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US nonprofit · EIN 050552252 · Long Island City, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 050552252) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2015.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Arete Living Arts Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$232k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$223k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$24k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$24k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.8y av
Staff
0
17 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2023. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2023 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Arete Living Arts Foundation's network

5 peoplei5 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Heather MilburnBoard President2021
5 yrs
Jackie GardnerTreasurer2021
5 yrs
John WhitemanExecutive Director2022
4 yrs
Shubho GoshBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Yves BashongaBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Heather MilburnBoard President2023
Jackie GardnerTreasurer2023
John WhitemanExecutive Directorsince 2021
Shubho GoshBoard Member2023
Yves BashongaBoard Member2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Caeser WhitemanExecutive Director30$160
Heather MilburnBoard President10$0
Jackie GardnerTreasurer5$0
Kalina RumbalskiSecretary5$0

About

Legal name
Arete Living Arts Foundation
EIN
050552252
Address
44-70 21st Street 1015, Long Island City, NY, 11101-5114
State
New York
Mission
The creation and support of arts that inspire personal, political, or spiritual awakening. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A60 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2003
Principal officer
Caeser Whiteman (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 May 2024
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2022
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsHeather Milburn
≥5years on the filingsJackie Gardner
≥4years on the filingsJohn Whiteman
≥4years on the filingsShubho Gosh

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$24k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$24k
Contributions and grants received
$16k
Program service revenue
$216k
Employees
0
Volunteers
17

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Arete Living Arts Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Foreign Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
1 March 2017
Registered agent
Not stated