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Arts, Culture & Humanities

While Were Still Here

NEW YORK, NY

Website

Total revenue

$100K

Total expenses

$372K

Net assets

$302K

Grants received

$144K

8 grants

EIN

473980592

Tax year

2023

Mission

While we are still here (wwsh) will educate, enshrine and preserve the extraordinary legacy of harlem as an influential incubator that was vital to the intellectual, cultural, social and political advancements of the harlem community as well as the african diaspora.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$97K
Program service revenue$248
Investment income$2K
Other revenue—
Total revenue$100K

Expenses

Grants paid—
Salaries & benefits$152K
Fundraising—
Other expenses$210K
Total expenses$372K
Total assets$309K
Net assets$302K

People

7 listed

NameRoleCompensation

KAREN D TAYLOR

Executive Dir.

Board

$69K

40 hrs/wk

JUNE WATSON BENJAMIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE RENEE PAYNE

President

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

BYRON C SAUNDERS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

VERA E SIMS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

PAULETTE J TABB

BOARD MEMBER

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

YVONNE WAKIM DENNIS

Secretary

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 8 of 8

FromAmountPurposeYear
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
$25K
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
2023
WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$18K
TO SUPPORT THE 6TH ANNUAL SUGAR HILL MUSIC FESTIVAL (SHMF) AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES| HARLEM HERITAGE MARKERS PROJECT IN WEST HARLEM.
2022
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
$50K
SAVE HISTORIC PLACES
2020
NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES
$10K
$5,000 ACTION GRANT FOR INAUGURAL EVENT RELATING TO HISTORIC MARKERS IN HARLEM, NYC; $5,000 HNY SHARP OPERATING GRANT FOR COVID-RELATED ORG OPERATING EXPENSES.
2020
WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$15K
TO SUPPORT "THE SUGAR HILL MUSIC FESTIVAL;" A RETROSPECTIVE PHOTO EXHIBITION OF THE BLACK, HARLEM-BASED PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE, KAMOIGNE; AND "THE OFFICIAL ORAL HISTORY OF ST. NICK'S PUB".
2019
LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC
$10K
ARTS PROJECT
2019
WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$11K
TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL IN HARLEM.
2018
NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES
$6K
WHILE WE ARE HERE RECEIVED VISION AND ACTION GRANT SUPPORT FOR AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ON THE MUSICIANS, PATRONS, AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO WERE INTEGRAL TO THE SCENE AT THE FAMED ST. NICKS PUB, WHICH BURNED DOWN IN THE WINTER OF 2018.
2017

Funded by

$144K from 4 funders · 8 grants · 2017–2023

West Harlem Development Corporation

$44K · 3 grants · 2018–2022

New York Council For The Humanities

$16K · 2 grants · 2017–2020

Details

EIN473980592
NTEE codeA20
Subsection03
Ruling date2016-12
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