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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WASSAIC PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,537,971
Total expenses
$1,013,881
Contributions and grants received
$1,271,241
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$231,456
Investment income
$6,934
Other revenue
$28,340
Total assets, end of year
$2,263,729
Total liabilities, end of year
$795,241
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,468,488
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$820,082
Management and general expenses
$81,841
Fundraising expenses
$111,958
Program service expenses (Part III)
$820,082

Program services were 80.9% 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

    $192,363

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $272,405

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $806,473

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXHIBITION

    total $156,748 · related or exempt $156,748

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESIDENCY FEES

    total $32,739 · unrelated business $32,739

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADMISSION & FEES

    total $29,707 · related or exempt $29,707

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM INCOME

    total $12,262 · related or exempt $12,262

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,934 · excluded $6,934

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $121,373

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

    $192,363

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $93,033

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $28,340 · excluded $28,340

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,000 · program services $148,500 · management and general $25,930 · fundraising $23,570

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $243,534 · program services $180,133 · management and general $21,980 · fundraising $41,421

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,915 · program services $8,289 · management and general $2,313 · fundraising $2,313

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,351 · program services $27,721 · management and general $3,203 · fundraising $5,427

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,300 · program services $13,724 · management and general $2,288 · fundraising $2,288

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $114,260 · program services $93,327 · management and general $8,654 · fundraising $12,279

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,973 · program services $4,834 · management and general $12 · fundraising $10,127

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,793 · program services $48,630 · management and general $163

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,257 · program services $13,020 · management and general $23 · fundraising $1,214

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,445 · program services $10,833 · management and general $1,806 · fundraising $1,806

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,027 · program services $16,517 · management and general $2,755 · fundraising $2,755

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,860 · program services $35,328 · management and general $6,707 · fundraising $2,825

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSIGNMENT FEES & COMMIS

    total $87,600 · program services $87,600

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $54,644 · program services $49,731 · management and general $3,773 · fundraising $1,140

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $46,991 · program services $42,877 · management and general $217 · fundraising $3,897

  • 24d · Other expenses: STIPENDS

    total $24,500 · program services $24,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,431 · program services $14,518 · management and general $2,017 · fundraising $896

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $432,673 · end of year $834,451

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $152,633

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

    $1,373,211

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

    $96,566

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,239,951 · end of year $1,276,645

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,807 · end of year $34,887

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $544,950 · end of year $544,950

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $200,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $14,469 · end of year $15,404

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $928,198 · end of year $1,116,998

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,200 · end of year $351,490

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE WASSAIC PROJECT, INC. (WASSAIC PROJECT) IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT USES ART AND ARTS EDUCATION TO FOSTER POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE, BUILD LOCAL PRIDE, AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC HAMLET OF WASSAIC, NY, THE WASSAIC PROJECT PRODUCES YEAR-ROUND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PERFORMANCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A CONTEMPORARY ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT USES ART AND ARTS EDUCATION TO FOSTER POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE, BUILD LOCAL PRIDE, AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

  • EXHIBITIONS - PRODUCES, CURATES AND HOSTS A YEAR ROUND EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART. THE ORGANIZATION'S SUMMER EXHIBITION IS OPEN FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER, FREE-OF-CHARGE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A RURAL COMMUNITY UNDERSERVED BY THE ARTS. THE SUMMER EXHIBITION PRESENTS A SURVEY OF EMERGING ARTISTS INTEGRATED INTO THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MAIN FACILITY, THE MAXON MILLS, A RESTORED AND REPURPOSED GRAIN ELEVATOR. TO DATE THE WASSAIC PROJECT HAS FEATURED THE WORK OF OVER 1500 ARTISTS IN OUR 8,000+ SQUARE FOOT GALLERY SPACE. THE ORGANIZATION IS ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF ITS EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE RECURITMENT OF ARTISTS, THE PREPARATION OF GROUNDS AND FACILITIES, BUSINESS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, PROMOTION AND EVENT COORDINATION.

    Expenses $325,496 · Revenue $157,458

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMS - PRODUCES AND HOSTS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SEASONAL EVENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND PERFORMANCE IN THE HAMLET OF WASSAIC. THE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A RURAL COMMUNITY UNDERSERVED BY THE ARTS. THROUGH THIRTEEN SEASONS, THE PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED OVER 40,000 ATTENDEES AND FEATURED 400+ ARTISTS, DANCERS, MUSICANS, AND FILM-MAKERS. THE WASSAIC PROJECT IS ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE RECRUITMENT OF ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS, THE PREPARATION OF GROUNDS AND FACILITIES, BUSINESS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, AND PROMOTION AND EVENTS COORDINATION.

    Expenses $158,360 · Revenue $15,090

  • EDUCATION - PRODUCES AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TOURS, LESSONS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT CONTEMPORARY FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS. PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED ON SITE IN THE FREE EDUCATION CENTER CALLED THE "ART NEST". PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY AND YOUTH INPUT AND HAVE SERVED OVER 6,000 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS. TEACHING ARTISTS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR, ALSO WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS IN THE LOCAL PUBLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS YEAR ROUND.

    Expenses $335,459 · Revenue $58,908

  • ARTIST RESIDENCY.

    Expenses $767

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Barnett-Winsby

    CO-EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $66,000
    From this org
    $66,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bowen Barnett-Zunino

    CO-EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $66,000
    From this org
    $66,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eve Biddle

    CO-EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $66,000
    From this org
    $66,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Munawar Ahmed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Genevieve Christy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lucy Commoner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Dowley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jillian Dunham

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Delano Dunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Molly Gochman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Gregory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeanne Gutierrez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Hader

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julia W Kivitz

    PRESIDENT/CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jason Klein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Oshun Layne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nick Merrill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Sternberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charmaine Warren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Zukowski

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • WASSAIC ARTIST RESIDENCY LLC

    ARTIST RES · NY · income $32,739 · assets $103,110

    Directly controlled by THE WASSAI

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440449349301229

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