Mission
TO FOSTER THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF POETS AND WRITERS, TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE LITERARY COMMUNITY, AND TO HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LITERATURE CAN BE APPRECIATED BY THE WIDEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC.
Public Charity
POETS AND WRITERS INC
POETS AND WRITERS INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.8M revenue, $4.5M expenses, $10.7M total assets. 31 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.3M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 132682458
NEW YORK, NY
Arts, Culture & Humanities
NTEE: A
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.8M
Total Expenses$4.5M
Total Assets$10.7M
Grant Records31
Funding Total$1.3M
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Poets and Writers Inc
How Poets and Writers Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.
$76
Programs
the work itself
$16
Management
running the organization
$8
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $76 for programs
$44
Poets & writers is a national arts service organization, providing writers of poetry and literary prose access to content, learning, and community to build and sustain the writing…
$15
The readings & workshops program makes mini-grants to writers who participate in public literary events and provides technical assistance to event organizers
$12
Poets & writers' website, pw.Org, offers online-only editorial features and a suite of carefully vetted databases of writing contests, literary magazines, small presses, literary agents, mfa programs, review…
Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$340,770
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$32,000
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$17,650
CULTURE & ARTS
$15,500
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Showing up to 5 of 31 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
BOARD MEMBER
Alexander Enger
BOARD MEMBER
Allison Davis
BOARD MEMBER
Am Homes
BOARD MEMBER (TO JUN 2025)
Amy Berkower
BOARD MEMBER
Anke Steinecke
BOARD MEMBER
Christine Baker Kline
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.8M | $4.5M | $10.7M |
| 2024 | $3.9M | $4.6M | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.5M | $10.9M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.7M | $9.0M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.6M | $9.8M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $4.8M, with total assets most recently reported at $10.7M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.