NonprofitsYara Arts Group Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Yara Arts Group Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$151K

Total expenses

$149K

Net assets

$3K

Grants received

$81K

13 grants

EIN

133557399

Tax year

2024

Mission

Create original theatre pieces at La MaMa Theatre, Howl, Bohemian National Hall, East Village Basement, in New York City and the Jersey City Theater Center, as well as puppet shows, poetry art & music events,and film screenings.

Programs

2 programs

Yaras puppet theatre pieces created by Tom Lee include: The Great Zodiac Animal Race at La MaMa, Tomte tour in Indonesia, Akutagawa tour in Japan, Sounding the Resonant Path at La MaMa in New York. Workshop projects include Mirror Pool in Chicago and Stand By. A shadow puppet piece was developed by Watoku Ueno named Silent Green, which was workshopped at the Ukrainian National Home and premiered at The East Village Basement in New York.

Expenses: $35KGrants: $19K

Yaras Poetry, Art, Music, Lectures and Screenings include: Mariupol: Photo Exhibition and Lecture at Howl in NYC and at the Toronto City Hall. How Fire Descends music and poetry event for NYU, Slap Songs Zhadan & Friends 2024 at Bowery Poetry Club for the Ukrainian Cultural Festival in New York, poetry readings: Kyiv Calling at Baker Falls, Three Wooden Trunks at Ottendorf NYPL and Mary Os on Ave A in New York, Your Attention Is Great & The Tree of Life for the LES Festival at Theatre for the New City. Exhibition of costumes from Yaras Winter Song on Mars at the Alexandra Exter: The Stage Is a World exhibit at the Ukrainian Museum in NYC, exhibit of Waldemart Klyuzkos art at the La MaMa Family show, Julian Kytastys Concert at the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Media lectures on Yara at the La MaMa Archive and at the Ukrainian Studies School. and a lecture on Radio 477 in Kyiv. Yara also developed the UKR Co-Lab Series for new art.

Expenses: $22KGrants: $20K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$123K
Program service revenue$28K
Investment income$127
Other revenue
Total revenue$151K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$29K
Fundraising$6K
Other expenses$120K
Total expenses$149K
Total assets$52K
Net assets$3K

People

5 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Virlana Tkacz

Artistic Director & Board member

Board

$21K

40 hrs/wk

Tom Lee

Artistic Associate & Board member

Board

$9K

1 hrs/wk

Sam Glazer

Chairperson

Board

0

Adrian Karatnytsky

Board member

Board

0

Sarah Foote

Board member

Board

0

Grants received

Showing 13 of 13

FromAmountPurposeYear
$30K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$7K
PUPPET PRODUCTION
2023
$525
For the general purposes or other charitable purposes of the organization.
2023
$100
DONATION
2023
$450
For the general purposes or other charitable purposes of the organization.
2022
$7K
PUPPET PRODUCTION
2021
$7K
PUPPET PRODUCTION
2021
$4K
RELATED TO FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$3K
PUPPET PRODUCTION
2020
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2020
$150
For the general purposes or other charitable purposes of the organization.
2020
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$10K
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 2019 THEATRE PROGRAM
2018

Funded by

$81K from 8 funders · 13 grants · 2018–2023

The Map Fund Inc

$30K · 1 grant · 2023

The Jim Henson Foundation

$24K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Ukrainian Community Foundation Of

$4K · 1 grant · 2020

The Cigna Group Foundation

$2K · 1 grant · 2020

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

$1K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Margaret Willis Morton

$100 · 1 grant · 2023

Details

EIN133557399
NTEE codeA650
Subsection03
Ruling date1990-10
Formed1990
Employees0
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