Civic Intelligence

Outpost Artists Resources Inc

990EZ • Fiscal year 2014 • EIN 16-1696658

Jan 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014 • Filed on Nov 05, 2015

Organization ProfileWWW.OUTPOSTEDIT.COM
1665 Norman StreetRidgewood, NY 11385

(718) 599-2385

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

65th percentile

0.05x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 65% of similar nonprofits.

2014 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2014

Liabilities / Revenue

61st percentile

0.02x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 61% of similar nonprofits.

2014 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2014

Net Margin

6th percentile

-67%

Higher net margin than 6% of similar nonprofits.

2014 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2014

Top Officer Pay

70th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 70% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2014 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2014

Asset Growth

5th percentile

-63%

Faster asset growth than 5% of similar nonprofits.

2014 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2013 to 2014

Revenue Growth

9th percentile

-53%

Faster revenue growth than 9% of similar nonprofits.

2014 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2013 to 2014

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets65th percentile

Assets

Down

$10,617

Down $17,806 (-63%) from 2013

Net Assets

Down

$10,104

Down $17,806 (-64%) from 2013

Liabilities

Flat

$513

Flat from 2013

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue61st percentileNet Margin6th percentile

Revenue

Down

$26,548

Down $29,530 (-53%) from 2013

Expenses

Down

$44,354

Down $11,428 (-20%) from 2013

Net Income

Down

-$17,806

Down $18,102 (-6116%) from 2013

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth5th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$30K$20K$10K$0Assets 2010: $16,762Liabilities 2010: $5132010Assets 2012: $28,127Liabilities 2012: $513Net Assets 2012: $27,6142012Assets 2013: $28,423Liabilities 2013: $513Net Assets 2013: $27,9102013Assets 2014: $10,617Liabilities 2014: $513Net Assets 2014: $10,1042014Assets 2015: $13,511Liabilities 2015: $513Net Assets 2015: $12,9982015Assets 2016: $12,630Liabilities 2016: $513Net Assets 2016: $12,1172016Assets 2017: $10,086Liabilities 2017: $513Net Assets 2017: $9,5732017Assets 2018: $3,289Liabilities 2018: $780Net Assets 2018: $2,5092018Assets 2019: $5,113Liabilities 2019: $513Net Assets 2019: $4,6002019

Highlighted filing

2014

Assets$10,617
Liabilities$513
Net Assets$10,104
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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth9th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$100K$50K$0-$50KRevenue 2010: $12,811Expenses 2010: $44,273Net Income 2010: -$31,4622010Revenue 2012: $65,581Expenses 2012: $66,848Net Income 2012: -$1,2672012Revenue 2013: $56,078Expenses 2013: $55,782Net Income 2013: $2962013Revenue 2014: $26,548Expenses 2014: $44,354Net Income 2014: -$17,8062014Revenue 2015: $47,511Expenses 2015: $44,617Net Income 2015: $2,8942015Revenue 2016: $41,526Expenses 2016: $42,407Net Income 2016: -$8812016Revenue 2017: $45,701Expenses 2017: $48,245Net Income 2017: -$2,5442017Revenue 2018: $48,287Expenses 2018: $55,351Net Income 2018: -$7,0642018Revenue 2019: $68,956Expenses 2019: $66,865Net Income 2019: $2,0912019

