Public Charity

ARS NOVA THEATER I INC

ARS NOVA THEATER I INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.2M revenue, $4.2M expenses, $10.1M total assets. 70 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 800339038 NEW YORK, NY Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$4.2M
Total Assets$10.1M
Grant Records70
Funding Total$5.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OARS NOVA EXISTS TO DISCOVER, DEVELOP & LAUNCH SINGULAR THEATER, MUSIC & COMEDY ARTISTS WHO ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. OUR DYNAMIC SLATE OF PROGRAMS SUPPORTS OUTSIDE-THE-BOX THINKING AND ENCOURAGES INNOVATIVE, GENRE-BENDING WORK. BY PROVIDING A PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE RISK-TAKING AND COLLABORATION ARE PARAMOUNT, ARS NOVA AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF A NEW GENERATION OF DIVERSE ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT BY NURTURING CREATIVE IDEAS INTO SMART, SURPRISING NEW WORK.

Where $100 goes at Ars Nova Theater I Inc

How Ars Nova Theater I Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$10 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$78
In fy25, ars nova served approximately 400 emerging artists and 6,300 audience members through our discover, develop, and launch programs
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 6,300 members; 3,045 members; 245 people
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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

BOARD CHAIR Alisa Lessing
VICE CHAIR Dana Kirchman
BOARD MEMBER David Manella
BOARD MEMBER David Miner
BOARD MEMBER Doug Rappaport
BOARD MEMBER Greg Corradetti

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,407,448 42 grants
Arts & Culture
$797,940 18 grants
Health & Medicine
$100,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$266,400 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2M $4.2M $10.1M
2024 $3.7M $5.1M $11.1M
2023 $4.0M $4.3M $11.1M
2022 $3.9M $4.4M $11.4M
2021 $11.1M $2.9M $12.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $11.1M to $3.2M (-71%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.1M.

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

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