Herbert Berghof Studio Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

(a) the uta hagen institute for full time study: all fy25 programs were held in-person.(i) hagen summer intensive: 6-week, 5-day, full-time intensive program focused on uta hagen's approach to acting technique and rehearsal process. 6/23/25 to 8/01/25, 12 students served, 10 scholarships granted.(ii) hagen teachers lab: a five-day intensive full-time program for actors and educators interested in teaching uta hagen's acting exercises and methodology 08/11/25 to 8/15/25, 12 students served, 2 scholarships granted. Travel expenses for 1 uta hagen award recipient were sponsored by the college of fellows of the american theatre.(continued on schedule o)(b) studio classes for training and practice: fall, winter, spring, and summer terms: acting, acting improvisation, acting on camera, scene study, acting technique, movement & the body, musical theater & singing, speaking voice, speech, directing, playwriting, and more. 3231 enrollments, in 272 classes/year, september through august, 1520 students served, 74 scholarships granted, 267 work-study grants. Classes were offered in both online and in-person formats.(c) hb studio special workshops: in addition to the regular term-length studio class schedule, hb offered short term (1-5 sessions) skill building and special focus workshops. 696 enrollments in 64 workshops, 462 students served, 2 scholarships granted, 33 work-study grants. Workshops were conducted in both online and in-person formats from september 16 through the year's end.(d) residency projects: hb studio's residency program provides space for artists to rehearse and present a new work at an early- to mid-stage of development with the production capability of the hb playwrights foundation theater. Six(6) week-long residencies, featuring 54 artists, culminating in a public presentation. Residency projects included: sons of an unknown father (2/3/25-2/9/25); pyrrha, the poet, and planet earth (3/31/25-4/6/25); divergents: que harias por amor?(6/9/25-6/15/25); my body says no (6/23/25-6/29/25); waiting: a queer black tragicomedy in two acts (7/7/25-7/13/25); and lucha libre (7/21/25-7/27/25); hb also hosted acting out and conch shell productions. Acting out is a resident company of formerly incarcerated persons that presented the odets project (1/18/25-1/19/25), an acting out book event (5/4/25), and rich: songs of love and outrage (8/3/25). Conch shell productions is a resident company supporting emerging voices of the caribbean diaspora and the caribbean theatre and film scene and presented its new works festival (12/6/24-12/7/24). Hb also hosted spiderwoman theater, the oldest continually running indigenous feminist theater company in the americas, which presented a storyweaving workshop performance (5/16/25-5/17/25), and basement theatrics, an emerging theatre collective dedicated to the development of new work through readings, workshops, productions, and artist-centered community programming. These residency projects and hosted companies engaged 137 artist, presented 17 public performances and presentations, and served an audience of 714.(e) community partnership: winston transitionshb partnered with nonprofit private nyc-based winston preparatory school, an innovative day school for students with learning differences. Hb teaching artists worked with students in winston's 'transitions' program--those who have graduated from 12th grade, but need additional support to transition to the workforce or college. The program served 30 young adults, with 13 60-minute sessions over 9 months, using actors' tools to support self-expression, independent learning, communication and social skills. Hb also welcomed an intern from winston to work on-site in the studio's office to train in workplace skills.(f) public programs: theater program(i) hb studio works-in-progress productions and public events: twenty eight (28) public events over 32 dates, featuring 367 artists and serving an audience of 794. Singing voice presentations, 11/21/2

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
• Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -25.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings