EIN 13-1879953

Academy of American Poets

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
22
Year formed
1934
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Total revenues
$5,154,434
2022
Total expenses
$5,636,802
2022
Total assets
$14,577,206
2022
Num. employees
22
2022

Program areas at Academy of American Poets

Awards and grantssee schedule o awards and grants - The Academy administered and awarded more than $2.1m in poetry awards and prizes including: Poets laureate fellowships, letras boricuas fellowship, amazon literary partnerships, The wallace stevens award, The Academy fellowship, The lenore marshall prize, The james laughlin award, The walt whitman award, The raiziss/ de palchi translation award (italian translation award), The harold morton landon translation award, The American Poets emergency fund, treehouse climate action poetry prize, as well as student prizes at hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide.the literary arts emergency fund (laef) - launched and administered by The Academy of American Poets, The community of literary magazine & presses (clmp), and The national book foundation in 2020 distributed and regranted $1m in funding to 24 nonprofit literary arts organizations and publishers across The u.s. that experienced continued financial losses resulting from The covid-19 pandemic. The laef was made possible by a grant from The mellon foundation.
The American Poets magazine - The American Poets magazine (ampo) launched in 1996 and published twice annually in april and october, exclusively for The 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.
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 as well as hundreds of Poets biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings with The constant addition of new materials. In addition, resources such as a national events calendar, and development of poetry lesson plans for teachers are available. Poets.org receives more than five million visits each month, making it one of The most popular poetry sites on The web.
Poetry forum, poetry coaltion, education, national poetry month, reading series, program membership and chancellors fund

Grants made by Academy of American Poets

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
826 New OrleansLiterary Arts Emergency Fund$0
Beyond Baroque FoundationStipend & Health Care for 2021-2022 Poetry Coalition Fellow$0
Daily Poetry AssociationLiterary Arts Emergency Fund..$0
...and 59 more grants made totalling $0

Who funds Academy of American Poets

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Flamboyan FoundationGeneral Support$515,000
Poetry FoundationPoetry Coalition Grant$40,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$23,401
...and 21 more grants received totalling $674,047

Personnel at Academy of American Poets

NameTitleCompensation
Leonard EjioguVice President of Finance and Administration$119,583
Jennifer BenkaBoard Chair$189,006
Alexandra C JacksonSecretary / Director$0
Andrew SchiffTreasurer / Director$0
Tess O'DwyerChair / Director$0
...and 7 more key personnel

Financials for Academy of American Poets

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$4,667,481
Program services$190,221
Investment income and dividends$266,534
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$12,872
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$17,326
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$5,154,434

Form 990s for Academy of American Poets

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-16990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
2019-062020-10-15990View PDF
2018-062019-05-14990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $7,500 from Just Buffalo Literary Center
December 31, 2023
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Poetry Foundation
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from American Endowment Foundation
August 1, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 11, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Professional associationsBusiness and community development organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesCommunity improvementBusiness and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsPolitical advocacyProvides grantsFundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
75 Maiden LN 901
New York, NY 10038
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
poets.org/ 
Phone
(212) 274-0343
Facebook page
poets.org 
Twitter profile
@poetsorg 
IRS details
EIN
13-1879953
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1934
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A03: Arts, Culture and Humanities Professional Societies and Associations
NAICS code, primary
813920: Professional Associations
Parent/child status
Independent
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