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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TELLING ROOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$779,222
Total expenses
$1,072,986
Contributions and grants received
$586,932
Grants paid
$24,748
Program service revenue
$158,217
Investment income
$20,444
Other revenue
$13,629
Total assets, end of year
$657,774
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,055
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$626,719
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$743,407
Management and general expenses
$176,863
Fundraising expenses
$152,716
Program service expenses (Part III)
$743,407

Program services were 69.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $22,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $564,432

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,040

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMP FEES

    total $64,395 · related or exempt $64,395

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $43,835 · related or exempt $43,835

  • 2c · Program service revenue: IN-SCHOOL PROJECTS

    total $40,217 · related or exempt $40,217

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS

    total $9,770 · related or exempt $9,770

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,444 · excluded $20,444

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $36,569

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,063

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $6,506 · excluded $6,506

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $18,917

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $14,758

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,159 · related or exempt $4,159

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $2,964 · related or exempt $2,964

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,964

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $24,748 · program services $24,748

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,889 · program services $55,603 · management and general $10,211 · fundraising $14,075

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $608,657 · program services $423,632 · management and general $77,793 · fundraising $107,232

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,380 · program services $4,828 · management and general $3,883 · fundraising $669

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,614 · program services $21,934 · management and general $17,640 · fundraising $3,040

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,046 · program services $39,705 · management and general $7,291 · fundraising $10,050

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,979 · management and general $12,979

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,372 · program services $10,994 · management and general $4,378

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,889 · program services $39 · management and general $5,725 · fundraising $125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,637 · program services $9,799 · management and general $19,313 · fundraising $525

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,913 · management and general $1,913

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,789 · program services $30,570 · management and general $3,035 · fundraising $4,184

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,879 · program services $8,024 · management and general $455 · fundraising $400

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $605 · management and general $605

  • 20 · Interest

    total $204 · management and general $204

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,960 · management and general $7,960

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $114,961 · program services $113,446 · management and general $1,515

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE

    total $14,464 · program services $85 · management and general $1,963 · fundraising $12,416

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $324,072 · end of year $593,479

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $563,597 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $45,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,895 · end of year $4,825

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,924 · end of year $7,200

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,192 · end of year $3,385

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $863 · end of year $3,385

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,060 · end of year $31,055

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $665,758 · end of year $481,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $254,725 · end of year $145,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ORGANIZATION'S MISSION: At The Telling Room, we empower youth through writing and share their voices with the world. Focused on young writers age 6 to 18, we seek to build confidence, strengthen literacy skills, and provide audiences for students. As a literary arts education and youth publishing organization, we believe that the power of creative expression can change communities for the better and help youth succeed now and in the future.

  • TO PROVIDE A WRITING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WRITERS AND STORYTELLERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 18.

    Expenses $743,407 · Grants $24,748 · Revenue $165,340

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tanuja Desai Hidier

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donna Simonetti

    Vice President of Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine Richards

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bob Zager

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Conway

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara Crisp

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Findlen

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deanna Harnett

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Libby Lauze

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sally Newhall

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tim Schneider

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peg Smith

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Welch

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristina Powell

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $85,750
    From this org
    $79,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,762
    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
2023
Filed
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501289349304145

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