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US nonprofit · EIN 272470925 · Traverse City, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 272470925) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. 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

Writers Series of Traverse City

Donations deductible
Revenue
$943k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$900k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$773k
$79k liabilities
Net assets
$693k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
5.7 years on average
Staff
6
500 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2013. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2013 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Writers Series of Traverse City's network

8 people7 organisationsi8 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (7) 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

8 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 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Clark BuntingPresident2023
3 yrs
David TaboltBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Doug StantonBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Grant ParsonsBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Isiah SmithBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Lisa ThauvetteBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Ryan SullivanTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Steven BaumgartnerVice President2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Anne StantonExecutive Directorsince 2023
Jillian ManningExecutive Director2022

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
Anne StantonExecutive Director40$90k
Doug StantonBoard Member3$40k
Clark BuntingPresident5$0
Steven BaumgartnerVice Chair3$0
Ryan SullivanTreasurer2$0
Karlee TenbuschSecretary2$0
Grant ParsonsBoard Member2$0
Diana MilockBoard Member1$0
Nancy DavyBoard Member2$0
David TaboltBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
Writers Series of Traverse City
EIN
272470925
Address
Po Box 5833, Traverse City, MI, 49696-5833
State
Michigan
Mission
The national writers series is a nonprofit organization engaging today's most compelling writers and thinkers in intimate, thought-provoking conversations with our community while inspiring the next generation of readers and storytellers through our raising writers education programs. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B99 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
Anne Stanton (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDoug Stanton
≥8years on the filingsGrant Parsons
≥8years on the filingsLisa Thauvette
≥7years on the filingsRyan Sullivan

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
$773k
Total liabilities
$79k
Net assets or fund balances
$693k
Contributions and grants received
$442k
Program service revenue
$427k
Employees
6
Volunteers
500

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$861k$854k$8k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.