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VAN ALEN INSTITUTE PROJECTS IN PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

EIN 13-1655152 BROOKLYN, NY

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Revenue 2024
$2,221,076
Expenses 2024
$2,381,355

Program services were 74.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A40
Classification
2000
Street
303 BOND ST

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 · 2024

Mission

VAN ALEN INSTITUTE HELPS CREATE EQUITABLE CITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED INCLUSIVE DESIGN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

VAN ALEN INSTITUTE HELPS CREATE EQUITABLE CITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED INCLUSIVE DESIGN. IN AN EQUITABLE CITY, COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGED IN THE CONCEPTION AND CREATION OF THEIR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING BUILDS RESILIENCE, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ULTIMATELY, MORE JUST CITIES. WE PARTNER WITH LEADERS OF HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND LONG TERM VISIONS WITH OUR NETWORK, KNOWLEDGE, AND RESOURCES. WE SHAPE DIVERSE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS, BUILD CROSS-SECTOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE COALITIONS, AND INVEST OUR OWN FUNDS TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES. BY CENTERING COMMUNITY IN EVERYTHING WE DO, OUR INCLUSIVE DESIGN METHOD RESPONDS TO THE URGENT NEED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CITYMAKING. FOR 130 YEARS, OUR PURPOSEFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CONVENING CAPACITY, AND GLOBAL NETWORK HAVE PRODUCED PROFOUND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PUBLIC REALM OF NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND. WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINAR

  • THE VAN ALEN PROGRAM SOLVES FOR THE POWER IMBALANCE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM SHAPING THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES BY FORMING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND DESIGNERS, CO-CREATING WORKSHOPS AND BUILT PROJECTS THAT MEET NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIFIC NEEDS, AND EQUIPPING RESIDENTS WITH TOOLS AND SKILL TO LEAD MORE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN 2024, THE VAN ALEN PROGRAM INCLUDED INITIATIVES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, LUCID PROJECT, DESIGN SPRINTS,- AND "PUBLIC REALM R&D."

    Expenses $1,781,962

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Deborah Marton

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $197,316
    From this org
    $180,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,905
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,411
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,339
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,566
    Filer's total
    $197,316
  • Andrew Brown

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $128,745
    From this org
    $113,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,295
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathleen E Overbeck

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $181,698
    From this org
    $167,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,844
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,854
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,885
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,959
    Filer's total
    $181,698
  • R May Lee

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carla Swickerath

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kia Weatherspoon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer L Gustetic

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Bernstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Gardner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Latoya Nelson Kamdang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hana Kassem

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nnenna Lynch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Maldonado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mitch McEwen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carlos Menchaca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carol E Rosenthal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katie Swenson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allison Freedman Weisberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claire Weisz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Byron Bell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Diana Reyna

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Thomas Yu

    TRUSTEE

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,221,076
    Expenses
    $2,381,355
    Contributions
    $535,447
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,432,541
    Expenses
    $2,490,251
    Contributions
    $601,204
    Grants paid
    $146,405
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,701,670
    Expenses
    $2,974,777
    Contributions
    $669,422
    Grants paid
    $767,776

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

    Revenue
    $3,072,994
    Expenses
    $2,670,369
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,490,814
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,512,175
    Expenses
    $2,476,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,107,811
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,788,331
    Expenses
    $2,730,630
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,403,083
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,324,174
    Expenses
    $2,345,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,765,162
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,441,608
    Expenses
    $2,213,178
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,264,896
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,441,608
    Expenses
    $2,213,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,264,896
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,698,139
    Expenses
    $1,905,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,060,157
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,587,357
    Expenses
    $1,432,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,939,073
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,107,417
    Expenses
    $1,551,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,005,872
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,320,599
    Expenses
    $1,157,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,290,839

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • 303 BB GOWANUS LLC

    REAL ESTAT · NY · income $131,967 · assets $3,172,932

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.