The Octavia Project INC

Tax-deductible

Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)EducationEIN 83-3975000Revenue $185K in FY2025

On file with the IRSoctaviaproject.orgPo Box 381031, 11238-8031 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Jan 2020Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$85K
87% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 87% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$185K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$179K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$12K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$185K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$126K
FY2021$89K
FY2022$176K
FY2023$132K
FY2024$174K
FY2025$185K
Net assets
$12K
FY2025▲ +89%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$54K
FY2021$8K
FY2022$29K
FY2023$6K
FY2024$7K
FY2025$12K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 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 Jan 2020.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $130K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
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$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Meghan McNamara’s $51K as Executive Director is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Meghan McNamara$51,125$50,000$47,000$47,000

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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Programs and updates

An education nonprofit based in Brooklyn, NY.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$185K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$185K
Other incomeLn 4–11$487
Money outPt IX
$179K
Ln 25
Programscol B$130K
Owns and owesPt X
$12K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$97K
LiabilitiesLn 26$85K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$185K
Other incomeLn 4–11$487
Total revenueLn 12$185K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$97K
LiabilitiesLn 26$85K
Net assetsLn 32$12K
OperationsPt I, VI
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $185K$179K$6K$12K 990 PDF
FY2024 $174K$7K 990 PDF
FY2023 $132K$6K 990 PDF
FY2022 $176K$29K 990 PDF
FY2021 $89K$8K 990 PDF
FY2020 $126K$54K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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