2026-06-30T14:28:32-06:00 2025-12-31 822194701 REIMER & FREEMAN CPAS PC 145 MERRITTS RD SUITE 1 FARMINGDALE NY 11735 990EZ 2025-01-01 872497118 VISUAL ECHO INC % THIJS BEUMING VISU 9175741287 39 WEST 71ST ST STE B NEW YORK NY 100234182 THIJS BEUMING TREASURER 9179123652 2026-06-29 true LISA FREEMAN P02350242 5166946808 2026-06-30 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 152250 X 106962 45288 152250 65449 27778 275 34411 127913 24337 28898 53235 28898 53235 0 0 0 0 28898 53235 0 0 28898 53235 SEE SCHEDULE O SEE SCHEDULE O 126983 126983 IRINA KRUZHILINA PRESIDENT 10.00 5000 0 0 THIJS BEUMING VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER 5.00 0 0 0 ORLANDO PABOTOY DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 JENNIFER HOLMES DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false THIJS BEUMING 39 WEST 71ST ST Ste B NEW YORK NY 100234182 9175741287 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 79406 106962 186368 79406 106962 186368 70296 116072 186368 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Description of other expenses Part I line 16 Description AmountMATERIALS 5,685COSTUMES 2,219FOOD 11,905GIFTS 778SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,601BANK AND CC FEES 69INSURANCE 1,127TRAVEL AND LODGING 9,037FILING FEES AND TAXES 961RESEARCH AND TICKETS 1,029 Other program services Part III line 31 MISSION STATEMENT VISUAL ECHO IS A NEW YORK-BASED PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED DURING THE PANDEMIC BY A SMALL COLLECTIVE OF IMMIGRANT ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS. ROOTED IN OUR CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, WE CREATE BOLD, PARTICIPATORY PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT SPARK DIALOGUE AMONG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. WE BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CONVERSATION TO BRIDGE CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL DIVIDESCHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS, DISMANTLING PREJUDICE, AND BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT DIVIDE US. WE USE INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE- AND ART-BASED PROGRAMS AS CATALYSTS FOR EXCHANGE AROUND CIVIC ISSUES SUCH AS IMMIGRATION, POLARIZATION, CONFLICT, AND PEACE BUILDING. WE CREATE SPACES WHERE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT ARE VITAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES, AND ESSENTIAL TO OUR ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS. ****2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS**** IN 2025, OUR FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE SPACEBRIDGE CONTINUED TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES AND EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION. SPACEBRIDGE IS BOTH A WORKSHOP PROGRAM AND LIVE PERFORMANCE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER RUSSIAN REFUGEE CHILDRENWHO FLED TO THE U.S. DUE TO THEIR FAMILIES ANTI-WAR STANCE AND NOW LIVE IN NYC SHELTERSWITH AMERICAN PEERS, TO BUILD FRIENDSHIPS WHILE CONFRONTING THEIR DIFFERENCES. BASED ON AN ORIGINAL CURRICULUM DESIGNED BY IRINA KRUZHILINA, THE WORKSHOPS FOSTER EMPATHY THROUGH CREATIVE EXPLORATION, COLLABORATIVE ART-MAKING, AND PERFORMANCE DEVISING. SPACEBRIDGE PREMIERED IN JANUARY 2025 AT LA MAMAS ELLEN STEWART THEATRE AS PART OF THE PRESTIGIOUS UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL AND TOURED TO BOSTONS ARTSEMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER IN NOVEMBER 2025. THE PROJECT RECEIVED EN GARDE ARTS JOAN D. FIRESTONE AWARD FOR SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH THE ARTS AND WAS DESCRIBED BY AMERICAN THEATRE AS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING THEATRE WORKS... EVER WITNESSED. SPACEBRIDGE WAS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EN GARDE ARTS AND LA MAMA. IN 2025, WE ALSO DEVELOPED SPACEBRIDGE GLOBALA NEW ITERATION OF THE PROGRAM CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT ROUSSEAU AND LA MAMA, RESPONDING TO THE URGENT NEED FOR BELONGING AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION AMONG NEWLY ARRIVED ASYLUM-SEEKING CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY. MANY OF THESE YOUTH FACE LANGUAGE BARRIERS, ISOLATION, AND DISCRIMINATION. THE PROGRAM UNITES REFUGEE YOUTH FROM AROUND THE WORLDINCLUDING PARTICIPANTS FROM ECUADOR, VENEZUELA, GEORGIA, RUSSIA, CHINA, AND THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICTHROUGH WEEKLY SESSIONS OF THEATRE GAMES, COLLAGE-MAKING, DRAWING, LETTER-WRITING, AND STORYTELLING. THE PROGRAM RAN FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 2026 AND CULMINATED IN A PUBLIC PRESENTATION AT LA MAMAS COMMUNITY ARTS SPACE. IN 2025, WE ADVANCED NOTICE TO APPEAR (NTA)A LIVE PERFORMANCE AND PARTICIPATORY INSTALLATION IN DEVELOPMENT (20252027) THAT REVEALS THE HIDDEN DYNAMICS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION COURT HEARINGS AND THE ARBITRARY FORCES SHAPING ASYLUM SEEKERS FATES. BASED ON MONTHS OF FIRST-HAND COURT OBSERVATIONS AND INTERVIEWS WITH IMMIGRATION JUDGES, ICE ATTORNEYS, ASYLUM SEEKERS, LAWYERS, AND INTERPRETERS, NTA TRANSFORMS AN INVISIBLE AND INACCESSIBLE SYSTEM INTO PARTICIPATORY CIVIC THEATER. NTA UNFOLDED ACROSS THREE DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCIES IN 2025: AT THE MERCURY STORE IN MARCH AND JULY, AND AT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER IN JUNE 2026. THE PROJECT RECEIVED FUNDING FROM EN GARDE ARTS UNCOMMON VOICES, LMCC, THE VENTUROUS THEATRE FUND, AND THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. ADDITIONAL RESIDENCIES AT MACDOWELL AND NACL ARE PLANNED FOR SUMMER 2026. THE WORLD PREMIERE IS TARGETED FOR SPRING 2027. ALSO IN 2025, WE PRESENTED THE PORTABLE REPUBLIC OF RESISTANCE AT THE BEYOND BORDERS FESTIVAL IN SCOTLANDAN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS, AND POLICYMAKERS EXPLORING THEMES OF PEACE AND GLOBAL COOPERATION. CO-CREATED WITH YOUTH FROM PEEBLES HIGH SCHOOL, THE PROJECT CULMINATED IN THE COLLECTIVE WRITING AND PERFORMANCE OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATIONA SHARED PROPOSAL FOR HOW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS CAN LIVE TOGETHER WITH GREATER JUSTICE, IMAGINATION, AND MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY. IRINA KRUZHILINA ARTISTIC FEES $5000