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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEN AMERICA LOS ANGELES.

Totals

Total revenue
$71,673
Total expenses
$65,066
Contributions and grants received
$71,673
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$319,194
Total liabilities, end of year
$57,403
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$261,791
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$44,080
Management and general expenses
$20,986
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$44,080

Program services were 67.7% 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)

    $66,673

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,407 · management and general $2,407

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $21,043 · program services $10,511 · management and general $10,532

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,296 · management and general $7,296

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,825 · program services $9,825

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $959 · program services $959

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,544 · program services $15,544

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,181 · program services $3,181

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS

    total $2,115 · program services $2,115

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $1,603 · program services $1,603

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS INDIRECT

    total $751 · management and general $751

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $342 · program services $342

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $686,982 · end of year $319,194

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $6,296

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $430,787 · end of year $51,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $255,195 · end of year $261,791

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO UNITE WRITERS AND THEIR ALLIES TO CELEBRATE CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND DEFEND THE LIBERTIES THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

  • PEN AMERICA LOS ANGELES SERVES WRITERS, TRANSLATORS, EDITORS, AGENTS, PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND READERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH PROGRAMS, FELLOWSHIPS, EVENTS NEWS ON FREE EXPRESSION AND LITERARY ACTIVITIES.

  • PUBLIC EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES: IN ADDITION TO REGIONAL FREE EXPRESSION ADVOCACY WORK, PEN AMERICA LOS ANGELES PRESENTS PUBLIC LITERARY PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE PEN OUT LOUD CONVERSATION SERIES, PEN PRESENTS LECTURES, BOOK SIGNINGS, AND Q&AS, THE ANNUAL WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL, AND THE NEWLY LAUNCHED YOU ARE A WRITER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES FOR EARLY CAREER WRITERS, WHICH PRESENTED HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS LED BY PUBLISHING INDUSTRY EXPERTS. THE SERIES WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 2200 INDIVIDUALS, AGED 18-65.

    Expenses $44,080

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Allison Lee

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $205,433
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $203,333
    Other
    $2,100
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $203,333 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,100 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $205,433 related

  • Susan Orlean

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Drusilla Menaker

    PRESIDENT AND CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $261,297
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $249,183
    Other
    $12,114
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $199,183 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,531 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,583 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $261,297 related

  • Olakunle Apampa

    CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $308,012
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $291,500
    Other
    $16,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $291,500 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,950 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,562 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $308,012 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443199349316979

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