New York City Ballet Inc
New York City Ballet Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $342,772,677
- +4.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $102,442,312
- +14.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $10,495,960
- +420.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $106,130,681
- +3.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who New York City Ballet Inc funds
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2020, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2020) to $27K (2019). In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $6K.
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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 | $342,772,677 | $102,442,312 | $106,130,681 | — | — | $10,495,960 |
| 2024 | $329,210,208 | $89,278,084 | $102,982,060 | — | — | $2,018,517 |
| 2023 | $316,686,714 | $77,420,949 | $94,274,646 | — | — | $-2,411,682 |
| 2022 | $312,989,092 | $85,606,399 | $86,114,814 | — | — | $3,625,418 |
| 2021 | $352,054,118 | $35,122,869 | $40,566,455 | — | — | $7,225,979 |
| 2020 | $301,270,656 | $67,478,078 | $83,492,749 | $6,333 | 1 | $2,027,214 |
| 2019 | $325,423,316 | $91,173,379 | $91,775,751 | $27,433 | 3 | $15,279,889 |
About New York City Ballet Inc
Based on IRS filings
New York City Ballet Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $342.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $10.5M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
New York City Ballet Inc is led by Katherine Brown, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 12 of 56 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Katherine Brown
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$626K (2019) → $718K (2025)
Jeffrey M. Peek
President
Vice Chair → President, 2022
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diana L. Taylor
Chairperson
Chairman → Chairperson, 2023
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phillip Schmiedl
Theater Managing Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$270K (2024) → $275K (2025)
Andrew Litton
Music Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$332K (2019) → $487K (2025)
Brooks Parsons
Senior Director of Operations
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$287K (2019) → $378K (2025)
Jonathan M. Stafford
Artistic Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$368K (2020) → $453K (2025)
Karen Girty
Senior Director Marketing & Media
Senior Director Marketing & Media → Senior Director, Marketing & Media, 2022
Senior Director, Marketing & Media → Senior Director Marketing & Media, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$226K (2021) → $321K (2025)
Joshua Lenihan
Senior Director of Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$260K (2025)
Judith Elliott-Pugh
Senior Director of Human Resources
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$264K (2025)
Alair A. Townsend
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allyson Tang
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bonnie Strauss
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol D. Mack
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cathinka Wahlstrom
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Clarke Murphy
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Danielle Taubman
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Denise Saul
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donya Archer Bommer
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gordon B. Pattee
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Murphy
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maria-Cristina Anzola
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maureen Footer
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raja Rajamannar
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Randy Fishman
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Kroll Reidy
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan J. Campbell
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William H. Wright II
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barry S. Friedberg
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul M. Donofrio
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brynn Putnam
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Roberts
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alison Mass
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Commissioner Laurie Cumbo
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Lipschultz
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jt Batson
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thelma B. Ferguson
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ellen Moskowitz
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenny Paulson
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paula Campbell Roberts
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stacey C. Morse
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Strauss Zelnick
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Whitney Clay
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fernando Rivas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melanie Hamrick
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrews Sill
Associate Music Director
Assistant Music Director → Assistant Music Dorector, 2020
Assistant Music Dorector → Associate Music Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$251K (2019) → $296K (2025)
Farang Azari
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$290K (2019) → $374K (2025)
Justin Peck
Artistic Advisor & Choreographer
Artistic Advisor & Choreography → Artistic Advisor & Choreogra, 2022
Artistic Advisor & Choreogra → Artistic Advisor & Choreographer, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$293K (2019) → $384K (2025)
Wendy M. Whelan
Associate Artistic Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$296K (2020) → $425K (2025)
Alan Schnitzer
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barbara J. Slifka
Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Franci J. Blassberg
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marie Nugent-Head
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Jessica Parker
Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark S. Melodia
Counsel
On filings since 2020
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynn J. Good
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (43)
- Former: Barbara R. Evans (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Charles W. Scharf (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Zoe E. Baird (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Mazdack Rassi (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Matthew B. Bird (2022–2024) — Senior Director of Development
- Former: David Heleniak (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Debra Martin Chase (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: John L. Vogelstein (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Kristin Kennedy Clark (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Robert I. Lipp (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Robert Pitts (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Ronald N. Beck (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Stuart H. Coleman (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Kira Faiman (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Laura Johnson (2021–2023) — Managing Director Nyci & Education
- Former: Meyer Feldberg (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: David Thiele (2019–2022) — Managing Director
- Former: Howard P. Berkowitz (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kimba M. Wood (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Sue Ann Weinberg (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Ursula M. Burns (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Bill De Blasio Ex-Officio (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Corey Johnson Ex-Officio (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Gale Brewer Ex-Officio (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Howard Solomon (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Marianne Lake (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Through 62321
- Former: Professor Meyer Feldberg (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Anthony Shorris Ex-Officio (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Commissioner Gonzalo Casals (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jt Boston (2021) — Director · Filing note: Since 62321
- Former: Karen Sumner (2021) — Director of Development
- Former: Christian Meissner (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Commissioner Finkelpearl Ex-Officio (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: David E. R. Dangoor (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Don Michael Randel (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jane Chace Carroll (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Lesley Stahl (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Randal R. Craft Jr. (2019–2020) — Counsel
- Former: Ben dancyger (2020) — Property Master
- Former: Zo E. Baird (2020) — Director
- Former: David Titcomb (2019) — Orchestra Manager
- Former: Ellen Sorrin (2019) — Director George Balanchine Trustee
- Former: Hugus De Pins (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 $718K, to Katherine Brown (Executive Director). 12 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about New York City Ballet Inc
How large is New York City Ballet Inc?
New York City Ballet Inc reported $342.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $102.4M.
What is New York City Ballet Inc?
New York City Ballet Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in New York, NY. It holds $342.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does New York City Ballet Inc operate?
New York City Ballet Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts, New York, Oregon.
What is New York City Ballet Inc's EIN?
New York City Ballet Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-2947386. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 26, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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