Nonprofit · EIN 13-4192400
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11217
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | 990 | $912,864 | $1,413,349 | -$500,485 | $688,668 | $256,165 | $432,503 |
| July 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,216,420 | $1,679,474 | -$463,054 | $1,234,410 | $294,422 | $939,988 |
| July 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,432,157 | $1,577,756 | -$145,599 | $1,505,256 | $102,214 | $1,403,042 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $500,757
- of which government grants
- $61,485
- Program service revenue
- $388,399
- Investment income
- $8,867
- Royalties
- $7,555
- Other revenue
- $14,841
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $196,692
- Other salaries and wages
- $364,199
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $624,882
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $18,742
- Accounting fees
- $26,264
- Occupancy
- $79,062
- Travel
- $33,831
- Depreciation
- $17,003
- Program services (functional)
- $970,615
- Management and general (functional)
- $245,861
- Fundraising (functional)
- $196,873
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,234,410
- Total assets, end of year
- $688,668
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $256,165
- Net assets, end of year
- $432,503
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $60,640
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $215,870
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $216,633
- Gross receipts
- $912,864
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 13
- Year formed
- 2001
- 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 July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER KESSLER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THROUGH 3/2025) Officer | 40 | $114,671 | $11,049 |
| JOSHUA RUBIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $42,519 | $0 |
| GEORGE LEWIS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Officer | 16 | $36,000 | $0 |
| REBEKAH HELLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $21,388 | $0 |
| FAY VICTOR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $16,588 | $0 |
| NUIKO WADDEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $15,674 | $0 |
| CLAUDE ARPELS | CO-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SAYIDDAH MCCREE | CO-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| OSCAR GERARDO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SONYA IMBER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WHIT BERNARD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCOS BALTER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW BIRSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REBECCA GIVAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA GUNDLACH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAN KURUNA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM MCDANIEL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DU YUN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JONATHAN SOLARS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILLY FIDLER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM 7/2025) Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2024: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER KESSLER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $117,083 | $12,580 |
| JENNI BOWMAN | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Officer | 40 | $102,000 | $10,838 |
| JOSHUA RUBIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $39,151 | $0 |
| REBEKAH HELLER | TRUSTEE AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $36,612 | $0 |
| GEORGE LEWIS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Officer | 16 | $36,000 | $0 |
| FAY VICTOR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $13,350 | $0 |
| NUIKO WADDEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $3,312 | $0 |
| CLAUDE ARPELS | CO-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SAYIDDAH MCCREE | CO-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| OSCAR GERARDO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WHIT BERNARD | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCOS BALTER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW BIRSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REBECCA GIVAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA GUNDLACH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SONYA IMBER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHIWONISO KAITANO | TRUSTEE (THROUGH 1/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATINKA KLEIJN | TRUSTEE (THROUGH 10/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN KURUNA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID BYRD MARROW | TRUSTEE (THROUGH 10/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM MCDANIEL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DU YUN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER KESSLER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $111,969 | $8,231 |
| ROSS KARRE | FORMER ARTISTIC DIR./EXEC. PRODUCER Officer | 40 | $51,137 | $5,530 |
| JENNI BOWMAN | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Officer | 40 | $48,758 | $0 |
| GEORGE LEWIS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Officer | 16 | $25,960 | $0 |
| REBEKAH HELLER | TRUSTEE AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $25,082 | $0 |
| JOSHUA RUBIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $13,375 | $0 |
| DAVID BYRD MARROW | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $9,825 | $0 |
| KATINKA KLEIJN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $5,400 | $0 |
| DU YUN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $3,600 | $0 |
| CLAUDE ARPELS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| REBECCA GIVAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WHIT BERNARD | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCOS BALTER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW BIRSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| OSCAR GERARDO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA GUNDLACH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHIWONISO KAITANO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SAYIDDAH MCCREE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM MCDANIEL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 80 HANSON PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11217-1506
- In care of
- % C WHIT BERNARD TREAS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- BILLY FIDLER, 80 HANSON PLACE 201, BROOKLYN, NY 11217
- Signed the 990
- BILLY FIDLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (347) 227-7320
- Website
- WWW.ICEORG.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP
Mission
WITH A COMMITMENT TO CULTIVATING A MORE CURIOUS AND ENGAGED SOCIETY THROUGH MUSIC, THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE-AS A COMMISSIONER AND PERFORMER AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL-AMPLIFIES CREATORS WHOSE WORK PROPELS AND CHALLENGES HOW MUSIC IS MADE AND EXPERIENCED.
Program accomplishments
- UNDER GEORGE LEWIS' LEADERSHIP, OUR PROGRAMMING CONTINUES TO EMBRACE "POLYASPORA: A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS FOR NEW MUSIC." THE ENSEMBLE PRESENTED 50+ EVENTS DURING THE 2024-2025 CONCERT SEASON, INCLUDING PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, AND RECORDINGS (IN-PERSON, ONLINE, AND HYBRID) ACROSS THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE SEASON HIGHLIGHTED LEWIS'S VISION FOR A MULTIPLICITOUS, GLOBAL FUTURE FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. WE PRESENTED 57 PREMIERES AND 11 COMMISSIONS, COLLABORATING WITH NEARLY 300 MUSICIANS AND 242 COMPOSERS, WHILE PARTNERING WITH INSTITUTIONS AND FESTIVALS TO ENGAGE OVER 200 STUDENTS AND YOUNG ARTISTS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD.OUR SIGNATURE COMPOSING WHILE BLACK CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS UNIQUE AND VITAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORK OF AFRODIASPORIC EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSERS, VOICES THAT HAVE OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED IN ACADEMIC, CURATORIAL, AND JOURNALISTIC CONTEXTS. WE PRESENTED FOUR PERFORMANCES THIS SEASON, INCLUDING A RESIDENCY AT UC IRVINE AND UC RIVERSIDE, AT NYU SKIRBALL CENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CREATIVE MUSICIANS, AT REID HALL IN PARIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLUMBIA PARIS GLOBAL CENTER, AND THE COLUMBIA INSTITUTE FOR IDEAS AND IMAGINATION, AND MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.THE ENSEMBLE CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION THROUGH RESIDENCIES AT THE WALDEN SCHOOL, USDAN SUMMER CAMP, AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS IYCA TICINO. WE ALSO HOSTED A TWO-DAY ENSEMBLE EVOLUTION ALUMNI CELEBRATION AND RECORDED WORKS BY LUNA COMPOSITION LAB ARTISTS, CULMINATING IN A PERFORMANCE AT CARNEGIE HALL, SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMPOSERS.Expenses $970,615 · revenue $388,399
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 July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | July 31, 2026 | December 15, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | July 31, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | July 31, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-4192400
- 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
- 2001
- Accounting year ends
- July
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A68)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $688,668
- Income (IRS master file)
- $912,864
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | July 2025 | $912,864 | $1,413,349 | $688,668 | XML |
| 990 | July 2024 | $1,216,420 | $1,679,474 | $1,234,410 | XML |
| 990 | July 2023 | $1,432,157 | $1,577,756 | $1,505,256 | XML |
| 990 | July 2022 | $1,217,135 | $1,381,315 | $1,579,908 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2017 | – | – | – | 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 13-4192400).
Questions about INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC is 13-4192400.
- Is INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.
- Are donations to INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE 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 INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names BILLY FIDLER.
- Who are the officers and directors of INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $114,671 (JENNIFER KESSLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THROUGH 3/2025)).
- How much revenue does INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $912,864, expenses of $1,413,349 and total assets of $688,668 at year end.
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