Program areas at The Jim Henson Foundation
Puppetry at The carriage house (patch): a residency program setup through The Jim Henson Foundation with support from The jane Henson Foundation. Puppet theater artists are given access to The Henson carriage house space for 5-6 days to rehearse their new work and then perform a work-in-progress at The end of The week in front on an invited audience with a feedback session following The performance. Artists are also given a $1,000 stipend to help offset costs incurred during The residency. The patch residency was awarded to four artists in 2022: andy gaukel, sachiyo takahashi & rowan magee, charlotte lily gaspard, and marcella murray.
Richard exhibit - montreal: The Jim Henson Foundation presents: american puppet theater today: The photography of richard termine, an exhibit of over 100 photographs depicting The breadth and vibrancy of The american puppet theater scene, with a special focus on new york city puppet theater artists. In 2022 The exhibit toured to montreal to The festival de casteliers march 3-april 3 at The galerie d'outremont.
Grants made by The Jim Henson Foundation
Who funds The Jim Henson Foundation
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at The Jim Henson Foundation
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Lindsey C Briggs | Manager | $92,862 | 2022-12-31 |
| Cheryl Henson | President | $0 | 2023-05-15 |
Financials for The Jim Henson Foundation
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $754,736 | $204,806 | 268.5% |
| Investment income and dividends | $124,882 | $110,074 | 13.5% |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $13,879 | $413,805 | -96.6% |
| Gross sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $893,497 | $728,685 | 22.6% |
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Data update history
July 3, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2022
June 29, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
June 25, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 16, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate non-operating foundationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Provides grantsPartially liquidatedTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 37-18 Northern Blvd 400
- Long Island City, NY 11101
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Website URL
- hensonfoundation.org/Â
- Phone
- (212) 439-7504
IRS details
- EIN
- 13-3133702
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990-PF
- Year formed
- 1984
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- T20: Private Foundations
- NAICS code, primary
- 813211: Grantmaking Foundations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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