Josephine Herrick Project INC

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Since 1946EIN 13-1659632Revenue $517K in FY2025

On file with the IRSjhproject.org64 Fulton St Rm 905, 10038-2723 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Mar 1948Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Amplify underrepresented voices through photography,giving people the tools to see differently, communicate across cultures, and advocate for themselves and their communities. The tools to see differently, build lifelong skills, engage with their communities, and share their vision creatively with the wider world through image.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 22 volunteers and 25 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $34K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$62K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $127K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$38K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$517K
+29% vs prior year
Spent
$477K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$381K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$517K
FY2025▲ +29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$224K
FY2021$273K
FY2022$502K
FY2023$471K
FY2024$402K
FY2025$517K
Expenses
$477K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$261K
FY2021$210K
FY2022$355K
FY2023$418K
FY2024$466K
FY2025$477K
Net assets
$381K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$142K
FY2021$205K
FY2022$352K
FY2023$405K
FY2024$341K
FY2025$381K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1948.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $378K Management & general 8% · $39K Fundraising 13% · $60K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $62K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$62,400Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Miriam Leuchter$62,400$61,200$60,000$60,000$60,000$7,500
Jessica Wanamaker—————$56,500
Robin Dahlberg—————$15,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Empowers people through photography to share their stories and advocate for change.

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1 program · $378K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The josephine herrick project works with organizations across the greater new york metropolitan area to develop creative photography programs based on individual and group needs. JHP is happy to and responds to requests from a variety of agencies, schools, and institutions to initiate and nurture new or existing photography programs.

$378Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $28K · 2021–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$11,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$16,772

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$517K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$457K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$68K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$477K
Ln 25
Programscol B$378K
Managementcol C$39K
Fundraisingcol D$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$381K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$235K
Total assetsLn 16$419K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$457K
Government grantsLn 1e$106K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$28K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$68K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$19
Total revenueLn 12$517K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$235K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$235K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$51K
Other assetsLn 15$22K
Total assetsLn 16$419K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K
Net assetsLn 32$381K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 622
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$155K$235K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$70K$51K
Total assetsLn 16$379K$419K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K$38K
Net assetsLn 32$341K$381K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$63K$46K$5K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$234K$201K$0$33K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K$31$282
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$21K$437$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$0$27K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$51K$51K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$880$880$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K$77$696
Information technologyLn 14$2K$1K$29$268
OccupancyLn 16$17K$13K$330$3K
TravelLn 17$7K$7K$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$430$430$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$19K$15K$381$4K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$55$501
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$13K$133$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$0$6K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$477K$378K$39K$60K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $517K$477K$40K$381K 990 PDF
FY2024 $402K$466K−$64K$341K 990 PDF
FY2023 $471K$418K$53K$405K 990 PDF
FY2022 $502K$355K$147K$352K 990 PDF
FY2021 $273K$210K$63K$205K 990 PDF
FY2020 $224K$261K−$37K$142K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $517,077 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $236,782$457,118
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $171,477$68,194
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,459$2,868
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$8,771−$11,103
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $401,947$517,077
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $308,240$324,841
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $157,775$152,247
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $466,015$477,088
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$64,068$39,989
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $517,077 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$28,134
VIII-1e Government grants$105,927
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$323,057
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,471
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$457,118
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$68,194
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,849$2,849
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19$19
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$11,123−$11,123
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $20 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$20
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $68,214 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$8,255$517,077
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $477,088 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $45,602 · Management $5,067 · Fundraising $12,667$63,336
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $200,629 · Management $0 · Fundraising $33,416$234,045
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,505 · Management $31 · Fundraising $282$1,818
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,232 · Management $437 · Fundraising $3,973$25,642
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $26,584 · Fundraising $0$26,584
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $51,474 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$51,474
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $880 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$880
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,721 · Management $77 · Fundraising $696$4,494
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,431 · Management $29 · Fundraising $268$1,728
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,887 · Management $330 · Fundraising $3,304$16,521
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,359 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,359
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $430 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$430
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $14,856 · Management $381 · Fundraising $3,809$19,046
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,676 · Management $55 · Fundraising $501$3,232
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,078 · Management $133 · Fundraising $1,211$14,422
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $6,077 · Fundraising $0$6,077
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $377,760 · Management $39,201 · Fundraising $60,127$477,088
Part X · Balance sheet $418,985 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $154,796$234,726
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $15,795$65,345
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $92,102$44,640
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $699$647
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $70,351$51,305
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $45,277$22,322
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $379,020$418,985
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $34,763$30,602
X-19 Deferred revenue$7,140
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,180$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $37,943$37,742
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $288,327$249,443
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $52,750$131,800
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $341,077$381,243
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $379,020$418,985
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $381,243 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$517,077
XI-2 Total expenses$477,088
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$39,989
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$341,077
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$177
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$381,243

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