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THE VERA PROJECT

EIN 31-1816016 SEATTLE, WA

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Revenue 2024
$1,595,935
Expenses 2024
$1,735,090

Program services were 59.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1200
Street
305 HARRISON 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).

Other organizations at this address

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

A MUSIC AND ARTS NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A PARTICIPATORY CREATIVE CULTURE THROUGH POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS, ARTS PROGRAMS, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 14-24. SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES CLASSIFIED BY PRESENTATION, EDUCATION, AND PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC AND ART.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE VERA PROJECT IS A MUSIC AND ARTS NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A PARTICIPATORY CREATIVE CULTURE THROUGH POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS, ARTS PROGRAMS, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

  • POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS AND VISUAL ART PRESENTATION FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, SERVING OVER 75,000 PEOPLE IN 2024, INCLUDING 50,000 SHOW ATTENDEES, 3,500 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, AND OVER 22,000 THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN LARGE-SCALE REGIONAL FESTIVALS, OFFSITE PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $778,290

  • YOUTH-ORIENTED MUSIC AND ARTS-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, OPEN SESSIONS, INTERNSHIPS, AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, SERVING 2,000 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $103,772

  • YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION, INCLUDING VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT ALL CONCERT EVENTS AND A MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE THAT INTEGRATES YOUTH MEMBERS INTO THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS. VERA ENGAGED OVER 400 NEW AND ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS IN 2024, FULFILLING 20,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN 2,800 SHIFTS OF TOTAL OPPORTUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, 130 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATED AS MEMBERS IN 2024, AND OVER 100 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN OTHER LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH VERAS COMMITTEE STRUCTURES

    Expenses $155,658

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.

  • Abe Claiborne

    CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Scott Rosen

    CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Brandon Bermudez

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Betsy Troutman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Anisa Khoshbakhtian

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Jonathan Zwickel

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Scott Plusquellec

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Camilla Walter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Andrew Walsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Aaron Carr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Mary Robins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Dana Bos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 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, 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
    $1,595,935
    Expenses
    $1,735,090
    Contributions
    $747,449
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,384,996
    Expenses
    $1,546,161
    Contributions
    $649,685
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,241,947
    Expenses
    $1,250,599
    Contributions
    $548,573
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,094,389
    Expenses
    $920,854
    Assets (EOY)
    $942,628
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $721,757
    Expenses
    $697,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $769,242
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $909,951
    Expenses
    $955,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $687,177
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $809,929
    Expenses
    $805,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $728,918
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $564,648
    Expenses
    $628,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $540,519
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $508,916
    Expenses
    $573,231
    Assets (EOY)
    $621,668
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $687,938
    Assets (EOY)
    $983,206

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.

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.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.