BRIC Annual Report 2016

annual report 2016

JUAN SÁNCHEZ ¿WHAT’S THE MEANING OF THIS? EXHIBITION, PHOTO: JASON WYCHE

TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Board Chair Message from the President Engaging Communities Celebrating Diverse Cultures Nurturing Artists and Media Makers Extending Beyond BRIC House Connection to Community Inspiring Young Artists and Igniting Imagination Enriching Partnerships Deeply Engaged, Wholly Invested Donors Financials

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HANDMADE ABSTRACT EXHIBITION (DETAIL), PHOTO: JASON WYCHE

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Arts For All!

PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

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A LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR Dear Friends, I am delighted to share this Annual Report surveying BRIC’s fiscal year 2016.

BRIC’s core value is Arts for All and we remain deeply committed to providing high-quality and accessible cultural programming. Our robust arts and media education programs, beloved outdoor summer performance festival, familyfriendly events, and renowned contemporary art exhibitions provide hundreds of thousands of people with multiple access points to the arts and media. And we touch well over a million more with our Brooklynfocused, award-winning original programming by BRIC TV. Now more than ever, BRIC is engaged and embedded within Brooklyn’s diverse communities, continuing to amplify voices from across the borough in innovative ways. I invite you to learn more about the impact of BRIC’s ground-breaking, multidisciplinary programming.

I am so proud to serve as the Chair of BRIC’s Board of Directors, whose stewardship and dedication continually inspire me. I’m also eternally grateful for the extraordinary vision and leadership of Leslie Schultz, BRIC’s President.

On behalf of BRIC’s Board of Directors and staff, a warm thank you to the donors, artists, media-makers, and other friends who enable BRIC to thrive!

With all good wishes,

BRIC Board of Directors as of July 1, 2016 Hilary Ackermann (Chair) Cyrus Beagley (Vice Chair) Leslie Cohen (Vice Chair) Lynn Nottage (Vice Chair) Michael K. Liburd (Treasurer) Peter Aschkenasy (Secretary) Leslie Alexander Virginia Davis Blair Mark S. Cheffo Lenore Cooney Ashley Cotton Josh Epstein Katherine Fichthorn Lizanne Fontaine Louis V. Greco, Jr. Julia Kahr Catie Marshall Joseph Nacmias Christina Norman Stephen Plumlee Gaston Silva Winston Song Douglas C. Steiner Kerry Le Blanc Strong Antonia Yuille Williams Jennifer L. Wong Eric Adams, (ex officio), Brooklyn Borough President

Hilary Ackermann Chair

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT PHOTO: RYAN HANDT

What a year it was! BRIC’s work and place on the Brooklyn cultural landscape was taken to a whole new level, a great result of team work by our Board, our talented and dedicated staff, and of course our generous supporters.

BRIC’s work to tell Brooklyn stories through BRIC TV enjoyed an audience of more than a million people.

Hundreds of community members participated in BRIC programs to amplify community voices, particularly through our Brooklyn Free Speech TV programs. Hundreds of artists participated in our residency and commissioning programs, and 300,000 people attended our live programs.

BRIC House is now a destination for cultural programming, community conversations, and more. Our inaugural BRIC JazzFest featured some of the most exciting jazz legends alongside local emerging talent. In Prospect Park, our most well-known and beloved program, the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, offered another summer of world-class performances. Our contemporary art exhibition program led the way in sharing the work of Brooklyn artists. And, across the borough, through partnerships with Brooklyn’s public schools and libraries, BRIC connected teaching artists and media makers with youth and adults to share the transformative power of art and life-long learning.

The BRIC of today simply would not be possible without the leadership of our Board of Directors, our remarkable staff, the generosity of our members and donors, and the creative vision of artists and media makers. Thank you – together we have created an institution that truly is quintessentially Brooklyn.

Leslie G. Schultz President 4

BRIC MISSION STATEMENT BRIC presents programs in contemporary art, performing arts, and video that reflect the creativity and diversity of Brooklyn.

BRIC also advances and nurtures emerging voices and worksin-progress by local artists and media makers. BRIC supports open access to arts and media by making programs available without charge or at very low cost, through education and public programs, and by enabling and amplifying individual and community voices.

BRIC is the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn and one of the largest in New York City.

BROOKLYN POETRY SLAM, PHOTO: ANGELYS OCANA

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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES

Measuring Impact.

