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Future Perfect Project Inc

EIN 87-4650805 · Stone Ridge, NY

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong100 out of 100GovernanceWeak43 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

TO AMPLIFY QUEER YOUNG VOICES, WE PRODUCE AND FACILITATE CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, MEDIA PROJECTS, AND LIVE PERFORMANCES OF ORIGINAL WORK CREATED BY AND ABOUT THE CURRENT GENERATION OF LGBTQIA+ YOUTH.

Income
$1.5 million
Spending
$413,085
Spent on programs
70%
Reserves
35.9 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%
Employees
0
Volunteers
3
Highest pay
$58,650, president

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 35.9 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 73% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 207% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    70% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    18 of 25

    3 of 4 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    0 of 15

    Reports no written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    0 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 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)
  1. $122,307 spent. GENERAL PROGRAM - OUR APPROACH ENCOMPASSES TWO MAIN PATHWAYS: DIRECT INTERACTION AND BROADCASTING VIA MEDIA PROJECTS. TRACKING THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED ANNUALLY PRIMARILY ALIGNS WITH OUR PROGRAMS INVOLVING DIRECT INTERACTION. DIRECT INTERACTION: SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE'VE MADE OVER 100 VISITS TO LGBTQ+ CENTERS AND SCHOOLS ACROSS 23 STATES. TO BALANCE OUR FOCUS ON PRODUCTION PROJECTS, WE NOW CONDUCT 5-10 IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE ANNUALLY, WITH PARTICIPANT NUMBERS RANGING FROM 10-30 PEOPLE, TOTALING UP TO 300 PARTICIPANTS YEARLY. ADDITIONALLY, OUR ONLINE NETWORK OF OVER 400 ACTIVE MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREE ONLINE PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING WRITER'S ROOM, A BI-MONTHLY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS AGES 13-19. OUR ETHOS REVOLVES AROUND DEPTH RATHER THAN BREADTH; WE PRIORITIZE DEEP CONNECTIONS AND EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT, ALLOWING YOUNG PEOPLE TO CULTIVATE THEIR WORK, FORGE CONNECTIONS, AND MAXIMIZE THEIR CREATIVE IMPACT. OUR PROGRAMMING IS INCLUSIVE AND FREE, CATERING TO LGBTQIA+ YOUTH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FACE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING THE ARTS OR SAFE SPACES FOR SELF-EXPRESSION. WE FOCUS ON SERVING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH, LOW-INCOME YOUTH, AND THOSE RESIDING IN REGIONS MARKED BY HOMOPHOBIA AND ANTI-LGBTQIA+ LEGISLATION. BY OFFERING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING GLOBALLY, WE DISMANTLE GEOGRAPHIC AND FINANCIAL OBSTACLES, PROVIDING YOUTH WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH FELLOW CREATIVES AND BUILD A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY OF VISIONARY QUEER ARTISTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LOCATION OR FINANCIAL MEANS.
  2. $84,843 spent. EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY THE FUTURE PERFECT PROJECT (IFQT), IM FEELING QUEER TODAY IS A PODCAST THAT AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF QUEER YOUTH BY EXPLORING CURRENT THEMES AND ISSUES THROUGH A QUEER LENS. PRODUCED AND HOSTED BY A TEAM OF 11 YOUNG ADULTS FROM ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, IFQT IS A COMBINATION OF TRUE-STORYTELLING, INTERVIEWS, TRIVIA AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING DISCUSSIONS THAT CENTER QUEER YOUNG VOICES IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS, CULTURE AND ACTIVISM. 2024 - FOLLOWING A FIVE-STAR-RATED FIRST SEASON WITH RECOGNITION FROM APPLE PODCASTS PRIDE COLLECTION, I'M FEELING QUEER TODAY! IS BACK FOR MORE. IN SEASON 2, WE'RE DIVING EVEN DEEPER INTO THE WORLD OF LGBTQIA+ CULTURE AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF QUEERNESS AND DISABILITY, NEURODIVERGENCE, GENDER, AND GEOGRAPHY. YOU WILL HEAR FROM A DISABILITY JUSTICE SCHOLAR, A QUEER BUSINESS OWNER ADOPTING A 'NON-BINARY BUSINESS MODEL, AND OF COURSE, QUEER YOUTH OF TODAY AS WE CARRY YOU THROUGH VULNERABLE DISCUSSIONS, INTERVIEWS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING, ORIGINAL MUSIC, AND SO MUCH MORE. IM FEELING QUEER TODAY, AND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, HOSTING OVER 140 ORIGINAL VIDEOS, SERVE AS PLATFORMS TO CONTINUE AMPLIFYING YOUNG QUEER VOICES AND CULTIVATING AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
  3. $25,806 spent. THE FUTURE PERFECT RECORDS PROGRAM OFFERS ASPIRING SINGER-SONGWRITERS INVALUABLE GUIDANCE IN CRAFTING PROFESSIONAL PROFILES ON PROMINENT STREAMING PLATFORMS LIKE APPLE MUSIC, SPOTIFY, AND BANDCAMP, IN ADDITION TO BEING PART OF AN ORIGINAL COMPILATION ALBUM. MOREOVER, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE MEMBERSHIPS TO ESTEEMED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ASCAP OR BMI, FURTHER ENHANCING THEIR VISIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. FPR IS AN ONGOING ONLINE ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR LGBTQIA+ SINGER-SONGWRITERS AGES 14-22. IN THIS TRANSFORMATIVE 9-MONTH PROCESS, A SELECTED COHORT OF QUEER MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. MEET ONLINE TO CONCEIVE, RECORD, AND RELEASE A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM OF THEIR OWN ORIGINAL MUSIC. IN 2021, THE FIRST COHORT OF SELECTED ARTISTS CREATED THE ALBUM NOT WHAT YOU PICTURED WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS AND PERFORMED LIVE AT NEW YORK CITY'S LINCOLN CENTER WHERE THE ARTISTS MET IN PERSON. THIS PAST OCTOBER, THE CURRENT COHORT OF YOUNG ARTISTS RELEASED "DIVINITY," THE SECOND ALBUM FROM THE FP RECORDS PROGRAM, AND THEY MET IN NYC TO PERFORM LIVE AT THE PUBLIC THEATER. OUR DISCOGRAPHY HAS OVER 42K TOTAL STREAMS, ACROSS TWO ALBUMS ON ALL PLATFORMS, WITH 22 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ON THE ROSTER.
  4. $55,668 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS: OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY, IN-PERSON SHORT, WRITER'S ROOM, ONLINE WORKSHOPS ACTOR'S ACADEMY, FUTURE PERFECT RECORDS CONCERT, ANIMATIONS AND QUEER2QUEER.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.

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

    Recognized by the IRS since April 2022.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.

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