2024-09-10T15:28:49-05:00 2023-12-31 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 551 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 NEW YORK NY 10176 990 2023-01-01 874010592 WOMENS ART CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS INC WOME 6319537695 PO BOX 3163 EAST HAMPTON NY 11937 WENDY VAN DEUSEN VICE PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIR. 6319537695 2024-08-07 1 0 FREDERICK MARTENS P00298107 2126972299 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X JULIE JENSEN PO BOX 3163 EAST HAMPTON NY 11937 422152 0 X WACHAMPTONSNY.ORG X 2022 DE THE WOMEN'S ART CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS SUPPORTS AND ELEVATES WOMEN THINKERS AND MAKERS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT WITH ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL. 3 2 2 6 0 0 186450 339092 15224 32189 0 0 0 12963 201674 384244 0 0 0 0 119382 206874 0 0 90561 14996 115237 134378 322111 67296 62133 149266 161440 81970 32011 67296 129429 X THE WOMEN'S ART CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS SUPPORTS AND ELEVATES WOMEN THINKERS AND MAKERS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT WITH ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL. 0 0 152830 45152 2023 WAS OUR FIRST FULL YEAR AS A NONPROFIT AND IT WAS FILLED FROM START TO FINISH WITH INTERESTING AND EXCITING PROGRAMMING THAT APPEALED TO PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. IN FEBRUARY, WACH TRAVELS: THE ART, CRAFT AND CUISINE OF LONDON, WAS OUR INAUGURAL TRIP IN OUR WACH TRAVELS PROGRAM. THROUGH THESE TRAVELS, WE EXPLORE THE ART, DESIGN, AND CUISINE OF WOMEN ARTISTS AND MAKERS AROUND THE WORLD. IN LONDON, WE HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT PRIVATE ART STUDIOS AND HOMES OF DISTINGUISHED COLLECTORS. WE ALSO ENJOYED PRIVATE TOURS OF RENOWNED ARTISTS DAME MAGDALENE ODUNDO AND JENNIFER LEE, OBE. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR LONDON TRAVELS WAS AN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF COLLECT, THE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR FOR MODERN CRAFT AND DESIGN. WACH WELCOMED 16 TRAVELERS ON THIS MEMORABLE TRIP.OUR FIRST EXHIBITION, MAKING A MARK - THE ART OF SELF EXPRESSION OPENED ON MARCH 11 AT BAY STREET THEATER. THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HIGHLIGHTS OUR ABILITY TO PARTNER WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED AN ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE WITH OVER 200 GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION AND WE ESTIMATE AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 PEOPLE SAW THE SHOW THROUGH ITS CLOSING ON MAY 7. WE ALSO HOSTED AN AUTHOR'S EVENT AT BAY STREET THEATER ON APRIL 8 FEATURING LOCAL WRITER RANDYE LORDON AS SHE READ FROM HER NEWEST BOOK, SHE'S DEAD WHO CARES FOLLOWED BY A Q&A SESSION WITH AN AUDIENCE OF 50 GUESTS.A LATE SUMMER CONVERSATION WITH EMBROIDERY ARTIST KAREN NICOL LEFT GUESTS IN ABSOLUTE AWE OF HER EXTRAORDINARY CREATIVITY AND SKILL. THIS UK BASED DESIGNER HAS CLIENTS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING CHANEL COUTURE, GIVENCHY, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, ANTHROPOLOGIE, HARRODS, HARVEY NICHOLS, AND SEVERAL ROYAL FAMILIES. A TRUNK SHOW FOLLOWED THE CONVERSATION THAT INCLUDED NICOL'S ONE-OF-A-KIND HANDBAGS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR WACH, STYLISH AND SUSTAINABLE FASHIONS FROM DESIGNER MARY JAEGER, AND STUNNING HANDCRAFTED JEWELRY FROM MIA HEBIB. THESE EVENTS LED TO INCREASED EXPOSURE FOR THE DESIGNERS AND GENERATED A GREAT OF SALES FOR THEM. TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS WAS 40.OUR SECOND WACH TRAVELS, THE JEWELS OF IRELAND, WAS AN ART FILLED JOURNEY WITH EXHIBITIONS, ARTIST STUDIO VISITS AND FABULOUS CUISINE. THE EMERALD ISLE SHOWERED US NOT ONLY WITH GREEN BUT VIBRANT COLORS IN EVERY HUE IN CITY AND COUNTRY LANDSCAPES. WE EXPLORED THE OLD AND NEW WITH VISITS TO CASTLES AND ANCIENT RUINS AS WELL AS HIGH STYLE AND MODERN DESIGN. A PRIVATE VISIT AND LUNCH AT KILLUA CASTLE, OWNED BY ART COLLECTORS LORENA AND ALLEN KRAUSE, WAS AWE-INSPIRING AS WAS OUR PARTICIPATION IN MAKING IN, A DESIGN SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY JOSEPH WALSH AND THE JOSEPH WALSH STUDIO IN COUNTY CORK. WE SPENT A DAY TOURING THE GROUNDS AND GARDENS AT THE BALLYMALOE COOKERY SCHOOL OWNED BY DARINA ALLEN AND RORY O'CONNELL, EARLY PROPONENTS OF THE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT. OUR TRIP INCLUDED 20 TRAVELERS SOME OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR TOURS IN 2024.IN SEPTEMBER WACH TRAVELERS BOARDED A CHARTERED HAMPTON JITNEY FOR A DAY-LONG EXCURSION TO BROOKLYN IN CELEBRATION OF NY TEXTILE MONTH. THE TRIP INCLUDED PRIVATE TOURS AND RECEPTIONS AT COWTAN & TOUT, THE SHOWROOM OF FASHION DESIGNER MARY JAEGER AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF DESIGN STUDIO AND IRISH WOOL MANUFACTURER RHYME STUDIO. IN ADDITION, WE TOURED THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM'S "AFRICA FASHION" EXHIBITION THAT CAPTIVATED US WITH COLOR, TEXTURE, AND DESIGN. WACH WELCOMED 20 GUESTS FOR THIS EXCITING TRIP TO BROOKLYN.OUR SECOND EXHIBITION OF 2023 WAS COLOR CODE, PRESENTED AT KATHRYN MARKEL FINE ARTS IN BRIDGEHAMPTON. THIS SHOW EXPLORED THE WAYS IN WHICH ARTISTS USE COLOR IN THEIR PRACTICE TO CREATE A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT EXPRESSES EMOTIONAL STATES. COLOR CODE INCLUDED AN OPENING RECEPTION, ARTIST TALK, AND TRUNK SHOW ALL OF WHICH WERE WELL RECEIVED. THERE WERE OVER 100 PEOPLE WHO SAW THE EXHIBITION THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2023.LAST YEAR WACH LIVED UP TO ITS MISSION OF PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS FOR EVERYONE, A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL UNDERTAKING THAT WE WILL BUILD UPON IN 2024. 