Totals
- Total revenue
- $457,856
- Total expenses
- $445,992
- Contributions and grants received
- $455,178
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $2,513
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $165
- Total assets, end of year
- $70,585
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,495
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $59,090
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $361,106
- Management and general expenses
- $56,587
- Fundraising expenses
- $28,299
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $361,106
Program services were 81.0% 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)
$85,800
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$369,378
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2a · Program service revenue: FESTIVAL REVENUE
total $2,513 · related or exempt $2,513
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $165 · excluded $165
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11e · Other revenue, total
$165
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $90,157 · program services $90,157
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $91,783 · program services $55,396 · management and general $27,291 · fundraising $9,096
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $15,661 · program services $12,529 · management and general $2,349 · fundraising $783
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,864 · management and general $14,864
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11g · Fees: other
total $149,935 · program services $133,688 · management and general $4,499 · fundraising $11,748
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $10,722 · program services $5,022 · fundraising $5,700
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,352 · program services $4,803 · management and general $549
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14 · Information technology
total $9,140 · program services $8,168 · fundraising $972
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,000 · program services $2,000 · management and general $2,000
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17 · Travel
total $5,738 · program services $5,738
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,094 · program services $1,094
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23 · Insurance
total $4,754 · management and general $4,754
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24a · Other expenses: TEACHING & MENTORING
total $32,144 · program services $32,144
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24b · Other expenses: FESTIVAL EVENT COSTS
total $6,866 · program services $6,866
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24c · Other expenses: TEEN PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $3,501 · program services $3,501
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24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE FEES
total $281 · management and general $281
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $29,348 · end of year $65,864
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $22,060
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,120 · end of year $3,549
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $1,172
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,302 · end of year $11,495
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $47,226 · end of year $10,990
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $48,100
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
MASS POETRY HARNESSES THE POWER OF WORDS TO ENGAGE AND EMPOWER DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR COMMONWEALTH. WE AIM TO BUILD A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT LIFTS ALL VOICES.
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TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE OF POETRY THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS.
Expenses $361,106 · Revenue $2,513
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Usman HameediUSMAN HAMEEDI
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Mark JensenMARK JENSEN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Donna GlickDONNA GLICK
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Nicholas MeleNICHOLAS MELE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Liesel SimmonsLIESEL SIMMONS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Michael AnsaraMICHAEL ANSARA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Amanda SheaAMANDA SHEA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Andrew HoffmanANDREW HOFFMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $21,000
- From this org
- $21,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
U-Meleni Mhlaba-AdeboU-MELENI MHLABA-ADEBO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Daniel JohnsonDANIEL JOHNSON
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $90,157
- From this org
- $90,157
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513219349316881
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