Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PARK AVENUE ARMORY'S MISSION IS TO ENABLE A DIVERSE RANGE OF ARTISTS TO CREATE, STUDENTS TO EXPLORE, AND AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE EPIC, ADVENTUROUS, RELEVANT WORK THAT CANNOT BE DONE ELSEWHERE IN NEW YORK. WITH ITS SOARING 55,000-SQUARE-FOOT WADE THOMPSON DRILL HALL AND AN ARRAY OF EXUBERANT PERIOD ROOMS, THE ARMORY FILLS A CRITICAL VOID IN THE CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF NEW YORK, SUPPORTING UNCONVENTIONAL WORKS IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS THAT CANNOT BE FULLY REALIZED IN A TRADITIONAL PROSCENIUM THEATER, CONCERT HALL, OR WHITE WALL GALLERY. THE ARMORY HAS BEEN LAUDED AS "ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS ARTS PRESENTERS IN THE CITY, IF NOT THE COUNTRY" (WALL STREET JOURNAL), WITH THE NEW YORKER DECLARING THAT "THE ARMORY'S PROGRAMMING HAS BECOME ESSENTIAL TO THE NEW YORK LIFE." ALONGSIDE ADVENTUROUS ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING, THE ARMORY OFFERS CREATIVITY-BASED ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT NO COST TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ARMORY ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEE
- Income
- $28.7 million
- Spending
- $33.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 85%
- Reserves
- 0.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 44%
- Employees
- 358
- Volunteers
- 31
- Highest pay
- $662,610, president/director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 20% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 16% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 25% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1585% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 23 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 34% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2527 of 28 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $28.3 million spent. In 2024, the Wade Thompson Drill Hall PRESENTED epic, relevant, and collaborative works by diverse artists, such as choreographer Justin Peck, playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury, and singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens; director Peter Sellars with an intercontinental and interdisciplinary cast of world-class performers and sound projectionist Kathinka Pasveer; choreographer Sharon Eyal with creative partners Gai Behar, Caius Pawson, and Ben UFO; composer, filmmaker, and choreographer Meredith Monk with her Vocal Ensemble; and choreographer Kyle Abraham. Complementing major Drill Hall works, the Historic Rooms hosted intimate performances and artistic gatherings with soprano Jeanine De Bique, tenor Matthew Polenzani, multidisciplinary artist EJ Hill, poet Claudia Rankine, dancer Shamel Pitts, performance artist Dorian Wood, and more. WADE THOMPSON DRILL HALL PRODUCTIONS: Opening the 2024 Season was Armory Co-Commission, Illinoise (March 2-26, 2024), a movement-theater production based on singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens's acclaimed indie folk-rock concept album of the same name. Tony Award-winning choreographer Justin Peck and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury created an ecstatic performance rooted in dance, theater, folk storytelling, and live music. In its New York City premiere, the production was re-envisioned for the Wade Thompson Drill Hall with a new assembly of 16 dancers, ten musicians, and three vocalists who brought to life a new orchestration of Stevens's score ranging in style from folk and live indie rock to ambient electronics to joyous marching bands. The Armory's presentation of Illinoise was named a Critic's Pick by The New York Times and transferred to Broadway following its lauded Drill Hall run. Shall We Gather at the River (May 21, 2024), directed by Peter Sellars, was a musical and choreographic call to action on climate change, co-presented with the Asia Society's COAL + ICE: Inspiring Climate Action through Art and Ideas, an exhibition of photographs documenting the consequences triggered by our continued reliance on fossil fuels. This multidisciplinary production merged the Black American spiritual tradition with the poetic, sacred texts of Bach's cantatas. The Oxford Bach Soloists and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, under the music direction of Tom Hammond-Davies, were joined by countertenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Nick Pritchard, sheng player Wu Tong, choreographer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray, and FLEXN dancers. Inside Light (June 5-14, 2024) presented selections of electronic music from legendary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen's monumental seven-cycle opera Licht, in an innovatively designed immersive environment. Named a Critic's Pick by The New York Times, the production's North American premiere was performed by Kathinka Pasveer, one of Stockhausen's original collaborators, a sound projectionist, and Director of the Stockhausen Foundation for Music. Pasveer led presentations of five electronic compositions of the cycle on separate nights, with two rare marathon stagings of all parts over five hours. Audiences were offered traditional theater and informal back-jack seating, with free movement throughout the Wade Thompson Drill Hall encouraged. Original abstract lighting and video projections by noted lighting designer Urs Schnebaum fully realized these works in a relaxed setting true to Stockhausen's original vision. Award-winning choreographer and former Batsheva Dance Company member Sharon Eyal, her creative partner Gai Behar, and Caius Pawson and DJ Ben UFO of London-based multi-arts organization Young presented the North American Premiere of a new Armory Co-Commission, R.O.S.E. (September 5-12, 2024). Dissolving the boundaries between dancer, musician, and audience member, R.O.S.E. celebrated the freedom and energy of club culture that Eyal draws inspiration from in her work. Originally premiering at Manchester International Festival, R.O.S.E. reconfigured conventional notions of dance performance, transforming the Wade Thompson Drill Hall into a fully-operating club in which eight dancers from Eyal and Behar's company and 12 student dancers from the Juilliard School intermingled with audiences, creating an exhilarating and surprising synthesis of contemporary dance, electronic music, and nightlife experience. The North American premiere of Indra's Net (September 23-October 6, 2024) by renowned avant-garde composer and performer Meredith Monk was a theatrical choral performance inspired by an ancient legend from Buddhist and Hindu lore in which the enlightened King Indra stretches a large net across the universe, at each intersection placing a dazzling jewel that reflects all other jewels to illuminate the interconnectedness of all living things. Interweaving soaring music, connected movement, and transformative video, Monk and her longtime collaborators, Vocal Ensemble, were joined by a 16-piece chamber orchestra in a work that evoked the celestial, earthly, and human realms, and reinforced the unity of all living things in our divided modern world. In the World Premiere of a new Armory Commission, Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful (December 3-December 14, 2024), celebrated choreographer and MacArthur fellow Kyle Abraham made his Wade Thompson Drill Hall debut. Abraham created a layered work that explores the growing sensitivities of life and transition, and the delicate interplay of nature and humanity amidst contemporary chaos. This new piece blended modern dance, ballet, and hip hop with an all-star ensemble of 17 world-class dancers, including Abraham. The production was set to an original score created and performed by New York-based musical ensemble yMusic. Digital media artist Cao Yuxi (JAMES) enveloped the sweeping production in an innovative scenic landscape. HISTORIC ROOMS PROGRAMMING: Park Avenue Armory's Historic Rooms programming provides an intimate counterpart to the epic scale of the Wade Thompson Drill Hall. In the Board of Offi
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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