Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1985.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
19 people listed on the 990; $350K paid to officers and key staff.
Rob Arnold’s $200K as Executive Director is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Arnold | $200,000 | $200,000 | $17,413 | — | — | — |
| Jane Preston | $149,500 | $149,500 | $141,744 | $120,060 | $110,060 | $110,160 |
| Lee Briccetti | — | — | $99,712 | $125,020 | $110,769 | $108,462 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Offers poetry books, events, and education to share and discuss modern poetry's diversity.
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Poets House Library and Showcase
In early 2024, after an extended closure due to construction, poets house reopened its library, which offers one of the most comprehensive collections of poetry in the country. A library director and digital archivist were hired and began work to select an integrated library system and digital asset management system, which will expand…
Literary Programs
During the first operational year after our reopening, the organization relaunched signature program series including the annual showcse exhibition, passwords, epic voices, and tributes, and introduced new series to meet the needs of the community, including new works, which celebrates new books of poetry, and crosswords, which centers…
The Youth Center at Poets House
During 2024, a reinvigorated youth program was relaunched with the goal of providing children and teens a way to explore language as a vehicle for the imagination, means of self-expression, and pathway to understanding.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $123K | $749K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $592K | $577K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $6.8M | $6.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $9.0M | $8.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.0M | $305K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $8.0M | $8.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $365K | $310K | $36K | $18K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $374K | $318K | $37K | $19K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $11K | $10K | $1K | $562 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $39K | $33K | $4K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $58K | $49K | $6K | $3K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $951 | $475 | $143 | $333 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $30K | $30K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $6K | $6K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $198K | $112K | $8K | $78K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $23K | $21K | $1K | $822 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $24K | $23K | $1K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $43K | $42K | $1K | $433 |
| TravelLn 17 | $29K | $29K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $243K | $206K | $24K | $12K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $47K | $43K | $5K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $139K | $127K | $12K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $8K | $55 | $8K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $181K | $135K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $1.9M | $1.6M | $239K | $8.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $2.1M | $1.1M | $936K | $8.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $338K | $7.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $346K | $7.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | −$143K | $7.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2019 | $1.3M | $1.8M | −$474K | $7.2M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,879,620 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,879,620 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,640,997 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $8,517,730 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,212,568 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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