Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc at a glance
In short: Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc reported $951 in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $951 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -85.3% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $98,799,285
- -32.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $52,530,452
- +11.5% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $49,642
- +860.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $50,556,191
- +23.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $951 (2025) to $10K (2020). In 2025 it reported $951 in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $98,799,285 | $52,530,452 | $50,556,191 | $951 | Total only | $49,642 |
| 2024 | $146,398,752 | $47,096,598 | $40,824,840 | $6,450 | Total only | $5,169 |
| 2023 | $151,026,443 | $46,585,680 | $51,862,473 | $1,214 | Total only | $171,448 |
| 2022 | $157,007,809 | $47,039,995 | $44,875,996 | $2,308 | Total only | $-564 |
| 2021 | $168,013,887 | $29,572,079 | $25,446,359 | $2,350 | Total only | $2,452 |
| 2020 | $147,044,436 | $52,051,422 | $41,663,722 | $10,000 | 1 | $20,634 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc
Based on IRS filings
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc is a public charity, based in Brooklyn, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $98.8M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $951 in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $50K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc is led by Tamara McCaw, Interim CEO on the 2025 filing; 14 of 52 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Tamara McCaw
Interim CEO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gina Duncan
President
Vice President, Film & Strtgic Program → President, 2022
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$151K (2021) → $555K (2025)
Diane L. Max
Chair
Trustee → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amy Cassello
Artistic Director
Associate Artistic Director → Artistic Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$181K (2023) → $337K (2025)
Adam Wolfensohn
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alexa Davidson Suskin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Axel Stawski
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barry M. Fox
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bartholomew A. Sheehan III
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Stafford
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brigitte Vosse
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Della Rosa
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Claire Wood
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David L. Picket
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Steiner
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edgar A. Lampert
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph A. Stern
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lenny H. Singletary III
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maryanne Gilmartin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Natalia Chefer
Trustee
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nora Ann Wallace
Trustee
Vice Chair → Chair, 2021
Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard E. Feldman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roberta Garza
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven G. Felsher
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tony Bechara
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William I. Campbell
Trustee
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Depelsha McGruder
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eri Nishikawa
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Kopylov
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kabir Ahuja
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marcel Przymusinski
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Janel Callon
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Tichio
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Valerie Berlin
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Emilia Sherifova
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robin Maxwell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Courtney Killingsworth
Chief Experience & Impact Officer
Co-Interim President & Vice President Social Impact → Vice President of Creative Social Impact, 2024
Vice President of Creative Social Impact → Chief Experience & Impact Officer, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$162K (2020) → $262K (2025)
Nicholas Varacalli
Crew Chief
Stagehand → Crew Chief, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$199K (2020) → $188K (2025)
Elizabeth N. Moreau
Producer & Chief Pgrm. Ops. Officer
Co-Interim President, Associate Vice President & Senior Prod. → Vice President & Senior Producer, 2024
Vice President & Senior Producer → Producer & Chief Pgrm. Ops. Officer, 2025
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$119K (2021) → $267K (2025)
Jennifer Anglade
CFO & Vice President of Finance
Co-Interim President, CFO & Vip of Finance → Co-Interim President, CFO & Vice President of Finance, 2022
Co-Interim President, CFO & Vice President of Finance → CFO & Vice President of Finance, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$191K (2021) → $338K (2025)
William A. Lee
Chief Technology Officer
Associate Vice President → Chief Technology Officer, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$200K (2022) → $232K (2025)
Alice Flower
Chief People Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$228K (2024) → $251K (2025)
Jordana Kier
Chief Growth Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$191K (2024) → $283K (2025)
Aaron Thompson
Associate Vice President of Finance
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$121K (2025)
Alice Stryker Siegal
Vice President of Advancement
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$204K (2025)
Jeremy J. Dewey
Chief of Staff
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$221K (2025)
Luis Farfan
Chief Brand Creative Ofc.
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$242K (2025)
Michael Katz
Head Projectionist
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$194K (2025)
Scott McDonald
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Timothy Sebunya
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Juliet Moser
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (40)
- Former: Ahrin Mishan (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Anne Hubbard (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: David Binder (2020–2024) — Artistic Director
- Former: John Usdan (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Jackson (2020–2024) — General Counsel & Secretary
- Former: Mark N. Diker (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Clemente Luna (2022–2024) — Director of Institutional Giving
- Former: Kent Davidson (2022–2024) — Vice President of Marketing & Committee
- Former: Chantal Bernard (2023–2024) — Assistant Vice President, Major Gifts & Init.
- Former: Yvette Rodriguez (2023–2024) — Senior Director of Finance
- Former: Raphaelle De Boisblanc (2024) — Director of Marketing
- Former: Dinyar S. Devitre (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James I. McLaren (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Stacy Margolis (2020–2023) — Vice President of Development
- Former: Frances A. Resheske (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Katy Clark (2020–2022) — President
- Former: William Lynch (2020–2022) — Director of Lead. Gifts
- Former: Seth Azizollahoff (2021–2022) — Associate Vice President, Hr & Facilities
- Former: Jonathan Jones (2022) — Director of Capital Projects
- Former: Adam E. Max (2020–2021) — Chair
- Former: Anna Kuzmik Sampas (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gordon Bowen (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Keith Stubblefield (2020–2021) — CFO
- Former: Linda Chinn (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Lorraine Lynch (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Patrick Scully (2020–2021) — Vice President & General Manager
- Former: Pedro J. Torres (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Rudolph Crew (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Therese M. Esperdy (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Yrthya Dinzey-Flores (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Allen Lee (2021) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Mary E. Reilly (2021) — Director of Artist Serv
- Former: Andre Dua (2020) — Trustee
- Former: John Lanasa (2020) — Vice President Marketing & Communications
- Former: John Manderbach (2020) — Stagehand
- Former: Jonathan Auerbach (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Jonathan Rose (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Marc Putz (2020) — Stagehand
- Former: Suzy Franczak Davis (2020) — Trustee
- Former: William Kramer (2020) — Vice President of Development
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $555K, to Gina Duncan (President (Outgoing)). 14 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc
How much does Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc give each year?
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc reported $951 in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $6K in grants paid.
How large is Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc?
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc reported $98.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $52.5M.
Where does Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc operate?
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc has awarded grants in New York.
What is Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc's EIN?
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 11-2201344. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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