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THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY
THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being Napa Valley Vintners ($60,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $2k
What The Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley does
Mission
The specific purpose of this corporation is to (I)promote the advancement of education in the field of professional wine writing and editing; (ii)provide educational and other related services to professional wine writers, editors and those emerging in the field; and (iii)carry on other charitable and educational activities associated with these goals as allowed by law.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The symposium's primary activity is an annual 4-day symposium held in february for professional wine writers, editors and those emerging in the field of wine writing. The symposium draws top wine book authors and editors, wine magazine writers and critics, newspaper wine columnists, bloggers and other wine content creators to participate in lectures, panel discussions, and group and individual writing sessions to explore themes prevalent in contemporary wine writing.
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 2018 to 2019, from $7k to $19k (+182%).
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.
100% of THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY's revenue fell 46% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
19%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY?
- THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being Napa Valley Vintners ($60,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,000 in grants to THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY?
- Napa Valley Vintners is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SYMPOSIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL WINE WRITERS AT MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 1 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