Arm of the Sea Productions Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF ARM-OF-THE-SEA PRODUCTIONS IS TO SPARK WONDER, ENGENDER JOY, OFFER INSIGHT AND ENRICH THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.
- Income
- $208,564
- Spending
- $161,747
- Spent on programs
- 89%
- Reserves
- 2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 40%
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 53
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 65 out of 100.
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 22% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1589% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 69 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (3)
- $142,232 spent. AT OUR WATERFRONT CULTURAL PARK AND HOME-STAGE INCUBATOR IN SAUGERTIES, NY WE CREATED AND PREMIERED TWO NEW THEATER PRODUCTIONS, PRESENTED NINE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, AND HOSTED FOUR WEEKS OF HANDS-ON COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. -TIDEWATER ARTS & ECOLOGY SUMMER CAMP - THREE SESSIONS OF OUR IMMERSIVE SITE-SPECIFIC DISCOVERY CAMP FOR AGES 8-13. FISHING WAS VOTED IN FAVORITE ACTIVITY -WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY - A WEEKLY EVENT SERIES FEATURING AQUARIUMS, STREAM TABLE DEMONSTRATIONS, GUEST ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY CHIORS. EACH EVENING CULMINATED WITH AN ARM-OF-THE-SEA PERFORMANCE OF FROM RAGS TO RICHES: STORIES FROM A SAUGERTIES PAPER MILL. -MASK & PUPPET THEATER INTENSIVE - A SEVEN-DAY WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS HELPED CREATE CHARACTERS AND THEN PERFORMED ALONGSIDE COMPANY PUPPETEERS IN OUR 23RD ANNUAL ESOPUS CREEK PUPPET SUITE. THE PRODUCTION DREW FROM EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO OFFER A MEDITATION AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE AND IMPERIAL OVERREACH. 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT TIDEWATER CENTER INCLUDED: -INSTALLATION OF GRID ELECTRICAL SERVICE - AFTER FOUR SEASONS OPERATING TIDEWATER FROM A SMALL SOLAR TRAILER, CONTRACTORS RAN 550' OF UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND OVERHEAD LINES CONNECTED TO THE NEW PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER & THE PERFORMANCE TENT. NEXT STEP: A PERMANENT ONSITE SOLAR ARRAY. -PLANTED WATERFRONT BUFFER - DESIGNED TO ABSORB AND FILTER RAIN RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING AREA, THIS PLANTED BUFFER STRIP OF PERENNIALS WAS ORCHESTRATED BY MASTER GARDENER ANN KRUPP. -HAND-STENCILED BANNERS CREATED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MARLENA MARALLO - OVER 150' OF IMAGES EVOKING CELLULAR BIOLOGY, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES AND GEOLOGIC PROCESSES WRAP AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE PERFORMANCE TENT. AT OUR WATERFRONT CULTURAL PARK AND HOME-STAGE INCUBATOR IN SAUGERTIES, NY WE CREATED AND PREMIERED TWO NEW THEATER PRODUCTIONS, PRESENTED NINE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, AND HOSTED FOUR WEEKS OF HANDS-ON COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. -TIDEWATER ARTS & ECOLOGY SUMMER CAMP - THREE SESSIONS OF OUR IMMERSIVE SITE-SPECIFIC DISCOVERY CAMP FOR AGES 8-13. FISHING WAS VOTED IN FAVORITE ACTIVITY -WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY - A WEEKLY EVENT SERIES FEATURING AQUARIUMS, STREAM TABLE DEMONSTRATIONS, GUEST ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY CHIORS. EACH EVENING CULMINATED WITH AN ARM-OF-THE-SEA PERFORMANCE OF FROM RAGS TO RICHES: STORIES FROM A SAUGERTIES PAPER MILL. -MASK & PUPPET THEATER INTENSIVE - A SEVEN-DAY WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS HELPED CREATE CHARACTERS AND THEN PERFORMED ALONGSIDE COMPANY PUPPETEERS IN OUR 23RD ANNUAL ESOPUS CREEK PUPPET SUITE. THE PRODUCTION DREW FROM EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO OFFER A MEDITATION AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE AND IMPERIAL OVERREACH. 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT TIDEWATER CENTER INCLUDED: -INSTALLATION OF GRID ELECTRICAL SERVICE - AFTER FOUR SEASONS OPERATING TIDEWATER FROM A SMALL SOLAR TRAILER, CONTRACTORS RAN 550' OF UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND OVERHEAD LINES CONNECTED TO THE NEW PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER & THE PERFORMANCE TENT. NEXT STEP: A PERMANENT ONSITE SOLAR ARRAY. -PLANTED WATERFRONT BUFFER - DESIGNED TO ABSORB AND FILTER RAIN RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING AREA, THIS PLANTED BUFFER STRIP OF PERENNIALS WAS ORCHESTRATED BY MASTER GARDENER ANN KRUPP. -HAND-STENCILED BANNERS CREATED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MARLENA MARALLO - OVER 150' OF IMAGES EVOKING CELLULAR BIOLOGY, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES AND GEOLOGIC PROCESSES WRAP AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE PERFORMANCE TENT.
- $1,998 spent. OUR 2025 PERFORMANCE SEASON FEATURED 5 ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS IN 36 PERFORMANCES REACHING AN ESTAIMTED 8,500 PEOPLE AT VENUES AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT STATES. A VIBRANT COMPANY OF EIGHT PERFORMERS AND THREE MUSICIANS BROUGHT THESE PRODUCTIONS TO LIFE. IN DECEMBER WE COLLABORATED WITH THE VANAVER CARAVAN IN PERFORMANCES OF OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA - INTO THE LIGHT.
- OUR 2025 PERFORMANCE SEASON FEATURED 5 ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS IN 36 PERFORMANCES REACHING AN ESTAIMTED 8,500 PEOPLE AT VENUES AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT STATES. A VIBRANT COMPANY OF EIGHT PERFORMERS AND THREE MUSICIANS BROUGHT THESE PRODUCTIONS TO LIFE. IN DECEMBER WE COLLABORATED WITH THE VANAVER CARAVAN IN PERFORMANCES OF OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA - INTO THE LIGHT.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 2025.
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 April 1992.
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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