Public Charity

U B W INC A/K/A URBAN BUSH WOMEN INC

U B W INC A/K/A URBAN BUSH WOMEN INC, of BROOKLYN, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.6M in revenue, $2.4M in expenses, $5.4M in total assets. 40 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 133645651 BROOKLYN, NY Dance NTEE: A62 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.6M
Total Expenses$2.4M
Total Assets$5.4M
Grant Records40
Funding Total$5.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CHOREOGRAPHER JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR FOUNDED URBAN BUSH WOMEN (UBW) IN 1984 AS A PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE DEDICATED TO EXPLORING THE USE OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. UBW WEAVES CONTEMPORARY DANCE, MUSIC AND TEXT WITH THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. UBW'S ARTISTIC WORK IS UNIQUE AND REQUESTED AROUND THE WORLD. UBW HAS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE AND WORKS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF COLLABORATORS FROM THE WORLDS OF DANCE, MUSIC AND LITERATURE.

Where $100 goes at U B W Inc a/K/a Urban Bush Women Inc

How U B W Inc a/K/a Urban Bush Women Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$72
Fy25 saw a continuation of ubw's 40th anniversary celebrations with our this is risk national tour (october 2024 - april 2025), which traveled to tallahassee, fl; new brunswick…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,889 attendees; 25 performances; 1,520 members
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Ashly Nikkole Davis
DIRECTOR Carolin Butler
DIRECTOR Debra Brookes
DIRECTOR Elizabeth Williams-Riley
DIRECTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
TREASURER Jennifer Smith

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$3,115,140 4 grants
General Support
$1,320,896 22 grants
Human & Social Services
$321,970 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$15,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$412,350 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.6M $2.4M $5.4M
2024 $2.7M $3.1M $4.0M
2023 $2.0M $3.3M $4.2M
2022 $2.2M $2.5M $5.6M
2021 $7.0M $1.6M $6.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $7.0M to $3.6M (-49%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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