EIN 13-1879953

Academy of American Poets

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
23
Year formed
1934
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
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
$2,416,014
2023
Total expenses
$5,341,067
2023
Total assets
$13,544,286
2023
Num. employees
23
2023

Program areas at Academy of American Poets

Awards and grants - The Academy administered and awarded more than $2.5m 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.poetry coalition - The Academy served as The coordinator and fiscal administrator of a poetry coalition, an intentionally inclusive alliance of thirty organizations, almost all of which are led by working, published Poets who are also arts administrators. Each of these organizations have paid staff who are published Poets and a primary mission to promote Poets and poetry and are multi-genre literary organizations that serve Poets and readers of specific racial, ethnic or gender identities and communities, including asian American, african anericam, latinx, and lgbtq, as well as youth, across The united states.
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 coalition, education, national poetry month, reading series, program membership, and chancellors fund.

Grants made by Academy of American Poets

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Woodland PatternHawthornden Regrant$55,090
University of Notre DameHawthornden Regrant$25,000
KundimanHawthornden Regrant$25,000
...and 22 more grants made totalling $451,750

Who funds Academy of American Poets

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Flamboyan FoundationGeneral Support$515,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$42,500
Poetry FoundationPoetry Coalition Grant$40,000
...and 21 more grants received totalling $757,899

Personnel at Academy of American Poets

NameTitleCompensation
Leonard EjioguVice President of Finance and Administration$136,399
Ricardo MaldonadoBoard Chair
Jeffery GleavesDigital Engagement and Content Director$111,733
Jennifer BenkaPast Board Chair / President and Executive Director$206,518
Andrew SchiffTreasurer / Director$0
...and 9 more key personnel

Financials for Academy of American Poets

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,360,462
Program services$210,842
Investment income and dividends$249,035
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$11,030
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-426,983
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$11,628
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,416,014

Form 990s for Academy of American Poets

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-15990View PDF
2022-062024-05-14990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-16990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s
Data update history
August 12, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 15, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $515,000 from Flamboyan Foundation
July 11, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $7,500 from Just Buffalo Literary Center
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsProfessional 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 donationsAccepts online 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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