Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,048,008
- Total expenses
- $1,116,785
- Contributions and grants received
- $398,381
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $521,700
- Investment income
- $49,186
- Other revenue
- $78,741
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,768,607
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $144,757
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,623,850
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $892,523
- Management and general expenses
- $132,172
- Fundraising expenses
- $92,090
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $892,523
Program services were 79.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$41,716
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$170,800
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$185,865
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2a · Program service revenue: Workshops Sales Servi
total $521,700 · related or exempt $521,700
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3 · Investment income
total $49,186 · excluded $49,186
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6a · Gross rents
real property $67,065
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $67,065
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $67,065 · related or exempt $67,065
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11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $11,676 · related or exempt $11,676
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11e · Other revenue, total
$11,676
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $90,000 · program services $65,796 · management and general $14,422 · fundraising $9,782
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $291,698 · program services $213,251 · management and general $46,742 · fundraising $31,705
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $25,224 · program services $18,440 · management and general $4,042 · fundraising $2,742
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $63,757 · program services $46,611 · management and general $10,216 · fundraising $6,930
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $29,039 · program services $21,230 · management and general $4,653 · fundraising $3,156
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $36,901 · program services $28,934 · management and general $4,747 · fundraising $3,220
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11g · Fees: other
total $33,962 · program services $26,630 · management and general $4,369 · fundraising $2,963
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $18,858 · program services $17,694 · management and general $693 · fundraising $471
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13 · Office expenses
total $78,067 · program services $60,228 · management and general $10,070 · fundraising $7,769
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14 · Information technology
total $14,404 · program services $10,527 · management and general $2,310 · fundraising $1,567
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16 · Occupancy
total $34,712 · program services $12,351 · management and general $13,324 · fundraising $9,037
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17 · Travel
total $11,790 · program services $8,616 · management and general $1,891 · fundraising $1,283
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,080 · program services $2,388 · management and general $412 · fundraising $280
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $80,505 · program services $58,833 · management and general $12,913 · fundraising $8,759
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23 · Insurance
total $7,089 · program services $5,180 · management and general $1,138 · fundraising $771
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24a · Other expenses: Instructor and Honoraria
total $291,193 · program services $289,694 · fundraising $1,499
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24b · Other expenses: Equipment Maint and Rental
total $1,400 · program services $1,024 · management and general $224 · fundraising $152
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24c · Other expenses: Other
total $5,106 · program services $5,096 · management and general $6 · fundraising $4
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $323,215 · end of year $154,604
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $20,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $53,586 · end of year $6,021
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,863,473
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,138,579
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,682,485 · end of year $1,724,894
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $889,634 · end of year $863,088
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $66,680 · end of year $65,654
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $212,927 · end of year $75,603
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $4,500 · end of year $3,500
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,270,331 · end of year $2,285,603
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $394,482 · end of year $338,247
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
See Schedule O.
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The Writers Centers creative writing workshops are for both emerging and established writers. Offering classes in writing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, the workshops focus on a broad range of subgenres within each category, as well as workshops on publishing both short and long form work. We offer both in-person and online workshops.
Expenses $630,555 · Revenue $521,700
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In addition to The Writers Centers creative writing workshops, we offer 100 literary events that are free and open to the public, including readings, panels, and open mics. We publish three issues of an in-house magazine, featuring interviews with local authors alongside our seasonal class schedules.
Expenses $156,751
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Annually, The Writers Center publishes two issues of Poet Lore, the nations oldest poetry journal. With an updated look, Poet Lore now features a paid Guest Editor program, prominent contemporary poets who curate sections of each issue, and offers payment for accepted poems.
Expenses $105,217
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Margaret Meleney
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $104,033
- From this org
- $90,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,033
- Hours/week
- 40
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Bill Reynolds
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ofelia Montelongo
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jim McAndrew
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rachel Coonce
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Meera Trehan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Chetla Sebree
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
John Hill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tim Crawford
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mier Wolf
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tara Campbell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark Cymrot
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ken Ackerman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sally Mott Freeman
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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William DeVinney
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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David Stewart
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Eugene Kim
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 January 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202510159349302766
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