Batala New York Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813969722
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$132,983
Expenses
$111,267
Assets
$146,330
Liabilities
$10,552

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Roslyn Campbell (President)
  • Cynthia Carr-Johnson (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Roslyn Campbell (President)
  • Cynthia Carr-Johnson (Vice-President)
  • Jessica Beldon (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Batala New York is an all women Black-led Afrocentric dancing and drumming ensemble that promotes Afro-Brazilian culture and empowerment of women through high energy visually stimulating dancing and drumming performances

What it reported doing in 2025

Dance and drum performances and educational workshops

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.5% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.