The Loft Inc

Filing Period

Sep 1, 2011 to Aug 31, 2012

Signed

Jan 21, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$2,543,207

Major Activities

Activity 2

Mentorships, Awards, and Events: The Loft provides mentorships, fellowship, and grants to support writers and their work. The Loft Mentor Series awarded intensive artistic mentorships for 12 writers of demonstrated potential to work closely with nationally renowned writers. The Loft McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers granted five $25,000 awards to buy accomplished writers the time to write. The Minnesota Emerging Writers' Grant program provided project funds of $6,000-$8,500 to help advance five writers' work. Authors' readings and performances helped develop audiences while promoting and advancing the work of individual writers. In the past year, 11,000 individuals attended more than 60 Loft sponsored readings, performances, and other literary events. Broadcasts and webcasts extended the Loft's reach to another 760,000 individuals.

Activity 3

Writing Community and Writers Services: Loft.org, the Loft's website, provided regular articles and fostered discussions about the writer's life and craft through our daily blog, The Writers' Block. There, writers found writing excercises, literary reviews, commentary, news, and discussion. The site also included interviews, a calendar of Loft readings and events, a catalog of Loft classes, and writers' resources including information about writing groups, competitions, grants, awards, publishers, and agents. Visitors perused a variety of resources in The Rachel Anne Gaschott Ritchie Small Press Library, 68 writers made use of the Loft's writers' studios and more than 50 distinct literary groups used the Loft's Book Club Room this year.

Filer

EIN

41-1297735