Nonprofit · EIN 81-2928536
TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11237
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990-EZ | $188,751 | $180,478 | $8,273 | $81,143 | – | $81,143 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ (amended) | $195,646 | $203,634 | -$7,988 | $72,870 | – | $72,870 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990-EZ | $182,205 | $181,905 | $300 | $80,858 | – | $80,858 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $101,607
- Program service revenue
- $50,276
- Other revenue
- $36,868
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $2,050
- Occupancy
- $75,772
- Printing, publications and postage
- $1,569
- Other expenses
- $101,087
- Program services (functional)
- $167,177
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $72,870
- Total assets, end of year
- $81,143
- Total liabilities, end of year
- –
- Net assets, end of year
- $81,143
- Cash, savings and investments
- $79,244
- Gross receipts
- $188,751
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-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX PAIK | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 |
| RICARDO HARRIS FUENTES | TREASURER | 0 | $0 |
| KARA MSHINDA | ASST NETWORK | 0 | $0 |
| KEVIN KAO | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 |
| VINCENT COMO | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| TERESA SILVA | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Paik | President | 5 | $18,500 |
| Ricardo Harris Fuentes | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Kara Mshinda | Asst Network Director | 2 | $0 |
| Kevin Kao | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Vincent Como | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Teresa Silva | Director | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 4 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX PAIK | PRESIDENT | 10 | $11,000 |
| DUWENAVUE SANTE JOHNSON | SECRETARY | 4 | $0 |
| HOLLY CAHILL | TREASURER | 4 | $0 |
| RICARDO HARRIS FUENTES | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1329 WILLOUGHBY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11237-3177
- In care of
- % ALEX PAIK
- Mailing address (990-N for 2016)
- 20 Saint Johns Place Unit 2, Brooklyn NY 11217
- Principal officer (990-N for 2016)
- Alexander Paik, 20 Saint Johns Place Unit 2, Brooklyn NY 11217
- Signed the 990-EZ
- ALEX PAIK, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (215) 990-3438
- Website
- www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com
- Return prepared by
- MICHAEL J STEWART PC
Mission
EDUCATION THROUGH ARTIST-CURATED EXHIBITIONS OF ART WORK IN A NON - COMMERICAL SETTING
Program accomplishments
- A SILENCE SO LOUD, IS AN INSTALLATION FEATURING WORKS BY ARTIST TUAN ANDREW NGUYEN, JOHANN DIEDRICK, JEREMY DENNIS, AND SIM CHI YIN, PRESENTED AT TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID (TSA-NY)IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, CO-CURATED BY TAO LEIGH GOFFE AND CECILE CHONG. PART OF THE CURATORIAL VISION OF THE TWO NYC- BASED ARTISTS WHO COLLABORATE UNDER THE NAME BROKEN CHINA, THE GROUP SHOW MARKED THE FIRST OF AN ONGOING SERIES OF MULTI-SENSORIAL ACTIVATIONS ON THE TOPIC OF WHAT COLONIALISM FRACTURES. THE SECOND ACTIVATION IN THE SERIES TOOK PLACE BY INVITATION OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AND THE THIRD AT THE CALABASH INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL IN JAMAICA (MAY 2025). FOUNDED TO EXPLORE HISTORIES FRAGMENTED UNDER COLONIALISM, THE CREATIVTHE MATERIALITY OF ART THAT ENGAGES WITH THE ARCHIVAL PROCESS. THE GALLERY EXHIBITION THREADED TOGETHER MILITARY HISTORIES OF SHINNECOCK NATION, JAMAICA, BRITISH MALAYA, MOROCCO, AND VIETNAM, COLLECTIVELY ADDRESSING THE WEIGHT OF IMPERIAL VIOLENCE, WHAT IS LEFT UNSAID, AND THE ETHICS OF WHO THAT DISINHERITS.Expenses $167,177
