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EXPLORING THE ARTS INC

EIN 13-4069251 ASTORIA, NY

Revenue 2023
$1,607,859
Expenses 2023
$2,158,415

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A51
Classification
2000
Street
3412 36TH ST STE 2 # 100

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).

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.

  • TOBY BOSHAK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $225,840
    From this org
    $212,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,532
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,308
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,532 related
    Filer's total
    $212,308 + $13,532 related

  • RUBI FREGOSO

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,901
    From this org
    $132,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,155
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHERI WALSH

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ED WELBURN

    VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TED SARANDOS

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HOLLY CAO

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN BENEDETTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DANNY BENNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • IRIS CANTOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN DESIDERIO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HAL ROSENBLUTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL ALCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 — 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,607,859
    Expenses
    $2,158,415
    Contributions
    $1,542,526
    Grants paid
    $190,224
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,009,675
    Expenses
    $2,142,251
    Contributions
    $953,393
    Grants paid
    $90,000

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.

Grants made

  • FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

    $40,000

    2022 (A) TO PROVIDE MORE RIGOROUS, STANDARDS-BASED ARTS TRAINING AND INCREASED ENGAGEMENT WITH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO TRADITIONALLY UNDER-SERVED STUDENTS WHO HAVE LACKED ACCESS TO SUCH OPPORTUNITIES; AND (B) TO EMPOWER PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC BUDGET CUTS AND MANDATED CURRICULUM AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS.

Where these grants went next →

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 10 September 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.