300,000 people engaged with BRIC and our programming at BRIC House and around the borough 1.6M people reached through community TV and digital programs 2,400 artists and media makers supported through BRIC’s incubator programs 10,000 students and families reached through BRIC’s youth education and family programming 140,000 digital fans and followers on BRIC social media 2,300 community producers created new shows on public access TV 6

PHOTO: SUNNY FACER

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“Prospect Park is never more inviting than when provided a soundtrack by [BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!], a seasonal staple now in its 38th year.”

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, May 2016

CELEBRATING DIVERSE CULTURES HAKIM, PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

Showcasing amazing artists from our borough and around the world.

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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival “Sharon Jones was a bright light that lit up the Prospect Park Bandshell for our opening night show last summer [2016], and for a record breaking closing night show in 2010 which attracted 17,000 people. She was the real deal with a big heart and a love of music and its power to move people.”

– Jack Walsh, BRIC’s Vice President Performing Arts & Executive Producer, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival

SHARON JONES, PHOTO: AL PEREIRA

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CELEBRATING DIVERSE CULTURES

Juan Sánchez ¿What’s The Meaning of This?

Exhibition

PHOTO: JASON WYCHE

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“Sánchez is a conjurer who in his paintings, works on paper and videos, “writes” the histories that have been buried, erased, denied by the powerful, and he does this in a formal language of great beauty.”

– Alejandro Anreus, ArtNexus, Jan 2016

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CELEBRATING DIVERSE CULTURES

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company 30th Anniversary Season

PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

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“For three decades, Ronald K. Brown and his company, Evidence, have been important contributors to American movement with their seamless blend of traditional African dance and modern dance. The result is always energetic, and often spiritual.”

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, Nov 2015

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CELEBRATING DIVERSE CULTURES

BRIC Jazzfest 2015 “The sound [at BRIC’s inaugural JazzFest] was first-rate at each of three stages, and drifting among them was easy. . . . The music ran strictly on time. A lot of musicians stuck around after their sets to hear their peers. None of this should be taken for granted. . . . But, in a sense, it might have been expected. The powers behind BRIC JazzFest have experience with this sort of thing . . .”

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, Oct 2015

PHOTO: LIZ LIGON

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NURTURING ARTISTS AND MEDIA MAKERS BRICTV: The Show About The Show “A delightful mixture of improv comedy and self-reflexive storytelling unlike anything else out there.”

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COURTESY OF BRIC TV/THE SHOW ABOUT THE SHOW

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, Dec 2015

Tourettes Hero: Backstage in Biscuit Land, May 2016 Jess Thom, who has Tourettes, a condition that makes her say biscuit 16,000 times a day, champions outsider voices and radically shakes up the world of performance.

PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

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OPEN (C)ALL: Up for Debate, February 2016

PHOTO: EFFIE KLINE-SOLOMAN

This exhibition was open to all visual artists on BRIC’s Registry.

• 250 artists submitted work • 132 artists were selected for the exhibition • 402 people voted on the Viewer’s Choice winner 18

NURTURING ARTISTS AND MEDIA MAKERS

BRIClab: Pillowtalk (work-in-progress), September 2015

“I was really excited about the work that was happening, the support that the artists were receiving in this space, and it seemed like a really great opportunity to do my first piece in Brooklyn.”

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PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

– Kyoung Park, BRIClab artist alum

UNITING OUR COMMUNITY BRIC’s Media Education classes and resources extend beyond BRIC House to public libraries across Brooklyn. In FY2016, more than 1,500 people took classes at these off-site facilities.

Roger Guenveur Smith received a Bessie for outstanding production for his performance of Rodney King at BRIC Arts | Media House.

“For a powerful and timely performance using gesture, voice, and historical document to link the personal tragedy of Rodney King’s life to our national tragedies of racism and police brutality.

For extending that conversation into the street in an improvised post-show town hall that evolved into a peaceful demonstration in reaction to the Eric Garner case unfolding in New York City.”

PHOTO: ILLFLIX PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

EXTENDING BEYOND BRIC HOUSE 20

B Scene Presented by Brooklyn Free Speech, B Scene programming showcases screenings and conversations around the work of BRIC’s community producers. These events often take place at community locations such as Weeksville Heritage Center or the Bishop Gallery.

PHOTO: CHUCK MOSS

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#BHeard Town Halls These live-televised community forums take on today’s most pressing social issues and create a platform for open conversations between thought leaders and our community.

