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Nonprofit · EIN 46-5074303

WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION

Tax-exempt · YORK, SC 29745

Financials

$98K$101K2023$289K$137K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$288,585$136,959$151,626$212,467$1,497$210,970
June 30, 2024990$98,357$100,658-$2,301$59,344$0$59,344
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$267,934
of which government grants
$71,279
Program service revenue
$20,651
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$30,161
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$32,944
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Travel
$7,798
Program services (functional)
$85,500
Management and general (functional)
$39,584
Fundraising (functional)
$11,875

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$59,344
Total assets, end of year
$212,467
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,497
Net assets, end of year
$210,970
Net assets without donor restrictions
$56,804
Net assets with donor restrictions
$154,166
Gross receipts
$288,585
Employees
1
Volunteers
20
Year formed
2015
State of legal domicile
SC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Candace WileyExecutive Dir.
Officer
40$30,161
Dasan AhanuChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Junious WardVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Angelo TGeterSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Sumita ChakrabortyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Julian RandallDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Joyce-Rose HarrisDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Christopher MassenburgChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Junious WardVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Angelo TGeterSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Rahsaan LourisTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Sumita ChakrabortyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Julian RandallDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Joyce-Rose HarrisDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Candace WileyExecutive Dir.
Officer
40$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1931 PARAHAM RD S, YORK, SC 29745-7326
Mailing address (990-N for 2016)
PO Box 1924, Columbia SC 29202
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Candace Wiley, PO Box 1924, Columbia, SC 29202
Principal officer (990-N for 2016)
Monifa Lemons Jackson, 2640 Trull St, Columbia SC 29204
Signed the 990
Candace Wiley, Executive Dir.
Phone
(217) 776-9002
Return prepared by
IL NFP AUDIT AND TAX LLP

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.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • The Watering Hole invests in pursuing the craft of poetry. We are a home where poets of color in the South can learn and grow at each others' feet. The Watering Hole hosts the only Southern writing Retreat for poets of color and draws 50 to 60 poets to the Retreat each year.
    Expenses $85,500 · revenue $20,651

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
46-5074303
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2015
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$212,467
Income (IRS master file)
$288,585

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$288,585$136,959$212,467XML
990June 2024$98,357$100,658$59,344IRS
990June 2022$43,555$16,016$86,429IRS
990-EZDecember 2021–––IRS
990-EZDecember 2020–––IRS
990-EZDecember 2018–––IRS
990-N for 2016
Officer: Monifa Lemons Jackson
December 31, 2016≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-5074303).

Questions about WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION

What is the EIN of WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION is 46-5074303.
Is WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.
Are donations to WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Candace Wiley.
Who are the officers and directors of WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 7 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $30,161 (Candace Wiley, Executive Dir.).
How much revenue does WATERING HOLE POETRY ORGANIZATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $288,585, expenses of $136,959 and total assets of $212,467 at year end.

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