2025-05-15T15:21:34-07:00 2024-06-30 132696850 Gruber Palumberi Raffaele Fried CPAs PC 7 Penn Plaza Suite 310 New York NY 10001 990 2023-07-01 112336154 BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE INC BILL 7186366949 1368 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN NY 11216 SHADAWN SMITH Executive Director 2025-05-15 true true M CARLINE LOGERIE CPA P01387821 2125860800 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SHADAWN SMITH 1368 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN NY 11216 1322355 false X THEBILLIEHOLIDAY.ORG X Artistic Programming:FY23 marked The Billies 50th Anniversary Season and the first year we resumed in-person programming post-COVID outdoor festivals, live performances, theater productions, and a wide gamut of film, music, dance, visual arts, and other cultural offerings. The year began in July 2022 with our Black Joy Summer Fest, which included a multitude of free community events including dance workshops, jazz performances, film screenings (including the Black Joy and the 5th annual Nova Frontier Film Festival), our Skylight Open music concert series, and a 29-hour play reading series in partnership with QuickSilver Theater Company. Summerfest events attracted more than 8,500 people. In October 2022 we implemented our annual Restoration Rocks Saturday afternoon block party on Fulton Street, celebrating the people, arts, culture, and entertainment that make the Bed-Stuy neighborhood world-renowned. In May we launched an unprecedented exhibit called Black Genius: We Rise... Still, wh 10 10 1 0 1746822 917012 183265 134947 273 0 148053 270396 2078413 1322355 3958816 0 0 138047 288192 0 12900 1742103 2501143 5838966 2789335 -3760553 -1466980 4847185 3557263 692614 382192 4154571 3175071 The goal of the Billie Holiday Theatre is to provide audiences with complete and authentic portrayals of the experiences of people of African descent across the world. To provide artists of African descent pure and unapologetic artistic freedom. We do this by producing and presenting all forms of art, and by challenging unjust systems that would prevent artists, institutions, and communities full access to world-class arts, creative spaces, and resources. false false 2409695 Artistic Programming:FY24 marked The Billies return as a producer of a full staged production inside the theatre. FABULATION or the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage had a four-week run of 31 performances from April to May. This production required significant funding with close to 100 creatives working onstage, backstage, front of house, and offsite. Total sales were over $50k and the production received great press and three AUDELCO award nominations. In the visual arts world, BHT received high praise for its Sky is the Limit: Music as Resistance exhibition by centering the public statue of Bed-Stuys own Christopher Wallace, the renowned rapper the Notorious B.I.G. by artist Sherwin Banfield. The series also included an exhibition focused on style with a fashion show as part of the exhibition opening reception. BHT received a small portion of the sales of the artwork in the exhibitions.Other key programming activities included a literary talk to promote the first memoir by Mrs. Viola Ford Fletcher Dont Let Them Bury My Story, the live audience recording of the hip-hop podcast HARD2EARN on the 35th anniversary of Wu-Tangs 36 Chambers, and another literary talk centered on a young adult story that included a partnership with the Brooklyn Childrens Theater. BHT continued its robust SummerFest outdoor programming, which includes the Summer Music Series, Black Joy FilmFest, and Skylight Open. SummerFest events continue to attract close to 10,000 people. 2409695 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 127 0 false 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X X MARTHA SAMUELS 7186366949 138 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN NY 11216 X Blondel Pinnock Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Colvin Grannum Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Toni Yuille-Williams Board Chair 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Latoya Nelson Kamdang Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Durell Cooper Vice Chair 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Wendell Pierce Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kerry McCarthy Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SHADAWN SMITH Executive Dir. 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kibra Yohannes Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Taneshia Nash Laird Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rasu Jilani Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 917012 917012 CONTRACT REVENUE 561000 20200 20200 theatre rental 900099 114747 114747 134947 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 other revenue 900099 270396 270396 270396 1322355 405343 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 201412 201412 0 86780 86780 0 0 104000 104000 99734 99734 0 0 0 467528 467528 124298 124298 6293 6293 0 0 156000 156000 14755 14755 0 0 0 0 6569 6569 0 Fiscal sponsorship-Black Seed 640267 640267 Production expenses 639803 639803 Repair and maintenance 68844 68844 Equipment purchase and rental 54519 54519 118533 105196 437 12900 2789335 2409695 366740 12900 3942600 3049627 0 717535 313270 36886 45368 0 0 0 0 5250 60307 20069 46807 40238 0 0 0 0 103357 103510 4847185 3557263 180721 120722 250423 261470 261470 692614 382192 X 2411259 2072026 1743312 1103045 4154571 3175071 4847185 3557263 -1466980 487480 X false true X true false X 1655132 9266478 4580547 1746822 917012 18165991 281246 438368 45500 89700 20200 875014 0 0 0 1936378 9704846 4626047 1836522 937212 19041005 0 108699 297066 405765 108699 297066 405765 18635240 161 242 273 676 0 161 242 273 676 0 18587 11420 106149 241618 385143 762917 1954965 9716427 4732438 2078413 1322355 19804598 0.94100 0.94750 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 24824 24824 35483 20069 15414 40238 DUE TO AFFILIATES 261470 261470 X 1322355 1322355 1322355 2789335 2789335 2789335 Part X : FIN48 Footnote BHT has evaluated the recognition requirements for uncertain income tax positions as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, with no cumulative effect adjustment required. Income tax benefits are recognized for income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return only when it is determined that the income tax position will more-likely-that-not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. Accordingly, the company has not recorded any reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties for uncertain income tax provisions at June 30, 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY the Director of Finance, the Executive Director and signed off by the Board Treasurer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Monitored via board meetings and regular check-ins with the Managing Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 THE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE THEATRE'S BOX OFFICE. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.