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Filing year 2023

FOLKSBIENE YIDDISH THEATRE INC

New York, New York·EIN 13-3998872·NTEE A650 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$2.1M
Total assets
$218k
Total expenses
$2.5M
Reported officers
23
Mission

THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE - FOLKSBIENE'S MISSION IS TO CELEBRATE THE YIDDISH EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS BY TRANSMITTING THE RICH CULTURAL LEGACY IN EXCITING NEW WAYS THAT BRIDGE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIVIDES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Marketing Director
director (operational)
$190k
$214k
Base
$172k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$14k
Former Executive Director
former officer/director/trustee
$170k
$191k
Base
$165k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Artistic Director
key employee
$166k
$186k
Base
$161k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Programming Director
director (operational)
$85k
$96k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 19 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 12%
from 2022

From $170k in 2022 to $190k in 2023.

$170k
2022
$190k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$198k to $214k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FOLKSBIENE YIDDISH THEATRE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.7M
$4M
2022
$2.1M
$2.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in New York

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $71,214.

25th percentile
$26k
Median
$71,214
75th percentile
$161k
90th percentile
$321k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 608 organizations across 608 filings (2021 – 2023).

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