New York · Nonprofit
THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC
THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $645,348 to it, the largest being ARTSWESTCHESTER INC ($246,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $492k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $645k
- Net assets
- $787k
What The Hudson Valley Writers' Center Inc does
Mission
The hudson valley writers center brings writers and readers together to celebrate the essential art of the written and spoken word. The center fosters a vibrant and diverse literary arts community that supports and empowers writers and readers of diverse ages, talents and backgrounds at every stage of their creative development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Writing workshops: hudson valley writers center provides writing workshops in several different genres, including poetry, memoir, fiction, dramatic writing, critique and hybrid work. The average class size for a multi-week workshop is 8 students, and the average class size for a one-day intensive is 12 students. Workshops are taught by published authors who are independent contractors.
$305,578 spent$234,915 earned by the program92% of program spendingReading and events: hudson valley writers center hosts a weekly readings series of published authors and poets throughout its programming year, alongside recurring events for writers and members, including the monthly open write, open mic, and submission sundays roundtables.
$16,231 spent$15,118 earned by the program5% of program spendingSlapering hol press: a small publisher of poetry chapbooks and conversation series. The press prints 1-2 books each year, sells chapbooks, and hosts a small reading series of its authors.
$10,905 spent$6,537 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe hudson valley writers center has expanded its outreach program, offering playwriting workshops in partnership with rehabilitation through the arts, and an afterschool program at the white plains middle school.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $332,714.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $665k to $852k (+28%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2023 30% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Ellen Archer
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $69k → $83k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER 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
THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 53% · 2019 38% · 2020 42% · 2021 36% · 2022 58% · 2023 44% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
38% of THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
77% of THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC?
- THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $645,348 to it, the largest being ARTSWESTCHESTER INC ($246,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $645,348 in grants to THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER INC?
- ARTSWESTCHESTER INC is the largest funder on record, with $246,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER 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 15 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