Gloucester Writers Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272817445
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Gloucester, MA, USA
Phone
6178033693
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,308
Expenses
$170,165
Assets
$352,349
Liabilities
$2,669

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOEANN HART (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY CAMPBELL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT WHELAN (DIRECTOR)
  • HENRY FERINI (DIRECTOR)
  • JOEANN HART (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The program of the gloucester writers center will include a library focused on the works of and about olson, ferrini, and related writers; a residency for visiting writers; public programs including lectures, films, and discussions of the work of olson, ferrini, and others; writing workshops; and outreach to young writers and readers. Support will be solicited from foundations, government agencies and the general public.

What it reported doing in 2025

The maud/olson library is a singular scholarly resource bequeathed by collector/scholar ralph maud to the stewardship of the gloucester writers center. It is the most complete, and most thoroughly annotated gathering of olson source material in the world.aside from its importance to scholars, the maud/olson library is a community resource. It is a focal point for gloucester's citizens to meet and exchange ideas, as well as to learn more about the poet who immortalized their town. Because of the vast range of olson's sources, it is also a magnificent educational tool. High school and college students (several groups are already making use of the library), as well as people interested in olson and in poetry, can see how a major poet made use of his sources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.5%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.07; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.5% of revenue deployed · 7.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.