ARTS AND CULTURE

A New Home: Construction on a new home for the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is nearly complete, with the site ready to open this fall. JCAL provides arts programs for Southeastern Queens.

These organizations include museums, music groups, historic organizations, arts councils and other groups whose aims are to uplift the spirit through art, history and culture.

Aktina Productions
23-50 27th St.
Astoria, NY, 11105
Total Assets: $11,429 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 0.00%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Cultural & educational through PBS Radio/TV/Programs.

All Kids Can Learn School
68-17 Exeter St.
Forest Hills, NY, 11375
Total Assets: $6,568 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 7.40%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Chinese language & cultural development serving as a link between parents, schools & the community increasing parental involvement & acting as advocacy for multi-cultural understanding among students

American Friends Of Yeshiva Zichron Dovid
144-19 76th Ave.
Flushing, NY, 11367
Total Assets: $15,784 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 15.91%
% spent on fundraising: 6.03%
Mission: To promote and support selected charitable acts

American Museum Of The Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
Astoria, NY, 11106
Total Assets: $2,371,338 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 15.90%
% spent on fundraising: 11.02%
Mission: The organization is dedicated to exploring the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television & video & examining their impact on society.
Bayside Historical Society
128 Prospect Ave.
Douglaston, NY, 11363
Total Assets: $102,722 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 9.51%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Preservation and teaching of Bayside’s historical past, which includes the maintenance of historical building which is used for exhibitions, programming and education

Black Spectrum Theatre
119-07 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY. 11434
(718) 723-1800
www.blackspectrum.com
Total Assets: $222,679 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 21.21%
% spent on fundraising: 7.54%
Mission: The mission of Black Spectrum Theatre Company (BSTC) is to stimulate social and cultural consciousness through the production and presentation of message-oriented theatre and films, and to help children and youth develop into responsible citizens through affordable theatre arts. Black Spectrum’s primary program goals are: * To create theatre and film productions targeting issues in Urban communities.... particularly topics relevant to youth. * To provide children, youth, and adults with life skills and artistic experience through training in theatre and film. * To bring theatre, film, and performing arts to southeastern Queens and to underserved communities nationwide. * To highlight emerging directors, playwrights, performers, and designers.

Business Committee For The Arts
29-27 Queens Plaza North
Long Island City, NY, 11101
(718) 482-9900
www.bcainc.org
Total Assets: $673,053 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 32.18%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: The mission of BCA is to ensure that the arts flourish in America by encouraging, inspiring and stimulating business to support the arts in the workplace, in education, and in the community.

Cultural Collaborative Jamaica
90-50 Parsons Blvd. Ste 405
Jamaica, NY, 11432
Total Assets: $113,956 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 8.81%
% spent on fundraising: 1.66%
Mission: Jamaica Arts & Music Festival (JAMS), Holidays on the Avenue, Other Special Event, Jamaica Tourism Project

Flushing Chinese Business Association
40-48 Main St. #302
Flushing, NY, 11354
Total Assets: $79,771 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 9.66%
% spent on fundraising: 7.02%
Mission: To serve our community and carry out activities of culture.

Flushing Council On Culture And The Arts
137-35 Northern Blvd.
Flushing, NY, 11354
Total Assets: $296,648 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 28.11%
% spent on fundraising: 10.93%
Mission: To promote the arts as a way of bridging cultural understanding among all people.

Flux Factory
38-38 43rd St.
Long Island City, NY, 11101
(718) 707-3362
fluxfactory.org
Total Assets: $25,018 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 8.86%
% spent on fundraising: 6.05%
Mission: Flux Factory. is a 501(c)(3) arts and education non-profit committed to supporting, promoting, and producing innovative arts while fostering growth within our community through creative exchange. Flux Factory is dedicated to the idea that arts and cultural institutions, working closely with their communities, provide for healthy societies.

