Brooklyn Academy of Music is a performing arts center based in Brooklyn, NY that was founded in 1861. As of 2018 they had $56 million in revenue and $140 million in assets.
Bam's mission is to be the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. Bam is the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.
Next wave festvial 2017 in 2017, bam's 35th annual next wave festival continued to redefine the performing arts through a lineup of 31 productions that featured both emerging and established artists from 11 countries, including: cambodia, canada, colombia, france, germany, israel, the netherlands, senegal, switzerland, the united kingdom, and the united states. The festival reached a total audience of 89,622. Highlights included: cafe muller/the rite of spring, a double bill from the acclaimed tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch (sept. 14-24, 2017); director thomas ostermeier's reinvention of the shakespeare classic richard iii (oct. 11-14, 2017); and the return of geoff sobelle with his newest physical theater piece, home (dec. 6-10, 2017).
Film fy2018 in fy18, bam film's repertory program presented over 260 film screenings across 14 distinct series. Season highlights included: fight the power: black superheroes on film (february 2-18, 2018), which presented an alternative cinematic history of black screen heroes; women at work: labor activism (march 2-8, 2018), which explored how courageous women shaped the labor movement; and isi se puede! Pioneers of chicano cinema (march 16-22, 2018), which highlighted the path-breaking chicano filmmakers who gave voice to a vibrant community. From june 20-july 1, 2018, bam film presented the ninth annual bamcinemafest, which featured the new york premieres of: boots riley's sorry to bother you, a surrealist anarcho-comedy starring lakeith stanfield, tessa thompson, and armie hammer; stephen maing's documentary crime + punishment, exposing racism and corruption inside the nypd; eighth grade, the first film by comedian bo burnham, exploring growing up in the age of snapchat; and madeline's madeline, ...
Spring 2018 bam's 2018 winter/spring season reached an audience of 69,313 through nine performances and musical engagements, showcasing artists and companies from five countries including russia, south africa, the united kingdom, the united states, and uzbekistan. Presentations included: meredith monk's cellular songs, a musical exploration of the relationship between humans and the environment (mar. 14-18, 2018); a new staging of eugene o'neill's long day's journey into night, starring jeremy irons and lesley manville under the direction of sir richard eyre (may 8-27, 2018); and remembrance, reconciliation, renewal, bam's 41st annual danceafrica festival, featuring south african supergroup ingoma kwazulu-natal dance company and contemporary durban-based siwela sonke dance theatre (may 25-28, 2018).
| Fiscal year ending | Date received by IRS | Form | PDF link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06 | Apr 15, 2019 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2017-06 | Apr 10, 2018 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2016-06 | Jul 24, 2017 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2015-06 | Apr 7, 2016 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2014-06 | Mar 10, 2015 | 990 | View PDF |
| ...and four more Form 990 PDFs | |||
| Field | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $39,951,169 |
| Program services | $15,112,248 |
| Investment income and dividends | $1,613 |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 |
| Royalty revenue | $0 |
| Net rental income | $246,097 |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $1,748 |
| Net income from fundraising events | $321,638 |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $507,964 |
| Total revenues | $56,142,477 |
| Vendor | Services | Amount paid | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Services | Software | 2020-04-23 | |
| █████ ██████ ███ | Tax accounting; Audit accounting | 2019-04-03 | |
| █████ ████████████ | Catering | $611,914 | 2018-06-01 |
| █████████ ███████████ | Advertising | $451,294 | 2018-06-01 |
| █████████ ███ | Company Fee | $642,226 | 2018-06-01 |
| ████████ █████████ ███████ | Company Fee | $424,673 | 2018-06-01 |
| ███████ ████████ ███████████ ███████████ | Maintenance Fee | $461,676 | 2018-06-01 |
| ██████ ███████ ████ | Insurance | 2017-12-31 | |
| ...and eight more vendors | |||
| Name | Title | Compensation | Most recent data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Stubblefield | Chief Financial Officer / Treasurer | $317,613 | April 3, 2019 |
| John Lanasa | Vice President Marketing and Commun | $181,320 | June 30, 2018 |
| ███████ ██████ | Vice President of Development | $231,580 | June 30, 2018 |
| ████████ █████████████ | Vice President Education and Comm Engagement | $124,819 | June 30, 2018 |
| ██████ ████████ | Crew Chief | $172,091 | June 30, 2018 |
| █████ ██████ | Artistic Director | - | Oct. 3, 2020 |
| ███████ █████ | Director of Leadership Gifts | $186,701 | June 30, 2018 |
| ███ ██████ | Cinema Executive Manager | $177,693 | June 30, 2018 |
| ████████ █████████ | Stagehand | $178,805 | June 30, 2018 |
| ████ █████ | President | $337,341 | Oct. 3, 2020 |
| ...and 11 more key personnel | |||