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← WRITERS CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WRITERS CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,292,371
Total expenses
$988,610
Contributions and grants received
$739,676
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$459,939
Investment income
$37,134
Other revenue
$55,622
Total assets, end of year
$2,948,920
Total liabilities, end of year
$284,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,664,813
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$802,134
Management and general expenses
$111,029
Fundraising expenses
$75,447
Program service expenses (Part III)
$802,134

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $45,025

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $547,884

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $146,767

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Workshops Sales Servi

    total $459,939 · related or exempt $459,939

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,134 · excluded $37,134

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $45,516

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $45,516

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $45,516 · related or exempt $45,516

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $10,106 · related or exempt $10,106

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,106

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,000 · program services $65,782 · management and general $14,430 · fundraising $9,788

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $249,268 · program services $182,193 · management and general $39,966 · fundraising $27,109

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,563 · program services $4,797 · management and general $1,052 · fundraising $714

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $80,906 · program services $59,135 · management and general $12,972 · fundraising $8,799

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,229 · program services $20,633 · management and general $4,526 · fundraising $3,070

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,509 · program services $29,435 · management and general $4,215 · fundraising $2,859

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,920 · program services $28,154 · management and general $4,031 · fundraising $2,735

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,762 · program services $15,939 · management and general $490 · fundraising $333

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $75,502 · program services $59,905 · management and general $9,214 · fundraising $6,383

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,728 · program services $14,659 · management and general $3,020 · fundraising $2,049

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,026 · program services $20,894 · management and general $3,654 · fundraising $2,478

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,201 · program services $7,017 · management and general $706 · fundraising $478

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,337 · program services $3,207 · management and general $673 · fundraising $457

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $66,680 · program services $48,729 · management and general $10,696 · fundraising $7,255

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,724 · program services $4,914 · management and general $1,078 · fundraising $732

  • 24a · Other expenses: Instructor and Honoraria

    total $230,946 · program services $230,946

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment Maint and Rental

    total $2,339 · program services $1,825 · management and general $306 · fundraising $208

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other

    total $3,970 · program services $3,970

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $324,810 · end of year $323,215

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $69,724 · end of year $53,586

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

    $2,740,559

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

    $1,058,074

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,507,370 · end of year $1,682,485

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $598,757 · end of year $889,634

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,547 · end of year $66,680

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $88,664 · end of year $212,927

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $4,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,010,290 · end of year $2,270,331

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $343,160 · end of year $394,482

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Writers Center empowers writers and those who aspire to write through workshops, events, and creative collaboration. We also support and celebrate those who publish.

  • Presented classes and workshops for individuals on various aspects of creative writing, book and magazine production, related subjects, and skills.

    Expenses $567,809

  • Reading, Newsletters, and other Programs Publication of current news in the literary world and activities of our writing community distributed to members and other interested individuals and groups.

    Expenses $137,330

  • Poet Lore The nations oldest, continuously-published poetry magazine, Poet Lore prints contemporary poetry by both established writers and those Just breaking into print. The magazine also contains reviews of new poetry books and books about poetry and poets. Poet Lore is published semi-annually.

    Expenses $96,995

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Margaret Meleney

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $103,251
    From this org
    $90,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,251
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jim McAndrew

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Hill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ofelia Montelongo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bill Reynolds

    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
  • Eugene Kim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanne Hyppolite

    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
  • Mark Cymrot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ken Ackerman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sally Mott Freeman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tara Campbell

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • William DeVinney

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Stewart

    Secretary

    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
21 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343559349301414

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