Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.4m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.8m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$2.1m
$24k liabilities
Net assets
$2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
6.3y av
Staff
62
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc's network
13 people5 organisationsi13 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Cisco | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| David Rimmer | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| ED Blumenfeld | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jeffrey Anderson (also filed as Jeff Anderson, Jeff Anderson) | Treasurer | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Joyce Davis | Co-Chair | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Ken Wydro | Trustee/Dire | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kerry Davis | Co-Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nigel Pierce | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Patrick JC Shaw | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rita Rodin | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Robin Hommel | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Samantha Davis | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| VY Higginsen (also filed as Vy Higginsen) | Executive Di | 2017 | 9 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Knoelle Wydro | Program Dire | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoelle Wydro | Program Dire | 40 | $118k | ||
| Vy Higginsen | Executive Di | 40 | $99k | ||
| Jeffrey Anderson | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ed Blumenfeld | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Andrea Cisco | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joyce Davis | Co-Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kery Davis | Co-Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Samantha Davis | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robin Hommel | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nigel Pierce | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Rimmer | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rita Rodin | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patrick Jc Shaw | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc
- EIN
- 311614732
- Address
- 149 W 126th St, New York, NY, 10027-4412
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Created to help establish harlem as a artistic and cultural center piece of the world. The organization's mission is to present, preserve and promote gospel, jazz and the r&b arts for current and future generations. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A650 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1998
- Principal officer
- Vy Higginsen (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 1998
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥9years on the filingsJeffrey Anderson
≥9years on the filingsJoyce Davis
≥9years on the filingsRita Rodin
≥9years on the filingsSamantha Davis
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $2.1m
- Total liabilities
- $24k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $931k
- Program service revenue
- $444k
- Employees
- 62
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7m | $1.6m | $52k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.