THE ART FARM AT WEST DRY CREEK
EIN 33-3914581 · Arts Services (A90)
What they do
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of THE ART FARM @ WEST DRY CREEK (THE ORGANIZATION") is to SERVE AS AN ARTISTIC and AGRICULTURAL RETREAT for REGENERATION and INNOVATION THAT FOCUSES ON THE INTERWOVEN and REGENERATIVE NATURES of BOTH and THEIR ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE HEALTH of HUMANITY and THE PLANET. LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE of HEALDSBURGS DRY CREEK VALLEY, THE RETREAT is DESIGNED to PROVIDE A DEDICATED SPACE WHERE ARTIST/FARMERS CAN TAKE A BREAK FROM THEIR DAILY ROUTINES, REJUVENATE, and ENGAGE IN CREATIVE and AGRARIAN EXPERIMENTATION. THE FACILITY, WHICH INCLUDES OUTDOOR and INDOOR LIVING SPACES for UP to FOUR ARTIST/FARMERS, A VERSATILE STUDIO/WORKSPACE WITHIN A RECONFIGURED 19TH-CENTURY BARN, and AN ADJOINING LEGACY FARM FEATURING A GREENHOUSE and TERRACED VEGETABLE GARDEN, CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT NURTURES BOTH CREATIVE EXPRESSION and SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES.
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ALEX KURTZMANVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
CHELSEA HADLEYDIRECTOR
DAWNELISE ROSENSECRETARY/DIRECTOR
MARCI ELLISONDIRECTOR
RACHEL MARTINEZTREASURER
SAMANTHA KURTZMAN-COUNTERPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2026
- Location
- 2049 CENTURY PARK E STE 1400, LOS ANGELES, CA 90067-3116
- County
- Los Angeles
- In care of
- SAMANTHA KURTZMAN-COUNTER
- Primary officer
- SAMANTHA KURTZMAN-COUNTER, PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- February 26, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- GROUND CONTROL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- NTEE classification
- Arts Services (A90)
- IRS tax category
- Arts Services