POWDERHOUSE STUDIOS LIMITED
EIN 81-4011915 · Elementary & Secondary Schools (B20)
What they do
to ADVANCE THE ART and SCIENCE of SEEING OLD THINGS IN NEW WAYS THROUGH RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT, EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL of COMPUTATION and STORY TELLING to ENABLE and SUPPORT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. to ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE HAVE SET UP A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN SOMERVILLE UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS INNOVATION SCHOOL LEGISLATION. THE MISSION of THIS SCHOOL is to SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR TRANSITION FROM STUDENTS (LARGELY PASSIVE RECIPIENTS of INFORMATION) INTO INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS. THIS HIGH SCHOOL WILL OFFER US SANDBOX and CONTEXT to DEVELOP THE TOOLS, MATERIALS, and PROGRAMS WHICH SIT AT THE CORE of OUR MISSION, POWERING OUR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, and DESIGN WORK.
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ALEC MICHAEL RESNICKPRESIDENT AND CLERK
SHAUNALYNN DUFFYTREASURER
BAKHTIAR MIKHAKDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- February 2017
- Location
- 339R SUMMER ST, SOMERVILLE, MA 021443141
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- ALEC MICHAEL RESNICK
- Primary officer
- ALEC MICHAEL RESNICK, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2018
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2018
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- KAHN LITWIN RENZA & CO LTD
- NTEE classification
- Elementary & Secondary Schools (B20)
- IRS tax category
- Elementary & Secondary Schools
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2022