Public Charity

The Watering Hole Poetry Organization

Based in Columbia, SC, The Watering Hole Poetry Organization operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $289K in revenue, $137K in expenses, $212K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 2 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $18K.

EIN: 465074303 Columbia, SC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$289K
Total Expenses$137K
Total Assets$212K
Grant Records2
Funding Total$18K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

We are a southern-based vanguard who builds Harlem Renaissance-style spaces in the contemporary South. Our core purpose is to cultivate and inspire kinship between poets of color from all spoken and written traditions, thus creating a tribe with a mutual focus of poetics and craft-building.

Officers & Directors

Secretary Angelo Tgeter
Executive Dir. Candace Wiley
Chair Dasan Ahanu
Director Joyce-Rose Harris
Director Julian Randall
Vice Chair Junious Ward

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Top Grant Purposes

POETS LAUREATE SUPPORT MATCH
$10,000 1 grant
LITERARY PARTNERSHIP
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $289K $137K $212K
2024 $98K $101K $59K
2022 $44K $16K $86K
2021 $44K $29K $59K
2020 $64K $29K $65K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $64K to $289K (+348%), with total assets most recently reported at $212K.

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