New York · Nonprofit
POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC
POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,198 to it, the largest being RADIO DRAMA NETWORK INC ($82,505). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $248k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $116k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Poetry Society of New York Inc does
Mission
The poetry society advances the arts and educates the public about poetry by (I) conducting poetry readings, festivals, installations, performances and other similar events, (ii) publishing poems, poetry journals and books, (iii) mentoring poets, reviewing their work, and providing career guidance, (iv) conducting classes, lectures and seminars about poetry, (v) conducting a poet residency program, (vi) granting awards to individuals for poetic merit and achievements in poetry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Poetry brothel - performance events at which poets, dressed and in character as courtesans, perform poetry readings for attendees. These events have been conducted monthly.
$151,284 spentof which $2,000 as grants$111,266 earned by the program100% of program spendingPoetry festival - a two-day new york city poetry festival on nyc governor's island. Festivals are free to attend and they feature poetry readings by approximately 250 poets, open mic poetry readings, and a children's festival where children can participate in various poetry-related activities.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,284.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $30k to $138k (+352%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 39% · 2022 18% · 2023 53% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Stephanie Berger
Chair, treasurer & c.e.o.
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $43 → $3k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 67% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $22k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$22k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC?
- POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,198 to it, the largest being RADIO DRAMA NETWORK INC ($82,505). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $116,198 in grants to POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC?
- RADIO DRAMA NETWORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $82,505 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing