2025-11-06T09:17:21-06:00 2024-12-31 812950760 SAX LLP 389 INTERPACE PARKWAY STE 3 PARSIPPANY NJ 07054 990 2024-01-01 271109399 RECESS ACTIVITIES INC RECE 5854433586 46 WASHINGTON AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11205 LINDSAY C HARRIS CO-DIRECTOR 5854433586 2025-11-06 1 0 MARQUS WHITE P00053187 9734726250 2025-11-04 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LINDSAY C HARRIS 46 WASHINGTON AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11205 651056 0 X WWW.RECESSART.ORG X 2009 NY RECESS PARTNERS WITH ARTISTS AND YOUTH TO BUILD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE CREATIVE COMMUNITY. 9 7 23 7 0 0 4227558 584430 9983 3000 20796 56543 6095 3342 4264432 647315 10394 0 0 0 953059 1107104 0 0 136658 860750 818384 1824203 1925488 2440229 -1278173 5816736 4473215 686707 524086 5130029 3949129 X RECESS PARTNERS WITH ARTISTS AND YOUTH TO BUILD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE CREATIVE COMMUNITY. BY WELCOMING RADICAL THINKERS TO IMAGINE AND SHAPE NETWORKS OF RESILIENCE AND SAFETY, RECESS DEFINES AND ADVANCES THE POSSIBILITIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART. OUR PROGRAMS OFFER SPACE AND RESOURCES TO GENERATE ART, IDEAS AND ACTIONS THAT CHALLENGE DOMINANT NARRATIVES AND ACTIVATE NEW FORMS. RECESS IS ALWAYS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO SERVE AS A MEETING PLACE FOR MEANINGFUL EXCHANGE ACROSS A MULTIPLICITY OF COMMUNITIES. 0 0 1349114 3236 RECESS PROGRAMS REIMAGINE TRADITIONAL STUDIO, EXHIBITION, AND CLASSROOM PLATFORMS, OFFERING ARTISTS, COMMUNITIES, AND PARTICIPANTS RESOURCES TO GENERATE NEW WORKS THAT PRESENT ALTERNATIVES TO DOMINANT AND OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS. OUR CORE PROGRAMS OPERATE WITHIN AN ECOSYSTEM WHEREIN EACH INITIATIVE SUPPORTS AND INFORMS THE OTHER. ASSEMBLY OFFERS SYSTEM-IMPACTED YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18-26 AN INROAD TO ART AND CONNECTIONS TO WORKING ARTISTS, WHILE SERVING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND ITS INTERSECTING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. SESSION ALLOWS ARTISTS TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS. FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE AND NARRATIVE SHIFT. 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IT IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM STATE INCOME TAXES. HOWEVER, ANY UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION. CURRENTLY, RECESS DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. RECESS' FORMS 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023, 2022 AND 2021 ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED. RECESS HAS EVALUATED ITS CURRENT TAX POSITIONS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024, RECESS DOES NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR WHICH A RESERVE WOULD BE NECESSARY. 990 PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1 RECESS PROGRAMS REIMAGINE TRADITIONAL STUDIO, EXHIBITION, AND CLASSROOM PLATFORMS, OFFERING ARTISTS, COMMUNITIES, AND PARTICIPANTS RESOURCES TO GENERATE NEW WORKS THAT PRESENT ALTERNATIVES TO DOMINANT AND OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS. OUR CORE PROGRAMS OPERATE WITHIN AN ECOSYSTEM WHEREIN EACH INITIATIVE SUPPORTS AND INFORMS THE OTHER. ASSEMBLY OFFERS SYSTEM-IMPACTED YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18-26 AN INROAD TO ART AND CONNECTIONS TO WORKING ARTISTS, WHILE SERVING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND ITS INTERSECTING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. SESSION ALLOWS ARTISTS TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS. FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE AND NARRATIVE SHIFT. CRITICAL WRITING SUPPORTS A WRITER PRODUCING A NEW CRITICAL TEXT IN DIALOGUE WITH OUR ARTISTS' PROJECTS. PARTNERSHIPS TAKE OUR PROGRAMS OFFSITE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO ART AS IT INTERSECTS WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CO-DIRECTORS, THE CHAIRS, TREASURER AND SECRETARY AND IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE BOARD REVIEWED ITS CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY AT YEAR-END AND MID-YEAR MEETINGS, AND WHENEVER BOARD MEMBERS UNDERGO A SHIFT IN EMPLOYMENT OR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCE. WHEN NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOMINATED, ALL DIRECTORS REVIEW THE CANDIDATE'S CV, BIO, AND PERSONAL HISTORY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY. NEW BOARD MEMBERS MUST SIGN THE POLICY WHEN APPOINTED. ALL COMPLETED FORMS ARE PROVIDED TO AND REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE BOARD. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHICH COULD RESULT IN A DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL OR PERSONAL BENEFIT TO A DIRECTOR, OFFICER, OR STAFF MEMBER MUST BE DISCLOSED IN GOOD FAITH TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE INFORMATION-GATHERING STAGE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCUSSION BUT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL DELIBERATION OR DECISION REGARDING SUCH CONTRACT OR OTHER TRANSACTION. THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT VOTE ON SUCH CONTRACT OR OTHER TRANSACTION. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR COMMITTEE WILL REFLECT: (A) THAT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WAS DISCLOSED; (B) THAT THE INTERESTED DIRECTOR, OFFICER, OR STAFF MEMBER WAS NOT PRESENT DURING THE FINAL DISCUSSION OR VOTE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR COMMITTEE; AND (C) THAT THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL ABSTAINED FROM VOTING. ALL QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS WILL BE RESOLVED BY A VOTE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN WHICH THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 15A - THE COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD CHAIRS, THE TREASURER, THE SECRETARY, AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS. 15B - THE COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT, THE TREASURER, THE SECRETARY, AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.