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LEOPOLD WRITING PROGRAM

EIN 81-4674711 ALBUQUERQUE, NM

Revenue 2024
$146,270
Expenses 2024
$97,897

Program services were 15.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A70
Classification
1230
Street
PO BOX 40122

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

Primary exempt purpose

THE MISSION OF THE LEOPOLD WRITING PROGRAM IS TO INSPIRE AN ETHIC OF CARING FOR OUR PLANET BY CULTIVATING DIVERSE VOICES THROUGH THE SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORD. THE LEOPOLD WRITING PROGRAM SEEKS EFFECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE THE CURRENT AND NEXT GENERATION OF CITIZEN LEADERS IN THE URGENT CONVERSATION TO ADDRESS CHANGING REALITIES BROUGHT ABOUT BY CLIMATE DISRUPTION, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, GROWING DEMAND FOR FRESH WATER, AND OTHER GLOBAL CONSERVATION ISSUES.

  • ANNUAL LEOPOLD LECTURE. FEATURES A DISTINGUISHED ENVIRONMENTAL THINKER WHO HIGHLIGHTS THE CHALLENGING AND URGENT CONSERVATION NEEDS.

    Expenses $6,597 · Grants $1,500

  • ALDO LEOPOLD WRITING CONTEST. A CONTEST FOR YOUNG WRITERS MOST VULNERABLE TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INACTION.

    Expenses $4,161

  • ALDO & ESTELLA LEOPOLD RESIDENCY. OFFERS A RETREAT FOR EMERGING AND MID-CAREER WRITERS INTERESTED IN RESHAPING THE CULTURAL STORY OF HUMANS RELATING TO NATURE.

    Expenses $3,958

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.

  • SAYRE TOWNSEND GERHART

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANTHONY ANELLA

    VICE PRESIDENT & FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9

  • LISA GERBER PHD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENS DEICHMANN PHD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JOHN BYRAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW WOODEN PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANA VACKAR STRANG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID STUART PHD

    EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • NINA A SIMON

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $61,889
    Compensation
    $60,000
    Benefit plans
    $1,889
    Expense account
    $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $146,270
    Expenses
    $97,897
    Contributions
    $139,680
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $129,736
    Expenses
    $47,601
    Contributions
    $123,848
    Grants paid
    not reported

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
John Byram
Mailing address
PO Box 40122Albuquerque NM 87196
Website
www.leopoldwritingprogram.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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.