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US nonprofit · EIN 236297399 · Philadelphia, PAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 236297399) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2018. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2010 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

The Philadelphia Society of Free Letts' network

4 people1 organisationi4 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (1) 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

4 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Eriks MezgailisTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Janis ChakarsPresident2023
3 yrs
Laris KreslinsVice President2023
3 yrs
Peter DajevskisCompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Janis ChakarsPresident5$0
Annija KernoVice President5$0
Laura BerzinsSecretary5$0
Eriks MezgailisTreasurer5$0
Kristaps LizinsFinancial Sec5$0
Silvia MezgailisCultural Liaiso5$0
Kristine FlausinoFac MGR5$0
Karlis BudkevicsBar Manager5$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
The Philadelphia Society of Free Letts
EIN
236297399
Address
531 N 7th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19123-3501
State
Pennsylvania
Activity (NTEE)
A23 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
4 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2023
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
1, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥3years on the filingsEriks Mezgailis
≥3years on the filingsJanis Chakars
≥3years on the filingsLaris Kreslins
≥3years on the filingsPeter Dajevskis

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$150k
Total liabilities
$1k
Net assets or fund balances
$148k

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.
The Philadelphia Society of Free Letts 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: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Pennsylvania
Entity type
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
26 October 1981
Registered agent
Not stated

Officers (2)

  • Janis Chakars Governor
  • Janis Chakars President

City and state of officers are not held in this extract.