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US nonprofit · EIN 873480372 · Round Rock, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 873480372) - 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 - 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 (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2021.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Torch Literary Arts

Donations deductible
Revenue
$324k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$298k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$153k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$153k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
4.1y av
Staff
5
20 volunteers
Chair observed
≥1 yr
Florinda Bryant
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Torch Literary Arts' network

6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

6 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.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. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Florinda Bryant ChairBoard Chair (Jan 2023 to Oct 2023)2022
4 yrs
Sequoia Maner ChairBd Chair (Beg Oct 23)2022
4 yrs
Amanda JohnstonExecutive Director2023
3 yrs
Candace LopezBoard Treasurer2022
4 yrs
OMI JonesBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Stephanie L Lang (also filed as Stephanie Lang)Board Secretary (As of Dec 2023)2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Amanda JohnstonExecutive Director2022

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
Amanda JohnstonExecutive Director40$83k
Sequoia ManerBoard Chair2$0
Stephanie LangBoard Secretary2$0
Candace LopezBoard Treasurer2$0
Omi JonesBoard Member2$0
Shannon JohnsonBoard Member2$0
Dana WeekesBoard Member2$0
Erin WaelderBoard Member2$0

About

Legal name
Torch Literary Arts
EIN
873480372
Address
1148 Alexandria Way, Round Rock, TX, 78665-8026
State
Texas
Mission
To promote the work of black women by publishing contemporary creative writing by emerging and experienced writers alike, to archive contributors' literary work for posterity and educational purposes, and provide resources and opportunities for the advancement of black women through literary arts. (as filed on the Form 990)
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)
Formed
2021
Principal officer
Amanda Johnston (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2022
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsFlorinda Bryant
≥4years on the filingsSequoia Maner
≥4years on the filingsCandace Lopez
≥4years on the filingsStephanie L Lang

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
$153k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$153k
Contributions and grants received
$312k
Program service revenue
$12k
Employees
5
Volunteers
20

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.
Torch Literary Arts 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: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Not stated
Formed
5 October 2009
Registered agent
Not stated

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