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THE MUSE WRITERS CENTER

EIN 56-2532348 NORFOLK, VA

Revenue 2025
$607,506
Expenses 2025
$599,625

Program services were 91.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B60
Classification
2000
Street
2200 COLONIAL AVE STE 3

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MUSE WRITERS CENTER FOSTERS AND CELEBRATES THE LITERARY ARTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION, NETWORKING, AND SUPPORT FOR ASPIRING AND EXPERIENCED WRITERS OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND MEANS; ENGAGING AND CREATIVE OUTREACH; AND DIVERSE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT LITERARY EVENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BROADENING COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND SUPPORT OF THE LITERARY ARTS THROUGH EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, AND OUTREACH.

  • THE MUSE WRITERS CENTER ACCOMPLISHED MUCH IN 2025,. WE MAINTAINED OUR RESOURCE CENTER FOR LOCAL WRITERS, PROVIDING SPACE FOR WRITERS TO WRITE AND NETWORK. WE CONTINUED TO CATALOG OUR LITERARY LIBRARY OF MORE THAN 4,000 VOLUMES, INCLUDING A LARGE INTERNATIONAL POETRY COLLECTION. THIS YEAR, WE CONTINUED OUR IN-PERSON, HYBRID, AND ONLINE EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND CLASSES. WE PROVIDED 180 LOW COST CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS WHICH SERVED 1,017 STUDENTS (FROM AGE 6 TO POST-RETIREMENT). TUITION ASSISTANCE/SCHOLARSHIPS WERE GIVEN TO 554 OF THESE STUDENTS, AND WE ALSO AWARDED SEVERAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. IN 2025, WE UTILIZED 86 CONTRACTED TEACHING ARTISTS AND FACILITATORS. THE MUSE VASTLY EXPANDED OUTREACH, BRINGING CREATIVE WRITING TO SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS, AND MILITARY & VETERANS GROUPS, AS WELL AS CONTINUING OUR WORDS FOR WELLNESS PROGRAM WHICH USES CREATIVE WRITING AS A WELLNESS TOOL FOR THOSE DEALING WITH SEVERE ILLNESS, DOMESTIC TRAUMA, LONELINESS, DISABILITY, HOMELESSNESS, BEREAVEMENT, AND LOSS. OVERALL IN 2025, WE HELPED GIVE WRITERS A VOICE, ORGANIZING CLASSES, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, READINGS, OPEN MICS, AND WRITERS EVENTS THAT REACHED 12 658 ADULTS, TEENS, AND KIDS. WE ALSO HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ENJOY 111 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED THEIR HARD WORK TO HELP WITH VARIOUS EVENTS AS WELL AS IN THE RESOURCE CENTER AND WITH OUR ONLINE PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $547,750 · Grants $2,450

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MICHAEL KHANDELWAL

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $67,534
    From this org
    $67,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DIANE FINE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $6,150
    From this org
    $6,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LUISA IGLORIA

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $1,800
    From this org
    $1,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVE BURGESS

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CINDY CARLSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN CORRIGAN

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GRETCHEN GILLEN

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES HECHT-LEAVITT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RICHARD LEVIN

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURINE PRESS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE WERTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE WHITE

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LAKEAH WILKINS

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH WILLIAMS

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAITLYN WORNER

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MICHAEL HARVEY

    BOARDMEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $607,506
    Expenses
    $599,625
    Contributions
    $482,082
    Grants paid
    $2,450
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $607,837
    Expenses
    $544,481
    Contributions
    $494,109
    Grants paid
    $8,200
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $504,515
    Expenses
    $516,722
    Contributions
    $377,300
    Grants paid
    $8,250
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $473,964
    Expenses
    $478,455
    Contributions
    $368,839
    Grants paid
    $5,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $595,153
    Expenses
    $433,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $296,888

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $351,861
    Expenses
    $365,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $133,365

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $341,979
    Expenses
    $343,049
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,195

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $286,190
    Expenses
    $279,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,993

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $295,406
    Expenses
    $267,469
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,225

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $256,005
    Expenses
    $228,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,288

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $161,845
    Expenses
    $136,326
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,358

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $137,127
    Expenses
    $128,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,839

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $142,993
    Expenses
    $155,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,273

  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $77,217
    Expenses
    $65,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,202

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2007

Tax period
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
Principal officer
Michael Khandelwal
Mailing address
635 W Princess Anne RoadNorfolk VA 23517
Website
www.the-muse.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.