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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,254,087
Total expenses
$12,287,137
Contributions and grants received
$3,987,061
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,959,614
Investment income
$259,433
Other revenue
$47,979
Total assets, end of year
$11,670,942
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,163,343
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,507,599
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,719,103
Management and general expenses
$1,775,590
Fundraising expenses
$792,444
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,719,103

Program services were 79.1% 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

    $175,910

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $183,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,627,901

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,158

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MAINSTAGE/PERFORMANCES

    total $3,191,493 · related or exempt $3,191,493

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PODCAST SPONSORSHIP

    total $1,724,092 · unrelated business $1,724,092

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MOTHWORKS

    total $781,000 · related or exempt $781,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RADIO

    total $531,955 · related or exempt $531,955

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION FEES

    total $117,585 · related or exempt $117,585

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $613,489 · related or exempt $613,489

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $143,090 · excluded $143,090

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $554,372

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $438,029

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $116,343

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $116,343 · excluded $116,343

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $161,791

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

    $175,910

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $161,791

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $52,821

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,842

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $47,979 · related or exempt $47,979

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $637,660 · program services $307,325 · management and general $277,345 · fundraising $52,990

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,058,926 · program services $3,056,150 · management and general $638,214 · fundraising $364,562

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $106,827 · program services $81,487 · management and general $15,761 · fundraising $9,579

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $913,341 · program services $670,005 · management and general $161,465 · fundraising $81,871

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $604,430 · program services $435,073 · management and general $115,540 · fundraising $53,817

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $87,231 · management and general $87,231

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,500 · management and general $36,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,880,426 · program services $1,759,993 · management and general $95,967 · fundraising $24,466

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $219,427 · program services $168,958 · management and general $44,983 · fundraising $5,486

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $184,905 · program services $100,150 · management and general $57,506 · fundraising $27,249

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $351,539 · program services $253,041 · management and general $67,198 · fundraising $31,300

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $561,305 · program services $404,032 · management and general $107,296 · fundraising $49,977

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,074,907 · program services $1,003,364 · management and general $14,495 · fundraising $57,048

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $120,049 · program services $86,412 · management and general $22,948 · fundraising $10,689

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $99,893 · program services $71,904 · management and general $19,095 · fundraising $8,894

  • 24a · Other expenses: VENUE RENTAL FEES

    total $687,125 · program services $681,373 · fundraising $5,752

  • 24b · Other expenses: CO-DISTRIBUTION FEES

    total $590,098 · program services $590,098

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $44,832 · program services $42,522 · management and general $483 · fundraising $1,827

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUCTION EXPENSES

    total $5,074 · fundraising $5,074

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,642 · program services $7,216 · management and general $13,563 · fundraising $1,863

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,164,980 · end of year $801,712

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $102,641 · end of year $27,647

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,424,177 · end of year $1,778,645

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $358,477 · end of year $589,165

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $44,259 · end of year $46,402

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $564,335 · end of year $393,785

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,131,603

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $627,765

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $545,064 · end of year $503,838

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,446,371 · end of year $5,629,665

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,396,992 · end of year $1,900,083

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $906,404 · end of year $1,112,499

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $162,119 · end of year $791,578

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,812,200 · end of year $2,259,266

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,122,550 · end of year $5,568,776

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,044,023 · end of year $1,938,823

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO CONNECTING HUMANITY THROUGH THE POWER OF PERSONAL STORYTELLING. OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LISTEN AND SHARE OPENLY, THINK AND FEEL DEEPLY, AND EXPAND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE ART AND CRAFT OF STORYTELLING.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,916,942 · Revenue $2,291,924

  • MOTH MAINSTAGECURATED STORYTELLING PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR THEME. STORYTELLERS DEVELOP A 10-12 MINUTE STORY WITH MOTH ARTISTIC STAFF. IN 2024, THERE WERE 41 MAINSTAGE SHOWS WITH 205 STORIES TOLD IN CITIES, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 82,000.

    Expenses $1,807,637 · Revenue $899,569

  • PODCASTTHE MOTH PODCAST RELEASES FREE STORIES EACH WEEK FROM OUR ARCHIVE. IT WAS DOWNLOADED MORE THAN 43 MILLION TIMES IN 2024.

    Expenses $810,128 · Revenue $1,724,092

  • COMMUNITY PROGRAM, EDUCATION PROGRAM, CORPORATE PROGRAM, MOTH RADIO HOUR, MOTH BOOK PUBLICATION, GLOBAL PROGRAM, MERCHANDISE, AND OTHER

    Expenses $5,184,396 · Revenue $2,092,008

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • GABRIELLE GLORE

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL GREEN

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAYBEL MARTE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SERENA ALTSCHUL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL O ASH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEIL GAIMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM GOPNIK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALICE GOTTESMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSE HAINES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COURTNEY HOLT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA HUGHES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SONYA JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSIE JARAMILLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIA JUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHENJERAI KUMANYIKA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOANNE RAMOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENMARK WEST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH HABERMAN

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $255,667
    From this org
    $231,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,184
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,946
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,537
    Filer's total
    $255,667

  • MARINA KLUTSE

    CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMIN OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $206,459
    From this org
    $183,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,661
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,513
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,285
    Filer's total
    $206,459

  • CHRISTINA NORMAN

    CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $175,534
    From this org
    $163,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,339
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,195
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,339
    Filer's total
    $175,534

  • SARAH AUSTIN JENNESS

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $187,145
    From this org
    $164,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,658
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,487
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,708
    Filer's total
    $187,145

  • LEE ANN GULLIE

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $212,076
    From this org
    $145,892
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,184
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,892
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,534
    Filer's total
    $212,076

  • KATE TELLERS

    DIRECTOR OF MOTHWORKS PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $193,849
    From this org
    $140,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,058
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,791
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,546
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,512
    Filer's total
    $193,849

  • JENIFER HIXSON

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,044
    From this org
    $137,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,736
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,308
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,193
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,543
    Filer's total
    $169,044

  • MARGARETTE BOWLES

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $157,813
    From this org
    $136,509
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,509
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,096
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,208
    Filer's total
    $157,813

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
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523089349302817

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