NonprofitsAesthetic Realism Foundation Inc

Arts & Culture

Aesthetic Realism Foundation Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$432K

Total expenses

$493K

Net assets

$3.7M

Grants received

$305K

6 grants

EIN

510179690

Tax year

2024

Mission

To teach aesthetic realism, founded by eli siegel, which explains the relation of life and art, and meets the need of people everywhere to see reality fairly.

Programs

5 programs

Terrain gallery: exhibitions of contemporary paintings, drawings, prints, and photography based on the aesthetic realism principle: "all beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves." total attendance: 817

Expenses: $32K

Aesthetic realism consultations: men and women study the principles of aesthetic realism which show the relation of their individual life questions to the arts and the world they are in, making for greater kindness and self-respect. Expenses include salaries of consultants, partial salary of a coordinator, equipment, maintenance, and office supplies. Total attendance: 133.

Expenses: $15K

Presentations: public seminars and dramatic and musical presentations, all based on the principles of aesthetic realism. Seminars include such subjects as love, ambition, parenting; groundbreaking talks by artists and scholars on this new way of seeing the arts, people, and reality itself. The aesthetic realism theatre company offers pioneering musical and dramatic productions, from shakespeare to rock 'n' roll, with performance and comment.

Expenses: $104K

Outreach program: the foundation's outreach program includes workshops for seniors; for children at schools and youth centers; dramatic and musical performances by the aesthetic realism theatre company; talks on subjects from anthropology to jazz, architecture, and the arts, for people of all ages. Total attendance: 1,112

Expenses: $38K

The right of aesthetic realism to be known (tro): biweekly international periodical of the aesthetic realism foundation, published since 1973. It presents essays, poems, and lectures by eli siegel and articles by aesthetic realism teachers and associates. In every issue there is an editorial commentary by ellen reiss, chair of education. Total circulation: 116,934

Expenses: $29K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$190K
Program service revenue$134K
Investment income$108K
Other revenue$630
Total revenue$432K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$361K
Fundraising$25K
Other expenses$132K
Total expenses$493K
Total assets$3.7M
Net assets$3.7M

People

10 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Barbara Allen

Administrative Officer

Board

$43K

35 hrs/wk

Carrie Wilson

Director

Board

$35K

30 hrs/wk

Ernest Defilippis

Administrative Officer

Board

$35K

30 hrs/wk

Jeffrey Carduner

Director

Board

$146

15 hrs/wk

Anthony Romeo

Director

Board

10 hrs/wk

Ellen Reiss

Director

Board

35 hrs/wk

Joseph Spetly

Director

Board

25 hrs/wk

Jamie Torres

Secretary

Board

20 hrs/wk

Margot Carpenter

Executive Director

Board

35 hrs/wk

Robert Murphy

Treasurer

Board

35 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 6 of 6

FromAmountPurposeYear
$5K
General Support
2020

Funded by

$305K from 2 funders · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Eli Siegel-Martha Baird Foundation Inc

$300K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

$5K · 1 grant · 2020

Details

EIN510179690
NTEE codeA77Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1975-10
Formed1973
Employees18
Volunteers41
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