Labor Arts Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To document and celebrate the artistic and cultural heritage of working people and the labor movement, and encourage understanding of their often overlooked contributions to our society.
- Income
- $49,953
- Spending
- $32,778
- Reserves
- 44.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 75%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $13,000 spent. LEMLICH AWARDS:The Lemlich Awards honor women who have been working for the larger good their entire lives, in the tradition of those who sparked so many reforms in the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911. The importance of honoring these women is matched only by the value of transmitting their stories to younger generations, which we do via interns who work on the project, an event, and a series of projects to engage youth in interviewing and "shadowing" the honorees. The honorees have made real and lasting change in the world through their activism, advocating for workers, for the elderly, for safe and affordable housing, for equitable environmental action, for civil rights and more. The program celebrates five women each year with an event attended by hundreds, and creates a permanent online exhibit featuring their accomplishments. The related "Connecting Activists" program conducts a variety of programs with high school and students to engage them in conversations and research on the honorees and their fields of activism.
- $10,600 spent. MAKING WORK VISIBLE:The "Making Work Visible" contest encourages CUNY college students, most from low-income and immigrant communities, to use writing and creative expression to depict and analyze their experience of being a worker in New York. CUNY is one of the largest and most diverse community college systems in the United States, and most students have either worked before becoming students or must work while they study. This program allows applicants to improve their writing skills and receive recognition for their achievements and contributions to society and work. This program not only raises awareness but helps participants to value their role in the workforce and lead by example in their communities. It is jointly sponsored with the City University of New York, and awards cash prizes for fiction, non-fiction, poetry and visual art that shows thoughtful, original work on subjects relevant to work, to working people, and to the labor movement. Topics might include, but are not limited to: economic and social problems; issues of immigration; conflicts based on race, class, and ethnic identity; environmental concerns; child labor; women in the labor force; economic justice; globalization and international labor markets; organizing campaigns; crime and corruption; anti-labor campaigns; cultural and artistic visions; ideals and ideologies. The goal of the contest is to expand student thinking about the history of work, and to provide opportunities to make links between individual lived experience and larger social issues.
- $2,000 spent. LABORARTS WEB MUSEUM:The core program of LaborArts is an online web museum with a steadily expanding collection of online exhibits focused on different aspects of the lives and history of work and workers - primarily in New York City. Maintaining and updating this collection and transferring earlier exhibits (created in the early 2000s) to a format that can be sustained is an extensive ongoing endeavor. So too is the project of creating events and contests and other public engagement that draws attention to this rich collection of stories and images that document working people and the labor movement.
- $5,528 spent. EXHIBITIONS:In addition to online exhibits and accompanying events and awards ceremonies, LaborArts has been mounting exhibits at various university and museum locations. Following a series of 2022 events commemorating the 1982 garment workers' strike in Chinatown, the following distinct but related exhibitions were mounted: September 2022 - May 2023 - "We Are One" photo exhibit in the gallery at Columbia University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (LaborArts online exhibit created in 2023); Fall 2023 - "Memory in Cloth" exhibit at NYU's Tamiment Library (online exhibit created in 2024); Fall 2023 - "We Are One" photo exhibit at the Puffin Gallery in Teaneck NJ; Spring/Summer 2024 - "We Are One" photo and object exhibit on view at Botto House Labor Museum in Patterson NJ. While reusing some of the same images - and the same title - each exhibit was tailored to the host location, featuring new research and new photos.LaborArts also created a permanent exhibition at the headquarters of the NYC Central Labor Council - "New York City Works - Jobs, Advocacy, Action" - opening January 2025, and an accompanying online exhibit.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2002.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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