Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $221,430
- Total expenses
- $344,465
- Contributions and grants received
- $201,869
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $5,209
- Investment income
- $14,352
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $598,322
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,326
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $594,996
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $288,252
- Management and general expenses
- $26,216
- Fundraising expenses
- $29,997
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $288,252
Program services were 83.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$26,250
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$175,619
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2a · Program service revenue: Other
total $319 · related or exempt $319
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2b · Program service revenue: Symposium & Arts Council
total $4,890 · related or exempt $4,890
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3 · Investment income
total $14,352 · excluded $14,352
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $57,469 · program services $41,378 · management and general $7,471 · fundraising $8,620
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $54,558 · program services $39,282 · management and general $7,092 · fundraising $8,184
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $9,487 · program services $6,831 · management and general $1,233 · fundraising $1,423
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,002 · program services $6,481 · management and general $1,170 · fundraising $1,351
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $30,399 · program services $21,887 · management and general $3,952 · fundraising $4,560
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $674 · program services $485 · management and general $88 · fundraising $101
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,284 · program services $2,364 · management and general $427 · fundraising $493
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $11,541 · program services $8,310 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $1,731
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17 · Travel
total $78 · program services $78
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $5,648 · program services $4,067 · management and general $734 · fundraising $847
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24a · Other expenses: Poets
total $128,718 · program services $128,718
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24b · Other expenses: Symposium
total $12,911 · program services $12,911
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24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $5,791 · program services $4,170 · management and general $753 · fundraising $868
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24d · Other expenses: telephone
total $5,045 · program services $3,632 · management and general $656 · fundraising $757
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24e · All other expenses
total $9,860 · program services $7,658 · management and general $1,140 · fundraising $1,062
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $171,400 · end of year $187,603
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $537,273 · end of year $410,719
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $20 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,222 · end of year $3,326
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $162,569 · end of year $105,549
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $541,902 · end of year $489,447
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
California Poets in the Schools develops and empowers a multicultural network of independent Poet-Teachers, who bring the many benefits of poetry to youth throughout the state. As a membership network we offer opportunities for professional development, peer learning and fundraising assistance for Poet-Teachers in California. We also cultivate relationships with school districts, foundations and arts organizations which can fund and support our members professional practices.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Since 1964, California Poets in the Schools (CalPoets) has grown to become one of the oldest and largest writers-in-the-schools programs in the nation. Our reach includes 20,000 students served annually by 100 Poet-Teachers from throughout California. CalPoets offers a professional, network experience for California poets that includes over 20 annual training and networking events, a three-day poetry conference, fundraising assistance, affiliation with a nationally-recognized nonprofit, as well as a clear pathway to earn income and give back to their local communities as Poet-Teachers.The multicultural network of Poet-Teachers ranges from recent college graduates and local open-mic champions, to established poets with illustrious careers. First and foremost all poets are serious artists and professional performers, trained in the art of teaching poetry at age-appropriate levels. They are living models of an artist's commitment to creative and imaginative use of language. Poet-Teachers
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California Poets in the Schools currently serves an active network of 100+ California poets and writers, who live and work in nearly all regions of the state. Poet-Teachers teach poetry at institutions of all types including elementary, middle and high schools, as well as state prisons, juvenile jails and universities. These poets have chosen to give back to their local communities as professionally-trained Poet-Teachers with California Poets in the Schools.In addition to active Poet-Teachers, our network includes over 500 California poets and writers who engage as participants in the various networking, professional development and creative opportunities that CalPoets offers throughout the year.Calpoets offers a professional network for poets and writers that is open, inclusive and approachable. We provide a wide variety of events annually, including professional development, networking and creative opportunities. We host a beloved and well-attended poetry symposium each year where we engage our network in over 20 hours of skill-building and creative poetry-related workshops led by California poets.We hosted over 20 free, virtual monthly gatherings in 2022. Specifically, each 2nd Tuesday we offer relevant professional development, roundtable discussions and panels on Zoom. We host quarterly regional coordinator networking opportunities, a weekly free-write group, and our quarterly Open Mic Series - where we spotlight two featured readers from our network to launch the event.Fifteen "regional coordinators" take on leadership of the CalPoets' program at the local level. CalPoets offers unrestricted grants to regional coordinators up to $2,000 annually. In addition, we offer technology grants to regional coordinators in order to offset costs of bringing local programs online.All new Poet-Teachers are paired with a seasoned mentor for at least a year as they participate in a training to officially become a CalPoets' Poet-Teacher. The mentorship consists of 365 degree observations, lesson planning and one-on-one consultations. These mentorships often extend organically into ongoing professional relationships that span decades. We offer "special projects" grants to up to 15 Poet-Teachers annually, in order to foster innovation in local programs. In addition Poet-Teachers can apply for "insurance grants" in order to cover the costs of professional liability insurance.CalPoets cultivates relationships with school districts, foundations and arts organizations which can fund and support our members professional practices. Annually, our nonprofit achieves an estimated $150,000 in grants that directly fund up to 40 Poet-Teachers' artistic, school-based residencies at the local level. Dozens more rely upon their professional affiliation with CalPoets' to secure their own funding from local schools and institutions.
Expenses $288,252
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Meg Hamill
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $57,469
- From this org
- $57,469
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Jackie Hallerberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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David Sibbet
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Angelina Leanos
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Suresh Krishnamoorthy
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Rob Eskridge
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Linda Ravenswood
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Angela Philips
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Don Kingfisher Campbell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Amanda CHiado
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Zoya Ahmed
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- 7 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531279349301733
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