Mela Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$238k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$249k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$21k
$707k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $686k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.4 years on average
Staff
4
25 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
9
named in Part VII
Mela Foundation Inc's network
9 people6 organisationsi9 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
9 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex DEA | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Charles Curtis | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Diane Wakoski | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Jon Hendricks | President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Jung HEE Choi | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Kent D Underwood | Company secretary | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Michael L Commons | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Patrice Miller | Company secretary | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Terry Riley | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alex DEA | Director | since 2018 |
| Charles Curtis | Director | since 2018 |
| Diane Wakoski | Director | since 2018 |
| Jon Hendricks | President | since 2018 |
| Jung HEE Choi | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Kent D Underwood | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Michael L Commons | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Patrice Miller | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Terry Riley | Director | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jung Hee Choi | Vice President | 40 | $65k | ||
| Michael L Commons | Vice President | 0 | $0 | ||
| Patrice Miller | Secretary | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jon Hendricks | President | 0 | $0 | ||
| Diane Wakoski | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Alex Dea | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Terry Riley | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Charles Curtis | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Kent D Underwood | Secretary | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Mela Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 133352195
- Address
- 275 Church Street, New York, NY, 10013-3414
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The foundation is dedicated to creative work in music, visual arts and other media and to the presentation of major extended installations the expand traditional boundaries of the arts. The foundations activities include performances, exhibitions, film, video and radio presentations, teaching, research and publications. In addition the foundation develops and maintains extensive archives of... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A200 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
- 1985
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1987
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 2, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥5years on the filingsAlex DEA
≥5years on the filingsCharles Curtis
≥5years on the filingsDiane Wakoski
≥5years on the filingsJon Hendricks
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $21k
- Total liabilities
- $707k
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $686k
- Contributions and grants received
- $144k
- Program service revenue
- $94k
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 25
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.Mela Foundation, Inc. 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
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 29 May 1985
- Registered agent
- Not stated