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BRAIN ARTS ORGANIZATION INC

EIN 46-2199793 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2023
$110,033
Expenses 2023
$150,890

Program services were 39.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
1443 DORCHESTER AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

Support BIPOCLGBTQexperimental artists

  • Published over 300 articles and art pieces in the Boston Compass newspaper (free monthly publication promoting local music and cultural events), and our blog and newsletter.

    Expenses $7,054

  • Publicized over 1,300 local cultural events. Created over 2,200 artist opportunities in public art, performance, journalism and volunteerism.

    Expenses $19,933

  • Provided 14 private studios to local artists, and provided rehearsal, performance and exhibition spaces to local artists and art/music groups.

    Expenses $33,168

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Samuel Potrykus

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,713
    Compensation
    $15,713
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Marc Drinkwater

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,885
    Compensation
    $3,885
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amyas Bolden-McKnight

    CLERK & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,713
    Compensation
    $20,713
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Emma Leavitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $110,033
    Expenses
    $150,890
    Contributions
    $100,088
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $86,266
    Expenses
    $254,166
    Contributions
    $66,963
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $168,730
    Expenses
    $327,659
    Assets (EOY)
    $209,805

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $195,772
    Expenses
    $179,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,934

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $157,739
    Expenses
    $154,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,520

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $132,522
    Expenses
    $127,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,080

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
Daniel Jean Shea II
Mailing address
25 CREIGHTON STREET UNIT 3JAMAICA PLAIN MA 02130

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2019, reinstated 15 May 2019.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.