Nonprofit · EIN 16-1636968
COOL CULTURE INC
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11217
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,750,709 | $1,503,272 | $247,437 | $960,730 | $87,286 | $873,444 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,606,963 | $1,698,220 | -$91,257 | $690,066 | $53,767 | $636,299 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,145,195 | $1,708,158 | -$562,963 | $825,474 | $103,390 | $722,084 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,095,189
- of which government grants
- $410,013
- Program service revenue
- $654,046
- Investment income
- $1,474
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $307,044
- Other salaries and wages
- $386,080
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $805,537
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $83,600
- Occupancy
- $33,751
- Depreciation
- $4,409
- Program services (functional)
- $1,072,238
- Management and general (functional)
- $169,363
- Fundraising (functional)
- $261,671
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $690,066
- Total assets, end of year
- $960,730
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $87,286
- Net assets, end of year
- $873,444
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,947
- Publicly traded securities
- $95,604
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $555,186
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $318,258
- Gross receipts
- $1,750,709
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 1999
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDICE ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,702 |
| TRACEY GREENIDGE | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Key employee | 40 | $123,320 |
| DONIZETTI GONZALEZ | DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND INNOVATION Key employee | 40 | $115,002 |
| AHMED YEARWOOD | DIRECTOR/CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CATHY ELKIES | DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ROB KRULAK | DIRECTOR/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RISA MEYER | DIRECTOR/SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| EDWINA MEYERS | DIRECTOR/CHAIR EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUBHAS KIM KANDASAMY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JARED COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR CHRISTOPHER GODFREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JONATHAN VANANTWERPEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANDICE ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $198,175 | $8,108 |
| ANDREA D LOCKETT | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $145,722 | $8,097 |
| TRACEY GREENIDGE | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $121,376 | $8,656 |
| AHMED YEARWOOD | DIRECTOR/CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CATHY ELKIES | DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB KRULAK | DIRECTOR/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RISA MEYER | DIRECTOR/SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EDWINA MEYERS | DIRECTOR/CHAIR EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIXIE CHING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JARED COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR CHRISTOPHER GODFREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN VANANTWERPEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDICE ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $201,865 |
| TRACEY GREENIDGE | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,453 |
| DR CHRISTOPHER JOHN GODFREY | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROB KRULAK | CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RISA MEYER | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EDWINA MEYERS | CHAIR EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AHMED YEARWOOD | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA GILBERT | CHAIR EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHY ELKIES | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JONATHAN VANANTWERPEN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JARED COOPER | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DIXIE CHING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LYNNE TOYE | TREASURER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 80 HANSON PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11217-1506
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CANDICE ANDERSON, 80 HANSON PLACE 605, BROOKLYN, NY 11217
- Signed the 990
- CANDICE ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (718) 230-4186
- Website
- https://www.coolculture.org/
- Return prepared by
- MEI YANG CPA PLLC
Mission
TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF FAMILIES AND STRENGTHEN THE POWER OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH ART AND CULTURE, BOTH WITHIN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND BEYOND.
Program accomplishments
- COOL CULTURE ENVISIONS AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY THAT VALUES,EMBRACES AND IS ENRICHED BY ALL CULTURES. CITYWIDE CULTURAL ACCESS PROGRAM: The program provides 50,000 families in 450 Early Childhood Centers and Title 1 Department of Education schools with a Cool Culture Family Pass that offers families a year of unlimited, free admission for up to five people to our 90 New York City cultural institution partners. NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED ACTION PROJECTS: Brings art to neighborhood-based communities including Harlem, Chinatown, Corona, Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, building relationships between families, educators, and museum professionals who work together to develop tailored programming for children and families. LABORATORY FOR NEW AUDIENCES PROGRAM: Creates and implements a series of seminars that guide the next generation of museum professionals to develop participatory programming. WE ARE ALL CURATORS: Partnerships with museum partners to ideate and co-create spaces where our families and educators develop agency in exploring objects in their home, classroom, and community and reassess what is considered and valued as art.Expenses $1,072,238 · revenue $654,046
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 16-1636968
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2003
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $960,730
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,750,709
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,750,709 | $1,503,272 | $960,730 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,606,963 | $1,698,220 | $690,066 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,145,195 | $1,708,158 | $825,474 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,802,540 | $1,483,017 | $1,457,476 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 16-1636968).
Questions about COOL CULTURE INC
- What is the EIN of COOL CULTURE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COOL CULTURE INC is 16-1636968.
- Is COOL CULTURE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2003.
- Are donations to COOL CULTURE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does COOL CULTURE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of COOL CULTURE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COOL CULTURE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of COOL CULTURE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CANDICE ANDERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of COOL CULTURE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $129,702 (CANDICE ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does COOL CULTURE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,750,709, expenses of $1,503,272 and total assets of $960,730 at year end.
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