Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$424k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$526k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$652k
$229k liabilities
Net assets
$423k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
3.6y av
Staff
9
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc's network
13 peoplei13 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
13 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 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atina Fareed-Cooke | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Brandon Watson | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Cristin L Murray (also filed as Cristin Murray) | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Douglas Levere (also filed as Doug Levere) | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Eric Kunsman | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jordan Lema | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kim Sholly (also filed as Kim Sholly) | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Laura O'Neill | President | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Melissa Grainger | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Morgan Tanski | Treasurer | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Quincy Miracle | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Rachel Good | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Valerie Ingold | Vice President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Hickey | Executive Director | 2025 |
| Claire Leggett | Former Executive Director | 2023 |
| Eric Kunsman | Director | 2023 |
| Lawrence Brose | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Veronique Cote | Former Executive Director | since 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Hickey | Executive Director | 40 | $57k | ||
| Laura O'Neill | President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Valerie Ingold | Vice President | 3 | $0 | ||
| Morgan Tanski | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Doug Levere | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Atina Fareed-Cooke | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Rachel Good | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Grainger | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Eric Kunsman | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jordan Lema | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Douglas Levere | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Quincy Miracle | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Cristin L Murray | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Kim Sholly | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Brandon Watson | Director | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc
- EIN
- 237442268
- Address
- 617 Main St Ste 201, Buffalo, NY, 14203-1400
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts, Inc. (CEPA) is dedicated to the photo-related arts. Founded in Buffalo, New York by regional artists, CEPA has developed into a nationally renowned multi-faceted contemporary arts center with major programs in visual arts and education. CEPA's visual arts program supports and exhibits projects by emerging to established artists from diverse... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A400 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
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1974
- Principal officer
- Laura O'Neill (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 1975
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsCristin L Murray
≥6years on the filingsDouglas Levere
≥6years on the filingsValerie Ingold
≥5years on the filingsMelissa Grainger
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
- $652k
- Total liabilities
- $229k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $423k
- Contributions and grants received
- $352k
- Program service revenue
- $72k
- Employees
- 9
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.Center For Exploratory And Perceptual Arts, 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
- 7 June 1974
- Registered agent
- N/A: The Corp. (city and state not held)