Totals
- Total revenue
- $324,087
- Total expenses
- $298,351
- Contributions and grants received
- $312,365
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $11,604
- Investment income
- $118
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $152,750
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $152,750
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $272,113
- Management and general expenses
- $26,238
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $272,113
Program services were 91.2% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$160,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$152,365
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES
total $7,300 · related or exempt $7,300
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2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES
total $4,304 · related or exempt $4,304
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3 · Investment income
total $118 · excluded $118
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $82,731 · program services $82,731
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $29,969 · program services $29,969
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,665 · program services $7,665
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,000 · management and general $1,000
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $6,488 · management and general $6,488
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11g · Fees: other
total $95,847 · program services $95,847
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,309 · program services $5,309
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,082 · management and general $2,082
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14 · Information technology
total $8,063 · management and general $8,063
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17 · Travel
total $9,589 · program services $9,589
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $41,003 · program services $41,003
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23 · Insurance
total $1,703 · management and general $1,703
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24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT
total $2,078 · management and general $2,078
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24b · Other expenses: OFFICE MEALS
total $2,074 · management and general $2,074
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24c · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $1,133 · management and general $1,133
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24d · Other expenses: PHONE/INTERNET
total $900 · management and general $900
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24e · All other expenses
total $717 · management and general $717
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $96,581 · end of year $55,561
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $29,633 · end of year $97,189
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $126,214 · end of year $152,750
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF BLACK WOMEN BY PUBLISHING CONTEMPORARY CREATIVE WRITING BY EMERGING AND EXPERIENCED WRITERS ALIKE, TO ARCHIVE CONTRIBUTORS' LITERARY WORK FOR POSTERITY AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK WOMEN THROUGH LITERARY ARTS.
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TORCH MAGAZINE: ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE THAT PUBLISHES FEATURES MONTHLY ACROSS POETRY, FICTION, CREATIVE NONFICTION, AND SCRIPT (PLAYS AND SCREENPLAYS).
Expenses $65,307
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READING SERIES FEATURES NOTABLE AUTHORS AT A PUBLIC READING TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE THEIR CURRENT PUBLICATIONS AND ENGAGE THE LOCAL LITERARY COMMUNITY.
Expenses $57,144 · Revenue $4,304
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SPECIAL EVENTS: READINGS, PANELS, AND CRAFT CONVERSATIONS TO AMPLIFY BLACK WOMEN WRITERS AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF LITERARY ARTS.
Expenses $149,662 · Revenue $7,300
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Sequoia ManerSEQUOIA MANER
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Stephanie LangSTEPHANIE LANG
BOARD SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Candace LopezCANDACE LOPEZ
BOARD TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Omi JonesOMI JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Shannon JohnsonSHANNON JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dana WeekesDANA WEEKES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Erin WaelderERIN WAELDER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Amanda JohnstonAMANDA JOHNSTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $82,731
- From this org
- $82,731
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533189349308053
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