To promote the literary arts using on-going workshops, readings, film, music and performances serving over 8,000 people, including community outreach to schools, publishing literature, a bookstore and promotional mailings including a quarterly calendar of the various activities and events

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
52¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 9 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $26K a year · 5% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
52%
of spending
Worth a look: 52% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$93K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$21K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$572K
-19% vs prior year
Spent
$770K
To programs
52%
Net assets
$268K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$572K
FY2024▼ -19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$330K
FY2022$518K
FY2023$709K
FY2024$572K
Expenses
$770K
FY2024▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$279K
FY2022$490K
FY2023$696K
FY2024$770K
Net assets
$268K
FY2024▼ -42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$316K
FY2022$452K
FY2023$465K
FY2024$268K

From the FY2024 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 Jul 1972.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

52 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 52% · $403K Management & general 31% · $235K Fundraising 17% · $131K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$93,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Quentin Ring’s $93K as Executive Director is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Quentin Ring$93,000———
Quentn Ring—$89,000——
Quenton Ring——$79,000—
Quentin Ring - Feb - December 2019———$59,554
Richard Modiano - January 2019———$7,114

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes literary arts through workshops, readings, film, music, and performances for over 8,000 people.

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1 program · $403K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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On-going workshops, readings, film, music and performatnces serving over 8,000 people, including community outreach to schools, publishing and bookstore

$403Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$572K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$510K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$78K
Investment incomeLn 3$78
Money outPt IX
$770K
Ln 25
Programscol B$403K
Managementcol C$235K
Fundraisingcol D$131K
Owns and owesPt X
$268K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$214K
Total assetsLn 16$290K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$510K
Government grantsLn 1e$194K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$96K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$78K
Investment incomeLn 3$78
Total revenueLn 12$572K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$214K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$214K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$72K
Total assetsLn 16$290K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
Net assetsLn 32$268K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 650
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$399K$214K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$89K$72K
Total assetsLn 16$488K$290K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$21K
Net assetsLn 32$465K$268K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
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$93K$37K$37K$19K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$159K$58K$58K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$14K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$8K$8K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$12K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$110K$91K$93$19K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$38K$38K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$7K$7K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$143K$72K$71K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$17K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$138K$94K$262$44K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$770K$403K$235K$131K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $572K$770K−$197K$268K 990 PDF
FY2023 $709K$696K$13K$465K 990 PDF
FY2022 $518K$490K$28K$452K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $330K$279K$51K$316K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $572,481 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $605,096$509,822
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $81,475$78,169
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $151$78
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,065−$15,588
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $708,787$572,481
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,265$2,242
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $257,150$287,207
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $434,274$480,130
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $695,689$769,579
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $13,098−$197,098
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $572,481 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$20,838 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$31,901
VIII-1e Government grants$194,337
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$283,584
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$96,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$509,822
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$78,169
VIII-3 Investment income$78
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$5,250
VIII-12 Total revenue$572,481
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $769,579 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,242$2,242
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 $37,200 · Management $37,200 · Fundraising $18,600$93,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $57,600 · Management $57,846 · Fundraising $43,751$159,197
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $14,406$14,406
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,745 · Management $7,765 · Fundraising $5,094$20,604
IX-11a Management feesManagement $11,935$11,935
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $90,650 · Management $93 · Fundraising $19,435$110,178
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $38,004$38,004
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $8,872$8,872
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $6,594$6,594
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $71,568 · Management $71,034$142,602
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,901$4,901
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $17,111$17,111
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $93,540 · Management $262 · Fundraising $44,101$137,903
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $2,030$2,030
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $403,450 · Management $235,148 · Fundraising $130,981$769,579
Part X · Balance sheet $289,534 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $398,806$214,118
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $263$3,770
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $88,757$71,646
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $487,826$289,534
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $8,563$6,776
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,457$21,263
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $465,369$268,271
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $487,826$289,534
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $268,271 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$572,481
XI-2 Total expenses$769,579
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$197,098
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$465,369
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$268,271

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