Nonprofit · EIN 11-3427213
GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11215
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,612,664 | $1,628,010 | -$15,346 | $961,304 | $145,648 | $815,656 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,373,897 | $1,651,399 | -$277,502 | $966,804 | $135,648 | $831,156 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,625,646 | $1,977,901 | -$352,255 | $1,368,486 | $128,018 | $1,240,468 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,347,832
- Program service revenue
- $269,350
- Investment income
- $1,099
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$385
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$5,617
- Other revenue
- -$5,617
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $363,385
- Other salaries and wages
- $534,029
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,110,011
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $50,833
- Occupancy
- $90,457
- Travel
- $56
- Depreciation
- $4,559
- Program services (functional)
- $1,055,819
- Management and general (functional)
- $403,677
- Fundraising (functional)
- $168,514
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $966,804
- Total assets, end of year
- $961,304
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $145,648
- Net assets, end of year
- $815,656
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $13,845
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $446,156
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $369,500
- Gross receipts
- $1,654,341
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 7
- Year formed
- 1996
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YVONNE MARTINEZ BRATHWAITE | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $175,000 | $0 |
| KERRI GAWRYN | Director Trustee or director | 40 | $105,000 | $2,550 |
| ANN-KERRY JEAN-CHARLES | Director Trustee or director | 40 | $95,000 | $10,050 |
| SEENDY FOURON | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIK SCHURINK | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NIKKI SULLIVAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOIE JAGER-HYMAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD C MADIGAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN MAILLARD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ZAHIRAH MCNATT | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARY T AN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TO 10/23) Officer | 40 | $148,768 | $0 |
| KERRI GAWRYN | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,499 | $145 |
| ERICK KONCZYK | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS Officer | 40 | $88,709 | $1,550 |
| ROB KRULAK | CO-INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $6,480 | $0 |
| SEENDY FOURON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIK SCHURINK | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NIKKI SULLIVAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOIE JAGER-HYMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD C MADIGAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN MAILLARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ZAHIRAH MCNATT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH CHARSZENKO | DIRECTROR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW HOPKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| YVONNE MARTINEZ BRATHWAITE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM 9/24) Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY SANANMAN | CO-INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBYNE WALKER MURPHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TO JUNE 2022) Officer | 40 | $129,780 | $0 |
| ERICK KONCZYK | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Officer | 40 | $110,082 | $14,497 |
| JOSE M ORTIZ | PROGRAM DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,820 | $15,539 |
| MARY T AN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM SEPT. 2022) Officer | 40 | $53,689 | $15,539 |
| SEENDY FOURON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH CHARCZENKO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CELESTE BRYANT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW HOPKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIK SCHURINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NIKKI SULLIVAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 540 PRESIDENT ST STE 1A, BROOKLYN, NY 11215-1489
- In care of
- % AMY SANANMAN
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- YVONNE BRATHWAITE
- Signed the 990
- YVONNE MARTINEZ BRATHWAITE, Executive Dir.
- Phone
- (718) 254-9782
- Website
- WWW.GROUNDSWELLMURAL.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Gary S Eisenkraft CPA
Mission
GROUNDSWELL IS NEW YORK CITY'S LEADING COMMUNITY PUBLIC ART ORGANIZATION, HAVE COMPLETED NEARLY 500 MURALS OVER THE COURSE OF A NEARLY 20-YEAR HISTORY. ANNUALLY,GROUNDSWELL ENGAGES NEARLY 800 UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED, ANDECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY AGES 14-24, FROM NEWYORKS MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, IN OUR PUBLIC ARTMAKING PROGRAMS TOCREATE 50+ ANNUAL PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT BEAUTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS,ENGAGE YOUTH IN SOCIETAL AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, AND GIVEEXPRESSION TO IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEPUBLIC DIALOGUE.
Program accomplishments
- DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, GROUNDSWELL WORKED WITH APPROXIMATELY 360YOUNG PEOPLE, 21 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITYPARTNERS TO PRODUCE 17 COLLABORATIVELY-DESIGNED MURALS AND ADDITIONALSOCIAL JUSTICE-RELATED ARTWORKS, IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN BROOKLYN,QUEENS, AND MANHATTAN. IN FISCAL YEAR 202, GROUNDSWELL WORKED WITH 340YOUNG PEOPLE, 25 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITYPARTNERS TO COMPLETE 18 COLLABORATIVELY-DESIGNED ART PROJECTS, PLUSVARIOUS MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS, IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS FOURBOROUGHS.GROUNDSWELLS STUDIO PROGRAMS (INTRODUCTION TO PORTFOLIO, ADVANCEDPORTFOLIO, MURALS FOR CHANGE, PRINT POWER, YOUTH CURATORIAL COMMITTEE,AND VOICES HERD) AND THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SERVED 81 YOUNGPEOPLE WITH GUIDANCE FROM 10 TEACHING ARTISTS, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITHCOMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (SUCH AS FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE ANDRAICES). SEVERAL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN MULTIPLE SESSIONS OFGROUNDSWELL PROGRAMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.GROUNDSWELL PARTNERED WITH 12 SCHOOLS FOR OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMMING,PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL ARTS PROGRAMS FOR 176 STUDENTS, GUIDED BY 12TEACHING ARTISTS. SCHOOLS SELECTED FROM A CUSTOMIZED MENU OF PROGRAMOPTIONS FROM GROUNDSWELL, WITH SEVEN CHOOSING MURAL PROJECTS AND THEOTHER FIVE CHOOSING ARTS PROGRAMS SUCH AS PRINTMAKING, FEMINIST ART,AND MIXED-MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY.AS PART OF AND IN ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAMMING DESCRIBED ABOVE,GROUNDSWELL PRESENTED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT SERVED APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDED EXHIBITIONS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHARES LED BYGROUNDSWELL YOUTH, COMMUNITY PAINT DAYS, AND MURAL DEDICATION EVENTS.Expenses $1,055,819 · revenue $269,350
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 11-3427213
- 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
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P80)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $961,304
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,654,341
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,612,664 | $1,628,010 | $961,304 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $1,373,897 | $1,651,399 | $966,804 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $1,625,646 | $1,977,901 | $1,368,486 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,940,724 | $2,082,118 | $1,645,033 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | 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 11-3427213).
Questions about GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC
- What is the EIN of GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC is 11-3427213.
- Is GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT 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 GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names YVONNE BRATHWAITE.
- Who are the officers and directors of GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 10 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $175,000 (YVONNE MARTINEZ BRATHWAITE, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,612,664, expenses of $1,628,010 and total assets of $961,304 at year end.
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