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Nonprofit · EIN 13-3759761

STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC

Also known as STATEN ISLAND BALLET

Tax-exempt · STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306

Financials

$339K$445K2022$461K$410K2023$333K$473K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
May 31, 2025990$333,238$472,876-$139,638$226,459$334,122-$107,663
May 31, 2024990$460,793$410,051$50,742$252,284$220,309$31,975
May 31, 2023990$338,629$444,714-$106,085$153,308$182,075-$28,767
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$107,431
of which government grants
$40,690
Program service revenue
$209,363
Investment income
$63
Net income from fundraising events
$16,381
Other revenue
$16,381

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$21,509
Other salaries and wages
$146,267
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$209,065
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$6,591
Occupancy
$19,270
Travel
$50,431
Depreciation
$16,985
Program services (functional)
$374,112
Management and general (functional)
$41,554
Fundraising (functional)
$57,210

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$252,284
Total assets, end of year
$226,459
Total liabilities, end of year
$334,122
Net assets, end of year
-$107,663
Land, buildings and equipment
$142,632
Publicly traded securities
$1,000
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$107,663
Gross receipts
$374,289
Employees
27
Volunteers
20
Year formed
1993
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 May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
LUCIA DICHIARA ESQCHIEF OPERAT
Officer
20$21,509
ELLEN THARPCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
50$0
PAUL THARPEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0
CHRISTINE DISTASIOSBOARD SECRET
Trustee or director, Officer
15$0
EUGENE SORENSENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ROSEANN SORENSENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MICHELLE DESANTISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
VIRGINIA ALLENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DONALD G DEROSABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DANIELLE DEMASAYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
3$0
LINDA CONNIFFBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
NORVILEL JACKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LAURIE WETZLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
3$0
NOUKO OHASHI WILSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 14 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
LUCIA DICHIARA ESQCHIEF OPERAT
Officer
20$17,500
ELLEN THARPCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
50$0
PAUL THARPEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0
CHRISTINE DISTASIOSBOARD SECRET
Trustee or director, Officer
15$0
EUGENE SORENSENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ROSEANN SORENSENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MICHELLE DESANTISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
VIRGINIA ALLENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DONALD G DEROSABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DANIELLE DEMASAYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
3$0
LINDA CONNIFFBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
NORVILEL JACKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LAURIE WETZLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
3$0
NOUKO OHASHI WILSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended May 31, 2023: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ELLEN THARPCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
50$0
JANET RUBICHVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
PAUL THARPEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
CHRISTINE DISTASIOSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
EUGENE SORENSENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
ROSEANN SORENSENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
MESCAL WILSON-KNEILINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
ANNE MAZZELLABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
KIA GOH-CHUNGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
VANESSA SCIONTIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0
NOBUKO WILSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.5$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
3081 RICHMOND RD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306-1941
In care of
% ELLEN RUBICH THARP
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ELLEN THARP, 3081 RICHMOND ROAD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306
Signed the 990
PAUL THARP, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(718) 980-0500
Return prepared by
DESANTIS KIEFER SHALL & SARCONE LLP

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES BALLET ARTS PROGRAMMING AND TRAINING FOR ALL GROUPS AND AGES, ADVANCING THE ARTS ECONOMY AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT.

990 for the year ended May 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER (SIBT) PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO HELP ENRICH CULTURAL EXPERIENCES FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN THE CITY'S REMOTE BOROUGH OF 492,925 PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY AMONG BLACKS, HISPANICS, AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS. PROGRAMMING IN FISCAL YEAR 07/01/2024 - 06/20/2025 INCLUDED YEAR-ROUND TRAINING IN THE BALLET ARTS AND STAGED BALLET EVENTS AT SIBT'S LANDMARK STUDIO BUILDING IN THE SEA VIEW FARM COLONY HISTORIC DISTRICT CAMPUS, AND AT THE MAINSTAGE WILLIAMSON THEATRE AT THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS. SIBT PROVIDED 836 CONSERVATORY CLASSES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-12 , AS WELL AS 8 ADULTS. IT PRODUCED 15 STAGED PRODUCTIONS AT TWO ADA-COMPLIANT VENUES: THE 440-SEAT WILLIAMSON THEATRE, AND IN SIBT'S OWN 55-SEAT STUDIO THEATER FEATURING RISERS, WINGS, STAGE LED-LIGHTING, A LOBBY, THREE RESTROOMS, AND PRIVATE DRESSING ROOMS. EVENTS INCLUDED: (1)DANCE UP SERIES OF ORIGINAL WORKS IN-PROGRESS AND CLASSICAL FAVORITES FROM THE REPERTOIRE , FOR A TOTAL OF 6 SHOWS IN THE INTIMATE STUDIO THEATER VENUE IN THE SEA VIEW/FARM COLONY HISTORIC DISTRICT. TICKETS ARE 25 TICKETS 20; 07/20/2024, 3PM &7:30 PM; 07/27/2024, 3PM &7:30 PM; 05/25/2024, 3 PM & 7 PM; 06/15/2025, 1PM. EXCERPTS FROM THE REPERTOIRE AND NEW WORKS-IN-PROGRESS. (2) THE NUTCRACKER, 5 SHOWS, WILLIAMSON THEATRE, 12/12/2024, 5 PM; 12/14/2024 - 12/19/2025, 2 PM & 5PM; 1,768 PAID TICKETS, 85 ORCHESTRA, 60 BALCONY. THE 2-HOUR SHOW USED BROADWAY SETS IN THREE ACTS, SPECIAL EFFECTS AND A CAST OF 24 PROFESSIONAL DANCERS. FREE TICKETS TO SIBT'S MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER WERE GIVEN TO DESERVING RECIPIENTS VIA SIBT'S NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUR DIVERSITY DIRECTOR VIRGINIA ALLEN, A RESPECTED BLACK CULTURAL LEADER AND RECENT RECIPIENT OF AN HONORARY DOCTORATE OF LETTERS FROM THE COLLEE OF STATEN ISLAND. A TOTAL OF 442 FREE TICKETS VALUED AT 36260 WERE PROVIDED TO SIBT'S OUTREACH PARTNERS THAT SERVE A BROAD CONSTITUENCY. GROUP DISCOUNTS OF UP TO 30 PERCENT WERE AVAILABLE TO PARTNER CONSTITUENCIES, BUT NO GROUP SALES OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD. ARTISTS AND TECHNICIANS WERE ALSO HIRED FROM THE CITY'S DIVERSE TALENT POOL, AND PAID INDUSTRY SCALE WAGES AS W-2 EMPLOYEES, WITH MANDATED BENEFITS. BALLET CLASSES WERE PROVIDED YEAR-ROUND MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 3 PM TO 7 PM, AND ON SATURDAY 9 AM TO 4 PM. A SUMMER INTENSIVE OF ALL-DAY CLASSES WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO 24 STUDENTS, MONDAY-FRIDAY DURING THREE WEEKS IN AUGUST 2025. AUDITIONING FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS WAS ALSO TAUGHT ALONG WITH CHOREOGRAPHY PIECES TAILORED TO A STUDENT'S STRENGTHS. THREE STUDENTS WERE OFFERED SCHOLARSHIP AID AT SEPARATE UNIVERSITIES FOR THE FALL OF 2025. CREDITS OF TEACHING ARTISTS INCLUDE MARIE FICHAUX (PARIS OPERA BALLET, ROYAL BALLET); KARINA TERAN (BALASOLE DANCE); MICHELE MORENO (NATIONAL BALLET OF CARACAS, NATIONAL BALLET OF CUBA); JILIAN PIZZI (BARNARD COLLEGE- PHI BETA KAPPA, UNDER KATIE GLASNER); ELLEN THARP (FORMER MANHATTAN BALLET PRINCIPAL, GRADUATE FORDHAM-LINCOLN CENTER AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, ALSO STAGE AND TV CREDITS, MEMBER SAG-AFTRA). PARTICIPANTS WERE REACHED THROUGH OUTREACH BY SIBT PARTNERS, SCHOOL REFERRALS AND ONLINE FACE BOOK EXPOSURE, INCLUDING TWO PODCASTS ON THE LATEST SCIENCE IN DANCE WELLNESS. SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING 19,400 (WAIVED TUITION) AND RANGING FROM 800 TO 3,000, WERE AWARDED TO 15 CANDIDATES BASED ON TALENT, MOTIVATION AND FINANCIAL NEED, AN AVERAGE OF 1,293. MARKEKETING RELIED ON PAID ADS IN NEWSPAPERS, CHURCH BULLETINS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND SIBT'S MAILING LIST OF 2,400 TICKET BUYERS AND WEEKLY EMAIL AUDIENCE OF 2,270 AVERAGE SUPPORTERS.
    Expenses $374,112 · revenue $209,363

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

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025May 31, 2026October 15, 2026Not on file
2024May 31, 2025October 15, 2025990 on file
2023May 31, 2024October 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
13-3759761
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
1994
Accounting year ends
May
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$226,459
Income (IRS master file)
$374,289

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990May 2025$333,238$472,876$226,459XML
990May 2024$460,793$410,051$252,284XML
990May 2023$338,629$444,714$153,308XML
990May 2022$411,136$321,686$263,367IRS
990May 2021–––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 13-3759761).

Questions about STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC

What is the EIN of STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC is 13-3759761.
Is STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
Are donations to STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER 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 STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2025.
Who is the principal officer of STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC?
The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names ELLEN THARP.
Who are the officers and directors of STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC?
The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $21,509 (LUCIA DICHIARA ESQ, CHIEF OPERAT).
How much revenue does STATEN ISLAND BALLET THEATER INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $333,238, expenses of $472,876 and total assets of $226,459 at year end.

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