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ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INCORPORATED

EIN 13-1879953 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$3,086,421
Expenses 2024
$5,276,808

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A700
Classification
1230
Street
195 BROADWAY 9TH FLOOR

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 · 2024

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE, STIMULATE, AND FOSTER THE PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN POETRY BY PROVIDING FELLOWSHIPS FOR POETS OF PROVEN MERIT, BY GRANTING SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES FOR POETIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND BY OTHER SUCH MEANS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DEVISE AND DETERMINE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ACADEMY SUPPORTS POETS THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES AND PROMOTES POETRY.

  • AWARDS AND PRIZES:THE ACADEMY ADMINISTERED AND AWARDED POETRY PRIZES TO POETS AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE POETS LAUREATE FELLOWSHIPS, THE POETRY FUND THROUGH AMAZON LITERARY PARTNERSHIPS, THE WALLACE STEVENS AWARD, THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP, THE LENORE MARSHALL PRIZE, THE JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD, THE FIRST BOOK AWARD, THE HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD, THE AMERICAN POETS EMERGENCY FUND, AND THE TREEHOUSE CLIMATE ACTION POETRY PRIZE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ACADEMY PROVIDED STUDENT PRIZES AT HUNDREDS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE.POETRY COALITION:THE ACADEMY SERVED AS THE COORDINATOR AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE POETRY COALITION, AN INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE ALLIANCE OF THIRTY ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE LED BY WORKING, PUBLISHED POETS WHO ALSO SERVE AS ARTS ADMINISTRATORS. EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYS PAID STAFF WHO ARE PUBLISHED POETS, WITH A PRIMARY MISSION TO PROMOTE POETS AND POETRY. MANY ARE MULTI-GENRE LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE POETS AND READERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.

    Expenses $2,409,282 · Grants $2,317,561 · Revenue $66,192

  • WEBSITE:LAUNCHED IN 1996, POETS.ORG IS THE AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE OF THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. VISITORS TO POETS.ORG WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF POEMS, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF POETS' BIOGRAPHIES, ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS, AND POETRY RECORDINGS, WITH NEW MATERIALS CONSTANTLY ADDED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE OFFERS RESOURCES SUCH AS A NATIONAL EVENTS CALENDAR AND POETRY LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS. WITH MORE THAN 17 MILLION VISITS EACH YEAR, POETS.ORG IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR POETRY WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET.

    Expenses $487,055 · Revenue $49,893

  • THE AMERICAN POETS MAGAZINE:LAUNCHED IN 1996, AMERICAN POETS MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED TWICE ANNUALLY, IN APRIL AND OCTOBER, EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. THIS MAGAZINE REACHES DEVOTED READERS AND WRITERS OF POETRY AND LITERATURE, STUDENTS OF POETRY, SOME OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND RESPECTED POETS OF OUR TIME, AND SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST GENEROUS PATRONS OF POETRY.

    Expenses $184,002

  • ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS:OTHER KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE POETRY COALITION, EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ADULT LEARNERS, NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, A READING SERIES, AND A MEMBERSHIPS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,236,878 · Revenue $75,339

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TESS O'DWYER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ALEXANDRA C JACKSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW SCHIFF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLEN ADLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY BERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIDNEY CLIFTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACIE D HALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAMILLE LANNAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALBERT LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUNO NAVASKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GABRIELLA PAGE-FORT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC RAYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELDA ROTOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH SOBOL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROSE STYRON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAURICE TEMPELSMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM D ZABEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERALD RICHARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICARDO MALDONADO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $195,370
    From this org
    $190,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,832
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,478
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $60
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,832
    Filer's total
    $195,370

  • LEONARD EJIOGU

    VP OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRA

    Total calculated
    $179,997
    From this org
    $176,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,953
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,948
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $96
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,953
    Filer's total
    $179,997

  • SHERYL WOODRUFF

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $111,920
    From this org
    $111,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $622
    Hours/week
    35

  • JEFFERY GLEAVES

    DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT & CONTENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,223
    From this org
    $127,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $199
    Hours/week
    35

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,086,421
    Expenses
    $5,276,808
    Contributions
    $2,438,057
    Grants paid
    $2,317,561
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,337,912
    Expenses
    $4,936,856
    Contributions
    $7,784,297
    Grants paid
    $2,243,600
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,416,014
    Expenses
    $5,341,067
    Contributions
    $2,360,462
    Grants paid
    $2,547,500

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,154,434
    Expenses
    $5,636,802
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,577,206

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,495,966
    Expenses
    $5,636,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,577,206

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,039,105
    Expenses
    $5,051,580
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,980,319

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,592,400
    Expenses
    $3,479,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,346,679

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,261,531
    Expenses
    $3,263,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,554,837

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.