Braata Productions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273402327
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Queens, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9176682209
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $824,773
- Expenses
- $770,527
- Assets
- $781,163
- Liabilities
- $87,821
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Christopher Liu (Chairman)
- Nsilo Mavour (Secretary)
- Neil Kahrim (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Braata Productions advanced its mission to preserve and promote Caribbean culture by delivering a full year of artistic programming, cultural education, and community engagement. In 2025, the organization presented theatrical productions, musical performances, and cultural festivals that served diverse audiences across New York City and the Caribbean diaspora. Programs included the Braata Singers, Christmas Grand Market, and the Bankra Caribbean Culture Festival, collectively reaching thousands of attendees. Braata also provided educational workshops and community presentations for schools and partner organizations, engaging hundreds of youth, adults, and seniors. These activities increased access to Caribbean arts, supported emerging artists, and strengthened cultural understanding within the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Cultural Productions: Braata Productions held several cultural performances during its fiscal year to engage and educate attendees on Caribbean culture.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 51
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.8%; rating input score 50
- Program expense ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 53
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.8% of revenue deployed · 52.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $405K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.