Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,074,462

Total expenses

$1,015,433

Contributions and grants received

$151,424

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$903,815

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$19,223

Total assets, end of year

$605,148

Total liabilities, end of year

$278,711

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$326,437

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$649,031

Management and general expenses

$247,257

Fundraising expenses

$119,145

Program service expenses (Part III)

$649,031

Program services were 63.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE SPIRIT OF HUNTINGTON ART CENTER HAS A MISSION THAT SPANS THE HUNTINGTON AND LONG ISLAND COMMUNITIES, TOUCHING THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES: "TO IGNITE THE PASSION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND VETERANS FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES." FOR OVER TEN YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS LIVED THIS MISSION BY CREATING A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN ITS CENTER IN HUNTINGTON, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR EDUCATION, VOCATION, AND RECREATION TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY AND VETERANS. THIS IS DONE THROUGH PROGRAMS AND CLASSES IN ART, DIGITAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, CERAMICS, MUSIC, PERFORMING ARTS, AND MOVEMENT, ALL FOR A DIVERSE POPULATION OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.STUDENTS CAN ATTEND CLASSES THAT ENCOURAGE A PERSONALIZED SCHEDULE OF COMMUNITY-BASED EXPERIENCES ALIGNED WITH GOALS WITHIN A STUDENT'S PLAN OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING THROUGH THE WITHOUT WALLS PROGRAM. THROUGH CLASSES SUCH AS ARTISTS COME ALIVE AND CLAY COMES ALIVE, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN CREATIVE EXPRESSION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS, IDEAS, AND EMOTIONS IN POSITIVE AND SELF-AFFIRMING WAYS. CLASSES HAVE ALSO INCLUDED STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, BRINGING ADDED DIMENSION TO CURRICULA IN THE NEARBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. STUDENTS ATTEND FROM ALL OVER LONG ISLAND.APART FROM THE CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, THE SPIRIT OF HUNTINGTON HOSTS A NUMBER OF EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND SUPPORTS OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH ITS ARTWORKS PROGRAM, THE CENTER CURRENTLY PROVIDES MARKETING, STRATEGIC BRANDING, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO NON-PROFIT CLIENTS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME AFFORDING STUDENTS INTERNSHIP AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN WORKING ON PROJECTS FOR THESE CLIENTS. WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NEURODIVERSE YOUNG ADULTS APPROACHING 90%, THIS PROGRAM OFFERS PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO EXPAND THEIR SKILLS INTO AREAS THAT ARE IN DEMAND IN THE WORKFORCE.SPIRIT OF HUNTINGTON HOSTS ARTABILITY, LONG ISLAND'S LARGEST SPECIAL NEEDS ART SHOW WHERE STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK, AND THEIR PIECES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC. WE WORK WITH AGENCIES THAT SPONSOR SPECIAL NEEDS INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDING DAYHAB SERVICES FOR SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH CLASSES THAT PROMOTE CREATIVE EXPRESSION IN A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS ARE ALSO A HALLMARK OF THE CENTER'S OFFERINGS, AND WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL AGENCIES TO BRING CLASSES AND PROGRAMS TO ALL VETERANS BOTH AT LOCAL HOSPITALS AND THROUGH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.THE SPIRIT OF HUNTINGTON ART CENTER TRULY ASPIRES TO EMBODY THE "SPIRIT" OF "HUNTINGTON, AND TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A COMMUNITY ANCHOR FOR THOSE IT SERVES, AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO GROW OUR PROGRAMS, AND REACH AN EVEN WIDER RANGE OF PEOPLE TO SERVE.

  Expenses $649,031 · Revenue $903,815

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• RISE LIFE SERVICES INC

  MULTI-SERVICE ORGANIZATION · NY

• RISE IN SPIRIT INC

  COMMUNITY ART CENTER · NY

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

9 June 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202521609349300912

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