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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LITERARY AND PROLOGUE SOCIETY OF THE SOUTHWEST.

Totals

Total revenue
$843,504
Total expenses
$519,696
Contributions and grants received
$653,776
Grants paid
$103,500
Program service revenue
$160,820
Investment income
$28,908
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$974,990
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,797
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$972,193
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,206
Management and general expenses
$43,093
Fundraising expenses
$28,397
Program service expenses (Part III)
$448,206

Program services were 86.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $327,450

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $326,326

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $36,056

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Author Luncheon Events

    total $160,820 · related or exempt $160,820

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $28,598 · excluded $28,598

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $36,139

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

    securities $35,829

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $310

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $310 · excluded $310

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $103,500 · program services $103,500

  • 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 $0

  • 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 $16,883 · management and general $16,883

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,420 · program services $33,093 · management and general $19,692 · fundraising $7,635

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,619 · program services $9,180 · management and general $391 · fundraising $14,048

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,241 · program services $4,374 · management and general $1,119 · fundraising $748

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,059 · program services $45,039 · fundraising $1,020

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $261,291 · program services $253,020 · management and general $3,325 · fundraising $4,946

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,683 · management and general $1,683

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,250 · end of year $55,454

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $602,845 · end of year $871,045

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,515 · end of year $10,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,275 · end of year $38,491

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,204 · end of year $2,742

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $55

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $647,681 · end of year $972,193

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CELEBRATE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND AUTHORS, AND PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF LITERACY THROUGHOUT ARIZONA.

  • THE LITERARY SOCIETY OF THE SOUTHWEST HOSTED TWENTY LUNCHEONS ACROSS FOUR VENUES, FEATURING FIVE ACCLAIMED CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AUTHORS, INCLUDING PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS GERALDINE BROOKS AND HERNAN DIAZ. THESE LUNCHEONS SUPPORT AND FURTHER OUR MISSION TO CELEBRATE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND FOSTER ENGAGING LITERARY CONVERSATIONS.

    Expenses $448,206 · Grants $103,500 · Revenue $160,820

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Brown

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Laura Huser

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Mary Jane McCart

    Secretary since 05/16/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Lorelei Gonzales

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Ann Stanton

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Anne Johnson

    Board member since 5/16/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Carrie Ostroski

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Chris Chavez

    Board member since 5/16/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Elizabeth Saba

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Genny Matteucci

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jayne Lewis

    Secretary until 05/16/24/Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Jean Nelson

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mary Beth Herbert

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michele Feeney

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Peggy Sharp Chamberlain

    Board member until 12/07/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mardie Holland

    Board member until 05/16/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Nancy Retson

    Board member until 05/16/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Judy Riley

    Board member until 05/16/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
2 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510989349302031

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