Nonprofit · EIN 14-1745940
ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC
Also known as ARM-OF-THE-SEA THEATER
Tax-exempt · MALDEN HUDSON, NY 12453
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $208,564 | $161,747 | $46,817 | $430,240 | $22,482 | $407,758 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $237,054 | $183,905 | $53,149 | $402,640 | $31,119 | $371,521 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $197,365 | $175,655 | $21,710 | $353,322 | $34,950 | $318,372 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $145,804
- of which government grants
- $62,958
- Program service revenue
- $62,689
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $71
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $97,458
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $108,037
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $5,975
- Occupancy
- $1,344
- Depreciation
- $18,672
- Program services (functional)
- $144,230
- Management and general (functional)
- $15,034
- Fundraising (functional)
- $2,483
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $402,640
- Total assets, end of year
- $430,240
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $22,482
- Net assets, end of year
- $407,758
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $380,385
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $407,758
- Gross receipts
- $208,564
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 53
- Year formed
- 1991
- 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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZA BLUM | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DEBORAH CONATHAN | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| VICTORIO DECKER | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SHABAZZ JACKSON | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JOLANDA JANSEN | CO CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SUSAN MURPHY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOSEPHINE PAGAGNI | TREASURER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ZACK REDMOND | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SOYAL SMALLS | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| RAKEL STAMMER | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PETER VARNER | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ELI WINOGRAD | CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SHELLEY WYANT | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZA BLUM | MAT L Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DEBORAH CONATHAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| VICTORIA DECKER | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SHABAZZ JACKSON | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JOLANDA JANSEN | CO CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SUSAN MURPHY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOSEPHINE PAGAGNI | TREASURER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ZACK REDMOND | MAT L Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PETER VARNER | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ELI WINOGRAD | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SHELLEY WYANT | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZA BLUM | MAT L Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DEBORAH CONATHAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| SHABAZZ JACKSON | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JOLANDA JANSEN | CO CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SUSAN MURPHY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ABBY NEWTON | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOSEPHINE PAGAGNI | TREASURER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PETER VARNER | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ELI WINOGRAD | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SHELLEY WYANT | MEMBER AT LA Trustee or director | – | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 175, MALDEN HUDSON, NY 12453-0175
- In care of
- % PATRICK T WADDEN
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DEBORAH CONATHAN, 330 LOTUS LANE, SAUGERTIES, NY 12477
- Signed the 990
- DEBORAH CONATHAN, MEMBER AT LARGE
- Phone
- (845) 246-7873
- Website
- ARMOFTHESEA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- MIRTO CPA PLLC
Mission
THE MISSION OF ARM-OF-THE-SEA PRODUCTIONS IS TO SPARK WONDER, ENGENDER JOY, OFFER INSIGHT AND ENRICH THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.
Program accomplishments
- AT OUR WATERFRONT CULTURAL PARK AND HOME-STAGE INCUBATOR IN SAUGERTIES, NY WE CREATED AND PREMIERED TWO NEW THEATER PRODUCTIONS, PRESENTED NINE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, AND HOSTED FOUR WEEKS OF HANDS-ON COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. -TIDEWATER ARTS & ECOLOGY SUMMER CAMP - THREE SESSIONS OF OUR IMMERSIVE SITE-SPECIFIC DISCOVERY CAMP FOR AGES 8-13. FISHING WAS VOTED IN FAVORITE ACTIVITY -WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY - A WEEKLY EVENT SERIES FEATURING AQUARIUMS, STREAM TABLE DEMONSTRATIONS, GUEST ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY CHIORS. EACH EVENING CULMINATED WITH AN ARM-OF-THE-SEA PERFORMANCE OF FROM RAGS TO RICHES: STORIES FROM A SAUGERTIES PAPER MILL. -MASK & PUPPET THEATER INTENSIVE - A SEVEN-DAY WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS HELPED CREATE CHARACTERS AND THEN PERFORMED ALONGSIDE COMPANY PUPPETEERS IN OUR 23RD ANNUAL ESOPUS CREEK PUPPET SUITE. THE PRODUCTION DREW FROM EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO OFFER A MEDITATION AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE AND IMPERIAL OVERREACH. 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT TIDEWATER CENTER INCLUDED: -INSTALLATION OF GRID ELECTRICAL SERVICE - AFTER FOUR SEASONS OPERATING TIDEWATER FROM A SMALL SOLAR TRAILER, CONTRACTORS RAN 550' OF UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND OVERHEAD LINES CONNECTED TO THE NEW PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER & THE PERFORMANCE TENT. NEXT STEP: A PERMANENT ONSITE SOLAR ARRAY. -PLANTED WATERFRONT BUFFER - DESIGNED TO ABSORB AND FILTER RAIN RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING AREA, THIS PLANTED BUFFER STRIP OF PERENNIALS WAS ORCHESTRATED BY MASTER GARDENER ANN KRUPP. -HAND-STENCILED BANNERS CREATED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MARLENA MARALLO - OVER 150' OF IMAGES EVOKING CELLULAR BIOLOGY, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES AND GEOLOGIC PROCESSES WRAP AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE PERFORMANCE TENT.Expenses $142,232
- OUR 2025 PERFORMANCE SEASON FEATURED 5 ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS IN 36 PERFORMANCES REACHING AN ESTAIMTED 8,500 PEOPLE AT VENUES AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT STATES. A VIBRANT COMPANY OF EIGHT PERFORMERS AND THREE MUSICIANS BROUGHT THESE PRODUCTIONS TO LIFE. IN DECEMBER WE COLLABORATED WITH THE VANAVER CARAVAN IN PERFORMANCES OF OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA - INTO THE LIGHT.Expenses $1,998
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
- 14-1745940
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1992
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $430,240
- Income (IRS master file)
- $208,564
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $208,564 | $161,747 | $430,240 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $237,054 | $183,905 | $402,640 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $197,365 | $175,655 | $353,322 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $227,394 | $166,835 | $334,205 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 14-1745940).
Questions about ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC
- What is the EIN of ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC is 14-1745940.
- Is ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1992.
- Are donations to ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS 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 ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS 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 ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS 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 ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DEBORAH CONATHAN.
- Who are the officers and directors of ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does ARM OF THE SEA PRODUCTIONS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $208,564, expenses of $161,747 and total assets of $430,240 at year end.
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