Aunt Lute Foundation

“The executive director and the preparer review the 990 before its submission. Board members may receive electronic copies.”

“Aunt lute foundation makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public at our office during regular office hours by reasonable appointment only. In 2020 we shared our form 990 with interested parties but no other documents were requested beyond standard financial statements.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Intern Program:In general, our internship program allows women, especially women of color, interested in womens studies, ethnic studies, and any aspect of non-profit publishing to explore career paths at Aunt Lute, and be taught skills by our staff that are necessary to further their careers. Usually we pay a basic stipend, but during Covid we were able to support our newly installed intern with a living part-time wage for 15hours per week, as she could not go on unemployment. And we now are seeking grants that will allow us to always pay interns a living part-time wage. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Permissions:Our permissions sales continue to grow, which is a testament to how important our publications are, as authors, editors and anthologists continue to seek our permission to include excerpts in their new work. Over 25% of our net sales income now comes from reprint and permissions sales. Further, the contribution of our literature to the fields of gender, literary, and cultural studies is evident in its continued use in lectures and conferences. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Marketing and Outreach:Community Outreach and Development:The major work for the marketing team was to set up and/ or plan the events and programs listed above, including those that were postponed into 2021. It is our mission to make partnership with other community organizations part of programming, thus we know we reach deep into community, as evidenced by our Building a POC Community and Home in the Bay partnerships. We use these partnerships as a basis for social media outreach, as well as communicating to the various community meetings and meeting with community venue administrators. This requires an intense amount of work, even more so with virtual communication, for marketing staff, but it is the foundation on which a successful multi-cultural event is built.Aunt Lute Books continues its commitment to literacy by donating cartons of books to local Bay Area libraries, prisons and county juvenile halls. We also continued to build community through our bi-monthly meetings with other non-profit literary organizations.PLANNED PUBLICATIONS FOR COMING YEAR, 2021Borderlands/La Frontera, the Critical EditionBorderlands/La Frontera (original classic), 5th editionEl Mundo Zurdo, 8th editionShell Shaker, 2nd edition3 eBooksDECREASED INCOME FROM SALES; INCREASE IN INCOME FROM RELIEF GRANTSThough are sales income dropped sharply in 2020 during Covid, several relief grants allowed us to bring staff back from furlough August 1 and to continue production work, events and event planning. We are now stable financially and are ready to implement lessons we learned during this pandemic year to better insulate ourselves to similar travails that appear in the future.”