PHOTO: ALEX QUINTERO

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CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY

PHOTO: DAVID ANDRAKO

BRIC TV

- Aziz Isham, BRIC TV Executive Producer

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COURTESY OF BRIC TV

“BRIC TV is community television with an edge: a megaphone for the underrepresented, a witness for a changing landscape, and a patron of independent arts.”

PHOTO: ABIGAIL B. CLARK

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INSPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS AND IGNITING IMAGINATION

PHOTO: ABIGAIL B. CLARK

BRIC House Parties BRIC’s free House Parties take place in the fall and spring, welcoming families to participate in a variety of activities such as art-making, dance classes, live music, and gaming, culminating in an all-ages dance party.

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INSPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS / IGNITING IMAGINATION

BRIC’s In-School Residency Program BRIC’s Education team works with over 30 schools, engaging closely with school administration and classroom teachers to effectively integrate art and media into the core curriculum.

Each residency is uniquely designed to meet student needs and learning objectives.

PHOTO: JILL BEALE

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Students at P.S. 308 in Bedford-Stuyvesant worked with BRIC Teaching Artists to create a mural at their school that spoke up against gun violence. The mural reads “Raise up your community; lay down your arms.”

PHOTO: ABIGAIL B. CLARK

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ENRICHING PARTNERSHIPS

WE GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS Media Share Grantees Brooklyn Arts Council Brooklyn Ballet Brooklyn Community Services Brooklyn Music School The Brooklyn Summer Shakespear-ience Bridging Education & Art Together (BEAT) Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy Center for Community Alternatives Christopher Rose Community Empowerment Campaign Fort Greene Association Gay Men of African Descent Girls Write Now Griot Circle Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy Irondale Productions Jack Arts NYC Communities Organized Fund Red Hook Initiative The Toy Museum of NY Turning Point Brooklyn Young Movement Public Schools Served Bay Ridge Prep Boulevard Cornerstone Community Center Boys And Girls High School 28

Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology Brooklyn High School Of The Arts Brownsville Academy High School Conselyea Preparatory School -K577 Flagstone Family Center Fort Greene Preparatory Academy I.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler Juan Morel Campos Secondary School Life Academy High School for Film and Media Madiba Prep Middle School Millennium Brooklyn High School M.S. 240 Andries Hudde School M.S. 246 Walt Whitman M.S. 340 North Star Academy M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation Park Slope Collegiate Penn-Wortman Cornerstone Community Center P.S. 15 Patrick F. Daly P.S. 80 The Thurgood Marshall Magnet School Of Multimedia And Communication P.S. 84 Jose De Diego School P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School P.S. 110 The Monitor School P.S. 269 Nostrand - Beacon P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton

P.S/M.S. 306 Ethan Allen P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell P.S. 310 The School For Future Leaders P.S. 503 The School of Discovery P.S. 676 Red Hook Neighborhood School P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English Red Hook East/Joseph Miccio Community Center Secondary School of Journalism Secondary School of Law Spring Creek Community School Summit Academy Charter School Sunset Park Prep Van Siclen Middle School Program Partnerships 651 Arts ActNow Foundation Akashic Books The Bishop Gallery British Council Brooklyn Public Library CAMBA CaribBEING Carnegie Hall Chicken & Egg Pictures Concert Artist Guild DreamStreet Theatre Company Good Shepard

Haiti Cultural Exchange Housing Works Imagine Science Films Indieworks Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival Irondale Kickstarter The Knights Look + Listen Festival Mahogany L. Browne Mark Morris Dance Center The Marshall Project NIA Community Services Network NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Orchestra of St. Luke’s Paper Garden Records Pathways to Leadership Prospect Park Alliance Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company Seed & Spark Truth In Reality University Settlement Vertigo Theater Weeksville Heritage Center YAK Films

DEEPLY ENGAGED, WHOLLY INVESTED

Your generosity enables BRIC to present a rich variety of artistic offerings and continue the expansion of community engagement through robust, free and low-cost programming spanning the arts, education, and media.

