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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LITQUAKE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$707,980
Total expenses
$628,069
Contributions and grants received
$588,503
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$94,187
Investment income
$2,955
Other revenue
$22,335
Total assets, end of year
$382,305
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,753
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$378,552
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$503,962
Management and general expenses
$70,003
Fundraising expenses
$54,104
Program service expenses (Part III)
$503,962

Program services were 80.2% 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)

    $180,057

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $408,446

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LITQUAKE EVENT

    total $94,187 · related or exempt $94,187

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,955 · excluded $2,955

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,335

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $22,335

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,000 · program services $88,000 · management and general $11,000 · fundraising $11,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,207 · management and general $9,207

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,791 · program services $26,791

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $132 · management and general $132

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $645 · management and general $645

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,777 · management and general $2,777

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,518 · management and general $4,518

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5 · management and general $5

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $138 · program services $138

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,729 · program services $8,729

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION

    total $293,563 · program services $218,164 · management and general $32,295 · fundraising $43,104

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $54,541 · program services $54,541

  • 24c · Other expenses: ARTISTIC

    total $47,077 · program services $47,077

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM/CURATORIAL

    total $22,522 · program services $22,522

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,424 · program services $38,000 · management and general $9,424

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $167,508 · end of year $283,759

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $73,577 · end of year $61,431

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $81,418 · end of year $27,465

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $964 · end of year $826

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,369 · end of year $8,824

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,434 · end of year $3,750

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $3

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $296,402 · end of year $361,314

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $17,238

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER INTEREST IN LITERATURE, PERPETUATE A SENSE OF LITERARY COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A VIBRANT FORUM FOR WRITING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER INTEREST IN LITERATURE.

  • CONTINUED ANNUAL LITERARY EVENTS

    Expenses $503,962

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Norah Peihl

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jack Boulware

    Co-Founder

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jane Ganahl

    Co-Founder

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jared Bhatti

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Karyn Di Giorgio

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • James Kass

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Anshul Pundir

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Byron Spooner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • JD Beltran

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Scott James

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Michelle Jeffers

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Evette Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jody Weiner

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Grant Faulkner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jacqueline Luckett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • JD Beltran

    VISUAL ARTIST AND PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Anshul Pundir

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501019349301720

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