Nonprofit · EIN 20-1637770
ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11238
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $224,885 | $225,810 | -$925 | $15,173 | $1,363 | $13,810 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $243,647 | $236,335 | $7,312 | $5,876 | $0 | $5,876 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $231,637 | $252,555 | -$20,918 | $8,104 | $5,108 | $2,996 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $181,701
- of which government grants
- $78,083
- Program service revenue
- $43,469
- Investment income
- -$285
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$346
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $22,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $46,200
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $74,224
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $4,388
- Occupancy
- $8,295
- Travel
- $197
- Program services (functional)
- $201,580
- Management and general (functional)
- $23,515
- Fundraising (functional)
- $715
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,876
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,173
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,363
- Net assets, end of year
- $13,810
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,810
- Gross receipts
- $239,934
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 7
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E TRACY GRINNELL | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $22,000 |
| ERICA KAUFMAN | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KYOO LEE | Vice President Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARIEL RESNIKOFF | Treasurer Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SUSAN BEE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| OMAR BERRADA | President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| TOM WHITE | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SIMONE FATTAL | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| E TRACY GRINNELL | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $22,000 |
| ERICA KAUFMAN | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KYOO LEE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARIEL RESNIKOFF | Treasurer Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| SUSAN BEE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PIERRE JORIS | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| OMAR BERRADA | President Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TOM WHITE | Trustee Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SIMONE FATTAL | Trustee Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| E TRACY GRINNELL | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $22,000 |
| ERICA KAUFMAN | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KYOO LEE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARIEL RESNIKOFF | Treasurer Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| SUSAN BEE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PIERRE JORIS | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| OMAR BERRADA | President Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TOM WHITE | Trustee Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SIMONE FATTAL | Trustee Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 925 BERGEN ST APT 405, BROOKLYN, NY 11238-3367
- In care of
- % E TRACY GRINNELL
- Mailing address (990-N for 2008)
- 154 Lafayette Avenue Apt 4, Brooklyn NY 11238
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- E TRACY GRINNELL, 925 Bergen Street 405, Brooklyn, NY 11238
- Principal officer (990-N for 2008)
- E Tracy Grinnell, 154 Lafayette Avenue Apt 4, Brooklyn NY 11238
- Signed the 990
- E TRACY GRINNELL, Executive Director
- Phone
- (718) 288-5530
- Website
- www.litmuspress.org
- Return prepared by
- Zelin & Associates CPA LLC
Mission
Ether Sea Projects D/B/A Litmus Press publishes innovative poetry, prose, and formally experimental writing from around the world. We champion avant-garde legacies through our stewardship of foundational feminist predecessors of small press publishing and the creation of resources that deepen literacy and appreciation of complex works. In cultivating a transnational and diasporic literary landscape that resists aesthetic, generic, and geopolitical boundaries, we envision a future that everyone can inhabit.
Program accomplishments
- Book Publications: Print Books published (4)1. Controlled Demolition: A Work in Four Books by Ammiel Alcalay.2. The Unlikeness of Things by Virginie Poitrasson, translated by Michelle Noteboom.3. Erode by Biswamit Dwibedy.4. Yes, I Am A Destroyer by Mira Mattar.Open Poetics Digital Edition (1)Dead Youth, or The Leaks by Joyelle McSweeney.Expenses $141,105 · revenue $34,775
- Public Events:1. Viscera Book Launch with Mark Tardi, Malgorzata Myk, and Natalia Malek, Housing Works Bookstore NYC.2. Free Writing Workshop with Mark Tardi, Malgorzata Myk, and Natalia Malek, Greenpoint Public Library NYC.3. Asia & Haiti Book Launch with Will Alexander, 192 Books NYC.4. Embroideries Book Launch with Burcu Sahin and Youmna Chlala, Unnameable Books NYC.5. Free Translation Workshop with Burcu Sahin and Kira Josefsson, Litmus Press Studio NYC.6. Controlled Demolition Launch with Ammiel Alcalay and Nasser Rabah, Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA.7. Controlled Demolition Book Launch with Ammiel Alcalay, CUNY, NYC.8. Online Book Launch for 3 Books with Biswamit Dwibedy, Virginie Poitrasson, Michelle Noteboom, and Mira Mattar.Expenses $40,316 · revenue $8,694
- ACCESSIBILITY -- EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO OUT-OF-PRINT TITLES & NEW TEACHING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR FREE VIA OUR WEBSITE. WE LAUNCHED A NEW DIGITAL-CRITICAL EDITION IN OUR OPEN POETICS SERIES, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH CUNY'S DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROGRAM, MANIFOLD SCHOLARSHIP. WE PROVIDED BOOK DONATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ART RESOURCES TRANSFER (DISTRIBUTION TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES), HOUSING WORKS, AND ST. MARKS POETRY PROJECT. WE COLLABORATED WITH THE POULIN PROJECT AS PUBLISHER-IN-RESIDENCE AND FACILITATED FREE, PUBLIC, WRITING WORKSHOPS AT BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARIES.Expenses $20,159
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
- 20-1637770
- 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
- 2004
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A70)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $15,173
- Income (IRS master file)
- $239,934
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $224,885 | $225,810 | $15,173 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $243,647 | $236,335 | $5,876 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $231,637 | $252,555 | $8,104 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2008 Officer: E Tracy Grinnell | December 31, 2008 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 20-1637770).
Questions about ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC
- What is the EIN of ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC is 20-1637770.
- Is ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.
- Are donations to ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ETHER SEA PROJECTS 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 ETHER SEA PROJECTS 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 ETHER SEA PROJECTS 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 ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names E TRACY GRINNELL.
- Who are the officers and directors of ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 8 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $22,000 (E TRACY GRINNELL, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does ETHER SEA PROJECTS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $224,885, expenses of $225,810 and total assets of $15,173 at year end.
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