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Garage Arts Project Inc

EIN 86-2783802 · Plano, TX

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair54 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

GARAGE ARTS PROJECT (GAP) IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING AN INTIMATE AND IMMERSIVE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES TO FOSTER CREATIVITY, AND GOODWILL, INCREASE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND STRIVE FOR BETTER CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.

Income
$64,887
Spending
$66,526
Reserves
1.9 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 92%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 1.9 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    8 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 3% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 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 (15)
  1. $61,692 spent. DATE: JAN 24TH, 2025 VENUE: FRISCO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERSEVENT: MUSIC IN THE CHAMBER THE ALAYA PROJECT THE ALAYA PROJECT CROSSES OVER BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ AND FUNK AND THE INTRICATE CARNATIC STYLE OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. FEATURING: INDIAN PERCUSSIONIST, ROHAN KRISHNAMURTHY; PRASANT RADHAKRISHNAN ON SAXOPHONE; AND THE HARMONIC BEDROCK OF COLIN HOGAN. THE ALAYA PROJECT MADE ITS DEBUT IN FRISCO FOR THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE 2025 MUSIC IN THE CHAMBER SEASON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PLAYFRISCO.
  2. DATE: FEBRUARY 15TH, 2025VENUE: COX PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: ARTIST SHOWCASE DALLAS-BASED ARTIST LAUREN KRAVITZ OPENED THE EVENING WITH ODES, A DANCE PIECE REFLECTING THAT NOTHING IS EVER TRULY A SOLO. THROUGH THIS WORK, LAUREN EMBODIES THREE SIGNIFICANT MENTORS AND COLLABORATORS WHO HAVE SHAPED HER ARTISTRY, OFFERING A HEARTFELT THANK-YOU, A REFLECTION, AND AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY. MAIN ACT - THE FOUR HORSEMEN BY JIVA DANCE (NY-BASED DANCE COMPANY) IS A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE PRODUCTION THAT EXPLORES SYMBOLISM FROM THE STORY OF THE APOCALYPSE THROUGH INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE, MUSIC, AND SANSKRIT POETRY.
  3. DATE: APRIL 5TH, 2025VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: DANCE PLANO! GAP DANCE ENSEMBLE PREMIERED WHAT REMAINS AT THE DANCE PLANO! THROUGH MOVEMENT, WE EXPLORED THE PUSH AND PULL OF NOSTALGIA- THE DESIRE TO HOLD ON, THE INEVITABILITY OF LETTING GO. 5 DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHY- RENUKA RAJAGOPALAN
  4. DATE: APRIL 11, 2025VENUE: MATCH, HOUSTON, TXEVENT: SPRING SOIREE OPENING ACT: "A QUIET ENDING" IS A MEDITATION ON THE PASSING OF THE CHOREOGRAPHER'S PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER. THE PIECE IS MARKED BY A SLOW, DIRGE-LIKE TEMPO AND SOMBER MOOD, REFLECTING THE LIFE OF A WOMAN OF FAITH, FAMILY, AND PERSEVERANCE AND ENCAPSULATING THE QUIET END OF A LIFE WELL-LIVED.CHOREOGRAPHER: ADAM CASTANEDA, PERFORMED BY DANCERS FROM PILOT DANCE PROJECT. THE MAIN PERFORMANCE, "MOVING IMAGES", IS A MESMERIZING COLLECTION OF DANCE WORKS PRESENTED IN THE SHILPANATANAM STYLE BY DANCERS KAUSTAVI SARKAR AND BHARATHI PENNESWARAN, A UNIQUE MOVEMENT FORM PIONEERED BY MAYA KULKARNI. THE 45-MINUTE PERFORMANCE WILL FEATURE FOUR DISTINCT PIECES, EACH DRAWING FROM CLASSICAL INDIAN POETRY, FOLK TRADITIONS, AND TEMPLE ARTS, EXPLORING THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND SPIRITUALITY.
  5. DATE: MAY 2025 VENUE: PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY, PLANO, TX EVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US (OUTREACH)FRAGMENTS OF US BEGAN WITH A SIMPLE IDEA: WHAT IF THE MOST PERSONAL STORIES, BE IT OF LOVE, LOSS, CHANGE, OR RESILIENCE, COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO ART? WE INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE PIECES OF THEMSELVES. PEOPLE SHARED LETTERS, PHOTOS, SHORT WRITTEN MEMORIES, POEMS, SMALL OBJECTS, VOICE NOTES, AND OTHER PIECES THAT HELD MEANING. THE PROJECT CAME ALIVE IN 4 OUT OF 5 PLANO'S PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS AT THE SPARK SPACE WALL, WHERE VISITORS COULD STEP INTO INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS AND ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE THEME. A BAMBOO TREE OF WISHES OFFERED A PLACE TO WRITE ONE'S HOPES AND MEMORY JARS, CAPTURING EMOTIONS! RITUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD INVITED REFLECTION ON HOW WE MARK CHANGE, GRIEF, AND HEALING.