152830 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NY X THE ORGANIZATION 6319537695 2418 MONTAUK HWY BRIDGEHAMPTON NY 11932 WENDY VAN DEUSEN VICE PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIR. 40.00 X X 117692 0 0 ANNE MARIE BELZNER TREASURER/SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JULIE JENSEN PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 117692 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 48667 290425 339092 TRAVEL PROGRAM, NET 900099 27872 27872 PROGRAM FEES 900099 4317 4317 32189 37908 48667 37908 0 12963 0 12963 12963 384244 45152 0 0 X 117692 52961 29423 35308 71346 46375 24971 4166 2593 1573 13670 7599 1460 4611 2155 2155 15725 5192 7383 3150 62625 15184 34845 12596 65 65 15909 6393 2803 6713 2741 1780 390 571 2412 1494 918 1586 1586 EXHIBITION INSTALLATION 11081 11036 45 OTHER EXPENSES 938 572 216 150 322111 152830 78720 90561 92055 87306 55461 1071 1750 70216 2847 149266 161440 81970 32011 81970 32011 X 67296 129429 67296 129429 149266 161440 62133 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 186450 339092 525542 15224 40835 56059 201674 379927 581601 160000 291000 451000 0 160000 291000 451000 130601 201674 379927 581601 X PART III, COLUMN (D) 2022 WAS THE ORGANIZATION'S INITIAL TAX PERIOD, WHICH REPRESENTS THE SHORT PERIOD FROM INCEPTION FEBRUARY 6, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FUNDRAISING EVENT 86575 48667 37908 37908 86575 48667 37908 37908 37908 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO COMMITTEES WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT, AND PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHICH APPLIES TO THE CORPORATION'S DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES ("COVERED PERSONS"). EACH COVERED PERSON IS REQUIRED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, NOT LESS THAN ANNUALLY, THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY. WHEN A COVERED PERSON BECOMES AWARE OF A PROPOSED TRANSACTION THAT MIGHT BENEFIT A COVERED PERSON ("COVERED TRANSACTION"), HE OR SHE HAS A DUTY TO IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF SUCH COVERED TRANSACTION IN WRITING, EITHER TO THE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS (THE "BOARD") OR ANY AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE THEREOF, REFRAIN FROM USING HIS OR HER PERSONAL INFLUENCE TO ENCOURAGE THE CORPORATION TO ENTER INTO THE COVERED TRANSACTION, AND EXCUSE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM PARTICIPATION IN ANY DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE COVERED TRANSACTION WITH DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION AND AT MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OR AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE THEREOF, EXCEPT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVERED TRANSACTION. IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE CORPORATION IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL COVERED TRANSACTIONS, EACH COVERED PERSON IS REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY COMPLETE A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, AND TO UPDATE SUCH STATEMENT AS NECESSARY TO REFLECT CHANGES DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. COMPLETED DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND MAY BE REVIEWED BY THE CORPORATION'S LEGAL COUNSEL. THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS OR REPORTS REGARDING SAME, RECEIVING DISCLOSURES OF PROPOSED COVERED TRANSACTIONS, REVIEWING PROPOSED COVERED TRANSACTIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY MEET THE STANDARD FOR APPROVAL OF COVERED TRANSACTIONS, AND KEEPING, OR CAUSING TO BE KEPT, MINUTES AND SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTATION AS MAY BE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO DOCUMENT THE REVIEW OF COVERED TRANSACTIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED BY REFERENCING COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND REPORTS, INCLUDING THOSE PUBLISHED BY GUIDESTAR, THE NONPROFIT TIMES, AND THE COUNCIL ON FOUNDATION. THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING AT WHICH THE APPROVAL TOOK PLACE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 13,000. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 33,909. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 11,500. TOTAL EXPENSES 58,409. GRAPHIC DESIGN: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,184. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 936. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1,096. TOTAL EXPENSES 4,216.