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← MASSPOETRY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MASSPOETRY INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 1 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$390,452 changed to $433,711
Total expenses
$390,862 changed to $437,021
Contributions and grants received
$411,248 changed to $411,573
Program service revenue
$3,350 changed to $19,999
Other revenue
-$26,285 changed to $0
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,402 changed to $6,302
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,126 changed to $47,226
Program services expenses
$310,700 changed to $374,981
Management and general expenses
$41,931 changed to $44,691
Fundraising expenses
$38,231 changed to $17,349
Program service expenses (Part III)
$310,700 changed to $374,981

Totals

Total revenue
$390,452
Total expenses
$390,862
Contributions and grants received
$411,248
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,350
Investment income
$2,139
Other revenue
-$26,285
Total assets, end of year
$53,528
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,402
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,126
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$310,700
Management and general expenses
$41,931
Fundraising expenses
$38,231
Program service expenses (Part III)
$310,700

Program services were 79.5% 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

    $74,255

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $85,236

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $251,757

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $3,350 · related or exempt $3,350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,139 · excluded $2,139

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,723

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

    $74,255

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,008

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$26,285 · excluded -$26,285

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $78,541 · program services $78,541

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $52,760 · program services $52,760

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,090 · program services $6,090

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,687 · program services $10,687

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,832 · management and general $14,832

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $110,254 · program services $89,674 · fundraising $20,580

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,679 · fundraising $16,679

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,118 · management and general $5,118

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,785 · program services $1,097 · management and general $5,716 · fundraising $972

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,000 · management and general $8,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,923 · program services $6,923

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,689 · program services $275 · management and general $2,414

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,451 · management and general $5,451

  • 24a · Other expenses: POET IN RESIDENCE

    total $34,554 · program services $34,554

  • 24b · Other expenses: TEEN PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $18,302 · program services $18,302

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDIL EVENT FEES

    total $11,498 · program services $11,498

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $400 · management and general $400

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $299 · program services $299

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $16,032 · end of year $29,348

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $22,060

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $33,111 · end of year $2,120

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,681

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $288 · end of year $3,402

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,536 · end of year $50,126

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MASS POETRY HARNESSES THE POWER OF WORDS TO ENGAGE AND EMPOWER DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR COMMONWEALTH. WE AIM TO BUILD A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT LIFTS ALL VOICES.

  • TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE OF POETRY THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS.

    Expenses $310,700 · Revenue $3,350

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicholas Mele

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Liesel Simmons

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Minotti

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Ansara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amanda Shea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Donna Glick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gregg Lestage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Usman Hameedi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrew Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413209349318601

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