Highlighted filing

2014

Revenue$26,548
Expenses$44,354
Net Income-$17,806
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014
Signed
Nov 5, 2015
Return Version
2014v5.0
Gross Receipts
$26,548
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Outpost artists resources is an artist run, multi-service arts organization founded in 1991 and now located on the bushwick brooklyn/ridgewood queens border. Outpost supports new creative work through its residencies, events and uses its space as a social meeting ground for local artists. Our mission is to serve artists in need of technical assistance with video, audio, and physical computing based art projects and to foster a dialogue between visual art and experimental music. Outpost hosts gallery exhibitions, artist talks, screenings and events that pair visual art, video, experimental music, and performance in an effort to bring adventurous audiences challenging interdisciplinary projects.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
CUTS AND BURNS RESIDENCY PROGRAMHAS LONG BEEN A CORE COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES AND IS DEDICATED TO ASSISTING ARTISTS COMPLETE PROJECTS OR DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES IN VIDEO, EXPERIMENTAL SOUND, NEW MEDIA AND INTERACTIVE ECHNOLOGY, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PROFESSIONAL EDITORS, ENGINEERS, AND PROGRAMMERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART. THE RESIDENCY CONSISTS OF 40 TO 80 HOURS OF ACCESS TO OUR VIDEO STUDIO WITH A VIDEO EDITOR. DURING THIS TIME THE RESIDENT HAS MANY OPTIONS FOR ADVANCING THEIR PROJECT. FOR WORK IN VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION, THE ARTIST IS ABLE TO EDIT, DIGITIZE FOOTAGE, RECEIVE COLOR CORRECTION, DVD AUTHORING, ADVANCED GRAPHICS, SOUND MIXES, MULTI-CHANNEL EDITING, UPWARD RESOLUTION, AND TRANSFERS BETWEEN A VARIETY OF VIDEO FORMATS. FOR CUSTOM PROGRAMMING, ARTISTS ARE PAIRED WITH A PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMER AND WORK FROM SCRATCH TO CREATE CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMMING AND HARDWARE FOR THEIR PROJECT. THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR OUTPOST HAS GRANTED RESIDENCIES TO VIDEO AND NEW MEDIA ARTISTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND APPROACHES: HANNA SCHAICH, AN ARTIST FROM GERMANY DEVELOPED AND COMPLETED TWO SEGMENTS FROM HER "NEW YORK TRILOGY" A VIDEO THAT JUXTAPOSES ANIMALS AND ATHLETES AS A MEANS OF ACCESSING A WORLD WHERE "PASSION AND DESIRE ARE ABSENT." FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE RESIDENCY, NEW YORK TRILOGY WAS SCREENED AT MICROSCOPE GALLERY AS PART OF AN EVENING PAIRED WITH VIDEOS BY ARTIST JANET BIGGS. AKIKO ICHIKAWA WAS GRANTED A RESIDENCY TO COMPLETE POST PRODUCTION ON HER VIDEO "LIMITED, LIMITED EDITION," BASED ON A SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY WHEREIN SHE SET UP SHOP AS A SHIRT VENDOR AND CREATED CUSTOM SHIRTS BEARING PHRASES SHE TRANSLATED INTO JAPANESE, PROVIDED TO HER BY PASSERS-BY. ALEX NATHANSON COMPLETED "LETTERS TO JOHN GRISHAM" BASED UPON REAL FAN LETTERS TO GRISHAM, WHICHARE REALIZED IN THE VIDEO BY ACTORS READING AND PERFORMING THE LETTER'S TEXT. TATIANA ISTOMINA WAS GRANTED A RESIDENCY TO COMPLETE HER VIDEO "TWINS AND PIES" A FICTIONAL DOCUMENTARY THAT ANALYZES THE INFLUENCES OF RUSSIAN-SOVIET CULTURE ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND BY IMAGINING THE LIFE OF A FICTIONAL TWIN "EMILIA" WHO REMAINED IN THE USSR AND WROTE MORAL STORIES FOR CHILDREN. "STRAP-ON," DANI PLOEGER'S "NET-FACILITATED" NEW-MEDIA PERFORMANCE PIECE, MAKES USE OF LIVE VIDEO AND MOTION ACTIVATED CUSTOM ROBOTICS TO ALLOW PERFORMERS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD TO PHYSICALLY INTERACT VIA A STREAMING VIDEO PERFORMANCE PLOEGER WAS GRANTED A DOUBLE-LENGTH RESIDENCY TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAMMING NECESSARY FOR THIS WORK. VANESSA CRONAN'S PIECE "SHELTER" IS A GUIDED PROCESS PERFORMANCE THROUGH WHICH A PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCES EMBODYING AN EARTHWORM WHILE WEARING AN EARTHWORM SUIT, DESCRIBED AS "PART DOCUMENTATION, PART MEDITATION, PART MUSIC VIDEO" - CRONAN WAS GRANTED A RESIDENCY TO COMPLETE THIS VIDEO FOR AN EXHIBIT AT THE DETROIT MUSEUM. ADDITIONALLY, OUTPOST'S SUBSIDIZED RENTALS SUPPORTED ARTISTS ELENA DEL RIVERO, FOR HER PROJECT "NU DESCENDANT"; CYPRIEN GAILLARD'S PROJECT INVOLVING MASSIVE DANCING VEGETATION "NIGHTLIFE"; VIDEO OF MARY ZIEGLER'S ANIMATE SCULPTURES.THE SEETHRU SERIES IS THE PROGRAM THROUGH WHICH OUTPOST HAS DEVELOPED AS A COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITION SPACE OF 1000 SQUARE FEET. OUTPOST CURATES AND PRESENTS GALLERY SHOWS WITH A CENTRAL VIDEO ART COMPONENT, ON THEMES OF THEIR CHOOSING. THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO EVOLVED TO INCLUDE EVENTS, CURATED BY THE OUTPOST, THAT PAIR HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY VIDEO ART WITH LIVE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC, IN ADDITION TO BEING HOST TO DIVERSE MUSIC, DANCE AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS. IN THE PAST YEAR, SEETHRU HAS DRASTICALLY EXPANDED IN SCOPE, AND HAS BECOME BOTH A MORE CENTRAL AND VITAL COMPONENT OF THE OUTPOST'S ACTIVITIES. RICO GATSON'S "COLOR LINE" GALLERY SHOW OPENED THE SEASON FOR OUTPOST: A MONTH LONG SHOW FEATURING THE WORK OF LIZ ATZBERGER, ROBERT OTTO EPSTEIN, RICO GATSON, BEN GODWARD, ALEX LEE HARRIS, BJOERN MEYER-EBRECHT, BROOKE MOYSE, ELLIE MURPHY, URSULA SCHNEIDER, PATRICK TODD, SIEBREN VERSTEEG AND TAMARA ZAHAYKEVICH WHO'S PIECES SATISFIED THE AGENDA OF COLOR EXPLORATION THROUGH SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND EVEN SOUND INSTALLATION. IN NOVEMBER, PAT SPADINE, CREATOR, COMPOSER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE ASHCAN ORCHESTRA, TOOK RESIDENCE IN OUTPOST'S SPACE FORTHE FIRST "MAKER" RESIDENCY DURING WHICH SPADINE WOULD CREATE A SOLENOID DRIVEN, MOTORIZED CARILLON WHICH ACTIVATED BELLS AND CORRESPONDING COLORED LIGHTBULBS. DURING HIS RESIDENCY SPADINE PRESENTED A LECTURE ON THE TECHNOLOGY HE WAS USING TO CREATE THE DEVICE AND PRESENTED TWO PERFORMANCES OF HIS ENSEMBLE CULMINATING IN THE USE OF THE FINISHED INSTRUMENT. DAVID LINTON'S REALTIME-AUDIO VISUAL PERFORMANCE SERIES "DISTENDED CINEMA" BEGAN IN OCTOBER, WITH VIDEO AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PAIRINGS FROM RAPHAEL SHIRLEY, THOMAS DEXTER,JEREMY SLATER AND SHIGE MORIYA, CHRIS COCHRANE AND KEVIN BUD JONES, JOHN KING AND BENTON C BAINBRIDGE, AND DAVID LINTON WITH GREG FOX. GAMELAN SON OF LION OCCUPIED OUTPOST'S SPACE WITH THEIR GAMELAN ORCHESTRA IN DECEMBER, PERFORMING THEIR CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITIONS FOR TRADITION JAVANESE AND BALINESE INSTRUMENTS AND SCREENING A VIDEO OF A TRADITIONAL PUPPET SHOW WITH A CONTEMPORARY SCRIPT. SOLDIER/KANE, THE POWERHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL ROCK DUO FEATURING COMPOSER AND VIOLINISTDAVE SOLDIER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST JONATHAN KANE PERFORMED COMPOSITIONS FROM THEIR NEW PROJECT AT THE END OF DECEMBER, PART OF AN EVENT ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH MOMENTA ART GALLERY. ERIC BARRY DRASIN'S SINGLE CHANNEL CHEESBURGERS IS A AUDIO-VISUAL PERFORMANCE SERIES SUPPORTING EMERGING ARTISTS IN NEW MEDIA VIDEO PAIRED WITH EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC THE FIRST ITERATION OF THIS EVENT A WAS HELD AT OUTPOST IN LATE FEBRUARY. DISTENDED CINEMA RETURNED TO OUTPOST FOR ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN DAVID LINTON'S SERIES AND INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY LUKE DUBOIS, LOVID, TRISTAN PERICH, RAZ MESINAI, LISA GWILLIAM AND RAY SWEET, DAVID LINTON AND HA-YANG KIM. AARON ROCHE'S CONTEMPORARY MUSIC EVENT FEATURED VIOLIST NADIA SIROTA, CLARINETIST DOUG WEISMAN AND ROCHE ON GUITAR AND VOICE. OUTPOST WAS ONCE AGAIN HOST TO THE ENDE TYMES FESTIVAL OF NOISE AND EXPERIMENTAL LIBERATION WHICH THIS YEAR FEATURED BOTH VIDEO SCREENINGS AND LIVE AUDIO-VISUAL PERFORMANCES. OUTPOST'S FINAL GALLERY SHOW OPENED DURING BUSHWICKOPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND AND WAS CURATED BY YEVEGNIYA BARAS AND FEATURED PAINTING VIDEO AND SCULPTURE BY EJ HAUSER, MELISSA BROWN, ERIN LEE JONES, YEVGENIYA BARAS, JACKIE TILESTON, ANNA SCHACHTE AND FABIENNE LASSERRE. OUTPOST'S SEASON ENDED WITH AN EVENING FROM THE DARK CIRCUITS FESTIVAL CURATED BY HANS TAMMEN.$0$41,137
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay70th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
JESSIE ALLENDirector-$0--
ENAT SIDIDirector-$0--
GAIL VACHONDirector/Secretary-$0--
RUTH KAHNDirector/President-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Outpost Artists Resources Inc
EIN
16-1696658
Phone
7185992385
Address
1665 NORMAN STREET, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385

