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US nonprofit · EIN 455515074 · Brooklyn, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 455515074) - 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 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2012.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Brooklyn Poets Inc's 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.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 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 4 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
David GrunnerBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Eugenia LeighBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Miller ObermanBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Modesto JimenezBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Emily BlairCompany secretarysince 2021
Gunny ScarfoBoard President2021
Hala AlyanBoard Director2021
Isaac Myers IIIPresidentsince 2021
Jason KooTreasurersince 2021
Jessica GreenbaumVice Presidentsince 2022
Modesto JimenezVice President2021
Modesto JimenzBoard Vice President2021
Tiffany GibertCompany secretary2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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
Jason KooTreasurer36$63k
Miller ObermanBoard Member2$1k
Eugenia LeighBoard Member2$771
Modesto JimenezBoard Member2$0
David GrunnerBoard Member2$0
Emily BlairSecretary7$0
Jessica GreenbaumPresident2$0

About

Legal name
Brooklyn Poets Inc
EIN
455515074
Address
144 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201-3563
State
New York
Mission
Celebrate & Cultivate Brooklyn Poetry (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
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
Principal officer
Renee Kay (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 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 filingsModesto Jimenez
≥2years on the filingsDavid Grunner
≥2years on the filingsEugenia Leigh
≥2years on the filingsMiller Oberman

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$650k
Total liabilities
$505k
Net assets or fund balances
$145k
Contributions and grants received
$127k
Program service revenue
$297k
Employees
8
Volunteers
17

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.
Brooklyn Poets, Inc. 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
1 October 2012
Registered agent
Not stated