- TIGER STRIKES PHILADELPHIA PRESENTED LOS DE AQUI, A SOLO EXHIBITION BY HENRY MORALES. IN LOS DE AQUI, MORALES EXPLORED BELONGING, IDENTITY AND FAMILIAL RESILENCE ACROSS THE GUATEMALAN DIASPORA BY REFLECTING ON THE QUIET STRENGTH FOUND IN THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF HIS EXTENDED FAMILY(AUNTS, UNCLES,COUSINS, ETC.), WHO LIVE THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THROUGH PAINTINGS THAT INCORPORATE SOIL AND ROOTS COLLECTED FROM THEIR HOMES AND THE LAND THEY INHABIT, MORALES AFFIRMED THEIR RIGHT TO BELONG, THRIVE, AND DEFINE LIFE ON THEIR OWN TERMS. RECLAIMING THE PHRASE NI DE AQUI, NI DE ALLA'-"NEITHER FROM HERE, NOR THERE"- THE EXHIBITION ASSERTED:WE ARE FROM HERE, TOO. MORALES BLENDED PERSONAL GEOPRAPHY WITH EVERYDAY MOMENTS-FAMILY MEALS, PARTIES QUIET ROUTINES-TO AFFIRM PRESENCE AND CONNECTION. LOS DE AQUI HONORED PERSONAL IDENTITY FAMILIAL MEMORY, CELEBRATING THE RADICAL ACT OF LIVING FULLY BEYOND BORDERS AND BINARIES.
- LA/B-LA-M/ FANTASMA JOINTLY CURATED BY THE ART SPACES GUADALAJARA90210, HILBERTRAUM ( BERLIN) AND TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID (LOS ANGELES), THE EXHIBITION FANTASMA WAS PART OF THE B-LA-M PROGRAM, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MEXICO CITY FROM OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 7, 2025. FANTASMA EXPLORED WHAT EXISTS JUST BEYOND THE SURFACE OF WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS REAL. WHETHER IT IS THE LINGERING PRESENCE OF THE PAST, SPIRITUAL ECHOES, OR INEXPLICABLE GLIMPSES INTO SOMETHING DEEPER, THE EXHIBITION INVITES VIEWERS TO REFLECT ON HOW THE UNSEEN SHAPES OUR WORLD. THE IDEA UN FANTASMA IS TAKEN IN ITS BROADEST SENSE-A GHOST, YES, BUT ALSO FLICKERS OF MEMORY, STRANGE DREAMS, AND THE DELICATE LINE BETWEEN PERCEPTION AND IMAGINATION. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED WORKS BY GUADALUPE SALGADO (MX), CATALINA BARROSO LUQUE (MX), MARIANA DUSSEL (MX), SURGE WITRON (LA), SHANE MECKLENBURGER (LA), FATEMEH BURNES (LA), JYNX PRADO (LA),RICARDO HARRIS-FUENTES (LA), CARLBARATTA (LA), ANITA KURCHARCZYK (LA), ELAINE DEELAINE (B), KUNO EBERT (B), EVA SCHWAB,(B) ANKE VOLK (B), DEBORAH WARGON (B), CLAUDIO WICHERT (B), CLEMENS WILHELM (B), AND DANIEL WIESENFELD (B), AND WAS ORGANIZED BY ALMA SALADIN. MARCO ROUNTREE, CARL BARATTA, ANITA KUCHARCZYK,ANKE VOLK AND DANIEL WIESENFELD. THIS EXHIBITION WAS PART OF B-LA-M, A THREE YEAR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM CONNECTING ARTISTS AND CURATORS FROM BERLIN, LOS ANGELES, AND MEXICO CITY, WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING JOINT EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN THE TIES BETWEEN INDEPENDENT ART SCENES.
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 81-2928536
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $81,143
- Income (IRS master file)
- $188,751
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2025 | $188,751 | $180,478 | $81,143 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $195,646 | $203,634 | $72,870 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2023 | $182,205 | $181,905 | $80,858 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2016 Officer: Alexander Paik | December 31, 2016 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 81-2928536).
Questions about TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID
- What is the EIN of TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID is 81-2928536.
- Is TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID 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 TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID?
- The 990-N for 2016 names Alexander Paik.
- Who are the officers and directors of TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 6 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $188,751, expenses of $180,478 and total assets of $81,143 at year end.
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