BRIC Board of Directors Hilary Ackermann, Chair Cyrus Beagley, Vice Chair Leslie Cohen, Vice Chair Lynn Nottage, Vice Chair Michael Liburd, Treasurer Peter Aschkenasy, Secretary Leslie Alexander Virginia Davis Blair Mark S. Cheffo Lenore Cooney Ashley C. Cotton Josh Epstein Katherine Fichthorn Lizanne Fontaine Louis V. Greco, Jr. Julia Kahr Catie Marshall Joseph Nacmias Christina Norman Stephen Plumlee Gaston Silva Winston Song Douglas C. Steiner Kerry Le Blanc Strong Antonia Yuille Williams Jen Wong Eric Adams, Ex Officio, Brooklyn Borough President

BRIC Leadership Leslie G. Schultz, President Betsy Smulyan, Executive Vice President Elizabeth Ferrer, Vice President, Contemporary Art Jack Walsh, Vice President, Performing Arts Elaine Bowen, Director of Development Anthony Riddle, Director of Community Media Rachel Chanoff, Senior Artistic Advisor Aziz Isham, Executive Producer Jackie Chang, Director of Education Rachel Chanoff, Senior Artistic Advisor Lexi Robertson, Director of Finance Sharon Polli, Chief Revenue Strategist Emily Harney, Deputy Director, Programming Initiatives The Fund for BRIC, Inc. Board of Directors Hilary Ackermann, Chair Daniel Wiener, Secretary/Treasurer EB Kelly Leslie Schultz, President

The Fund for BRIC Community Media, Inc. Board of Directors Hilary Ackermann, Chair Peter Darrow, Secretary/Treasurer Zachary Block Leslie Schultz, President Chair’s Council Karen Auster Marco Caffuzzi Samara Daly Nick Fribourg Alex Friedman and Erica Tennenbaum Stephanie Ingrassia Jessie Kelly David Lindsay-Abaire Alexandra MacCallum Ross Martin Beth Miller Marty Rubin, In memoriam Peter Shapiro Rebecca Shapiro Valerie D. White Dick Yancey Susanna Zwerling Artists Advisory Council Jackie Battenfield Deborah Brown Ronald K. Brown Yvonne Estrada

Julian Jackson Eve Andree Laramee Jordana Martin Wendy Richmond DJ Spinna BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

Friends Council Nell Muldoon (Chair) Nathaniel Allman James Bernard Susan Fox Allan F. Kramer II Bob & Patty Lenartz Virginia McEnerney Sarah Fatima Parsons Tim Sanford Katie Schwab Daniel Schwartz Tara Silberberg Hope Tannenbaum Sam Verrill Contemporary Art Advisory Council Lorrie Bonaventura Adam Boxer Margaret Boyer Sally Brody Priscilla Caldwell Katelijne De Backer Marie DeRosa Gail Erickson Laura Karetzky

Leslie Kerby Tod Lippy Leslie Marshall Wendy Olsoff Susan Restler Leslie Tonkonow Emerging Leaders Council Brad Bateman Alexandra Bocon Lindsay Bowen Kate Chapman Daniel Cho Diana Elkind Alina Enggist Katie Kalkstein Vik Manchanda Rebecca Silber Catrin Solis Performing Arts Advisory Council Bill Bragin Mike Donovan Jeff Pachman Brice Rosenbloom Tim Sanford Lucy Sexton

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DONORS

BRIC acknowledges the following individuals, public funders, institutions, and businesses for their generous support of our work:

The Campaign for BRIC House Hilary Ackermann Leslie Alexander and Norris Manser Margaret Anadu Cyrus Beagley and Tai-Yu Lin Booth Ferris Foundation Pamela Brier and Peter Aschkenasy Peggy Byrd Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Mark and Beverly Cheffo Leslie and Clifford Cohen Lenore and John Cooney Peter and Katharine Darrow Katherine and Luke Fichthorn Lizanne Fontaine and Bob Buckholz Ford Foundation Ellie Freudenheim and Daniel P. Wiener Goldman Sachs Linda and Louis V. Greco, Jr. The Hearst Foundations Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Julia Kahr and Brian Colton Miriam Katowitz and Arthur Radin The Levine Foundation David and Chris Lindsay-Abaire Joseph and Lynn Nacmias National Grid Cinderella Project The New York Community Trust Christina Norman and Charles Hunt Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber Janet and David Offensend Karla Olivier and D. Reeves Carter Stephen Plumlee and Holley Atkinson The Rockefeller Foundation NYC Cultural Innovation Fund Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Andy and Leslie Schultz Douglas Steiner Kerry Le Blanc Strong and Jeff Strong 30

† In Memoriam

The New York Community Trust/ Wallace Special Projects Fund Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Jennifer Wong and Eleonora Sharef Mary Anne† and Richard Yancey Arts for All Champions Circle Members of BRIC’s Arts for All Champions Circle provide significant support to BRIC with year-round benefits and impact.

