2011-02-07T11:42:13-06:00 2010-06-30 JunkermierClarkCampanellaStevens PC PO Box 16237 Missoula MT 59808 990 2009-07-01 810505084 Missoula Writing Collaborative MISS 4065493348 PO Box 9237 Missoula MT 598079237 LOIS M WELCH 4065493348 2011-02-07 1 David L Gilmer CPA 4065494148 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z LOIS M WELCH PO BOX 9237 Missoula MT 59808 122951 0 X WWW.MISSOULAWRITINGCOLLABORATIVE.ORG X 1996 MT TEACHING LITERARY COMPETENCE, CRITICAL THINKING, and CULTURAL AWARENESS THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING. 9 9 16 50 0 0 121080 116074 6645 3180 183 0 1896 1397 129804 120651 0 0 139392 83540 0 7402 33820 25722 173212 109262 -43408 11389 4663 9290 13524 6762 -8861 2528 The Missoula Writing Collaborative is a writers-in-the-schools program. Our central activity is teaching creative writing to children in school classrooms during the school year in collaboration with classroom teachers. We believe that creative writing can help children become compassionate, literate, and responsible human beings and connect them to their schools, helping them achieve academic success. 0 0 44616 850 Writers in the Schools program places PROFESSIONAL WRITERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH CREATIVE WRITING, WITH MOST ALL RESIDENCIES PROVIDING READINGS AND ANTHOLOGIES OF REPRESENTATIVE WORK AT YEAR END. During the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the program reached out to students in 18 Montana schools including Missoula, Helena, Arlee, Stevensville, St. Ingnatius, Pablo, and Ovando. 8309 2330 Words with Wings is an intensive writing program for ages 8-16. The program is offered in two sessions during the summer. Participants receive one-on-one direction from professional writers and their work is published in an anothology and shared at a public reading. During the 2009 Summer session approximately 50 children participated in the camp. 1250 Common Ground - Twice a month MWC writers meet with residents of Talbot Youth Homes for evening writing workshops. Collaborations between youth home residents and disabled adults in joint writing sessions are also part of the Common Ground program. Our goal in this program is to provide a safe, acceptable method to make feelings clear, as people in difficult circumstances struggle mightily to be heard. 1991 THE SATELLITE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS HAS TAKEN WRITERS TO hawaii and ALASKATO FURTHER THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE ALASKARESIDENCY IS WORKING IN A REMOTE, ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED COMMUNITY INAN EFFORT TO BRING LITERARY SKILLS TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION. 1991 56166 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X MEGAN MCNAMER ADMINISTRATOR 4065493348 223 W RAILROAD ST BLDG 10 MISSOULA MT 59802 LINDA WHITLESSEY 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBIN L HAMILTON 3.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID HORGAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LOIS M WELCH 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LAURA WERSTAK DEVER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GEOFF BADENOCH 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARGIE GOODBURN 1.00 X 0 0 0 JANE DUNCAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 Molly murphy 1.00 X 0 0 0 MEGAN MCNAMER 25.00 X 13657 0 0 SHERYL NOETHE 25.00 X 15662 0 0 29319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1780 26860 87434 116074 Summer writing camp 611600 2330 2330 writing workshops 611600 850 850 3180 3697 1780 2300 1397 1397 120651 3180 0 1397 29319 20524 2932 5863 46464 27317 19147 7757 4124 3633 7580 7580 500 500 1938 742 1196 1525 436 898 191 113 113 2700 2700 2262 1550 712 436 316 120 21 21 2876 1198 1678 PRINTING 2759 780 1979 food & beverage 0 BANK CHARGES 1216 6 1178 32 telephone/internet 853 853 WRITING RESIDENCIES 411 211 200 532 20 512 109262 56166 45694 7402 1741 6006 1388 222 1459 1772 1236 21 0 1215 75 75 4663 9290 7156 4534 2228 6368 13524 6762 X 0 0 0 0 -8861 2528 -8861 2528 4663 9290 X 0 0 0 X 132665 146177 161824 119206 119771 679643 132665 146177 161824 119206 119771 679643 275492 404151 43 685 778 183 1689 681332 19803 0.59320 0.58540 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1236 21 1215 1215 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b Committee minutes are not recorded but committee actions are discussed at meetings of the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The Administrative Director and Treasurer review the 990 before filing. Once completed, the 990 is made available to the board of directors and is presented at the next board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The governing documents and financial statements are available upon request. The conflict of interest policy is currently being drafted by the strategic planning committee.