NonprofitsPublic Assistants Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Public Assistants Inc

BROOKLYN, NY

Total revenue

$219K

Total expenses

$127K

Net assets

$138K

Grants received

$263K

12 grants

EIN

852645291

Tax year

2022

Mission

Public Assistants (PA) is a community design lab, and media production studio working to counter systemic inequity and neglect with solutions guided by creativity and collaborative, community based artmaking. PA works to create and support an ecosystem of Black and POC LGBTQi+ artists from New York City and social practice art forms that strengthen disenfranchised communities and reconsider traditional systems and practices of art and art making

Programs

3 programs

Artist Support - The Divine Fellowship, made possible with the support of Ford Foundation supports eight selected QTBIPOC artists working through social impact projects each year, through stipends, a residency program upstate, retreats, and access to the tools and resources of our shop. Beyond this fellowship, PA supported over ten other artists across their respective creative and community based projects. This funding is spread over two fiscal years

Expenses: $33KGrants: $114K

Media Production & radio Wash Radio is a conduit for music, discussion, performance, experimentation, meditation and catharsis for our neighbors near and far. Through this boundlessness we can foster the space for collective care and continue the legacy of fortifying the counter-cultural archive. Our community radio launched eight shows this past year. Beyond radio, PA has designed, printed, and produced select media works for respective creative projects, across zines, posters, graphics, signs and banners

Expenses: $3K

Public Assistants Inc. services the community with a radio program, provides volunteer incentives to artist in need and provide materials and supplies for artist to create and use studio space.

Expenses: $8K

Financials

FY 2022

Revenue

Contributions & grants$136K
Program service revenue$68K
Investment income
Other revenue$15K
Total revenue$219K

Expenses

Grants paid$7K
Salaries & benefits$20K
Fundraising
Other expenses$101K
Total expenses$127K
Total assets$138K
Net assets$138K

People

3 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DonChristian Jones

Founder

Board

40 hrs/wk

India Karavackis

Board President

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Donna Still

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 12 of 12

FromAmountPurposeYear
$6K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2024
$57K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
OPERATING SUPPORT TO MEDICINE WALLS
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$30K
TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEES EFFOT TO PROMOTE BROAD, UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO TEH CITY TO THE PLACES, PEOPLE, PROJECTS, SYSTEMS AND IDEAS THAT DEFINE NY AND ITS FUTURE.
2022
$30K
TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEES EFFOT TO PROMOTE BROAD, UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO TEH CITY TO THE PLACES, PEOPLE, PROJECTS, SYSTEMS AND IDEAS THAT DEFINE NY AND ITS FUTURE.
2022
$23K
MURAL SPONSORSHIP
2022
$20K
ARTISTS COUNCIL - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$3K
ARTISTS COUNCIL - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$23K
ARTIST COUNCIL GRANT IN SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS
2021
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020

Funded by

$263K from 7 funders · 12 grants · 2020–2024

Center For Artistic Activism Inc

$62K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

The Center For Less Unpleasant

$60K · 2 grants · 2022

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

$50K · 4 grants · 2021–2023

Marin Community Foundation

$25K · 1 grant · 2023

Sustainable Markets Foundation

$23K · 1 grant · 2020

The Center For Cultural Power

$23K · 1 grant · 2022

Performance Space 122 Inc

$20K · 1 grant · 2020

Details

EIN852645291
NTEE codeA20
Subsection03
Ruling date2021-07
Formed2020
Employees0
Volunteers4
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