  6. DATE: MAY 2025 VENUE: FORT BEND LIBRARIES, RICHMOND, TXEVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US (OUTREACH)A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND LIBRARIES WORLD BEATS A FOOT-TAPPING TRIP AROUND THE WORLD AS WE PRESENTED DRUMMING GROUPS FROM INDIA (HOUSTON PARAI KUZHU), WEST AFRICA (JOY OF DJEMBE), AND JAPAN (KAMINARI TAIKO). WORLD BEATS PROMISED AN IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. THE GROUPS INVOLVED THE AUDIENCES IN THEIR RHYTHMIC OFFERINGS AND PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THESE VARIED PERCUSSIVE STYLES. WE ALSO HAD BOOTHS WITH INTERACTIVE GAMES FOR CHILDREN USING GLOBAL ART FORMS TO COMMUNICATE, EMOTE, AND EXPRESS.
  7. DATE: MAY 13TH, 2025VENUE: LEGACY WEST EVENT: WORD ON WINDROSE, PLANO, TX (OUTREACH)A LIVE, INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE AT LEGACY WEST. THROUGH CREATIVE PROMPTS AND SPONTANEOUS MAGIC, OUR TEAM OF MUSICIAN AND DANCERS TRANSFORMED STORIES COLLECTED FROM VISITORS INTO LIVE ART.
  8. DATE: MAY 25TH, 2025VENUE: COX PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: ARTIST SHOWCASE OPENING THE EVENING WAS FISHBOWL TO FREEDOM, A STRIKING CONTEMPORARY WORK BY DALLAS-BASED ARTISTS KD MILLIGAN, RAI BARNARD, AND MEAGAN COBB.THROUGH BOLD, QUEER-CENTERED MOVEMENT, THE TRIO EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO TRADE SAFETY FOR SURVIVAL AND TO LEAP FROM CONFINEMENT INTO THE UNKNOWN.THE EVENING'S MAIN ACT: YELLAMMA: BIRTH OF A GODDESS, A SOLO DANCE PERFORMANCE BY THE CAPTIVATING ARCHANA RAJA, A CALIFORNIA BAY AREA ARTIST AND KUCHIPUDI DANCE PROFESSIONAL.
  9. DATE: JUNE AND JULY, 2025VENUE: PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY, PLANO, TX EVENTS: SUMMER WORKSHOPSFIBER ARTIST CHRISTINE MILLER AND ARTCENTRE OF PLANO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUZY JONES LEAD A HANDS-ON FIBER ART WORKSHOP AT HAGGARD LIBRARY, WHERE PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO CREATE, CONNECT, AND EXPLORE THE HEALING POSSIBILITIES OF FIBER-BASED ART.OUR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP, LED BY KRISTEN HESTER, CAME TO THE PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR FOUR GUIDED SESSIONS: RELEASE, FOCUSED ON LEARNING TO LET GO; RE-EXAMINE, A REFLECTION ON THE PAST SELF; AND RESTRUCTURE, A SPACE TO EXPLORE AND EXPRESS THE PRESENT SELF THROUGH WRITING AND DIALOGUE.
  10. DATE: JUNE 20TH, 2025VENUE: BLACK BOX, FRISCO DISCOVERY CENTER, FRISCO, TXEVENT: STUDENT SHOWCASEIN FRISCO, WE SPOTLIGHTED EMERGING TALENT. AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCES THAT CELEBRATED YOUNG VOICES AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGH A RIGOROUS SELECTION PROCESS.
  11. DATE: AUGUST 16TH, 2025VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE, PLANO, TXEVENT: CELEBRATE THE ARTSGAP DANCE ENSEMBLE PERFORMED THE LATEST PRODUCTION WHAT REMAINS AT THE CELEBRATE THE ARTS EVENT HOSTED BY COLLABORATIVE ARTS OF PLANO. THROUGH MOVEMENT, WE EXPLORED THE PUSH AND PULL OF NOSTALGIA- THE DESIRE TO HOLD ON, THE INEVITABILITY OF LETTING GO. 5 DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHY- RENUKA RAJAGOPALAN.
  12. DATE: AUGUST- SEPTEMBER, 2025VENUE: ONLINEEVENT: ARTSALAD 2025ARTSALAD IS A CURATED PLATFORM SHOWCASING BOLD, BOUNDARY-BREAKING WORKS FROM ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. SOLO OR GROUP ARTISTS ABOVE AGE 15 APPLIED WITH ORIGINAL WORKS ON THE THEME OF FRAGMENTS OF US.
  13. DATE: OCTOBER 8TH 29TH, 2025VENUE: COLLIN COLLEGE ART GALLERY EVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US EXHIBITION AND RECEPTION (FREE)COMMUNITY-SUBMITTED STORIES TRANSFORMED INTO POWERFUL VISUAL ART AND IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS, INCLUDING PIECES OF US BY ARTIST OLIVIA, MEMORY JARS, WISH TREE NOTES, AND STUDENT WORKS.GALLERY RECEPTION (OCT 12, 4 PM, COLLIN COLLEGE ART GALLERY, PLANO CAMPUS | FREE)ARTIST TALKS, PROCESS, AND WALK THROUGH THE EXHIBITION.
  14. DATE: OCT 18TH, 2025VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE, PLANOEVENT: BRIDGES FESTIVAL BRIDGES FESTIVAL, OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT, IS A PLATFORM THAT BRINGS MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS ON ONE STAGE TO CREATE A PIECE THAT IS A CULMINATION OF MULTIPLE ART WORLDS AND MULTIPLE STORIES!THE MAIN ACT: A COMMISSIONED WORK - FRAGMENTS OF US - CREATED AND PERFORMED BY THE THEATRE, DANCE, AND MUSIC STUDENTS OF COLLIN COLLEGE.INSPIRED BY REAL STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THIS PERFORMANCE MOVED EVERY HEART IN THE ROOM.
  15. DATE: DEC 6TH, 2025VENUE: MATCH, HOUSTONEVENT: FRAGMENTS OF US"FRAGMENTS OF US" AT MATCH HOUSTON, AN EVENING WHERE COMMUNITY STORIES CAME ALIVE THROUGH DANCE, MUSIC, POETRY, AND STORYTELLING. THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCED AN INTIMATE, UNSCRIPTED PERFORMANCE SHAPED BY REAL VOICES AND DEEP CONNECTION AND MET THE ARTISTS POST THE EVENT TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 September 10, 2026.

  4. 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 September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since July 2021.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. 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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