Healthy Community Healthy Youth Initiative Livingston Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
VISIONWe have a distinct vision of a perfect student, which you easily fall under if: if you've never painted before and you are sure that you "have no artistic talent" if you've tried watercolor, but "just made a big mess" if you've had some success with watercolor, but don't know how to create the effects you've admired in watercolor books or in galleries Unlike acrylics or oils, watercolor paints have a mind of their own rich and juicy, yet unpredictable and hard to control. But learn to work with them, and they'll do most of the work for you. You'll study exactly how to handle the paints to get the beautiful effects only watercolor can provide.
- Income
- $50,529
- Spending
- $48,137
- Reserves
- 16.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 91%
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)
- Livingston Arts Association is proud to present Sandra Charlap who will be demonstrating watercolor painting and how to add ink and pastel to enhance areas of the painting. Ms. Charlap is a diversified artist and arts educator with 30 years' experience in multiple media. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Montclair State University and an Associate of Arts and Science Degree in Illustration from Parsons School of Design. In addition to teaching students of all ages, she has been a successful entrepreneur. Her work has been featured in numerous national publications and magazines including The New York Times, Metropolitan Home, Gourmet and Bon Appetit. This event will take place on Sunday, December 1, 2024, from 2 to 4 pm, at the Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Avenue, Livingston, NJ.Livingston Arts Association, Inc., is dedicated to providing classes, sponsoring exhibitions in which members display their work, hosting demonstrations and critiques by professional artists, and awarding scholarships to Livingston High School seniors. Artists of all levels are welcome to participate in all events.This event is free and open to the public. Invite your friends. Refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you.To take classes with Sandra at The Livingston Arts Association, reach out to Marilyn Kalb at marilynkalb07058@gmail.com. or by phone 973-276-1191.
- Livingston Arts Association presents its next winter art demonstration. Laurie Harden will be giving an oil painting demonstration, sponsored by the Livingston Arts Association, of a technique she has developed and calls "Drip Locks." It is a process of dripping strands of loose oil paint down a white canvas to form dreadlocks. She then paints a face amidst the drip locks so that they form the hair of the portrait.Ms. Harden is a fine artist and art instructor from Boonton. She teaches Drawing, Painting and Pastels through the Livingston Arts Association, the Morris County Art Association and Speakeasy Arts. The painting demonstration will be held at the Livingston Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Ave., on Sunday, March 3, from 2 to 4 pm. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served. Livingston Arts Association, Inc., is dedicated to providing art classes, to giving members the opportunity to display works in shows, and to providing demonstrations and critiques from professional artists as well as providing scholarships to Livingston High School Seniors. Artists of all levels are welcome to participate in all our events.
- Livingston Arts Association is proud to present Tim Maher who will demonstrate "How To Create a Landscape Painting with The Addition of a Human Figure." This event will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Avenue, Livingston, NJ.A graduate of Rider College with a B. A. in Fine Arts/Studio and Design Tim Maher also studied at the Art Students League in New York with Harvey Dinnerstein. His work has been exhibited throughout the state and has won numerous awards.Tim works primarily in oil, but enjoys water color and pastel. His interest is in the figure and portraiture, usually in a realistic, contemporary environment. He considers himself a classical painter with an occasional impressionist leaning. He is the current president of Art Centre of New Jersey located at Riker Hill in Livingston.Livingston Arts Association, Inc., is dedicated to providing classes, sponsoring exhibitions in which members display their work, hosting demonstrations and critiques by professional artists, and awarding scholarships to Livingston High School seniors. Artists of all levels are welcome to participate in all events.This event is free and open to the public. Invite your friends. Refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you.
- The Livingston Arts Association, Inc. has been serving the artistic community of the Livingston area under the aegis of the Department of Recreation & Parks since its founding in 1959. We welcome beginner, intermediate and advanced students.Over the years, many New Jersey artists of note have continued to support this organization. Each year the Livingston Arts Association, Inc. holds two major Annual Members' Shows, one in the fall and one in the Spring. The paintings in these exhibits are judged and awards are presented. These shows attract both professional and non-professional artists. Artists outside of the area are welcome to exhibit provided that they become members of the Association. In addition, the Livingston Arts Association, Inc. receives invitations from outside sponsoring organizations to participate in exhibitions.A wide selection of classes for adults and children, taught by professionally well known New Jersey artists, is offered on various days and evenings of the week. These cover instruction in oils, watercolor, pastels, drawing and acrylics. Classes are held from September to early June in three semesters fall. winter, spring at the Senior/Community Center. Summer classes are also offered.The artwork of our Jr. Members will be displayed on an annual basis during the month of May.The Livingston Arts Association, Inc. is a charter member of the Arts Council of Livingston and the Morris Area Visual Arts Forum sponsored by the Arts Council of the Morris Area.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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