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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOCIETY OF THE MUSE OF THE SOUTHWEST.

Totals

Total revenue
$145,329
Total expenses
$164,880
Contributions and grants received
$103,493
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$26,047
Investment income
$4,382
Other revenue
$11,407
Total assets, end of year
$657,987
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,379
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$654,608
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$68,990
Management and general expenses
$83,676
Fundraising expenses
$12,214
Program service expenses (Part III)
$68,990

Program services were 41.8% 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

    $6,845

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $96,648

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $26,047 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,441 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $10,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,819

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $7,981

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $7,981 · unrelated business $7,981

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $0

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

    other assets $59

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$59

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$59 · related or exempt -$59 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,711

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $285

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,426 · unrelated business $3,426 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $3,805 · program services $3,805

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $56,798 · program services $28,399 · management and general $17,039 · fundraising $11,360

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,270 · program services $2,135 · management and general $1,281 · fundraising $854

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,222 · program services $0 · management and general $4,222 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $549 · program services $0 · management and general $549 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,613 · program services $6,613 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,777 · program services $0 · management and general $7,777 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,179 · program services $0 · management and general $4,179 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,922 · program services $1,922 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,140 · program services $0 · management and general $22,140 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,232 · program services $0 · management and general $5,232 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues

    total $692 · program services $0 · management and general $692 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank, credit card & paypal fees

    total $1,817 · program services $0 · management and general $1,817 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Business meals

    total $341 · program services $138 · management and general $203 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Workshop expenses

    total $243 · program services $243 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $44,280 · program services $25,735 · management and general $18,545 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $101,109 · end of year $139,366

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,540 · end of year $25,011

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

    $491,400

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

    $165,414

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $340,011 · end of year $325,986

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $43,827

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $146,350 · end of year $163,833

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,634 · end of year $3,791

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,037 · end of year $3,379

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $667,434 · end of year $654,608

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Writers organization Readings, lectures & workshops for writers led by writers, facilitated by approximately 10 volunteers

  • Taos Writers Conference Festival offering programs for adults & youth

    Expenses $15,334 · Revenue $21,398

  • Workshops & events for writers

    Expenses $49,701 · Revenue $3,864

  • Storytelling Festival

    Expenses $3,955 · Revenue $785

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Mihalic

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Garza

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Baksim Goddard

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Courtenay Miles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chipper Thompson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kayla Platoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Smith

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $56,798
    From this org
    $56,798
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alan Macrae

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
15 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641029349300409

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