Flying Carpet Theater
43-38 47th St.
Sunnyside, NY, 11104
Total Assets: $74,362 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 6.97%
% spent on fundraising: 0.56%
Mission: To promote and support the performing arts and related cultural activities.

Friends Of Materials For The Arts
33-00 Northern Blvd. 3rd Fl
Long Island City, NY, 11101
Total Assets: $598,957 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 17.57%
% spent on fundraising: 11.94%
Mission: To support waste reduction and reuse in the New York City area. FOMA does this by providing members of NYC’s arts and public school communities with educational programs and access to materials at the warehouse of materials for the arts, NYC department of cultural affairs.

Gingerbread Players & Jack
PO Box 750296
Forest Hills, NY, 11375
Total Assets: $1,763 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 29.73%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: The organization’s exempt purpose is to produce cultural and literary live theatre and to introduce young audiences to live musical theatre.

Greek America Public Information Systems
23-18 29th St.
Astoria, NY, 11105
Total Assets: $44,256 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 26.43%
% spent on fundraising: 19.70%
Mission: The organization provides daily radio programming to inform and educate on various issues that are of concern to the general population, in particular to the Greek-American community.

Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Memorial Association
158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Ave.
Flushing, NY, 11365
Total Assets: $409,421 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 1.99%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: To memorialize Harry van Arsdale, Jr. And to encourage and assist in the development and promotion of educational activities relative to the field of employer-employee productivity, collective bargaining, labor relations and other labor organization/labor union activities. The association receives, administers and disburses gifts and grants of money and property of every kind for the benefit of such activities.

Iranian-Armenian Society
39-03 Little Neck Pkwy.
Little Neck, NY, 11363
Total Assets: $970,728 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 6.18%
% spent on fundraising: 83.35%
Mission: Program services in connection with offering cultural and educational services to its members and the Armenian community.

Isamu Noguchi Foundation And Garden Museum
32-37 Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, NY, 11106
Total Assets: $48,020,960 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 23.72%
% spent on fundraising: 4.66%
Mission: The organization is dedicated to maintaining and promoting the artistic legacy of sculptor Isamu Noguchi.

Jamaica Center For Arts And Learning
161-04 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica, NY, 11432
Total Assets: $635,344 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 13.74%
% spent on fundraising: 13.64%
Mission: To provide accessible and diverse programs that promote creative expression and personal growth to individuals, the business community, and civic communities of southeastern queens and New York.

Ollantay Center For The Arts
PO Box 720636
Jackson Heights, NY, 11372
Total Assets: $4,101 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 17.76%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%

Oratorio Society of Queens
25-33 154th St.
Flushing, NY, 11354
(718) 460-0726
www.queensoratorio.org
Total Assets: $40,283 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 99.97%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: The mission of the Oratorio Society of Queens is to create and maintain an amateur chorus of diverse membership which, augmented by professional musicians and vocalists: offers public performances of oratorios and other choral works in addition to classical instrumental works in semi-professional settings in Queens at affordable ticket prices; supports musical development and appreciation programs of local schools and colleges by providing students and novices with low cost access to performances and with opportunities to participate in choral singing; and conducts pro bono performances in support of public institutions. Public concerts are regularly performed each spring and winter at various locations in Queens.

PS1 Contemporary Art Center
46-01 21st St.
Long Island City, NY, 11101
Total Assets: $4,233,657 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 34.85%
% spent on fundraising: 4.20%
Mission: To provide studio workplace for international contemporary artists, and to sponsor exhibitions for contemporary artists.

Qi Shu Fangs Peking Opera Association
80-31 88th Rd
Woodhaven, NY, 11421
Total Assets: $10,840 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 6.91%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Provided traditional Chinese’s opera to western audiences by holding regular performances in New York, as well as. Throughout united states, and conducted perking opera classes at the high school. Secondary and grade school levels.

