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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ANIMATION PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,657,301
Total expenses
$1,822,029
Contributions and grants received
$138,250
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,519,051
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$452,223
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,855
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$430,368
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,544,655
Management and general expenses
$156,071
Fundraising expenses
$121,303
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,544,655

Program services were 84.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $138,250

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $1,519,051 · related or exempt $1,519,051

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 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 $332,618 · program services $266,094 · management and general $33,262 · fundraising $33,262

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $563,605 · program services $450,884 · management and general $56,361 · fundraising $56,360

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $127,656 · program services $102,125 · management and general $12,766 · fundraising $12,765

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,622 · program services $59,698 · management and general $7,462 · fundraising $7,462

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $158,041 · program services $129,594 · management and general $28,447

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,089 · program services $870 · management and general $110 · fundraising $109

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,146 · program services $36,917 · management and general $4,614 · fundraising $4,615

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,492 · program services $23,594 · management and general $2,949 · fundraising $2,949

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,476 · program services $9,981 · management and general $1,248 · fundraising $1,247

  • 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 $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,318 · management and general $6,318

  • 24a · Other expenses: INTERNSHIPS

    total $426,426 · program services $426,426

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $25,340 · program services $20,272 · management and general $2,534 · fundraising $2,534

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $18,200 · program services $18,200

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $551,731 · end of year $292,733

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $55,450 · end of year $45,905

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,200 · end of year $108,475

  • 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

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    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 $3,700 · end of year $5,110

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,985 · end of year $21,855

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $595,096 · end of year $430,368

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Animation Project (TAP) believes that in order to effect change in the lives of youth, we must first build the emotional coping skills, especially impulse control, necessary to ensure that they make good choices. Secondly, we must improve their interpersonal skills by promoting collaboration, healthy self-esteem and self-governance, enabling the autonomy needed to fulfill adult roles and responsibilities. Thirdly, by capitalizing on the emotional and social growth of our initial steps, we are able to create an environment whereby youth are able to effectively learn and make use of practical technical skills (in our case, digital art technology).

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Animation Project nurtures the social, emotional and cognitive growth of at-risk youth, using digital art technology as a therapeutic medium and a workforce development tool.

  • The Made in New York Animation Project (TAP) offered high quality virtual programming in New York City this year, serving over 1,500 New Yorkers and providing them with the emotional, social and technical support they need to thrive now and well into their bright futures. In the midst of increasingly turbulent times and unprecedented need, we have been able to continue to offer young people safe, creative and aspirational spaces to tell their stories, explore their potential and successfully work through some of the personal and professional obstacles that the pandemic only amplified.TAP also returned to in-person work at 7 NeON sites. Our accessible digital learning platform is designed to engage students across all levels of programming, providing them with continuity in skill-building, creative and imaginative thinking and professional development. TAP Animators and Licenced Creative Arts Therapists led the curriculum via Zoom.Our virtual training program (formerly known as the TAP Internship Program) remains highly successful and impactful. This year, TAP graduated 14 aspiring animators from an introductory Level I Training Program and 9 from an advanced Level II Training Program. 10 of this years graduates have acquired placements, either at TAP STUDIO, externally within the industry or further educational opportunities in animation. Post-graduate placements include the NYC Parks Dept, Mighty Oak Studio, The Mod Mentor, Paramount and advanced study at FITs Communication Design department and The New Schools Design and Technology department.

    Expenses $1,544,655 · Revenue $1,519,051

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Meredith Dean

    ASST. ED

    Total calculated
    $147,405
    From this org
    $130,376
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,029
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Austin

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $112,259
    From this org
    $102,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,017
    Hours/week
    40
  • Laurie Parise

    MANAGING DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Laurence Austin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Munn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Macksoud

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rose Polidoro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramona Roopnarine

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Maisello

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jose Gomez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442779349300959

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