THE MARKS PROJECT INC
EIN 46-2039930 · Arts Education (A25)
What they do
IN 2020, WE UNDERTOOK A WEBSITE REDESIGN to IMPROVE PROCESSING TIME NECESSITATED BY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN USER PAGE LOAD TIMES and PROJECTED ADDITIONAL FUTURE WEBSITE TRAFFIC. DURING THIS REDESIGN PROBLEMS AROSE AND, BY EARLY 2022, WE HIRED A NEW DESIGNER WHO WAS ABLE to MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD WITH BETA TESTING BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER of 2023. THE NEW WEBSITE WILL UPDATE THE APPEARANCE of THE WEB PAGES and WILL REFINE SEARCH FUNCTIONS to IMPROVE THE USER EXPERIENCE ON ALL DIGITAL DEVICES. THE FIRST PHASE of THE NEW WEBSITE is PROJECTED to LAUNCH IN THE FALL of 2024. DURING 2023, WE EXPANDED OUR BOARD of DIRECTORS and NOW HAVE 10 MEMBERS WITH EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGY, FUNDRAISING, WEBSITE MARKETING & PUBLICITY, PROMOTING ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS, and OUTREACH to REGIONAL MUSEUMS and UNIVERSITIES. COMBINED WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED IN 2022, WE NOW HAVE A MUCH BROADER REACH and ENCHANCED EXPERTISE for PROMOTING OUR PROGRAMS IN THE GREATER CERAMICS WORLD. WE CONTINUE to P
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Board and leadership roster (7)
JOSEPHINE LAURIA FARGOVICE PRESIDENT
JOSHUA KOPINSECRETARY
JUNE SAKATADIRECTOR
KATE LYDONDIRECTOR
MARTHA B VIDAPRESIDENT
NICHOLAS VIDATREASURER
ULYSSES GRANT DIETZDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- 1009B MAIN ST, HOPE VALLEY, RI 02832-1607
- County
- Washington
- In care of
- % MARTHA VIDA
- Primary officer
- MARTHA B VIDA, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ARTHUR H LATHROP CPA
- NTEE classification
- Arts Education (A25)
- IRS tax category
- Arts Education