David Berliner and Betsy Jacobs Lisa Cadette Cramer and Jim Cramer Blake and Andrew Foote Miriam Katowitz and Arthur Radin Jessie McClintock Kelly Kristen and Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Anett Gabriel and James Levine Grace Lyu Volckhausen Maria Mackin and Declan Walsh Leslie Marshall and Mauro Premutico W. Patrick McMullan and Rachel McPherson Susan and Peter Restler Susan and William Rifkin Martha A.† and Robert S. Rubin Jennifer Sage and Nicolas Grabar Arthur and Fern Square Valerie D. White Ellie and Dan Richard Yancey Pia and Jimmy Zankel For funding received July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016: Public Funders The Honorable Inez D. Barron The Honorable James F. Brennan The Honorable Robert Cornegy Jr.

The Honorable Laurie Cumbo The Honorable Mathieu Eugene The Honorable Vincent J. Gentile The Honorable Brad Lander The Honorable Joseph R. Lentol The Honorable Stephen Levin The Honorable Melissa Mark-Viverito The Honorable Darlene Mealy The Honorable Walter Mosley The Honorable Annette Robinson The Honorable Jo Anne Simon The Honorable Mark Treyger The Honorable Jumaane D. Williams Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for the Arts New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York State Council on the Arts Foundations and Corporations 66 Rockwell 7S Management American Express Arcus Foundation Art + Commerce Artist Group International Astoria Bank The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Ban Refresh Barclays Center Baxt Ingui Architects P.C. The Bay and Paul Foundations The Benevity Community Impact Fund Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Bloomingdale’s The Bowery Presents Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn Bowl Cablevision Systems Corporation The Capitol Theater Con Edison The Corcoran Group Cross-Fire Security

Crunch DeLaCour Family Foundation Deutsche Bank The DiPaolo Foundation Dunch Arts, LLC The Educational Foundation of America Eldridge Industries The Alison F. Engel and Peter E. Engel Charitable Fund Forest City Ratner Companies Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Howard Gilman Foundation GNYHA Goldman Sachs Google Matching Gifts Program Greenlight Bookstore Halstead Property Development Marketing IKEA Brooklyn JP Morgan Chase & Co. Junior’s Kalahari Resorts Ezra Jack Keats Foundation KIND Healthy Snacks Lambent Foundation Laurence W. Levine Foundation, Inc. Lyft MAC Presents Madison House Presents Maimonides Medical Center Merrill Lynch & Co. Metropolitan Interactive Ltd. Mick Management ML Presents National Grid Network For Good New Music USA New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust New York Public Radio New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

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Julia Kahr and Brian Colton Leslie and Andy Schultz Kerry Le Blanc Strong and Jeff Strong Toni Yuille Williams $10,000-19,999 Leslie Alexander and Norris Manser Pamela Brier and Peter Aschkenasy Jennie and Jake Blair Blavatnik Family Foundation Howard Brickner and Tracy Makow Mark and Beverly Cheffo Lenore and John Cooney Linda and Louis V. Greco, Jr. Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Jessie McClintock Kelly Michael and Jeanine Liburd Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Peter and Rebecca Shapiro Stephen Simon Douglas Steiner Ellie and Dan Pia and Jimmy Zankel $5,000 – 9,999 Margaret Anadu Anonymous (2) Cyrus Beagley and Tai-Yu Lin Lorraine and Gordon DiPaolo Josh and Molly Epstein Dominick and Lenae Guarna Ryan Jennings, Sentinel Builders Kristen and Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte David and Chris Lindsay-Abaire Catie Marshall Leslie Marshall and Mauro Premutico Joseph and Lynn Nacmias Christina Norman and Charles Hunt Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber Stephen Plumlee and Holley Atkinson Mark Satlof Ellen Shapiro Arthur and Fern Square The Tiki Brothers Derek Wolman and Karen Ritter Jennifer Wong and Eleonora Sharef $2,500 – 4,999 The Bell House David Berliner and Betsy Jacobs Zachary Block and Rachel Loeb Lisa Cadette Cramer and Jim Cramer Lea Cara Katherine Chapman The Clay Pot Della The Dram Shop Bar Gail Erickson and Christa Rice Randy Ezratty

Blake and Andrew Foote Nicolas Grabar and Jennifer Sage Cliff Greenberg The Hudson Companies Incorporated Ben Hunter Juice Box Wine & Spirits Miriam Katowitz and Arthur Radin Drew and Rachel Katz Leslie C. Kerby and James M. Kerby Mark Leavitt Maria Mackin and Declan Walsh W. Patrick McMullan and Rachel McPherson McMullan Neal Meltzer Mark Patricof, Houlihan Lokey Matthew Pincus and Sarah Min Nicholas and Jamie Renwick Susan and Peter Restler Susan and William Rifkin Jennifer Sage and Nicolas Grabar Lisa Schultz Sophia Romero and Daniel Schwartz John and Helen Simonson Slope Cellars Winston Song and Amy Hsieh Charlie Walker, C3 Presents Valerie D. White Richard Yancey Daniel and Leslie Ziff $1,000 – 2,499 3 Guys From Brooklyn Jono Abrams and Elizabeth Linn AC Daughtry Security Ari Ackerman Kenneth and Diana Adams Briana Aguilar-Austin and Jonathan Mcmanus Elizabeth Alsop and Tim Ronda Audrey and Joseph Anastasi Joseph and Jackie Anscher ASCAP Bar Chord Jackie Battenfield and David Headley Peter and Kristin Becker Alan and Leslie Beller Dan Berkowitz Adele and Peter Bernhard Mark and Vanessa Bibby Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bornstein Gary Boston and Charles Lee Margaret and Matthew Boyer Dominique Bravo Sally Brazil and Donald Bendernagel Brooklyn Creative League Brookvin Brouwerij Lane Deborah Brown Ashley Brown Brown Harris Stevens, LLC Timothy and Whitney Carr

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Jim Heindlmeyer and Deian Urso Jonas Herbsman Steve Hirschhorn and Linda Polsky Gail Hochman Deborah and Roger Hodge Bree Hughes Elizabeth Humes My Phung Huynh and Darren Stueber Hiromi Ige and Kevin McNally Simon Isaacs and Liza Isaacs Kathleen Jackson Sandrea Jarrett Rodney Johnson Isaac Josephson William Judkins Genevieve Kahr and Daniel Freedberg Jennifer and Drew Kantor David and Yael Kasakove Judith Kassel and Steven Brown John Katinos Alexandra and Aron Katz Joshua and Anya Katz Jamie Kay and Scott Gutterman Brittany and Peter Kelly Shaker and Zoe Khayatt Jeremy Kirkland Randall and Janette Klein Hilary Klein and Michael St. Hippolyte Emily and Alex Knowlton Amy Fontaine and Mete Kok James Koretz Carol Kostik Aaron Kotler Keith Krinsky and Alyson Jackson Emily Kurtz Rell Lafargue and Jennifer Lafargue Marjorie Landa and David Sidman Lenora Lapidus Maura Larkin and David Christenberry Ian and Kimberly Lennard Jeffrey Levinson Karen Liaw Jonathan Lief Marc and Melanie Linial Lawrence Littlefield and Jeanmarie Davis Jennie Livingston Rene Lopez Brendan Lorbach Mary Lowe Patricia Lowry and John Touhey Anthony Mace Susan Macgregor-Scott Colin and MaryAnne MacLellan Nick Mahedy and Megan Sheehan Ralph Manigat Josh Manson and Kristine Exline Peter Manzi Jane Marke Kevin Martin

Jeremy Matz Kimberly Maxwell Charlita Mays Buck McAllister and Beth Morrow Joseph and Cheryl McFeely James McGovern and Susan Shamoto Laura McKenna Robert and Sharon Meetsma Emily Moellman Joe and Alice Montano Catherine and Thomas Moore Kurt Mueller Diane Muldrow Rajika Nakkawita Dani Newman Nick Nyhan and Megan Jones Nyhan John O’Connell and Marcella Eckels Robert O’Donnell Janet and David Offensend Wendy Olsoff Erika Omundson David Ondrick and Elizabeth Herrera Jeff Paoletti Demetris Papademetriou and Jill Jortner Mark Paperno Peter Parrella Sarah F. Parsons Sandra Penfield Jason Pinsky Mark Prutsalis and Maria D’Albert Howard Pyle Josh Rabinowitz and Janet Gochman Tracy Rahn and Paul Kennedy Mary Ransom Simon Raykher Wendy Richmond Yosef Riemer Heather Rignanesi Ilisa Katz Rissman Randi Roberts and Iven Walters James Rooney Brice Rosenbloom Mary Sabbatino and David Wells Robert Saffer Sarah Sampsel Matt Sanders Tim Sanford Ari Sass Joshua Scheers-Masters Carolyn Schiff and Noah Millman Howard and Shayna Sebold Joel Seigel and Maria Deutscher Christopher Sell Nina Shiffman and Ben Gibberd Ronald and Yvette Shiffman Leonard Shostak Carol Shuchman and Kendall Christiansen

