 6/19/25-6/22/25; RICH: SONG OF LOVE AND OUTRAGE, 8/3/25; AND THE HELEN GALLAGHER MEMORIAL, 8/4/25.(II) WORKS-IN-PROGRESS READINGS:HB HOSTED EIGHT(8) STAGED READINGS OF NEW FULL-LENGTH PLAYS AND ESTABLISHED WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT PRESENTED IN THE HB PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE AND THE HELEN GALLAGHER STUDIO THEATRE, FEATURING 56 ARTIST, TO A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 197. READINGS FEATURED: VELVET RAGE: A QUEER ASS PLAY (4/12/25), RHINOCEROS (4/9/25), IMPLICIT MEMORY SYSTEM: A JUNGIAN FARCE (4/26/25),BHAI BHAI BHAI (5/11/25), ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST (5/17/25), THE AUDITIONEERS (5/18/25), EXIT THE KING (5/31/25), AND STAY CALM (6/7/25).(III) MODERATED PUBLIC TALKS: PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS ABOUT CONTEMPORARY THEATER CONCERNS. FOUR(4) PUBLIC TALKS WERE HELD IN FY25, FEATURING 22 ARTISTS AND SERVING AN AUDIENCE OF 106. TOPICS INCLUDED: A CONVERSATION WITH MAX CASELLA AND MICHAEL BECKETT (3/9/25); CROWDFUNDING FOR CREATIVES: TURNING COMMUNITY INTO CAPITAL WITH ZAQ LATINO (5/3/25); THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ROUNDTABLE (5/24/25); AND A CONVERSATION WITH HADI TABBAL (6/1/25); AND THREE(3) PODCAST CONVERSATIONS (HB INSIGHT SERIES): THE TESTIMONY PROJECT, PT.1: THEATRE AS A WITNESS TO OUR TIMES WITH FRANK WOOD AND EMILY ADLER; THE TESTIMONY PROJECT, PT.2: NOEL COWARD'S LEGACY AT HB STUDIO WITH ALAN PALLY AND FRANK WOOD; AND THE TESTIMONY PROJECT, PT.3 WITH TINA SATTER AND FRANK WOOD.
  Expenses $1,980,258 · grants $161,716 · revenue $1,750,248

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

IRS record

EIN

13-3735185

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1993

Accounting year ends

August

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A6E)

Assets (IRS master file)

$1,507,540

Income (IRS master file)

$2,112,359

Filing history

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 13-3735185).

Questions about HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC

What is the EIN of HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC is 13-3735185.

Is HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.

Are donations to HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO 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 HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC last file with the IRS?

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

Who is the principal officer of HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names MARIE-LOUISE STEGALL.

Who are the officers and directors of HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $54,283 (EDITH MEEKS TO 22025, EXECUTIVE/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,073,681, expenses of $2,607,940 and total assets of $1,507,540 at year end.

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