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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,612,664
Total expenses
$1,628,010
Contributions and grants received
$1,347,832
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$269,350
Investment income
$1,099
Other revenue
-$5,617
Total assets, end of year
$961,304
Total liabilities, end of year
$145,648
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$815,656
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,055,819
Management and general expenses
$403,677
Fundraising expenses
$168,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,055,819

Program services were 64.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $50,001

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,297,831

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service income

    total $269,350 · related or exempt $269,350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,484 · related or exempt $1,484

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $28,175

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $28,560

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$385

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$385 · related or exempt -$385

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $7,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $50,001

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,117

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,617

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $363,385 · program services $214,397 · management and general $101,748 · fundraising $47,240

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $534,029 · program services $313,169 · management and general $148,976 · fundraising $71,884

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $137,869 · program services $81,234 · management and general $38,449 · fundraising $18,186

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,728 · program services $44,770 · management and general $20,474 · fundraising $9,484

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,833 · management and general $50,833

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,183 · program services $51,899 · management and general $5,659 · fundraising $3,625

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,316 · program services $1,360 · management and general $4,654 · fundraising $2,302

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,288 · program services $39,661 · management and general $9,915 · fundraising $2,712

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $90,457 · program services $78,079 · management and general $9,176 · fundraising $3,202

  • 17 · Travel

    total $56 · management and general $56

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,559 · management and general $4,531 · fundraising $28

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,564 · program services $12,451 · management and general $3,113

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES

    total $158,587 · program services $158,537 · management and general $50

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS & OTHER PROGRAM EXP

    total $56,482 · program services $49,441 · management and general $141 · fundraising $6,900

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $19,674 · program services $10,821 · management and general $5,902 · fundraising $2,951

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $43,710 · end of year $88,544

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $28,420 · end of year $20,812

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $701,540 · end of year $710,070

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,997 · end of year $101,350

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,633 · end of year $17,683

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $216,586

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $202,741

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,404 · end of year $13,845

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $121,100 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,000 · end of year $9,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,648 · end of year $21,898

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $68,000 · end of year $45,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $78,750

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $760,516 · end of year $446,156

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,640 · end of year $369,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GROUNDSWELL IS NEW YORK CITY'S LEADING COMMUNITY PUBLIC ART ORGANIZATION, HAVE COMPLETED NEARLY 500 MURALS OVER THE COURSE OF A NEARLY 20-YEAR HISTORY. ANNUALLY,GROUNDSWELL ENGAGES NEARLY 800 UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED, ANDECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY AGES 14-24, FROM NEWYORKS MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, IN OUR PUBLIC ARTMAKING PROGRAMS TOCREATE 50+ ANNUAL PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT BEAUTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS,ENGAGE YOUTH IN SOCIETAL AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, AND GIVEEXPRESSION TO IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEPUBLIC DIALOGUE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Groundswell's mission is to bring together youth, artists, and community partners to use public art as a tool for social change, for a more just and equitable world.

  • DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, GROUNDSWELL WORKED WITH APPROXIMATELY 360YOUNG PEOPLE, 21 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITYPARTNERS TO PRODUCE 17 COLLABORATIVELY-DESIGNED MURALS AND ADDITIONALSOCIAL JUSTICE-RELATED ARTWORKS, IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN BROOKLYN,QUEENS, AND MANHATTAN. IN FISCAL YEAR 202, GROUNDSWELL WORKED WITH 340YOUNG PEOPLE, 25 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITYPARTNERS TO COMPLETE 18 COLLABORATIVELY-DESIGNED ART PROJECTS, PLUSVARIOUS MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS, IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS FOURBOROUGHS.GROUNDSWELLS STUDIO PROGRAMS (INTRODUCTION TO PORTFOLIO, ADVANCEDPORTFOLIO, MURALS FOR CHANGE, PRINT POWER, YOUTH CURATORIAL COMMITTEE,AND VOICES HERD) AND THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SERVED 81 YOUNGPEOPLE WITH GUIDANCE FROM 10 TEACHING ARTISTS, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITHCOMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (SUCH AS FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE ANDRAICES). SEVERAL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN MULTIPLE SESSIONS OFGROUNDSWELL PROGRAMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.GROUNDSWELL PARTNERED WITH 12 SCHOOLS FOR OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMMING,PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL ARTS PROGRAMS FOR 176 STUDENTS, GUIDED BY 12TEACHING ARTISTS. SCHOOLS SELECTED FROM A CUSTOMIZED MENU OF PROGRAMOPTIONS FROM GROUNDSWELL, WITH SEVEN CHOOSING MURAL PROJECTS AND THEOTHER FIVE CHOOSING ARTS PROGRAMS SUCH AS PRINTMAKING, FEMINIST ART,AND MIXED-MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY.AS PART OF AND IN ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAMMING DESCRIBED ABOVE,GROUNDSWELL PRESENTED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT SERVED APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDED EXHIBITIONS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHARES LED BYGROUNDSWELL YOUTH, COMMUNITY PAINT DAYS, AND MURAL DEDICATION EVENTS.

    Expenses $1,055,819 · Revenue $269,350

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Yvonne Martinez Brathwaite

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $175,000
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,000

  • Kerri Gawryn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $107,550
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,550
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ann-Kerry Jean-Charles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $105,050
    From this org
    $95,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,050
    Hours/week
    40

  • Seendy Fouron

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erik Schurink

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nikki Sullivan

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joie Jager-Hyman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard C Madigan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Maillard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zahirah McNatt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202622199349303332

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