2025-04-07T18:27:40-05:00 2024-06-30 952302617 SINGERLEWAK LLP 1650 IOWA AVENUE SUITE 200 RIVERSIDE CA 925072406 990 2023-07-01 270586882 INLANDIA INSTITUTE INC INLA 9512184464 4178 CHESTNUT STREET RIVERSIDE CA 92501 MINERVA CANTO PRESIDENT 9512184464 2025-03-04 1 0 ANNE LESSARD P00532878 9516830672 2025-03-04 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MINERVA CANTO 4178 CHESTNUT STREET RIVERSIDE CA 92501 267202 0 X INLANDIAINSTITUTE.ORG X 2009 CA THE MISSION OF THE INLANDIA INSTITUTE IS TO RECOGNIZE, SUPPORT AND EXPAND ALL FORMS OF LITERARY ACTIVITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEREBY DEEPENING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, AND APPRECIATION OF THIS UNIQUE, COMPLEX AND CREATIVELY VIBRANT REGION. 7 7 16 24 4805 0 168223 157123 29676 49749 -9344 6022 912 525 189467 213419 0 0 0 0 133024 130209 0 0 11285 125328 105851 258352 236060 -68885 -22641 163876 137341 10388 940 153488 136401 X THE MISSION OF THE INLANDIA INSTITUTE IS TO RECOGNIZE, SUPPORT AND EXPAND LITERARY ACTIVITY IN ALL OF ITS FORMS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE BY PUBLISHING BOOKS AND SPONSORING PROGRAMS THAT DEEPEN PEOPLE'S AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THIS UNIQUE, COMPLEX AND CREATIVELY VIBRANT REGION. 0 0 48438 28800 THREE OF INLANDIA'S CORE PROGRAMS ARE YOUTH CREATIVE LITERACY AND ADULT CREATIVE LITERACY AND LITERARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE LITERARY LAUREATE, CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON TEENS. THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORT WRITERS OF ALL LEVELS AND AGES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS THAT RANGE FROM FREE TO MINIMAL COST. HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE INLANDIA'S JOURNALING JOURNEY FROM A TO ZINE WAS A SIX-WEEK SUMMER CAMP FOCUSED ON CREATIVITY AND NATURE FOR PRIMARY GRADES AT THE SSGT. SALVADOR J. LARA LIBRARY, LED BY YOUNG ADULT LEADERS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS WHO LED THE CHILDREN THROUGH A WEEKLY PROGRAM THAT COMBINED NATURE WITH CREATIVE LITERACY. THE WEEKEND WRITING PROGRAM FOR TEENS AT THE RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?, BROUGHT IN DIVERSE GUEST WRITERS FROM MANY GENRES INCLUDING JOURNALISM TO MANGA TO POETRY TO PUBLISHING, SO THAT ASPIRING YOUNG WRITERS COULD GET FIRST-HAND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL EXPERIENCE FROM WRITERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM. OUR TEEN POET LAUREATE PROJECT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, SPOTLIGHTS DOZENS OF TEEN POETS WHO EACH ARE HONORED DURING AN AWARDS CEREMONY AT RIVERSIDE CITY HALL, WITH ONE NAMED THAT YEAR'S TEEN POET LAUREATE BY A PANEL OF ESTEEMED POET JURORS. ADULT WRITING WORKSHOPS INCLUDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING WRITING WARRIORS, A MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS, AND CARTLESS, FOR THE REGION'S UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, LED BY A FORMERLY UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL. ADDITIONALLY WE OFFERED SPOKEN WORD, FLASH FICTION, AND POETRY WORKSHOPS, AS WELL AS THE BILINGUAL TESOROS DE CUENTOS AND ASL POETRY WORKSHOPS, AND DOES IT MAKE CENTS?, ON THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER. IN FY 2023-24, WE DELIVERED A TOTAL OF 178 SESSIONS ACROSS 37 WORKSHOPS AND 39 SESSIONS ACROSS 15 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CREATIVE LITERACY PROGRAMS. 48139 20949 ANOTHER OF INLANDIA'S CORE PROGRAMS IS OUR PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM WHICH AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO CALL THIS REGION HOME AS WELL AS UNDER-HEARD AND MARGINALIZED VOICES EVERYWHERE. IN THE FY ENDING JUNE 2024,INLANDIA BOOKS LAUNCHED A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL FEATURING A TEENAGE CHICANA RODEO QUEEN PROTAGONIST, TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT EXILE FROM ONE'S HOMEONE, GUAJIRA, THE CUBA GIRL, THE INAUGURAL WINNER OF A NEW NATIONAL PRIZE CELEBRATING HISPANIC, CHICANA/O AND LATINO/A LITERATURE, AND ANOTHER ABOUT FLEEING TEHRAN WITH ONE'S FAMILY DURING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION. 58014 525 OUR FIFTH AND FINAL CORE PROGRAM, FREE PUBLIC LITERARY AND CULTURAL EVENTS, ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING ELSE THAT INLANDIA DOES. WE PARTNER WITH OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP OUR OVERLAPPING AUDIENCES. NOTABLE RECENT PUBLIC LITERARY AND CULTURAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN SEVERAL LOCAL MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, THE CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE MUSEUM OF RIVERSIDE, PRESENTING PROGRAMS LIKE THE POWER OF THE LETTER, WHICH EXAMINED THE INCARCERATION OF OUR REGION'S JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS DURING WWII, AND THE BANNED BOOKS TOUR WHICH SHOWCASED FAVORITE BANNED BOOKS. WE ALSO BEGAN A NEW SERIES OF AUTHOR CONVERSATIONS AT THE SAM AND ALFREDA MALOOF MUSEUM AND GARDENS. TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED FROM ALL PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 WERE 9,100+ PEOPLE, ABOUT 16% OF WHICH WERE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. WE DELIVERED 178 WORKSHOP SESSIONS, 42 CULTURAL EVENTS, AND 15 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CREATIVE LITERACY PROGRAMS. INLANDIA INSTITUTE'S PROGRAMS HAVE MOVED BACK TO AN IN-PERSON FORMAT, BUT WITH THE ADDED BENEFIT OF LIVESTREAMING THANKS TO CARES-ACT FUNDING WHICH ALLOWED FOR THE PURCHASE OF AND TRAINING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 154591 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 16 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 CA X X SHIRLEY SCHMELTZ 9517902458 5341 PASSERO AVENUE RIVERSIDE CA 92505 X LISA HENRY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LIZ GONZALEZ BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA SMITH-HUNT BOARD MEMBER 2.50 X 0 0 0 KRISTIE CAMACHO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MINERVA CANTO PRESIDENT/CEO 2.00 X 0 0 0 JONAR ISIP TREASURER 2.50 X 0 0 0 HONG-MY BASRAI SECRETARY 2.50 X 0 0 0 NANCY MELENDEZ PAST-PRESIDENT 1.00 X 0 0 0 CATI PORTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 64220 0 0 64220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75950 81173 157123 WRITERS WORKSHOP PROGR 513190 28800 28800 BOOK SALES 513190 20949 20949 49749 4805 4805 55000 53783 1217 1217 1217 OTHER INCOME 513190 525 525 525 213419 50274 4805 1217 64220 25688 32110 6422 65989 65989 6860 6860 13035 13035 8208 4104 4104 9786 9786 300 300 2334 2334 PUBLICATIONS 19210 19210 PUBLIC EVENTS 12938 12938 LITERARY PROFESSIONAL D 9580 9580 CREATIVE LITERACY PROGR 8873 8873 14727 7909 1955 4863 236060 154591 70184 11285 34884 18001 12532 10654 115310 108686 1150 0 163876 137341 9909 569 479 371 10388 940 X 0 0 0 0 153488 136401 153488 136401 163876 137341 -22641 5554 0 X 0 0 0 X 108692 224158 168938 168223 157123 827134 108692 224158 168938 168223 157123 827134 827134 80 39 6069 4210 4805 15203 765 912 525 2202 844539 150152 0.97940 0.98500 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 MORGAN STANLEY ACCOUNT - EQUITIES 47846 F MORGAN STANLEY ACCOUNT - FIXED INCOME & PREFERREDS 46267 F MORGAN STANLEY ACCOUNT - ALTERNATIVES 14573 F 108686 SALES TAXES PAYABLE 371 371 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROVIDES A COPY OF FORM 990 TO EACH BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION ANNUALLY REQUIRES ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO GIVE NOTICE OF ANY INTEREST THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. NONE HAVE BEEN NOTED TO DATE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVE ANNUALLY THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FORM 990 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC AND ALSO ON GUIDESTAR.