2025-04-03T16:39:45-07:00 2024-08-31 823782880 Mary G Sormeley CPA 560 Day Ave Ridgefield NJ 07657 990 2023-09-01 133449416 Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd dba HERE Art Center HOME 2126470202 145 Sixth Ave New York NY 10013 Lanxing Fu Co-Director 2025-04-03 true true Mary G Sormeley P01469548 2018328922 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Lanxing Fu 145 Sixth Ave New York NY 10013 2240828 false X www.here.org X 1986 NY HERE builds an inclusive community that nurtures artists of all backgrounds as they disrupt conventional expectations to create innovative performances in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, media, and visual art. 22 17 146 25 0 1605227 1470321 598303 683889 71 0 33029 55645 2236630 2209855 257029 187804 0 1269449 1519535 0 158488 1349900 1366404 2876378 3073743 -639748 -863888 3234113 2506749 1540387 1676911 1693726 829838 HERE builds an inclusive community that nurtures artists of all backgrounds as they disrupt conventional expectations to create innovative performances in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, media, and visual art. false false 2519816 683889 HERE's artistic programming is organized under two umbrellas: HERE Produces, whichincludes the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) and HERE & Back, and HERE Presents, which includes PROTOTYPE Festival, Dream Music Puppetry, and SubletSeries@HERE.During the 2023-24 season, more than 500 artists brought 34 projects to life seen byover 23,500 audience members in New York City. HARP is a multi-year artist residencythat provides up to $125,000 in direct and in-kind commissioning, development, and producing support. During FY2024, the HARP cohort artists received year-round guidance and assistance from HERE staff and opportunities to showcase work in process at HERE RAW (Resident Artist Works), our annual festival of workshop presentations by HARP artists, and through partnerships with other local nonprofits. Two HARP projects were premiered by HERE, graduating its artists from our residency program: Normandy Sherwood's PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE (September 2023), and Nia Witherspoon's PRIESTESS OF TWERK: A BLACK FEMME STAR TEMPLE + WISDOM SCHOOL (May/June 2024). HERE & BACK supports projects developed and produced by HERE led by established multidisciplinary artists with deep connections with our company. Programming during FY2024 included Heather Christians TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY (January/February 2024), which was also featured in PROTOTYPE 2024. Our PROTOTYPE 2024 festival included nine music based events performed in six Manhattan venues from January 10 to 21st, 2024 including TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY by composer/librettist Heather Christian (world premiere, The Space at Irondale); CHORNOBYLDORF composed by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko (US premiere, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club); THE PROMISE composed by Wende & Isobel Waller-Bridge and concept by Chloe Lamford & Wende (US premiere, HERE Mainstage); ANGEL ISLAND, composed & conducted by Huang Ruoa (NYC premiere, BAM's Harvey Theater at BAM Strong); ADORATION by composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and librettist Royce Vavrek and directed by Laine Rettmer (world premiere, The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture); MALINXE created by Indigenous composers Autumn Chacon and Laura Ortman (world premiere, Winter Garden at Brookfield Place); and featured three digital works, including VODALITIES, PARADIGMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE HUMAN VOICE composed by Dominic Shodekeh Talifero (digital stream); WHITENESS written and performed by Paul Pinto and directed and designed by Kameron Neal (digital stream); and SWANN by composer Tamar-kali, librettist Carl Hancock Rux and director James Blaszko.Dream Music Puppetry's Puppetopia festival featured 4 new works of puppetry for adults on HERE's Mainstage and Dorothy B. Williams Theatre. The FY2024 season also included a Dream Music Puppetry Program Co-Presentation of Bills 44th created by Dorothy James & Andy Manjuck.SubletSeries@HERE provides discount rental rates to small companies and individualartists so they may realize their productions on an Off-Broadway stage. Projects were identified through a free and open application process. During FY24, SubletSeries supported 19 productions and one festival, which also received free or deeply discounted access to technical equipment for the stage. Projects included PITCHBLACK Immersive Experiences (Martn Bondone's ODD MAN OUT) and Experiments in Opera (FIVE WAYS TO DIE). The FY24 year also featured archival and commissioned works on URHERE, our new digital platform. Commissioned works included SECTION 230 by Jared Mezzocchi (URHERE) and THE AMERICAN TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (URHERE). 