2025-11-13T07:34:38-06:00 2024-12-31 050495839 ALSD LTD 1604 Broad Street Cranston RI 02905 990 2024-01-01 824968555 LitArts RI LITA 4013072450 400 Harris Avenue Unit E Providence RI 02909 Anne Holland President 4013072450 2025-11-13 1 0 Richard Streitfeld P00290819 4012230205 2025-11-11 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Anne Holland 400 Harris Avenue Suite E Providence RI 02909 327897 0 X www.litartsri.org X 2018 RI LitArts RI, formerly What Cheer Writers Club, supports Rhode Island's creators of the written, spoken and illustrated word through community events, free and low-cost business services, and discounted coworking space. As an umbrella organization, we serve as a centralized community connecting content creators, fans and literary organizations state-wide.Our mission is to elevate the content arts in our state by providing accessible workshops and community gatherings where writers can feel supported and known by fellow creatives and patrons of the arts. In addition, we seek to burnish Rhode Island's reputation as a literary destinationa place where content creators thrive. 6 6 0 0 0 0 923024 308894 61824 19003 -94483 0 0 0 890365 327897 0 0 0 0 181617 167902 0 0 21102 197886 159906 379503 327808 510862 89 707784 703219 7567 3301 700217 699918 X LitArts RI, formerly What Cheer Writers Club, supports Rhode Island's creators of the written, spoken and illustrated word through community events, free and low-cost business services, and discounted coworking space. As an umbrella organization, we serve as a centralized community connecting content creators, fans and literary organizations state-wide.Our mission is to elevate the content arts in our state by providing accessible workshops and community gatherings where writers can feel supported and known by fellow creatives and patrons of the arts. In addition, we seek to burnish Rhode Island's reputation as a literary destinationa place where content creators thrive. 0 0 224543 19003 LitArts RI supports Rhode Island writers and contributes to the state's arts ecosystem. The organization operates an award-winning Center in Providence offering creative workspace designed for writers, meeting rooms, an audio arts studio, and a local author library. LitArts RI programming includes over a dozen local writing groups, craft workshops led by local teaching artists, professional development practicums for writers. In addition, the organization holds community events such as write-ins and spoken word events at external venues including local bookshops and arts organizations. In 2024, program highlights included a Writing + Wellness Resource Fair in which LitArts RI brough the community together to support writers and help them find the resources they need to thrive. LitArts RI also debuted Writers Like Us, a day of free programming designed by and for BIPOC creatives. The organization offered professional development through Build Your Creative Capital, an application support day for writers, and finished out the year with a panel on Queries, Proposals and Publishing for Writers of Genre. In addition, LitArts RI hosted 22 writing workshops, 15 writing groups and showcased the work of over 200 local artists. 224543 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X Christina Bevilacqua 4013072450 400 Harris Avenue Unit E Providence RI 02909 Holly Gaboriault Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Michelle Cruz Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ana Gonzalez Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Anne Holland President 10.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Holt Director 4.00 X 0 0 0 Jillian Winters Operations Director 40.00 X 42388 0 2773 Jodie Vinson Program Director 40.00 X 69741 0 4258 112129 0 7031 0 0 0 0 0 61594 24550 222750 308894 Workshops and Events 611710 19003 19003 19003 327897 19003 0 0 X 119160 84038 24648 10474 35021 29021 6000 13721 9605 2744 1372 40599 11956 28643 1763 1763 5778 4044 1156 578 9798 6858 1960 980 54226 37958 10845 5423 263 184 53 26 11 11 20490 14343 4098 2049 2002 1402 400 200 Teaching Artists 8975 8975 Advisory Committee 7631 7631 Program Supplies 4625 4625 Other 3745 2140 1605 327808 224543 82163 21102 8027 18798 2200 762390 86791 692891 675599 6866 6622 707784 703219 7567 3301 7567 3301 X 700217 699918 700217 699918 707784 703219 89 -388 0 X 0 0 0 X 219600 221601 289750 923024 308894 1962869 219600 221601 289750 923024 308894 1962869 236968 1725901 1962869 100470 0.87930 0.79850 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 707079 34787 672292 55311 52004 3307 675599 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Executive committee of the board reviews the 990 in consultation with paid staff, Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annual forms are sent out to appropriate individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest, Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15b The board reviews compensation as appropriate, Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 These are made available upon request Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Payroll service fees: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 2,476. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,476. CC and Bank Fee: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 9,101. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,101. Legal and Professional : Program service expenses 11,956. Management and general expenses 17,066. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 29,022.