Queens Council on the Arts
One Forest Park at Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, NY, 11421
www.queenscouncilarts.org
Total Assets: $192,867 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 20.64%
% spent on fundraising: 8.69%
Mission: As a destination for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, Queens has become the most culturally diverse county in America. There is a need to help these immigrant groups and their cultural organizations maintain and nurture traditional arts and to showcase them for the enrichment of the mainstream community. This interaction contributes to intercultural understanding and appreciation. In addition, Queens is the home of numerous arts organizations and artists, both needing technical assistance to pursue their program offerings and disciplines. Finally, Queens Council helps fulfill the need to offer arts programming in neighborhoods throughout the borough for the benefit of residents who might not otherwise have access.

Queens Historical Society
143-35 37th Ave.
Flushing, NY, 11354
Total Assets: $589,935 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 57.70%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Preservation of the history of the borough of Queens, New York, NY.

Queens Public Communications Corporation
41-61 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY
Total Assets: $4,024,478 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 31.93%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Community production access-offers any individual or group from the community use of equipment, facilities, training and technical expertise for public service programming.

Rockaway Artists Alliance
260 Beach 116th St
Rockaway Park, NY, 11694
Total Assets: $156,198 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 6.25%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Promoting arts in the community.

Socrates Sculpture Park
Broadway at Vernon Blvd.
Long Island City, NY, 11106
Total Assets: $274,914 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 11.67%
% spent on fundraising: 11.97%
Mission: Promotion of the arts through the production of public presentations or exhibitions of primarily visual but also dramatic and/or musical works, the support of the creation of such work, as well as through educational programs for children and youth.

Sons And Daughters Of Jamaica
138-75 Brookville Blvd.
Rosedale, NY, 11422
Total Assets: $2,159 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 12.90%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Community development.

Sound-Of-Hope Communication
33-45 75th St.
Jackson Heights, NY, 11372
Total Assets: $300,599 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 4.64%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Communications through radio broadcasts to provide public information on current news events, health, social and other educational issues relating to the spirit of sincerity, compassion and tolerance.

Thalia Spanish Theatre
41-17 Greenpoint Ave.
Sunnyside, NY, 11104
(718) 729-3880
www.thaliatheatre.org
Total Assets: $65,590 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 19.79%
% spent on fundraising: 12.94%

The Museum For African Art
36-01 43rd Ave.
Long Island City, NY, 11101
Total Assets: $19,800,682 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 23.03%
% spent on fundraising: 10.37%
Mission: Thalia Spanish Theatre was founded in Sunnyside, in the borough of Queens, New York City, in 1977. For over 25 years Thalia has been the only Hispanic theatre in Queens, home to more than 550,000 Latinos from all over the world. We produce American and World Premieres of plays and musicals by Spanish, Latin American and Hispanic-American writers and composers, and Folklore Shows of music and dance like tango and flamenco. Our plays and musicals are performed alternately in English and Spanish by bilingual casts. Our Folklore Shows require no knowledge of Spanish. Our goals: promote understanding by presenting a positive image of Hispanic people and culture; provide cultural links; and offer opportunities for Hispanic artists.

Theatre J P
21-32 Crescent St. Suite 7D
Astoria, NY, 11105
Total Assets: $6,345 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 7.86%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: To promote Japanese theatrical arts.

Topaz Arts
PO Box 770150
Woodside, NY, 11377
(718) 505-0440
www.topazarts.org
Total Assets: $300,444 as of 2006
% spent on admin: 23.85%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Topaz Arts is a multi-disciplinary arts center, with a dance rehearsal space, audio/media recording suite and exhibition gallery. Since 2000, Topaz Arts has established a vital presence within the community, providing affordable space and opportunities for both artists and audience to experience contemporary dance and art.

UTPL-NY
86-58 Midland Pkwy.
Jamaica Estates, NY, 11432
Total Assets: $967,974 as of 2005
% spent on admin: 0.00%
% spent on fundraising: 0.00%
Mission: Study and research of the Hispanic community.