Totals
- Total revenue
- $890,365
- Total expenses
- $379,503
- Contributions and grants received
- $923,024
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $61,824
- Investment income
- -$94,483
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $707,784
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,567
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $700,217
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $244,079
- Management and general expenses
- $99,156
- Fundraising expenses
- $36,268
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $244,079
Program services were 64.3% 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)
$15,400
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$907,624
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2a · Program service revenue: Workshops and Events
total $61,824 · related or exempt $61,824
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $94,483
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$94,483
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$94,483 · excluded -$94,483
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $148,203 · program services $99,979 · management and general $33,380 · fundraising $14,844
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $17,117 · program services $17,117
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $16,297 · program services $9,778 · management and general $4,889 · fundraising $1,630
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,913 · management and general $1,913
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,849 · management and general $2,849
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11g · Fees: other
total $9,919 · management and general $9,919
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,496 · program services $1,496
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,989 · program services $5,993 · management and general $2,997 · fundraising $999
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16 · Occupancy
total $95,065 · program services $57,038 · management and general $28,520 · fundraising $9,507
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,629 · program services $1,629
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20 · Interest
total $832 · management and general $832
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $17,892 · program services $10,735 · management and general $5,368 · fundraising $1,789
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23 · Insurance
total $2,324 · program services $1,395 · management and general $697 · fundraising $232
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24a · Other expenses: Professional Fees
total $23,689 · program services $13,043 · management and general $5,517 · fundraising $5,129
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24b · Other expenses: Teaching Artists
total $8,575 · program services $8,575
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24c · Other expenses: Website
total $7,766 · program services $6,994 · fundraising $772
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24d · Other expenses: Advisory Committee
total $7,169 · program services $5,014 · management and general $1,438 · fundraising $717
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24e · All other expenses
total $6,779 · program services $5,293 · management and general $837 · fundraising $649
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $499 · end of year $8,027
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $12,478
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$759,192
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$66,301
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $183,228 · end of year $692,891
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,237 · end of year $6,866
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,393 · end of year $7,567
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,891 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $192,158 · end of year $700,217
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
LitArts RI, formerly What Cheer Writers Club, supports Rhode Island's creators of the written, spoken and illustrated word through community events, free and low-cost business services, and discounted coworking space. As an umbrella organization, we serve as a centralized community connecting content creators, fans and literary organizations state-wide.Our mission is to elevate the content arts in our state by providing accessible workshops and community gatherings where writers can feel supported and known by fellow creatives and patrons of the arts. In addition, we seek to burnish Rhode Island's reputation as a literary destinationa place where content creators thrive.
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LitArts RI provides support to Rhode Island's estimated 22,000 creative writers, podcasters and those who benefit from living in a state with a strength in the literary arts. The organization operates an award-winning Center in Providence offering creative workspace designed for writers, meeting and training rooms, and a podcast room, as well as a library of signed, RI-authored books. LitArts RI programs include more than a dozen ongoing author groups for niches such as Science Fiction and BIPOC authors; craft workshops led by teaching artists; and, 'the business of writing' practicums. In addition, the organization holds write-ins and spoken word events at external locations including local bookshops and arts centers.
Expenses $244,079 · Revenue $61,824
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Holly Gaboriault
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Michelle Cruz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ana Gonzalez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anne Holland
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Cynthia Holt
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Jillian Winters
Operations Director
- Total calculated
- $74,335
- From this org
- $70,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,335
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jody Vinson
Program Director
- Total calculated
- $73,869
- From this org
- $70,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,869
- Hours/week
- 40
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ichael Persson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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
- 12 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202403179349303295
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