Poetry Society of America
Donations deductiblePoetry Society of America's network
20 people12 organisationsi20 people and 12 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (20). Violet dotted lines (12) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
20 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 20 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Wender | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Allison Binns | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Billy Collins | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Catherine Woodard | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cornelius Eady | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Elise Paschen | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ellen Rachlin | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Gary Ellis | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Helen Klein Ross | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Howard Rothman | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Indira Goris | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jacqueline Woodson | Vice President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jane Otto | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Karen Karpowich | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kate Gale | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Major Jackson | First Vice President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Michael A Boyd (also filed as Michael Boyd) | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Peter G Smith | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Peter Rose | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Victoria Chang | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Quinn | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Matt Brogan | Executive Director | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Brogan | Executive Director | 40 | $142k | $2k | |
| Catherine Woodard | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Abigail Wender | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ellen Rachlin | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Major Jackson | First Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gary Ellis | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jacqueline Woodson | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kim Bendheim | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael A Boyd | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Victoria Chang | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cornelius Eady | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kate Gale | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Indira Goris | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Martha King | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jane Otto | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elise Paschen | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peter Rose | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Howard Rothman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peter G Smith | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Helen Klein Ross | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Stephen Syzpulski | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Poetry Society of America
- EIN
- 136019220
- Address
- 119 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201-6218
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The poetry society of america, the nation's oldest poetry organization, was founded in 1910. Its mission is to build a larger and more diverse audience for poetry, to encourage a deeper appreciation of the vitality (continued on schedule o)and breadth of poetry in the cultural conversation, and to place poetry at the crossroads of american life. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A70 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1910
- Principal officer
- Matt Brogan (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 1937
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAbigail Wender
≥8years on the filingsAllison Binns
≥8years on the filingsBilly Collins
≥8years on the filingsCatherine Woodard
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $6.6m
- Total liabilities
- $423k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $838k
- Program service revenue
- $67k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $95k
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 20
Grants paid
1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Gloris S Haffer Trustee of Nikki Giovann | Honorarium payment for annual awards | $15k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Poetry Society Of America likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 8 March 1911
- Registered agent
- The Poetry Society Of America (city and state not held)