2014-10-21T10:10:42-07:00 2014-06-30 Boyle Deveny & Meyer PC 305 South 4th East Suite 200 Missoula MT 59801 990 2013-07-01 810505084 MISSOULA WRITING COLLABORATIVE MISS 4065493348 28 OFFICERS ROW FORT MISSOULA RD MISSOULA MT 59804 BECKY HOLDORF Treasurer 2014-10-21 true KAREN NEEL CPA P00338064 4067213555 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z PATSY O'KEEFE 3023 RATTLESNAKE DRIVE MISSOULA MT 59802 220199 false false X WWW.MISSOULAWRITINGCOLLABORATIVE.ORG X 1995 MT TEACHING LITERARY COMPETENCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND CULTURAL AWARENESS THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING. 9 9 23 100 0 141062 151875 57326 66128 0 -4413 2196 193975 220199 0 0 125676 172428 0 2508 69718 68729 195394 241157 -1419 -20958 42013 21682 4278 4905 37735 16777 TEACHING LITERARY COMPETENCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND CULTURAL AWARENESS THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING. false false 215500 ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDED 6.30.14:The Missoula Writing Collaborative has served over 30,000 children since 1994, encouraging them to find their authentic voices as creative writers. MWC teachers are professional writers -- people who have made writing their life's work. They have written and published many books, poems, stories, essays and articles, receiving prestigious awards and prizes for their work. MWC Artistic Director Sheryl Noethe was honored with a Missoula Cultural Council Achievement Award in 2004 for her teaching in area classrooms, and in 2011 she was named Montana's Poet Laureate. The MWC currently serves children and youth ages 8-18 in over twenty schools in Montana, mostly in Missoula. Additional programs include a six-week writing workshop at Missoula Youth Homes, after-school writing workshops through the Flagship Program, and free Saturday workshops during the months of September, January, and April. We have a residency at Arlee Schools, in Arlee, Montana, on the Flathead Reservation of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and we bring visiting Native American writers and artists to our classrooms there and in Missoula. Our summer camp, Words With Wings, held annually for two weeks on the University of Montana campus, serves approximately 85 children ages 8-14, with excursions to wilderness areas, art museums, and river habitat. The Missoula Writing Collaborative Writing Lives program emphasizes the intersections between rural and urban environments and teaches young writers to reflect on their place in both the human and the natural world. This teaching occurs throughout our classes, both in and out of school. We have mentored emerging writers-in-the-schools programs in Alaska, Hawaii, and Nicaragua. Students in several of our Missoula, Montana elementary school residencies currently learn to translate their poems into Spanish and are able to share them with Nicaraguan students via Skype video exchanges. We are active in WITSA, a national writers-in-the-schools alliance, keeping abreast of the latest thinking about literacy and creativity for children. 215500 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 23 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true false false false true true false true false false true false false X PATSY O'KEEFE 4065493348 223 OFFICERS ROW FORT MISSOULA RD MISSOULA MT 59804 LOIS WELCH BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM DAVITT BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PETER STARK BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN MAGONE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOE NICKELL BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 M mEAGAN McNamer Executive Direc 40.00 0.00 X 42923 0 0 MARY WINDECKER President 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PATSY O'KEEFE Vice President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM ANDERSON Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BECKY HOLDORF Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 42923 0 false false false 0 151875 344 151875 SCHOOL PROGRAMS 44137 44137 SUMMER WRITING CAMPS 21991 21991 66128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MISC REVENUE & REIMB. 2196 2196 2196 220199 68324 0 0 0 0 47538 42784 4754 0 109122 98210 10912 0 0 15768 13403 2365 0 0 0 0 0 0 3933 3146 787 3931 3931 1769 1504 265 0 0 6724 5837 622 265 6524 5872 326 326 0 2162 2162 0 0 436 371 65 2011 1709 302 SUMMER CAMPS 23347 23347 Printing and Publications 6469 4852 1617 SCHOOL PROGRAM COLLABORATION 2200 2200 OTHER FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1447 1447 7776 6172 1134 470 241157 215500 23149 2508 39820 19925 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2556 1214 1778 1342 0 0 0 0 415 415 42013 21682 4278 4905 4278 4905 X 37735 16777 37735 16777 42013 21682 -20958 X false false false X 119771 146834 132386 141025 151825 691841 0 0 119771 146834 132386 141025 151825 691841 454722 237119 1332 545 1877 0 0 693718 0.34180 0.36210 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1236 515 721 1320 699 621 1342 CREDIT CARD PAYABLE 1323 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 3582 4905 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO BOARD MEMBERS Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE AWARE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. 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