Signing Officer

Name
Ruth Kahn
Title
Director
Phone
7185992385
Signed
2015-11-05
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Lutz and Carr Cpas Llp
Address
300 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10017
Preparer
Martin Berkowitz
Phone
2126972299
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 14

“Description: depreciation. Amount: 1,120.”

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses

“Description: insurance. Amount: 2,162. Description: program expenses. Amount: 3,426. Description: contract labor. Amount: 33,046. Description: miscellaneous. Amount: 201. Description: office expense. Amount: 2,549. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 41,384.”

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24 - Other Assets

“Description: inventory. Beg. Of year amount: 375. End of year amount: 375. Description: accounts receivable. Beg. Of year amount: 250. End of year amount: 0. Description: other depreciable assets. Beg. Of year amount: 1,120. End of year amount: 0.”

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities

“Description: loan from officer. Beg. Of year amount: 513. End of year amount: 513.”

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IRS990ScheduleL/TotalBalanceDueAmt0513
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt0DESCRIPTION: DEPRECIATION. AMOUNT: 1,120.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt1DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 2,162. DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 3,426. DESCRIPTION: CONTRACT LABOR. AMOUNT: 33,046. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 201. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 2,549. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 41,384.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt2DESCRIPTION: INVENTORY. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 375. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 375. DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 250. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. DESCRIPTION: OTHER DEPRECIABLE ASSETS. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 1,120. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0.
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc3FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES
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2014 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$10,617
Liabilities
$513
Net assets
$10,104
Revenue
$26,548
Expenses
$44,354
Net income
-$17,806
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$5.11$0.51$4.60$69.0$66.9$2.09
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$3.29$0.78$2.51$48.3$55.4$7.06
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$10.1$0.51$9.57$45.7$48.2$2.54
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$12.6$0.51$12.1$41.5$42.4$0.88
2015Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$13.5$0.51$13.0$47.5$44.6$2.89
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$10.6$0.51$10.1$26.5$44.4$17.8
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$28.4$0.51$27.9$56.1$55.8$0.30
2012Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$28.1$0.51$27.6$65.6$66.8$1.27
2010Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$16.8$0.51$12.8$44.3$31.5