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WASSAIC PROJECT INC

EIN 27-2691962 WASSAIC, NY

Revenue 2023
$1,530,234
Expenses 2023
$1,324,562

Program services were 70.6% 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
37 FURNACE BANK ROAD

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

THE WASSAIC PROJECT, INC. (WASSAIC PROJECT) IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT USES ART AND ARTS EDUCATION TO FOSTER POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE, BUILD LOCAL PRIDE, AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC HAMLET OF WASSAIC, NY, THE WASSAIC PROJECT PRODUCES YEAR-ROUND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PERFORMANCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WASSAIC PROJECT IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT USES ART AND ARTS EDUCATION TO FOSTER POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE, BUILD LOCAL PRIDE, AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

  • EDUCATIONPRODUCES AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TOURS, LESSONS, LECTURES, AND WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT CONTEMPORARY FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS. PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED ON-SITE IN THE FREE EDUCATION CENTER CALLED THE "ART NEST." PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY AND YOUTH INPUT AND HAVE SERVED OVER 6,000 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS. TEACHING ARTISTS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR, ALSO WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS YEAR-ROUND ON SITE THROUGH OUR JUNIOR AND SENIOR VARSITY AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

    Expenses $330,178 · Revenue $115,216

  • EXHIBITIONSPRODUCES, CURATES, AND HOSTS YEAR-ROUND EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART. THE ORGANIZATION'S EXHIBITIONS ARE OPEN WEEKENDS, BY APPOINTMENT, AND ARE FREE OF CHARGE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A RURAL COMMUNITY UNDERSERVED BY THE ARTS. THE EXHIBITIONS GENERALLY PRESENT A SURVEY OF EMERGING ARTISTS INTEGRATED INTO THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MAIN FACILITY, THE MAXON MILLS, A RESTORED AND REPURPOSED GRAIN ELEVATOR. TO DATE, THE WASSAIC PROJECT HAS FEATURED THE WORK OF OVER 3,000 ARTISTS IN OUR 8,000+ SQUARE FOOT GALLERY SPACE. THE ORGANIZATION IS ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF ITS EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE RECRUITMENT OF ARTISTS, THE PREPARATION OF GROUNDS AND FACILITIES, BUSINESS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, PROMOTION, AND EVENT COORDINATION.

    Expenses $266,838 · Revenue $184,406

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMMINGPRODUCES AND HOSTS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SEASONAL EVENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND PERFORMANCE IN THE HAMLET OF WASSAIC. THE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ARE MOSTLY FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A RURAL COMMUNITY UNDERSERVED BY THE ARTS. THROUGH SIXTEEN SEASONS, THE PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED OVER 90,000 ATTENDEES AND FEATURED 1000+ ARTISTS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, AND FILMMAKERS. THE WASSAIC PROJECT IS ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE RECRUITMENT OF ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS, THE PREPARATION OF GROUNDS AND FACILITIES, BUSINESS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, AND PROMOTION AND EVENTS COORDINATION.

    Expenses $204,403

  • EDITIONS, GALLERY & RESIDENCIES

    Expenses $134,245 · Revenue $30,618

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.

  • JULIA W KIVITZ

    CHAIR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • GENEVIEVE CHRISTY TO JAN 2024

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUZANNE HADER AS OF JAN 2024

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEANNE GUTIERREZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARMAINE WARREN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAN STERNBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DELANO DUNN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JACK GAERY AS OF JAN 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JASON KLEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER DOWLEY TO JAN 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESSICA HOLSEY AS OF JAN 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JILLIAN DUNHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN ZUKOWSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LUCY COMMONER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOLLY GOCHMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MUNAWAR AHMED TO JAN 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICK MERRILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOWEN BARNETT-ZUNINO

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $83,600
    From this org
    $73,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,433
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEFF BARNETT-WINSBY

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $83,600
    From this org
    $73,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,433
    Hours/week
    40

  • EVE BIDDLE

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $73,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,833
    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
    $1,530,234
    Expenses
    $1,324,562
    Contributions
    $1,187,485
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,537,971
    Expenses
    $1,013,881
    Contributions
    $1,271,241
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,201,950
    Expenses
    $1,072,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,672,624

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,384,091
    Expenses
    $679,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,583,770

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $729,172
    Expenses
    $761,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $722,892

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $733,895
    Expenses
    $761,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $722,892

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $639,336
    Expenses
    $651,160
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,765

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

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

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.