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MONTEZ PRESS ARTS INC
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 844855242 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE A20 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Small ($100K-$1M) · radio.montezpress.com
revenue
$480K
expenses
$389K
net assets
$205K
employees
3
program ratio
89%
mission · from form 990

THE ORGANIZATION IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION FORMED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SERVICES: TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY, AND MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION TO ARTISTS WORKING WITH SPOKEN, WRITTEN, AND AFFECTIVE LANGUAGE IN DIFFERENT MEDIUMS AND FORMS OF TRANSMISSION. MONTEZ PRESS ARTS GRANTS ARTISTS PERMISSION TO DEFINE THEIR OWN CREATIVE CONTEXT, INTERRUPT COMMERCIAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND REDEFINE FRAMEWORKS. MONTEZ PRESS ARTS' MONTEZ PRESS RADIO PROGRAM GIVES ARTISTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIMENT IN RADIO BROADCASTING AND PLAY IN THE BOUNDARIES OF CONVERSATION, PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION, AND SOUND BY OFFERING AIRTIME, RECORDING TECHNOLOGIES, LIVE PERFORMANCE SPACE, AND DOCUMENTATION. MONTEZ PRESS RADIO IS A PLATFORM WHERE DIFFERENT ENCLAVES OF THE ART WORLD INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND INVESTIGATE THE MANY FACETS OF RADIO AND SONIC SPACE

profile · synthesized from sources

Montez Press Arts Inc operates Montez Press Radio, a platform supporting artists working with spoken, written, and affective language across sound, performance, and transmission. The organization provides airtime, recording technology, live performance space, and documentation to enable experimental radio programming. It serves artists and art communities primarily in New York, with expanding programming in London and Mexico City.

named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Montez Press Radio
Experimental radio platform offering artists airtime, recording technologies, live performance space, and documentation to explore sonic and conversational forms across installation, performance, and broadcast
Series 4: The Walk
Curated series of audio walks and field recordings exploring urban environments and embodied listening, produced from May to July 2026
activities · 1 group

What they do

  • Podcast and Radio Production 2 activities
    • Operating Montez Press Radio for artistic experimentation and sonic exploration
      Operates Montez Press Radio as a platform that facilitates interaction among diverse segments of the art world, providing artists with airtime, recording technologies, live performance space, and documentation to experiment with radio broadcasting, sound, performance, and installation.
    • Producing and archiving ad-free radio programming for subscribers
      Produces thematic radio content, including the series "The Walk" (May–July 2026), and maintains an accessible archive of shows as part of its ad-free radio programming available to subscribers.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$480K
Contributions & grants$435K91%
Program service revenue$42K9%
Investment income$960%
Other revenue$2K
expenses
Total expenses$389K
Program expenses89%
Admin / overhead7%
Fundraising4%
Salaries & benefits$172K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$309K
Cash$129K
Investments$0
Liabilities$104K
Net assets$205K
Liquid reserves4.0 mo
2 years on record · 2022–2024 · YoY revenue +12.7%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 2
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
THOMAS LAPRADE EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEM 40 $76K
STACY SKOLNIK EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEM 40 $69K
board members · 5
  • C SPENCER YEH — BOARD MEMBER
  • GALEN-JOSEPH HUNTER — BOARD MEMBER
  • MARTHA FULLER CLARK — BOARD MEMBER
  • RAFAEL FOSTER — BOARD MEMBER
  • THAN CLARK — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 4

Who they work with

  • Forma HQ Partner — Hosts programming at Forma HQ in London, including the show "Sonic Essays: Drift to the Centre".
  • Independent Art Fair Partner — Produces a show titled "Free Champagne" in connection with the Independent Art Fair in New York.
  • Judd Foundation Partner — Collaborates with Judd Foundation on a program about Donald Judd furniture and design.
  • Salon 94 Design Partner — Collaborates with Salon 94 Design on a program about Donald Judd furniture and design.
strategies · 3

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Artist-Centered Resource Provision
    methodology: artist-centered_resource_provision
    By providing artists with tools, technology, and distribution channels, we enable sustained creative production across mediums, because access to infrastructure directly empowers artistic expression and independence.
  • Creative Autonomy and Disruption
    methodology: creative_autonomy_and_disruption
    By supporting artists to define their own creative context and challenge dominant frameworks, we produce innovative and critical art, because autonomy fosters disruptive practices that reframe how art functions in society.
  • Donation-Supported Independent Media
    methodology: donation-supported_independent_media
    By operating an ad-free radio platform funded by listener donations and subscriptions, we maintain editorial and creative independence, because financial independence from advertisers enables unfettered artistic and critical expression.