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THE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE INC

EIN 22-3047700 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$2,316,416
Expenses 2024
$2,413,066

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
536 LAGUARDIA PL

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 · 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.

  • ALEXANDER LAMIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related
  • KIM YAO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • JENNIFER SAGE

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • PETER ROBINSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • GREGORY SWITZER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related
  • BENJAMIN GILMARTIN

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related
  • KATHERINE CHIA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • MARC NORMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • DAVID PISCUSKAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • MARQUISE STILLWELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • ANNIE TIRSCHWELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • ALLISON TOMLINSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • JOSEPH TORTORELLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • THOMAS KRIZMANIC

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • JESSE LAZAAR

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $247,520
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $231,280
    Other
    $16,240
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $223,780 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $7,500 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,938 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,302 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $247,520 related
  • MEGHAN EDWARDS

    DIR. OF DIGITAL CONTENT

    Total calculated
    $121,918
    From this org
    $109,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,538
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • LISA MAZZOLA

    DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $126,037
    From this org
    $115,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,990
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • SUSAN MECS

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, AIA NEW YORK CHAPTER

    Total calculated
    $155,186
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $141,722
    Other
    $13,464
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $138,722 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,162 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,302 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $155,186 related
  • MARY DE ROSA

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $130,332
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $117,505
    Other
    $12,827
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,316,416
    Expenses
    $2,413,066
    Contributions
    $1,533,782
    Grants paid
    $79,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,367,560
    Expenses
    $2,564,698
    Contributions
    $1,581,723
    Grants paid
    $79,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,867,015
    Expenses
    $2,563,147
    Contributions
    $1,907,803
    Grants paid
    $73,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,190,268
    Expenses
    $2,470,689
    Contributions
    $1,509,198
    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.

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.