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FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IN PROVINCETOWN INC

EIN 04-2487373 PROVINCETOWN, MA

Revenue 2024
$2,697,710
Expenses 2024
$2,800,134

Program services were 75.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A200
Classification
2000
Street
24 PEARL 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

THE FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IS AN ARTIST-LED ORGANIZATION BASED IN PROVINCETOWN AND CONNECTED TO THE WORLD. WE SUPPORT ARTISTIC FREEDOM, NURTURE CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, AND MAKE POSSIBLE ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS IMPORTANT TO THE LARGER CULTURE.

  • SUMMER PROGRAM: WITH MORE THAN 60 WEEK-LONG WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY MANY OF THE MOST RENOWNED WRITERS AND ARTISTS WORKING TODAY, THIS YEAR'S SUMMER WORKSHOP PROGRAM PRESENTS CLASSES IN POETRY, FICTION, MEMOIR, NONFICTION, PAINTING, DRAWING, PRINTMAKING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MIXED MEDIA, AS WELL AS A NEW MASTER PRINTER SERIES. THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CLASSES IN PRINTMAKING, PERFORMANCE ART, VIDEO, AND SONGWRITING. COURSES ARE OFFERED AT ALL LEVELS AND WITH AN INTENSIVE COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY OF EXPRESSION. A WRITING LAB AND THE VISUAL ART STUDIOS ARE OPEN, AROUND THE CLOCK, CREATING AN ARTISTICALLY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPLETE IMMERSION IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

    Expenses $580,546 · Grants $16,053 · Revenue $240,634

  • FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: SEVEN-MONTH RESIDENCIES FOR EMERGING WRITERS AND ARTISTS: THE FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S PREEMINENT LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES, OFFERING A UNIQUE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR WRITERS AND VISUAL ARTISTS IN THE CRUCIAL EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS. THE WORK CENTER PROVIDES SEVEN-MONTH FELLOWSHIPS TO TWENTY FELLOWS EACH YEAR IN THE FORM OF LIVING/WORK SPACE AND A MONTHLY STIPEND. RESIDENCIES RUN FROM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH APRIL 30. FELLOWS PURSUE THEIR WORK INDEPENDENTLY IN A DIVERSE AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY OF PEERS WHILE LIVING IN AN AREA OF SPECTACULAR NATURAL BEAUTY. PAST FELLOWS HAVE WON EVERY MAJOR NATIONAL AWARD AND PRIZE, INCLUDING THE PULITZER, MACARTHUR, WHITING, POLLOCK-KRASNER, TIFFANY, PRIX DE ROME, GUGGENHEIM, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, PUBLISHING HUNDREDS OF BOOKS AND EXHIBITING IN COUNTLESS MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES WORLDWIDE. FINE ARTS WORK CENTER FELLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE AND WORK IN PROVINCETOWN DURING THE FELLOWSHIP YEAR. OPTIONAL GROUP ACTIVITIES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS VISITING ARTISTS AND WRITERS OF NOTE.

    Expenses $717,385 · Revenue $45,000

  • ONLINE WRITING PROGRAM: BUILDING ON THE WORK CENTER'S TRADITION OF CREATIVE EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY, 24PEARLSTREET OFFERS AN ENGAGING ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCE LED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POETS AND WRITERS. STUDENTS CAN FOCUS ON DOING THEIR BEST WORK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LOCATION OR SCHEDULE. THE PROGRAM RUNS YEAR ROUND IN THREE GENRES: POETRY, FICTION, AND NONFICTION.

    Expenses $200,441 · Revenue $76,935

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $622,253 · Grants $397,467 · Revenue $59,359

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

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.

  • SHARON POLLI

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $175,848
    From this org
    $164,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,645
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,203
    Filer's total
    $175,848

  • NEAL BALKOWITSCH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KAREN VAN BERGEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • YVETTE DRURY DUBINSKEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ESTHER PASTER GROSSMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARIE HOWE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ELLIOTT HUNDLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MAJOR JACKSON

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRUCE SKILES DANZER JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEFFREY KATZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GAVIN KENNEDY

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LYNNE KORTENHAUS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JHUMPA LAHIRI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PATRICK LENIHAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SHAWN MANDERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SANDI MCKINLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SOPHIE MCMANUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NEAL MINAHAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANDREW MOCKLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HELEN MOLESWORTH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN MURILLO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PATRICK NOLAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JACK PIERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRYAN RAFANELLI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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
    $2,697,710
    Expenses
    $2,800,134
    Contributions
    $2,204,055
    Grants paid
    $413,520
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,833,892
    Expenses
    $3,344,274
    Contributions
    $2,063,117
    Grants paid
    $405,857
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,051,629
    Expenses
    $2,599,676
    Contributions
    $2,137,024
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,504,885
    Expenses
    $2,309,037
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,826,223

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,914,761
    Expenses
    $1,530,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,485,564

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,424,060
    Expenses
    $1,730,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,630,415

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,824,873
    Expenses
    $1,833,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,513,229

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,546,682
    Expenses
    $1,744,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,546,128

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,546,682
    Expenses
    $1,744,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,546,128

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,168,852
    Expenses
    $1,658,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,704,665

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,451,716
    Expenses
    $1,664,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,139,349

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,623,782
    Expenses
    $1,591,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,290,798

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.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

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 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.