Organizations Filed Purposes:
SPLIT THIS ROCK IS DEDICATED TO REVITALIZING POETRY AS A LIVING, BREATHING ART FORM WITH PROFOUND RELEVANCE IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND STRUGGLES. OUR PROGRAMS INTEGRATE POETRY OF PROVOCATION AND WITNESS INTO MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUPPORT THE POETS OF ALL AGES WHO WRITE AND PERFORM THIS VITAL WORK.
SPLIT THIS ROCK CALLS POETS TO A GREATER ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE AND FOSTERS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED POETS.
NATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL: INTENSIVE PLANNING FOR THE 6TH BIENNIAL SPLIT THIS ROCK POETRY FESTIVAL: POEMS OF PROVOCATION & WITNESS, TO BE HELD APRIL 19-21, 2018, ALSO SPLIT THIS ROCK'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY. IN PREPARATION, AWARDS WERE GIVEN FOR POETRY AND ACTIVISM AND POETS NATIONWIDE SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR READINGS, WORKSHOPS, OPEN MICS, AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POETRY'S ROLE IN SOCIAL CHANGE.
COMMUNITY ACTION: HUNDREDS OF POETS TOOK PART IN ACTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, READING POEMS AT COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, ATTENDING RALLIES AND TEACH-INS, AND LEADING WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG WRITERS, INCLUDING IN 6 HIGH SCHOOLS. YOUTH POETS PERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE AREA FOR YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPETED IN AN INTERNATIONAL TEEN POETRY SLAM COMPETITION.
DISSEMINATION OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED POETRY: 52 POEMS WERE PUBLISHED AND RECORDED AS PART OF POEM OF THE WEEK. OVER 500 POEMS ARE NOW PRESENTED IN THE QUARRY: A SOCIAL JUSTICE POETRY DATABASE, SEARCHABLE BY SOCIAL ISSUE. OVER 2,000 ATTENDED READINGS AND WORKSHOPS. MILLIONS VIEWED ONLINE PERFORMANCES BY YOUTH POETS AND FEATURED POETS. OVER 300 POETS SUBMITTED POEMS TO SPLIT THIS ROCK'S TWO POETRY CONTESTS. ARTICLES WERE PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sarah Browning | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $52,008 |
| Camisha Jones | MANAGING DIRECTOR | 40 | $46,008 |
| Danez Smith | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Julie Enszer | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Sunu Chandy | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Charles Doolittle | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Jennifer James | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Susan Scheid | CHAIR | 3 | $0 |
| Kit Bonson | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/201901359349313225_public.xml