2519816 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 92 0 true 146 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 22 17 false false false false false false false false false false false true true true true true true true false false NY X X Lanxing Fu 2126470202 145 Sixth Ave New York NY 10013 Kristen Marting Artistic Director 40.00 0.00 87001 0 10932 Barbara Busackino Member 10.00 0.00 X 7364 0 0 Michael Champness Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Abigail Gampel Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Setareh Mirhosseini Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Maner Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brenna Thomas Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kevin Matthews Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Helen Mills Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alan Ostroff Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Pinto Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kamala Sankaram Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Amy Segal Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Walport Vice-Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Suh Whitfield Board Chair 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tommy Young Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lanxing Fu Co-Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Teresa Woods Pena Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 China Young Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jesse Cameron Alick Co-Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Annalisa Dias Co-Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lauren Miller Co-Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Warren Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 94365 10932 0 true false false 0 144071 170015 1156235 1470321 Co-producer income 711190 130500 130500 Facility rentals 532000 249395 249395 Fiscal sponsorship income 711190 184868 184868 Ticket handling fee incom 711190 36919 36919 Ticket sales 711190 82207 82207 683889 0 0 0 0 0 30973 144071 30973 0 0 0 Other income 900099 55645 55645 55645 2209855 739534 X 166804 166804 21000 21000 0 0 163581 132464 23339 7778 0 1125441 965142 109755 50544 4015 3417 415 183 119800 102609 11800 5391 106698 90809 11036 4853 0 0 13159 13159 0 0 0 618634 368801 183368 66465 135145 135145 4326 4326 0 0 0 50691 30964 19096 631 0 0 81214 78778 1624 812 0 135342 131282 2707 1353 27534 23434 2848 1252 Production expenses 91926 91926 Repairs and maintenance 85156 82601 1703 852 Utilities and storage 82533 76635 3316 2582 Fundraising and other events 14903 14903 25841 18005 6947 889 3073743 2519816 395439 158488 212771 176828 339361 0 259409 69647 24432 17142 0 0 0 0 63006 21325 3825012 1678158 2222512 2146854 0 0 0 110536 72870 2086 2083 3234113 2506749 140359 106106 14134 42377 1385894 1320428 200000 8000 1540387 1676911 X 1302556 450152 391170 379686 1693726 829838 3234113 2506749 -863888 X false true X true false X 1394340 2879836 2519458 1605227 1470321 9869182 0 0 1394340 2879836 2519458 1605227 1470321 9869182 1661765 8207417 366 386 118 71 941 0 75254 18886 26911 33029 55645 209725 10079848 1788519 0.81420 0.79200 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1538677 762532 776145 2264317 915626 1348691 22018 22018 2146854 Refundable advance 8000 8000 X 2472835 287629 -24649 262980 2209855 2209855 3336723 287629 -24649 262980 3073743 3073743 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Center does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for the periods ending August 31, 2020 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. X X X X X X X false NY Annual benefit 175044 144071 30973 5537 25436 175044 144071 30973 5537 25436 30973 true Opera on Tap 190 Ocean Parkway Suite 3 Brooklyn NY 11218 204554125 509(a) 121974 0 Cash value Fiscal sponsorship grant Tandem Otter Productions 26 Vandam St 1FW New York NY 10013 134101497 44830 0 Cash value Fiscal sponsorship 1 1 Fiscal sponsorship 3 21000 Book value X X false false false false false false false false false Kristen Marting Artistic Director 87001 10932 97933 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 with the audit/finance committee andprovided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All Board Members are required to fill out a Conflict of Interest Disclosure formbefore the start of the next fiscal year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Kristin's compensation is reviewed by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of theBoard performs her annual staff review. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Financial statements are available for review on our website. Governing documents and policies are available upon request.