2025-11-11T12:51:13-08:00 2024-12-31 464721814 Zelin & Associates CPA LLC 555 8th Ave Ste 2203 New York NY 10018 990 2024-01-01 201637770 Ether Sea Projects Inc DBA Litmus Press ETHE 7182885530 925 Bergen Street 405 Brooklyn NY 11238 E TRACY GRINNELL Executive Director 2025-11-11 true true STEVEN ZELIN CPA P00737180 6466784496 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z E TRACY GRINNELL 925 Bergen Street 405 Brooklyn NY 11238 244420 false X www.litmuspress.org X NY LITMUS PRESS IS A PROGRAM OF ETHER SEA PROJECTS, INC., A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT LITERATURE AND ARTS ORGANIZATION. WE ARE DEDICATED TO PUBLISHING INNOVATIVE, CROSS-GENRE, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK BY POETS, WRITERS, TRANSLATORS, AND ARTISTS. 9 9 3 0 191181 204727 36205 35450 4251 3470 0 231637 243647 0 0 77979 78726 0 6721 174576 157609 252555 236335 -20918 7312 8104 5876 5108 0 2996 5876 LITMUS PRESS IS A PROGRAM OF ETHER SEA PROJECTS, INC., A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT LITERATURE AND ARTS ORGANIZATION. 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