Pongo Poetry Project
Donations deductibleRevenue
$256k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$283k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$82k
$35k liabilities
Net assets
$47k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
5.2 years on average
Staff
7
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
11
named in Part VII
Pongo Poetry Project's network
4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.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.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 10 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).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget McNulty | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jayme YEO | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Karen Hirsch | Past President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nicole Pomeroy | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Schlight | Treasurer | 2023 |
| Ashley Skartvedt | CoExec Director Prgm | since 2022 |
| Barbara Green | Executive Director | 2021 |
| Bartel Broussard MBA | Treasurer | 2018 |
| Douglas Thorpe PhD | President | 2018 |
| Elizabeth Koontz Jordan MD | Company secretary | 2018 |
| Karen Hirsch MA | Vice President | 2018 |
| Kevin O'Rourke | Vice President | 2023 |
| Lianda Abraham | Company secretary | 2023 |
| Melanie Sherzad | President | 2023 |
| Nebeu Shimeles | CoExec Dir Dev Fin | since 2022 |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebeu Shimeles | CoExec Dir Dev Fin | 40 | $90k | ||
| Ashley Skartvedt | CoExec Director Prgm | 40 | $69k | ||
| Bridget McNulty | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Christian Hawthorne | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Alex Leviton | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Katerina Canyon | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Lianda Abraham | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Amy Schlight | PresidentTreasurer | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Pongo Poetry Project
- EIN
- 912114772
- Address
- 130 2nd Ave N Unit 3068, Edmonds, WA, 98020-2128
- State
- Washington
- Mission
- Pongo teaches and mentors personal poetry to teens who have suffered traumas such as abuse, neglect, ad exposure to violence. To accomplish it's goals, PONGO runs writing programs in dentention centers (Sch O) (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- O50 Youth development
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Youth Development
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2007
- Principal officer
- Nebeu Shimeles (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2001
- 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
≥6years on the filingsKaren Hirsch
≥5years on the filingsNicole Pomeroy
≥4years on the filingsBridget McNulty
≥4years on the filingsJayme YEO
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
- $82k
- Total liabilities
- $35k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $47k
- Contributions and grants received
- $183k
- Program service revenue
- $56k
- Employees
- 7