2025-05-20T13:03:36-04:00 2024-12-31 822194701 REIMER & FREEMAN CPAS PC 145 MERRITTS RD SUITE 1 FARMINGDALE NY 11735 990EZ 2024-01-01 872497118 VISUAL ECHO INC % THIJS BEUMING VISU 9175741287 39 WEST 71ST ST STE B NEW YORK NY 100234182 THIJS BEUMING TREASURER 9179123652 2025-05-12 true true LISA FREEMAN P02350242 5166946808 2025-05-20 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 79406 X 79406 79406 33263 10204 496 19605 63568 15838 13060 28898 13060 28898 0 0 0 0 13060 28898 0 0 13060 28898 SEE SCHEDULE O SEE SCHEDULE O 52377 52377 IRINA KRUZHILINA PRESIDENT 10.00 0 0 0 THIJS BEUMING VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER 5.00 0 0 0 ORLANDO PABOTOY DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 JENNIFER HOLMES DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false THIJS BEUMING 39 WEST 71ST ST Ste B NEW YORK NY 100234182 9175741287 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 79406 79406 79406 79406 63624 15782 79406 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Description of other expenses Part I line 16 Description AmountMATERIALS 7,846COSTUMES 3,336FOOD 4,479GIFTS 1,031ADMIN 937WEBSITE 656SUBSCRIPTIONS 641TRAVEL 629FILING FEES 50 Other program services Part III line 31 MISSION STATEMENT VISUAL ECHO IS A NEW YORK-BASED PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED DURING THE PANDEMIC BY A SMALL COLLECTIVE OF IMMIGRANT ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS. ROOTED IN OUR CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, WE CREATE BOLD, PARTICIPATORY PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT SPARK DIALOGUE AMONG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. WE BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CONVERSATION TO BRIDGE CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL DIVIDESCHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS, DISMANTLING PREJUDICE, AND BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT DIVIDE US. WE USE INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE- AND ART-BASED PROGRAMS AS CATALYSTS FOR EXCHANGE AROUND CIVIC ISSUES SUCH AS IMMIGRATION, POLARIZATION, CONFLICT, AND PEACE BUILDING. WE CREATE SPACES WHERE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT ARE VITAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES, AND ESSENTIAL TO OUR ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS. ****2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS**** IN 2024 WE DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED OUR FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE, SPACEBRIDGEA WORKSHOP PROGRAM AND PERFORMANCE UNITING 11 RUSSIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN, WHO FLED TO THE U.S. DUE TO THEIR FAMILIES ANTI-WAR STANCE AND NOW LIVE IN NYC SHELTERS, WITH AMERICAN PEERS TO BUILD FRIENDSHIPS AND CONFRONT DIFFERENCES. THE PERFORMANCE FOLLOWED THE IMMIGRANTS STORIES AS THEY INTEGRATE INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY AND WRESTLE WITH HERITAGE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND GUILT BY ASSOCIATION. SPACEBRIDGE EMERGED FROM OUR CREATIVE STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS THAT BRING TOGETHER IMMIGRANT AND NON-IMMIGRANT YOUTH TO SHARE EXPERIENCES, BUILD CONNECTIONS, AND IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE MULTICULTURAL FRIENDSHIPS ARE EMBRACED. SPACEBRIDGE PREMIERED IN JANUARY 2025 AT LA MAMAS ELLEN STEWART THEATRE AS PART OF THE UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL AND WILL TOUR TO BOSTONS PARAMOUNT CENTER THIS FALL. IN RESPONSE TO GROWING INTEREST, WERE EXPANDING THE PROJECT NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST RESIDENCIES THAT BRING REFUGEE AND LOCAL YOUTH TOGETHER TO CO-CREATE NEW, COMMUNITY-ROOTED SPACEBRIDGES. THE PROJECT SPARKS YOUTH-LED CONVERSATIONS ON IDENTITY AND BELONGINGURGENTLY NEEDED AMID TODAYS GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS.