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BOSTON PUBLIC ART TRIENNIAL INC

EIN 04-2712823 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024
$3,324,142
Expenses 2024
$3,484,448

Program services were 85.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A200
Classification
1000
Street
186 SOUTH ST STE 302

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

TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC TO CREATE BOLD PUBLIC ART EXPERIENCES THAT OPEN MINDS, CONVERSATIONS, AND SPACES ACROSS BOSTON, RESULTING IN A MORE OPEN, EQUITABLE, AND VIBRANT CITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC TO CREATE BOLD PUBLIC ART EXPERIENCES.

  • IN 2024, THE BOSTON PUBLIC ART TRIENNIAL PREPREPARED FOR A SIX-MONTH PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN 2025 THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES IN PRESENTING BOLD CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC ART THAT OPENS MINDS, CONVERSATIONS, AND SPACES, RESULTING IN A MORE VIBRANT, OPEN, AND EQUITABLE REGION.

    Expenses $2,037,751 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $34,542

  • THE PUBLIC ART ACCELERATOR IS A SKILL-BUILDING AND GRANT-FUNDING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT EARLY-TO-MID-CAREER BOSTON-BASED ARTISTS IN CREATING TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART PROJECTS IN ONE OF BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS. ARTISTS WHO DEMONSTRATE NEED AND INTEREST IN CREATING OBJECT-BASED WORKS FOR BOSTON RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE SKILLS (E.G., BUDGETING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT) AND SENSIBILITIES (E.G., CONSENSUS-BUILDING, EMPATHY, ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE A VISION AND INVOLVE OTHERS CLEARLY) TO SUCCEED IN THE DYNAMIC FIELD OF PUBLIC ART. COHORT-MODEL WORKSHOPS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SKILLS. FOUR ARTISTS WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROXIMATELY 14 WORKSHOPS LED BY THE TRIENNIAL'S CURATORIAL AND PRODUCTION TEAM, ALONGSIDE DIVERSE WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS.

    Expenses $593,884

  • LOT LAB IS AN OUTDOOR, 24/7 EXPERIMENTATION ZONE FOR SITE-SPECIFIC CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC ART CREATED WITH THE BOSTON COMMUNITY. ACTIVATING UNDERUSED PARCELS ACROSS BOSTON, LOT LAB PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL AND VISITING ARTISTS TO PRESENT MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS IN A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.

    Expenses $333,216

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.

  • KATHERINE GILBERT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,966
    From this org
    $137,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,219
    Hours/week
    40

  • LEO CROWLEY

    PROJECT AND EXHIBITIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,129
    From this org
    $108,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,679
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARGUERITE WYNTER

    DIR. OF PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $114,451
    From this org
    $107,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,107
    Hours/week
    40

  • JESSE BAERKAHN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • MATHIEU O GAULIN

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • NATALIE LEMLE

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LISA TUNG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KATHY SHARPLESS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • SILVIA LOPEZ CHAVEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHELE DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LEE ANN GILLIGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CHARLA JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MATTHEW THOMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • NATALIE WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SABRINA DORSAINVIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,324,142
    Expenses
    $3,484,448
    Contributions
    $3,210,272
    Grants paid
    $50,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,072,518
    Expenses
    $1,976,495
    Contributions
    $3,030,988
    Grants paid
    $105,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,417,062
    Expenses
    $1,628,032
    Contributions
    $2,268,250
    Grants paid
    $95,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,617,062
    Expenses
    $1,628,032
    Contributions
    $2,468,250
    Grants paid
    $95,000

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
    $1,181,477
    Expenses
    $1,058,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $999,288

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,313,731
    Expenses
    $1,290,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,079,469

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,066,122
    Expenses
    $1,417,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $831,053

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,551,603
    Expenses
    $795,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,146,238

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $439,766
    Expenses
    $268,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $215,686

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $151,807
    Expenses
    $299,580
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,214

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $302,523
    Expenses
    $113,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $209,987

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $38,588
    Expenses
    $11,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,124

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $206,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,250

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $426,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,778

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

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Grants received

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.