2026-07-25T12:23:53-07:00 2025-12-31 061609121 Adam P Cohen CPA LLC 81 South Main St Suite 9 West Hartford CT 06107 990EZ 2025-01-01 275559861 The Hart Island Project Inc HART 9144025992 PO Box 4327 New York NY 10163 Melinda Hunt President 2026-07-25 true Adam P Cohen P00046319 8605216400 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.hartisland.net X X 40349 X 39216 1050 83 0 0 0 0 40349 22968 4054 2621 377 15881 45901 -5552 95112 89560 X 95669 90399 95669 90399 557 839 95112 89560 To assist families and individuals with limited resources in accessing New York City public burial records, provide information concerning city burial procedures on Hart Island, advocate for ending mass burials in New York City and preserve Hart Island as the largest natural burial ground in the United States. We provide free access to an on-line database of mass burials with navigation, augmented reality grave marking, interpretive guide, landscape visualization as well as custom searches, personal assistance and support for creative projects about Hart Island. The Hart Island Project assisted families on gaining information about city and conducting gravesite visits.The Hart Island Project conducted a public webinars on Zoom throughout 2025 explaining the city's historic burial practice and a proof of concept for ending mass burials. The Hart Island Project hosted a table at Bronx Parks Speak-up and presented a landscape strategy for ending mass burials and preserving green burials in NYC. The Hart Island Project hosted a table at the City Island Environmental Festival and presented a landscape strategy for ending mass burials and preserving green burials in NYC. The Hart Island Project participated in a program titled Hart Island Stories at the NYC AIDS Memorial in Manhattan.The Hart Island Project was invited to testify at a public hearing on legislation requiring city agencies to conduct a study determining the future of City Cemetery on Hart Island with regard to sea level rise and climate change impacts on city burials.The Hart Island Project collaborated with the Mayor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships to communicate a strategy to end mass burials in New York City. The Hart Island Project worked with NYC Parks and the Department of Social Services on climate impacts on the city's historic burial practice and future plans for capital improvements on Hart Island.The Hart Island Project reviewed historic burial ledgers at the NYC Municipal Archives to confirm when New York City began to reuse burial plots and for consistency of the burial process. 28627 Pro-bono legal fees to make freedom of information requests to NYC Department of Social Services for the Hart Island burial location data and burial ledgers, and worked with volunteers to update our online database. $45,065.The City College of New York provided two paid internships in the Humanities funded by the Mellon Foundation. Each intern, one spring semester and one fall semester, worked 150 hours and was paid $4,000 for a total $8,000 in-kind contribution through City College.Yale University provided one summer experience award to a Yale College student of $4,000.Total In-Kind Donations - Services = $57,065 57065 Offset to in-kind pro-bono legal fees and internships, not reported as expenses in Form 990-EZ. 57065 28627 Melinda Hunt President 25.00 21012 Thomas Berner Vice President 2.00 0 Paul Tackowiak Treasurer 2.00 0 Karen Rosenthal from 625 Secretary 2.00 0 Travis Miscia to 625 Secretary 2.00 0 Shelley Boschan from 625 Trustee 0.25 0 Alexandra Barker to 625 Trustee 0.25 0 Allya Elgayar from 625 Trustee 0.25 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false NY Melinda Hunt President PO Box 4327 New York NY 101634327 9144025992 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 59855 79505 45795 49345 39217 273717 0 0 59855 79505 45795 49345 39217 273717 100431 173286 1069 83 1152 117 32 34 183 5406 2000 1525 1300 1050 11281 286333 0.60520 0.73370 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $3155 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $4201 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $1216 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $372 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $930 Other Expenses.1 Production $4437 Other Expenses.2 Music license $467 Other Expenses.3 Meals $444 Other Expenses.4 Bank and paypal fees $357 Other Expenses.6 Membership dues $221 Other Expenses.8 Filing fees $81 Total Liabilities.1001 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $557 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $839