2014-05-14T11:14:50-05:00 2013-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 300 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2012-07-01 136019220 POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA POET 2122549628 15 GRAMERCY PARK NEW YORK NY 10003 ALICE QUINN 2122549628 2014-04-30 1 MARTIN BERKOWITZ P00154047 2126972299 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z ALICE QUINN 15 GRAMERCY PARK NEW YORK NY 10003 492876 0 X WWW.POETRYSOCIETY.ORG X 1910 NY TO BUILD A LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE FOR POETRY, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) TO ENCOURAGE A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF THE VITALITY AND BREADTH OF POETRY IN THE CULTURAL CONVERSATION, AND TO PLACE POETRY AT THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICAN LIFE. 15 15 6 29 0 0 340022 342485 12870 15888 115270 113042 5530 7134 473692 478549 0 0 0 0 279334 302949 0 0 58687 190786 171008 470120 473957 3572 4592 3171565 3513239 14328 31443 3157237 3481796 X THE POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE NATION'S OLDEST POETRY ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDED IN 1910. ITS MISSION IS TO BUILD A LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE FOR POETRY, TO ENCOURAGE A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF THE VITALITY (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)AND BREADTH OF POETRY IN THE CULTURAL CONVERSATION, AND TO PLACE POETRY AT THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICAN LIFE. 0 0 217212 7134 PUBLIC PROGRAMS:NATIONAL POETRY EVENTSEACH YEAR THE PSA PRESENTS A NATIONAL SERIES WHICH BRINGS PROGRAMS EXPLORING A LARGE THEME SUCH AS REGIONAL POETRY, POETRY AND POLITICS, OR BLACK ICONIC POETS, TO 4-6 OF OUR KEY CITIES. THIS SERIES CONSISTS OF LARGE, PUBLIC POETRY PROGRAMS AND SMALLER DISCUSSIONS, CO-PRODUCED WITH LOCAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. MOST OF THESE EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE, TO ENSURE THAT THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THEM. ADDITIONALLY, AUDIO RECORDINGS OF MANY EVENTS AND ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL FEATURE CONTENT ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.POETRYSOCIETY.COM, WHERE THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO POETRY-LOVERS NATIONWIDE.LOCAL POETRY EVENTSPSA CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH SELECT NYC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL VENUES TO PRESENT UNIQUE POETRY PROGRAMS, WITH THE GOAL OF INCLUDING AS MANY NEW YORKERS AS POSSIBLE. OUR SIGNATURE NEW SALON SERIES, IN WHICH POETRY READINGS BY RESPECTED POETS ARE FOLLOWED BY IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS ABOUT THEIR WORK, TAKES PLACE IN UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. EVENTS IN PUBLIC AND OUTDOOR SPACES, SUCH AS BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL, AT THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, TIMES SQUARE, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, AS WELL AS LARGE CELEBRATIONS OF POETRY IN COOPER UNION'S GREAT HALL, BRING POETRY TO LARGE, DIVERSE AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 66331 PSA EMERGING WRITERS CHAPBOOK FELLOWSHIP:EACH YEAR, PSA AWARDS 4 EMERGING WRITERS A FELLOWSHIP DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD THROUGH EDITORIAL SUPPORT, PUBLICATION, EXPOSURE AND AN INTRODUCTION INTO THE LITERARY COMMUNITY. WINNERS ARE SELECTED BY DISTINGUISHED POETS, AND PSA STAFF WORK WITH THEM TO EDIT AND ARRANGE THEIR POEMS INTO A 20-30 PAGE CHAPBOOK, WHICH IS PRINTED IN AN EDITION OF 500. THE VOLUMES CONTAIN AN INTRODUCTION BY THE SELECTING JUDGE. THE BOOKS ARE LAUNCHED AT A PUBLIC READING AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE CHAPBOOK IN NEW YORK CITY. FOUNDED IN 2003, THIS PROGRAM HAS NOW INTRODUCED 40 NEW VOICES. 54449 POETRY IN MOTION:SINCE 1992, POETRY IN MOTION HAS PLACED POEMS IN TRANSIT SYSTEMS OF CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, HELPING TO CREATE A NATIONAL READERSHIP FOR BOTH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED POETS, TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES EXPOSURE TO THE ART ON A DAILY BASIS AND TO RAISE AWARENESS AND DEEPEN APPRECIATION OF THE ART FORM. POETRY IN MOTION IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND WELL KNOWN LITERARY PROGRAMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND HAS BEEN WIDELY REPLICATED. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VIEWING POEMS EVERY DAY ON TRANSIT SYSTEMS IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT AROUND 7 MILLION. 41449 15888 ANNUAL AWARDS:THE PSA OFFERS 12 AWARDS, AND OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS THESE AWARDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING POETS. RECIPIENTS HAVE INCLUDED COUNTEE CULLEN, LANGSTON HUGHES, MARIANNE MOORE, E. E. CUMMINGS, ELIZABETH BISHOP, MARIE PONSOT AND SONIA SANCHEZ. THE AWARDS HONOR EVERY STAGE OF A POET'S ARTISTIC CAREER, FROM A SINGLE POEM WRITTEN BY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, TO A FIRST BOOK, TO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT. 41449 15888 379441 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 NY X PATRICIA TAYLOR 2122549628 15 GRAMERCY PARK NEW YORK NY 10003 ELIZABETH J COLEMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BILLY COLLINS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CORNELIUS EADY 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATE GALE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIMIKO HAHN 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN JACOBSON 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH KAPLAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GERALDINE HARMSWORTH 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE MINKOFF 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ELISE PASCHEN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MOLLY PEACOCK 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN RACHLIN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANNA RABINOWITZ 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HOWARD ROTHMAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 CATHERINE WOODARD 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALICE QUINN 40.00 X 97907 0 0 97907 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27473 99165 215847 342485 AWARD ENTRY FEES 900099 15888 15888 15888 113042 113042 14327 27473 14327 0 7134 0 7134 7134 478549 23022 0 113042 97907 81263 1958 14686 158675 110595 25933 22147 21805 17514 929 3362 24562 18148 2930 3484 10959 8803 466 1690 7520 6927 128 465 31782 25773 1255 4754 36298 29155 1546 5597 12562 12475 19 68 7742 7567 31 144 3183 2556 136 491 4165 3345 178 642 PROGRAM PRIZES & FEES 32150 32150 PRINTING & PUBLICATION 20451 18996 315 1140 BOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS 4196 4174 5 17 473957 379441 35829 58687 113356 159560 490841 490841 27088 6820 8178 7132 75891 69092 9982 6799 2522120 2842087 3171565 3513239 14328 31443 14328 31443 X 418334 453426 67500 37000 2671403 2991370 3157237 3481796 3171565 3513239 4592 319967 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 335951 315692 417680 340022 342485 1751830 335951 315692 417680 340022 342485 1751830 54262 1697568 132930 94966 103048 115270 113042 559256 2311086 109991 0.73450 0.79040 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2671403 433009 113042 2991370 2767940 18733 115270 2671403 2464575 406404 103039 2767940 2389338 170203 94966 2464575 2779238 -230379 132930 26591 2389338 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 1 0 71906 65107 6799 3985 3985 0 6799 BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST - ALICE FAY DICASTAGNOLA FUND 2842087 2842087 X 915558 319967 117042 437009 478549 0 478549 590999 117042 117042 473957 0 473957 DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS: PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT INCOME IS INTENDED FOR THE GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT OF THE POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA. DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X, LINE 2: POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA IS RECOGNIZED AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION. MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED ALL INCOME TAX POSITIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT NO DISCLOSURES RELATING TO UNCERTAIN POSITIONS WERE REQUIRED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. GALA BENEFIT 41800 27473 14327 6857 7470 41800 27473 14327 6857 7470 14327 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE BOARD TREASURER REVIEWS THE FORM 990. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 THE ORGANIZATION MONITORS POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY: 1. EXERCISING PRUDENCE WITH THE BOARD IN THE CONTROL AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 2. UNDERSTANDING PSA'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHERWISE HELP THE BOARD FULFILL ITS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. 3. REQUIRING BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTES WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 6. AVOIDING THE ACCEPTANCE OR OFFERING OF FAVORS TO ANYONE WHO DOES BUSINESS WITH PSA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THERE WAS RELIANCE ON COMPARABILITY DATA BY BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN THEY HIRED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHEN SHE HIRED OTHER STAFF. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.