Liabilities / Assets
88th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 88% of similar nonprofits.
990EZ • Fiscal year 2017 • EIN 45-5515074
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
88th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 88% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
80th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
58th percentile
Higher net margin than 58% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
80th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 11.9% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
98th percentile
Faster asset growth than 98% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
81st percentile
Faster revenue growth than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Flat$16,066
Flat from 2017
Net Assets
$5,072
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
Flat$10,994
Flat from 2017
Revenue
Flat$98,738
Flat from 2017
Expenses
Flat$92,913
Flat from 2017
Net Income
Flat$5,825
Flat from 2017
Celebrate & Cultivate Brooklyn Poetry
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| We hired poets to teach 26 5-week poetry workshops and hosted 14 poetry readings and 12 monthly workshop & open mic events The events drew and served more than 2000 people | - | $47,127 |
| Weekly on our website we featured a poem and interview with a Poet of the Week and we managed and developed the Bridge poetsbridgeorg a site for poets and mentors | - | $18,195 |
| We hosted a weekend retreat in the Hamptons for poets involving writing classes workshops and readings The retreat served 20 students and teachers | - | $8,154 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Koo | Executive Directortreasurer | PT | $11,758 | - | $11,758 |
| Gunny Scarfo | Board President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Tiffany Gibert | Board Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| Modesto Jimenez | Board Vice President | - | $0 | - | - |
“Description AmountDepreciation from 4562 331Advertising 1,016Payroll Taxes 957Dues and Subscriptions 2,514Interest 64Meals and Entertainment 3,336Office Expenses 587Misc Exp 965Travel 97Promotional 405Licenses 29Web Hosting 1,072Payroll Fees 442Events 724Insurance 445Merchant Fees 2,314”
“Category Beginning of Year End of YearEquipment 113 1,061”
“Category Beginning of Year End of YearCredit Cards 2,147 10,842Payroll Liabilities 197 152”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Description of other assets Part II line 24 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 2 | Description of total liabilities Part II line 26 |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2017 |
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2017 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.