LOWELL ART ASSOCIATION

EIN 04-2428837 LOWELL, MA

Revenue 2023: $475,992
Expenses 2023: $329,845

Program services were 60.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A510
Classification: 2000
Street: 243 WORTHEN 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 · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, RAISE AWARENESS IN THE GREATER MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE & THE WORKS OF ITS ORIGINAL RESIDENTS; EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ART. PROMOTE CURRENT RESEARCH AND EXHIBITIONS RELATED TO WHISTLER, THE HOUSE, LOWELL, AND REGIONAL ARTISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, RAISE AWARENESS IN THE GREATER MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE AND THE WORKS OF ITS ORIGINAL RESIDENTS, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ART,AND PROMOTE CURRENT RESEARCH AND EXHIBITIONS RELATED TO WHISTLER, THE HOUSE, LOWELL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS.

CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE WHISTLER HOUSE MUSEUM OF ART, MAINTAIN PUBLIC GALLERIES FOR EXHIBITION OF ART, MAINTAIN A LIBRARY OF REFERENCE, AND MAINTAIN AND PERPETUATE THE HOUSE AT 243 WORTHEN ST IN LOWELL, MA, BIRTHPLACE OF JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Expenses $198,054 · Revenue $160,368

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

Nancy L DonahueNANCY L DONAHUE

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Therese O'ConnorTHERESE O'CONNOR

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carrie MeikleCARRIE MEIKLE

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Louise GriffinLOUISE GRIFFIN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Frank MakarewiczFRANK MAKAREWICZ

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Yun-Ju ChoiYUN-JU CHOI

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michael G ConwayMICHAEL G CONWAY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Maryann CoravosMARYANN CORAVOS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Veronika DemersVERONIKA DEMERS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Eileen Donoghue-O'ConnorEILEEN DONOGHUE-O'CONNOR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jack MoynihanJACK MOYNIHAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Greg PenningtonGREG PENNINGTON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
R Edward RoachR EDWARD ROACH

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joseph PyneJOSEPH PYNE

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amanda FloresAMANDA FLORES

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Elizabeth OftenELIZABETH OFTEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sara BogosianSARA BOGOSIAN

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$106,923

From this org

$106,923

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

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

$475,992

Expenses

$329,845

Contributions

$324,073

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$399,735

Expenses

$275,706

Contributions

$258,622

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$475,992	$329,845	$324,073	$0
2022	$399,735	$275,706	$258,622	$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

$504,044

Expenses

$241,092

Assets (EOY)

$6,245,525
2020 · 990

Revenue

$4,215,804

Expenses

$205,802

Assets (EOY)

$5,987,517
2019 · 990

Revenue

$323,360

Expenses

$238,669

Assets (EOY)

$1,975,309
2018 · 990

Revenue

$235,437

Expenses

$246,923

Assets (EOY)

$1,860,627
2017 · 990

Revenue

$797,736

Expenses

$225,198

Assets (EOY)

$1,877,551
2016 · 990

Revenue

$297,839

Expenses

$199,996

Assets (EOY)

$1,312,771
2015 · 990

Revenue

$283,748

Expenses

$246,896

Assets (EOY)

$1,206,239
2014 · 990

Revenue

$244,186

Expenses

$235,305

Assets (EOY)

$1,167,907
2013 · 990

Revenue

$202,910

Expenses

$208,538

Assets (EOY)

$1,163,653
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$160,026

Assets (EOY)

$1,172,134

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$504,044	$241,092	$6,245,525
2020	990	$4,215,804	$205,802	$5,987,517
2019	990	$323,360	$238,669	$1,975,309
2018	990	$235,437	$246,923	$1,860,627
2017	990	$797,736	$225,198	$1,877,551
2016	990	$297,839	$199,996	$1,312,771
2015	990	$283,748	$246,896	$1,206,239
2014	990	$244,186	$235,305	$1,167,907
2013	990	$202,910	$208,538	$1,163,653
2012	990	not reported	$160,026	$1,172,134

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

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

GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$95,371

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$81,785

2025 ARTS & CULTURE - A00 General
GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$64,279

2024 UNRESTRICTED
GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$58,187

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

$25,541

2023 Community Impact
UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

$24,901

2024 Community Impact
UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

$22,000

2022 Community Impact
METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC

$10,000

2023 RESTORATION OF ORIGINAL WINDOWS AND SHUTTERS

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.