Nonprofit · EIN 06-1378847
WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC
Tax-exempt · WALLINGFORD, CT 06492
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $323,459 | $132,641 | $190,818 | $693,434 | $0 | $693,434 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $133,558 | $115,246 | $18,312 | $492,156 | $0 | $492,156 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $199,384 | $166,658 | $32,726 | $405,139 | $1,554 | $403,585 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $321,503
- of which government grants
- $54,340
- Program service revenue
- $1,950
- Investment income
- $6
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $22,117
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $26,435
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $50
- Accounting fees
- $3,727
- Occupancy
- $9,939
- Depreciation
- $34,572
- Program services (functional)
- $122,439
- Management and general (functional)
- $10,202
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $492,156
- Total assets, end of year
- $693,434
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $693,434
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $270,962
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $493,434
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $200,000
- Gross receipts
- $323,459
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 72
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- CT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Huizenga | Board Member Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| Jeff Kohan | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ben Negron | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Adam Benzinane | Board Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Herb Jackson | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Cassandra Allen | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| James S Stavris | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Elaine Gaffney | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Huizenga | Board Member Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| Jeff Kohan | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ben Negron | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Herb Jackson | President Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Cassandra Allen | Vice President Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| James S Stavris | Treasurer Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Elaine Gaffney | Secretary Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERB JACKSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| CASSANDRA ALLEN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMES S STAVRIS JR | TREASURER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ELAINE GAFFNEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CURT HUIZENGA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF KOHAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TODD WHITE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 28 S ORCHARD ST, WALLINGFORD, CT 06492-4129
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- James S Stavris Jr, 27 Fairlawn Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492
- Signed the 990
- Susan Huizenga, Executive Director
- Phone
- (203) 294-9722
- Website
- http://wpaa.tv/
Mission
To provide a brave, safe, creative space for a diversity of expression within our community of Wallingford, CT, and beyond, with media tools and space for media creation and distribution, inclusive of story performance, advocacy, concurrent with a public art gallery integrated throughout the building on related themes. Our studioW facility offers professional-grade equipment and production space, enabling anyone to develop high-quality digital content for community access television and their preferred distribution platforms. We are the home of the Nelson Carty Ford Memorial Art Gallery serrated to encourage social action and TeenTigerTV Youth Training and Empowerment program.Bylaws: to empower the people of Wallingford and beyond to uplift the community through story, conversation, and content creation by operating a community-centric digital media center and public art gallery. Goal: To operate a community-based media center, inclusive of a television studio...
Program accomplishments
- A30 Maintained civic media infrastructure serving 16000 Wallingford households dozens of nonprofits and local businesses. Make TV our core program provides professional staff to train volunteer producers and facilitate media production and distribution. Annual outcome data filed with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority PURA includes 168 hours of weekly programming and 456 programs produced in studioW with nearly 4000 media assets managed annually. The facility operates 6 days 55 hours per week. Recognized for Overall Excellence by a New England peer association in 2025 all services are provided entirely free of charge to the public. WPAA does not sell merchandise or charge fees for its services ensuring equitable access to media tools for all residents.Expenses $89,689
- A99 Art and Culture Program Democracy Is A Creative Practice. This initiative hosts storytelling and performance events featuring TV simulcast and onsite attendance. The organization manages an integrated art gallery showcasing photography sculpture upcycled and fine art designed to inspire community engagement and social action. We support festival and competition entries for youth and adult creators and host media making events focused on public interest stories and local history. The program actively engages the community in book publishing and documentary filmmaking. Award winning at the regional and national levels since 2025 all program activities and gallery access are provided free of charge to the public to ensure equitable participation in the creative process.Expenses $15,326
- O99 Youth Training and Empowerment Program TeenTigerTV. This initiative recently honored with the Rika Welsh Award for a decade of community impact provides comprehensive media development for socially and economically disadvantaged youth. The core program consists of an intensive six week summer session 16 hours per week supplemented by extended hours during the school year. In 2025 the program served 12 core summer participants and 35 youth through specialized workshops and a new year round weekly drop in pilot extension. By offering professional grade training and mentorship entirely free of charge TeenTigerTV ensures that financial barriers do not prevent local youth from gaining critical 21st century digital literacy and storytelling skills.Expenses $17,424
- S41 Community Development and Fiscal Sustainability Initiative. In response to declining cable franchise revenue the organization executed a Strategic Plan to ensure long term mission sustainability. A key achievement included securing Program Related Investments through Capital for Change comprised of low interest operational loans and a long term no interest mortgage loan. These fiscal strategies developed with stakeholder input directly enable the organization to sustain its service to underserved populations. This commitment is physically manifested in our permanent art collection and gallery which utilizes advocacy through art to highlight the lived experiences of the unhoused and socially challenged members of our community bridging fiscal management with social justice.revenue $1,950
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 06-1378847
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A32Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $693,434
- Income (IRS master file)
- $323,459
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $323,459 | $132,641 | $693,434 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $133,558 | $115,246 | $492,156 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $199,384 | $166,658 | $405,139 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $164,985 | $122,385 | $363,466 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 06-1378847).
Questions about WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC
- What is the EIN of WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC is 06-1378847.
- Is WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names James S Stavris Jr.
- Who are the officers and directors of WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 8 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WALLINGFORD PUBLIC ACCESS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $323,459, expenses of $132,641 and total assets of $693,434 at year end.
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