EIN 13-3447888

PEN American Center

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
82
Year formed
1985
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
PEN American Center, founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship. The Center has a membership of 3,300 writers, editors, and translators.
Total revenues
$25,786,149
2022
Total expenses
$16,101,224
2022
Total assets
$45,475,752
2022
Num. employees
82
2022

Program areas at PEN American Center

Free expression programs: Pen america's free expression programs defend writers and journalists and protect the free expression rights in the united states and around the world. This work includes research and reports on topical issues ranging from fraudulent news to censorship in china; advocacy internationally and in the united states in defense of press freedom and on other free expression challenges; and campaigns on policy issues and on behalf of individual writers and journalists under threat.
Literary awards:since 1963, the Pen america literary awards have honored many of the most outstanding voices in literature across diverse genres, including fiction, poetry, science writing, essays, sports writing, biography, children's literature, and drama. With the help of our partners, Pen america confers over 20 distinct awards, fellowships, grants and prizes each year, awarding over $800,000 to writers and translators.
Pen world voices festival: Pen world voices is america's premier international literary festival, attracting the best known writers from across the globe. Since its founding, the festival has presented more than 1,800 writers and artists from 118 countries speaking 56 languages in venues across new york city and los angeles in a four day series of literary events with a human rights focus. The festival was founded by salman rushdie, esther allen and michael roberts in the aftermath of september 11th, 2001, with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue between the united states and the world- a mission that, today, has never been more relevant. (continued on schedule o)the 19th anniversary of the united states' leading international literary festival consists of 40+ events in nyc and 5 events in la, including a keynote lecture by kirkus prize winning author ta-nehisi coates at the the new school's tishman auditorium. Programming includes events with ayad ahktar, reza aslan, elif batuman, anne berest, david blight, mahogany l. browne, jelani cobb, heather cox richardson, jennifer croft, kiran desai, matthew desmond, carolyn forche, ashley c. ford, juan gabriel vasquez, roxane gay, kaitlyn greendige, garth greenwell, khaled hosseini, anton hur, marlon james, han kang, katie kitamura, phil klay, r.f. Kuang, amitava kumar, padma lakshmi, min jin lee, yiyun li, kyle lukoff, rebecca makkai, ottessa moshfegh, sayaka murata, ben okri, jose olivarez, imani perry, geena rocero, stacy schiff, samanta schweblin, mayukh sen, ruta sepetys, kamila shamie, meggie smith, traci sorell, margaret sullivan, maria tatar, amor towles, padma venkatraman, joan walsh, murong xuecen, monica youn, javier zamora, and more.
Public programs; content and outreach; membership; branches; prison writing; Pen america journal; writers fund.

Who funds PEN American Center

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Arizona Community FoundationGeneral Support$2,100,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$1,291,489
Open Society FoundationsTo Provide General Support$1,000,000
...and 62 more grants received totalling $10,158,888

Personnel at PEN American Center

NameTitleCompensation
Suzanne NosselChief Executive Officer$465,257
Drusilla MenakerChief Operating Officer$280,656
Olakunle ApampaChief Financial Officer$297,349
Deborah WilsonChief Development Officer$231,788
Clarisse Rosaz ShariyfChief Program Officer , Literary PRG / Senior Director , Literary Programs$195,000
...and 13 more key personnel

Financials for PEN American Center

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$24,853,259
Program services$189,646
Investment income and dividends$242,526
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$296,276
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$204,442
Total revenues$25,786,149

Form 990s for PEN American Center

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-06990View PDF
2021-122022-11-07990View PDF
2020-122021-11-09990View PDF
2019-122021-02-24990View PDF
2018-122020-02-07990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
August 26, 2024
Received grants
Identified 16 new grant, including a grant for $2,100,000 from Arizona Community Foundation
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $69,312 from Jewish Communal Fund
April 24, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 23, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsOperates internationallyState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
588 Broadway 303
New York, NY 10012
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
pen.org/ 
Phone
(212) 334-1660
Facebook page
PENamerican 
Twitter profile
@penamerican 
IRS details
EIN
13-3447888
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1985
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A70: Humanities Organizations
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current - Awaiting Reporting
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
CT0259921
FTB Entity ID
8184546
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2024-10-16
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