Joseph Sigona Jonathan Silverblatt Randy Skurnick Aggie Smith Julian and Emilia Soler Jim Sparnon Jane and Jim Spingarn Jason Stefanik William Stephen and Dona Smith Paula Stoff Mark Street Keith Stubblefield Kerry Sullivan and Alex Maiorescu Orinthia Swindell Paul and Troi Swithers Karen and Colby Synesael Richard Taber Elyse Taylor Shiller Claude Trahan Diana Vail and Jack Rainey Marcia Van Wagner Amy Vennema and Brett Wettick Frank Ventura Sam Verrill and Jess Harris Patricia Voight and Rachel Wolff Eliot Wagner and Fran Shlesinger Matthew Ward Earl D. Weiner Amy Weintraub Geoff Welch and Jeff Gennette Melanie Wells Debra Wells and David Bricker Kiani White Bridget Williams Amelia and James Wilson Blake Wilson and Emily Weinstein Nancy and Mark Woodruff Robin and Tim Wynter-Stoner Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn Richard Young Barbara and Michael Zimmerman Izvor Zivkovic Pete Zumba Suzanne Zumpano This list includes gifts made between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, as well as other current giving. We are grateful to all of BRIC’s supporters. This list recognizes contributions of $500 or more. Every effort was made to ensure its accuracy; if you should find an error or omission, please contact Marion Carr, Development Manager, Individual Giving, at 718.683.5637.

2015 / 2016 FINANCIALS UNRESTRICTED

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED

ASSETS TOTAL

Cash & Cash Equivalents

$3,668,746

Investments

INCOME Contributions Government and Other Grants Program Service Revenues Interest and Dividends

$2,889,242 $871,403 $1,625,656 $276,175

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES & SUPPORT

$5,662,476

$234,375 $8,888,431 $9,122,806

$3,123,617 $871,403 $10,514,087 $276,175 $14,785,282

$12,298,900

Government an Other Receivables Contributions Receivable

$78,500

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Net Fixed Assets

Program Expenses Community Media Contemporary Arts Performing Arts Interdisciplinary Art Education

$5,356,222 $430,142 $3,239,186 $171,770 $591,208

Support Services Management and General Fundraising TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

$5,356,222 $430,142 $3,239,186 $171,770 $591,208

$1,975,052 $372,394

$1,975,052 $372,394

$12,135,974

$12,135,974

$(6,473,498)

$9,122,806

$2,649,308

Non-operating Revenue (Expense) Unrealized Gain on Investments Depreciation Expense Below the Line Expense Net Assets Released from Restrictions

$97,055 $(1,167,060) $(39,539) $9,786,701

$(9,786,701)

$97,055 $(1,167,060) $(39,539) $0

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS

$2,203,659

$(663,895)

$1,539,764

$17,263,109

$13,547,136

$30,810,245

$19,466,768

$12,883,241

$32,350,009

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR

$34,617,269

LIABILITIES Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

$1,506,475

Accrued Vacation

$244,307

Total Liabilities

$2,267,260

NET ASSETS Unrestricted: Operating

$17,959,520

Board Designated Fund

$1,507,248

Total Unrestricted

$19,466,768 $12,883,241

Total Net Assets

$32,350,009

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS

• 21% INDIVIDUAL/BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS • 6% GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATION GRANTS • 2% INTEREST & DIVIDENDS 1

Includes cable service revenue and earned revenue

$34,617,269

OPERATING EXPENSES $13,303,034 • 80% PROGRAM EXPENSES • 17% MANAGEMENT & GENERAL EXPENSES • 3% FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES 2

• 71% PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE1

$516,478

Deferred Revenue

Temporarily Restricted

OPERATING INCOME $14,785,282

$910,546 $14,882,259

TOTAL ASSETS

EXPENSES

$2,778,318

2

Includes depreciation expense

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