NonprofitsAcademy Of American Poets Incorporated

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Academy Of American Poets Incorporated

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$8.3M

Total expenses

$4.9M

Net assets

$15.7M

Grants received

$9.3M

122 grants

EIN

131879953

Tax year

2023

Mission

The academy supports poets through fellowships and prizes and promotes poetry.

Programs

3 programs

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: $529K

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: $193KGrants: $26K

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: $856KGrants: $131K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$7.8M
Program service revenue$180K
Investment income$359K
Other revenue$14K
Total revenue$8.3M

Expenses

Grants paid$2.2M
Salaries & benefits$1.5M
Fundraising$367K
Other expenses$1.2M
Total expenses$4.9M
Total assets$18.7M
Net assets$15.7M

People

23 listed

NameRoleCompensation

LEONARD EJIOGU

VP OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRA

Board

$184K

35 hrs/wk

RICARDO MALDONADO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$81K

35 hrs/wk

ALEXANDRA C JACKSON

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANDREW SCHIFF

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LARRY BERGER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SIDNEY CLIFTON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TRACIE C HALL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL JACOBS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAMES JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANJALI KHOSLA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CAMILLE LANNAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALBERT LEE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL J NADLER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRUNO NAVASKY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ERIC RAYMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GERALD RICHARDS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELDA ROTOR

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH SOBOL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROSE STYRON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MAURICE TEMPELSMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM D ZABEL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TESS O'DWYER

CHAIR

Board

5 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 122 of 122

FromAmountPurposeYear
$20K
charitable donation-general
2024
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$1K
GENERAL NEEDS OR PURPOSE
2024
$200
SUPPORT OF THE ARTS
2024
$100
FELLOWSHIPS FOR POETS
2024
$1.5M
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL POETS LAUREATE FELLOWSHIP
2023
$686K
TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING AND A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE POETRY COALITION
2023
$500K
LITERARY ARTS SUPPORT.
2023
$60K
POETRY PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, INNOVATION AND SPONSORSHIP
2023
$29K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$27K
FOR A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$20K
TO SUPPORT POEM-A-DAY
2023
$7K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2023
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$1K
GENERAL
2023
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100
MATCHING GRANT
2023
$100
FELLOWSHIPS FOR POETS
2023
$515K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$43K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$40K
POETRY COALITION GRANT
2022
$34K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$25K
TO SUPPORT POEM-A-DAY
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
Public Community Good (Unrestricted)
2022
$20K
charitable donation-general
2022
$12K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$11K
SUPPORT PRODUCTION SERIES OF POETRY FILMS IN COLLABORATION WITH ADRIAN BRINKERHOFF POETRY FOUNDATION
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE
2022
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE & MEDIA
2022
$8K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$8K
NYSLIT ADVANCEMENT
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2022
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$3K
GENERAL WELFARE
2022
$2K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES
2022
$500
GENERAL CHARITABLES
2022
$250
ANNUAL SUPPORT
2022
$230
EMPLOYEE MATCHING
2022
$200
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$100
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION/GRANT
2022
$100
FELLOWSHIPS FOR POETS
2022
$1.1M
TO EXPAND REGRANTING PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A NEW OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL AWARD REGRANTS OF $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, OR $50,000 TO AT LEAST 50 TO 75 LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS' IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES.
2021
$515K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$23K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$23K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE & MEDIA
2021
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2021
$3K
Poem-A-Day, daily publishing series
2021
$3K
GENERAL WELFARE
2021
$1K
GENERAL
2021
$250
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
2021
$100
PUBLIC GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
2021
$2.3M
TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THE LOCAL POETS LAUREATE INITIATIVE
2020
$1.2M
TO SUPPORT COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANTS FOR NONPROFIT LITERARY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
2020
$37K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$25K
TO SUPPORT POEM-A-DAY
2020
$20K
ARTS, CULTURE & MEDIA
2020
$20K
charitable donation-general
2020
$20K
ARTS, CULTURE & MEDIA
2020
$12K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$10K
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT.
2020
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$6K
ARTS & CULTURE \ ARTS & CULTURE - EDUCATION
2020
$5K
contribution to further donee's exempt purpose
2020
$5K
GENERAL
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$500
GENERAL CHARITABLES
2020
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$500
SEE STATEMENT 7
2020
$100
CHARITABLE
2020
$100
GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
2020
$100
EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
2020
$60K
Enhance on-line resources/Annual Benefit
2019
$3K
GENERAL WELFARE
2019
$3K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2019
$250
TO BENEFIT PUBLIC CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
2019
$150
MATCHING GRANT
2019
$100
GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
2019
$10K
GENERAL
2018
$3K
charitable donation-general
2018
$500
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2018
$250
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$55K
Enhance on-line resources/Annual Benefit
2017
$10K
INNOVATIONS IN READING
2017

Funded by

$9.3M from 59 funders · 122 grants · 2017–2024

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

$5.6M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Hawthornden Foundation

$1.6M · 2 grants · 2021–2023

Flamboyan Foundation Inc

$1.0M · 2 grants · 2021–2022

The Halfway Rock Foundation

$135K · 3 grants · 2017–2022

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$116K · 5 grants · 2020–2023

The Poetry Foundation

$100K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

The Sidney E Frank Foundation

$81K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$80K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Details

EIN131879953
NTEE codeA700
Subsection03
Ruling date1936-02
Formed1934
Employees20
Volunteers21
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