GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC

Financials

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-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

9720 COIT RD STE 220 PMB 345, PLANO, TX 75025-5847

Signed the 990-EZ

RENUKA RAJAGOPALAN, PRESIDENT

Phone

(214) 605-9695

Website

WWW.GARAGEARTSPROJECT.ORG

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Mission

GARAGE ARTS PROJECT (GAP) IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING AN INTIMATE AND IMMERSIVE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES TO FOSTER CREATIVITY, AND GOODWILL, INCREASE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND STRIVE FOR BETTER CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.

Program accomplishments

• DATE: JAN 24TH, 2025 VENUE: FRISCO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERSEVENT: MUSIC IN THE CHAMBER THE ALAYA PROJECT THE ALAYA PROJECT CROSSES OVER BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ AND FUNK AND THE INTRICATE CARNATIC STYLE OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. FEATURING: INDIAN PERCUSSIONIST, ROHAN KRISHNAMURTHY; PRASANT RADHAKRISHNAN ON SAXOPHONE; AND THE HARMONIC BEDROCK OF COLIN HOGAN. THE ALAYA PROJECT MADE ITS DEBUT IN FRISCO FOR THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE 2025 MUSIC IN THE CHAMBER SEASON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PLAYFRISCO.
  Expenses $61,692
• DATE: FEBRUARY 15TH, 2025VENUE: COX PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: ARTIST SHOWCASE DALLAS-BASED ARTIST LAUREN KRAVITZ OPENED THE EVENING WITH ODES, A DANCE PIECE REFLECTING THAT NOTHING IS EVER TRULY A SOLO. THROUGH THIS WORK, LAUREN EMBODIES THREE SIGNIFICANT MENTORS AND COLLABORATORS WHO HAVE SHAPED HER ARTISTRY, OFFERING A HEARTFELT THANK-YOU, A REFLECTION, AND AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY. MAIN ACT - THE FOUR HORSEMEN BY JIVA DANCE (NY-BASED DANCE COMPANY) IS A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE PRODUCTION THAT EXPLORES SYMBOLISM FROM THE STORY OF THE APOCALYPSE THROUGH INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE, MUSIC, AND SANSKRIT POETRY.
• DATE: APRIL 5TH, 2025VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: DANCE PLANO! GAP DANCE ENSEMBLE PREMIERED WHAT REMAINS AT THE DANCE PLANO! THROUGH MOVEMENT, WE EXPLORED THE PUSH AND PULL OF NOSTALGIA- THE DESIRE TO HOLD ON, THE INEVITABILITY OF LETTING GO. 5 DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHY- RENUKA RAJAGOPALAN
• DATE: APRIL 11, 2025VENUE: MATCH, HOUSTON, TXEVENT: SPRING SOIREE OPENING ACT: "A QUIET ENDING" IS A MEDITATION ON THE PASSING OF THE CHOREOGRAPHER'S PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER. THE PIECE IS MARKED BY A SLOW, DIRGE-LIKE TEMPO AND SOMBER MOOD, REFLECTING THE LIFE OF A WOMAN OF FAITH, FAMILY, AND PERSEVERANCE AND ENCAPSULATING THE QUIET END OF A LIFE WELL-LIVED.CHOREOGRAPHER: ADAM CASTANEDA, PERFORMED BY DANCERS FROM PILOT DANCE PROJECT. THE MAIN PERFORMANCE, "MOVING IMAGES", IS A MESMERIZING COLLECTION OF DANCE WORKS PRESENTED IN THE SHILPANATANAM STYLE BY DANCERS KAUSTAVI SARKAR AND BHARATHI PENNESWARAN, A UNIQUE MOVEMENT FORM PIONEERED BY MAYA KULKARNI. THE 45-MINUTE PERFORMANCE WILL FEATURE FOUR DISTINCT PIECES, EACH DRAWING FROM CLASSICAL INDIAN POETRY, FOLK TRADITIONS, AND TEMPLE ARTS, EXPLORING THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND SPIRITUALITY.
