Liabilities / Assets
Score unavailable
Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
Score unavailable
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Liabilities / Revenue
Score unavailable
Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.
Net Margin
9th percentile
Higher net margin than 9% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
69th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 69% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
6th percentile
Faster asset growth than 6% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
17th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 17% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$18,800
Down $33,681 (-64%) from 2015
Net Assets
Down$18,800
Down $33,681 (-64%) from 2015
Liabilities
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
Down$81,929
Down $39,062 (-32%) from 2015
Expenses
Up$115,610
Up $23,421 (+25%) from 2015
Net Income
Down-$33,681
Down $62,483 (-217%) from 2015
Litmus Press is a program of Ether Sea Projects, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit literature and arts organization. We are dedicated to publishing innovative, cross-genre, and interdisciplinary work by poets, writers, translators, and artists.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
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| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ERICA KAUFMAN | Vice President | - | $0 | - | - |
| RISHI ZUTSHI | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| SIMONE WHITE | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| SUSAN BEE | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| PIERRE JORIS | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
“Office Expenses $3354”
“Insurance $206”
“PROGRAM EXPENSES $3831”
“Conferences & book fairs $3659”
“Website development $3150”
“MARKETING $2156”
“Telephone & internet $1212”
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