The major work of the Aunt Lute Foundation, under the auspices of Aunt Lute Books, continues to be the publication of books by marginalized writers. However, part of our mission is to produce events for our authors that increase their connection to their communities and to make their work known there. In 2021, with grant support, we produced 4 events, but unfortunately due to the COVID pandemic all events were virtual. However, producing virtual events also allowed us to expand our technical knowledge base, including the use of closed captions, both during our events and in our subsequent mounting of YouTube videos of those events.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$28K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$28K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $7K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 8 voting members
Concern: none of 8 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$251K
Spent
$190K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$268K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$251K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$251K
FY2021$384K
FY2022$112K
FY2023$298K
FY2024$237K
Expenses
$190K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$190K
FY2021$238K
FY2022$259K
FY2023$217K
FY2024$304K
Net assets
$268K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$268K
FY2021$419K
FY2022$247K
FY2023$340K
FY2024$265K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1995.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $179K Management & general 6% · $11K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $28K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$27,800Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Joan Pinkvoss$30,200$32,830$27,500$27,800

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Publishes books by marginalized writers and hosts events to connect them with communities.

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3 programs · $136K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Book Production

Though we were only able to produce one of three planned releases for 2020, Olivia on the Record, we were able to concentrate our marketing resources on this project and saw, therefore, higher sales than anticipated in the first few months after its release.

$58Kprogram expense
02

Permissions

Our permissions sales continue to grow, which is a testament to how important our publications are, as authors, editors and anthologists continue to seek our permission to include excerpts in their new work. Over 25% of our net sales income now comes from reprint and permissions sales.

$44Kprogram expense
03

Marketing and Outreach

Community Outreach and Development:The major work for the marketing team was to set up and/ or plan the events and programs listed above, including those that were postponed into 2021. It is our mission to make partnership with other community organizations part of programming, thus we know we reach deep into community, as evidenced by…

$34Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$7K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$251K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$136K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$100K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$15K
Money outPt IX
$190K
Ln 25
Programscol B$179K
Managementcol C$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$268K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$38K
Total assetsLn 16$280K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$100K
Government grantsLn 1e$65K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$136K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$251K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$26K
SavingsLn 2$12K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$38K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$280K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
Net assetsLn 32$268K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23K$38K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$261K$280K
LiabilitiesLn 26$54K$12K
Net assetsLn 32$206K$268K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$28K$28K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$29K$29K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$40K$36K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K$168
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K$136
RoyaltiesLn 15$22K$22K
OccupancyLn 16$32K$29K$3K
TravelLn 17$354$354
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$2K$2K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$568$512$56
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$18K$612
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$190K$179K$11K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $237K$304K−$67K$265K 990 PDF
FY2023 $298K$217K$81K$340K 990 PDF
FY2022 $112K$259K−$147K$247K 990 PDF
FY2021 $384K$238K$146K$419K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $251K$190K$62K$268K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $251,204 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $76,207$100,007
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $32,503$14,966
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $109,417$136,231
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $218,128$251,204
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $36,203$66,659
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $197,319$122,877
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $233,522$189,536
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$15,394$61,668
Part VI · Governance 0 of 8 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $251,204 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $135,181 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$65,414
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$34,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$100,007
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $14,966$14,966
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $1,050$1,050
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $151,197$251,204
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $189,536 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $27,800$27,800
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $28,710$28,710
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,609$6,609
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,540$3,540
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,087$1,087
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $35,670 · Management $3,963$39,633
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,263$2,263
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,516 · Management $168$1,684
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,232 · Management $136$1,368
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $21,506$21,506
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,232 · Management $3,247$32,479
IX-17 TravelPrograms $354$354
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,802$1,802
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,532$1,532
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $512 · Management $56$568
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,989 · Management $612$18,601
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $178,735 · Management $10,801 · Fundraising $0$189,536
Part X · Balance sheet $279,816 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $16,064$26,334
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $7,375$11,503
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $35,000$16,800
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33,858$56,837
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $165,534$165,534
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,808$2,808
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $260,639$279,816
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,311$1,820
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $54,311$11,820
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $171,328$251,196
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $35,000$16,800
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $206,328$267,996
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $260,639$279,816
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $267,996 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$251,204
XI-2 Total expenses$189,536
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$61,668
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$206,328
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$267,996

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