• DATE: MAY 2025 VENUE: PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY, PLANO, TX EVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US (OUTREACH)FRAGMENTS OF US BEGAN WITH A SIMPLE IDEA: WHAT IF THE MOST PERSONAL STORIES, BE IT OF LOVE, LOSS, CHANGE, OR RESILIENCE, COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO ART? WE INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE PIECES OF THEMSELVES. PEOPLE SHARED LETTERS, PHOTOS, SHORT WRITTEN MEMORIES, POEMS, SMALL OBJECTS, VOICE NOTES, AND OTHER PIECES THAT HELD MEANING. THE PROJECT CAME ALIVE IN 4 OUT OF 5 PLANO'S PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS AT THE SPARK SPACE WALL, WHERE VISITORS COULD STEP INTO INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS AND ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE THEME. A BAMBOO TREE OF WISHES OFFERED A PLACE TO WRITE ONE'S HOPES AND MEMORY JARS, CAPTURING EMOTIONS! RITUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD INVITED REFLECTION ON HOW WE MARK CHANGE, GRIEF, AND HEALING.
• DATE: MAY 2025 VENUE: FORT BEND LIBRARIES, RICHMOND, TXEVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US (OUTREACH)A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND LIBRARIES WORLD BEATS A FOOT-TAPPING TRIP AROUND THE WORLD AS WE PRESENTED DRUMMING GROUPS FROM INDIA (HOUSTON PARAI KUZHU), WEST AFRICA (JOY OF DJEMBE), AND JAPAN (KAMINARI TAIKO). WORLD BEATS PROMISED AN IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. THE GROUPS INVOLVED THE AUDIENCES IN THEIR RHYTHMIC OFFERINGS AND PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THESE VARIED PERCUSSIVE STYLES. WE ALSO HAD BOOTHS WITH INTERACTIVE GAMES FOR CHILDREN USING GLOBAL ART FORMS TO COMMUNICATE, EMOTE, AND EXPRESS.
• DATE: MAY 13TH, 2025VENUE: LEGACY WEST EVENT: WORD ON WINDROSE, PLANO, TX (OUTREACH)A LIVE, INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE AT LEGACY WEST. THROUGH CREATIVE PROMPTS AND SPONTANEOUS MAGIC, OUR TEAM OF MUSICIAN AND DANCERS TRANSFORMED STORIES COLLECTED FROM VISITORS INTO LIVE ART.
• DATE: MAY 25TH, 2025VENUE: COX PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: ARTIST SHOWCASE OPENING THE EVENING WAS FISHBOWL TO FREEDOM, A STRIKING CONTEMPORARY WORK BY DALLAS-BASED ARTISTS KD MILLIGAN, RAI BARNARD, AND MEAGAN COBB.THROUGH BOLD, QUEER-CENTERED MOVEMENT, THE TRIO EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO TRADE SAFETY FOR SURVIVAL AND TO LEAP FROM CONFINEMENT INTO THE UNKNOWN.THE EVENING'S MAIN ACT: YELLAMMA: BIRTH OF A GODDESS, A SOLO DANCE PERFORMANCE BY THE CAPTIVATING ARCHANA RAJA, A CALIFORNIA BAY AREA ARTIST AND KUCHIPUDI DANCE PROFESSIONAL.
• DATE: JUNE AND JULY, 2025VENUE: PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY, PLANO, TX EVENTS: SUMMER WORKSHOPSFIBER ARTIST CHRISTINE MILLER AND ARTCENTRE OF PLANO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUZY JONES LEAD A HANDS-ON FIBER ART WORKSHOP AT HAGGARD LIBRARY, WHERE PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO CREATE, CONNECT, AND EXPLORE THE HEALING POSSIBILITIES OF FIBER-BASED ART.OUR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP, LED BY KRISTEN HESTER, CAME TO THE PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR FOUR GUIDED SESSIONS: RELEASE, FOCUSED ON LEARNING TO LET GO; RE-EXAMINE, A REFLECTION ON THE PAST SELF; AND RESTRUCTURE, A SPACE TO EXPLORE AND EXPRESS THE PRESENT SELF THROUGH WRITING AND DIALOGUE.
• DATE: JUNE 20TH, 2025VENUE: BLACK BOX, FRISCO DISCOVERY CENTER, FRISCO, TXEVENT: STUDENT SHOWCASEIN FRISCO, WE SPOTLIGHTED EMERGING TALENT. AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCES THAT CELEBRATED YOUNG VOICES AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGH A RIGOROUS SELECTION PROCESS.
