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← LITERARY CLEVELAND

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LITERARY CLEVELAND.

Totals

Total revenue
$491,704
Total expenses
$342,917
Contributions and grants received
$306,133
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$185,571
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$337,962
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,400
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$325,562
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$256,537
Management and general expenses
$42,306
Fundraising expenses
$44,074
Program service expenses (Part III)
$256,537

Program services were 74.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $16,831

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $289,302

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $185,571 · related or exempt $185,571

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $16,831

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $53,950 · program services $32,370 · management and general $21,580

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $80,870 · program services $41,820 · fundraising $39,050

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,843 · program services $6,080 · management and general $1,776 · fundraising $2,987

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,164 · management and general $5,164

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,412 · program services $4,809 · fundraising $1,603

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $825 · program services $825

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $210 · program services $210

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,735 · program services $434 · management and general $867 · fundraising $434

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM TRAINING AND DEVELOP

    total $11,760 · program services $11,760

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $158,229 · program services $158,229

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL

    total $12,919 · management and general $12,919

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $151,433 · end of year $289,070

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,404 · end of year $46,822

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,248 · end of year $1,458

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,050

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $438

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $822 · end of year $612

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $783 · end of year $973

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $11,427

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $178,124 · end of year $325,562

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO EXPLORE OTHER VOICES AND DISCOVER THEIR OWN. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR THE COMPLETE MISSION.

  • LITERARY CLEVELAND IS A NONPROFIT CREATIVE WRITING CENTER THAT ADVANCES THE ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF WRITERS AND TRANSFORMS INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND HUMAN UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STORYTELLYING. FROM LANGSTON HUGHES TO TONI MORRISON, SOME OF THE BEST WRITERS IN LITERARY HISTORY GOT THEIR START IN NORTHEAST OHIO. LITERARY CLEVELAND OFFERS YEAR-ROUND WORKSHOPS, FELLOWSHIPS, CONFERENCES AND PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF GREAT AUTHORS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. CORE TO THIS WORK IS REMOVING BARRIERS AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO WRITING AND PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. WITH FREE PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS, IMMIGRANTS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND MORE, LITERARY CLEVELAND AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IGNORED OR SILENCED. THIS NOT ONLY EMPOWERS PARTICIPANTS, IT ALSO ENRICHES THE LIVES OF EVERYONE WHO HEARS OR READS THEIR STORIES. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2015, LITERARY CLEVELAND HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN SIZE AND... ... IMPACT EVERY TWO YEARS. NOW WITH MORE THAN 70 WRITING INSTRUCTORS, 800 MEMBERS, 1,000 HOURS OF PROGRAMS AND 6,000 IN ATTENDANCE EACH YEARM THE ORGANIZATION IS QUICKLY BECOMING A CORE PILLAR IN CLEVELANDS ARTS COMMUNITY. BY BUILDING A VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE ECOSYSTEM, LITERARY CLEVELAND SEEKS TO DRAFT A NEW FUTURE FOR OUR CITY.

    Expenses $256,537

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matt Weinkam

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $53,950
    From this org
    $53,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Wolf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ronke Oshilaja

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jing Lauengco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kauser Razvi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanya Reynolds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debrah George

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raquel Ortiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lashon Sawyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Peckinpaugh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Sharon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Mehok

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Rena Vysnionis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Kukrel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Chiu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie Feldman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sujata Lakhe Barnard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Arlington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelilah Avery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Francis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Tolbert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Alicia Graves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Oelbracht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Lady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Collins

    CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandi Larson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Koszkalda

    SECREETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cristin Mitchell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2022
Filed
14 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202332869349301653

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