• DATE: AUGUST 16TH, 2025VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: CELEBRATE THE ARTSGAP DANCE ENSEMBLE PERFORMED THE LATEST PRODUCTION WHAT REMAINS AT THE CELEBRATE THE ARTS EVENT HOSTED BY COLLABORATIVE ARTS OF PLANO. THROUGH MOVEMENT, WE EXPLORED THE PUSH AND PULL OF NOSTALGIA- THE DESIRE TO HOLD ON, THE INEVITABILITY OF LETTING GO. 5 DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHY- RENUKA RAJAGOPALAN.
• DATE: AUGUST- SEPTEMBER, 2025VENUE: ONLINEEVENT: ARTSALAD 2025ARTSALAD IS A CURATED PLATFORM SHOWCASING BOLD, BOUNDARY-BREAKING WORKS FROM ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. SOLO OR GROUP ARTISTS ABOVE AGE 15 APPLIED WITH ORIGINAL WORKS ON THE THEME OF FRAGMENTS OF US.
• DATE: OCTOBER 8TH 29TH, 2025VENUE: COLLIN COLLEGE ART GALLERY EVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US EXHIBITION AND RECEPTION (FREE)COMMUNITY-SUBMITTED STORIES TRANSFORMED INTO POWERFUL VISUAL ART AND IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS, INCLUDING PIECES OF US BY ARTIST OLIVIA, MEMORY JARS, WISH TREE NOTES, AND STUDENT WORKS.GALLERY RECEPTION (OCT 12, 4 PM, COLLIN COLLEGE ART GALLERY, PLANO CAMPUS | FREE)ARTIST TALKS, PROCESS, AND WALK THROUGH THE EXHIBITION.
• DATE: OCT 18TH, 2025VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE, PLANOEVENT: BRIDGES FESTIVAL BRIDGES FESTIVAL, OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT, IS A PLATFORM THAT BRINGS MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS ON ONE STAGE TO CREATE A PIECE THAT IS A CULMINATION OF MULTIPLE ART WORLDS AND MULTIPLE STORIES!THE MAIN ACT: A COMMISSIONED WORK - FRAGMENTS OF US - CREATED AND PERFORMED BY THE THEATRE, DANCE, AND MUSIC STUDENTS OF COLLIN COLLEGE.INSPIRED BY REAL STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THIS PERFORMANCE MOVED EVERY HEART IN THE ROOM.
• DATE: DEC 6TH, 2025VENUE: MATCH, HOUSTONEVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US"FRAGMENTS OF US" AT MATCH HOUSTON, AN EVENING WHERE COMMUNITY STORIES CAME ALIVE THROUGH DANCE, MUSIC, POETRY, AND STORYTELLING. THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCED AN INTIMATE, UNSCRIPTED PERFORMANCE SHAPED BY REAL VOICES AND DEEP CONNECTION AND MET THE ARTISTS POST THE EVENT TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.

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.

IRS record

EIN

86-2783802

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

2021

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A20)

Assets (IRS master file)

$10,774

Income (IRS master file)

$64,887

Filing history

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 86-2783802).

Questions about GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC

What is the EIN of GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC is 86-2783802.

Is GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2021.

Are donations to GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does GARAGE ARTS 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 GARAGE ARTS PROJECT 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 GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.

Who are the officers and directors of GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC?

The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 4 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does GARAGE ARTS PROJECT INC have?

On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $64,887, expenses of $66,526 and total assets of $10,774 at year end.

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