Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Center for Fiction, founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library, is the only organization in the United States devoted solely to the vital art of fiction. The mission of The Center for Fiction is to encourage people to read and value fiction and to support and celebrate its creation and enjoyment. With all our resources, including our exceptional book collection, our expanding website, and our ever-growing array of creative programs, we seek to serve the reading public, to build a larger audience for fiction, and to create a place where readers and writers can share their passion for literature.
The mission of The Center for Fiction is to encourage people to read and value fiction and to support and celebrate its creation and enjoyment.
Our three largest services are our KidsRead/KidsWrite program; our Emerging Writers Fellowship & First Novel Prize; and our public events. These were the same main programs from previous years, but as we were in transition during 2018 these programs increased in scope in 2019. KidsRead/KidsWrite annually serves 2,500 students from under-resourced NYC Public Schools with author-led reading and writing events. KidsRead invites students to the Center to meet the authors they have been reading in class. Books are provided for free to the school and students. We keep the events small, with a maximum of 80 students per event, so that all kids have time to ask questions, get their book signed, and have a personal interaction with the writer. KidsWrite students receive a free scholarship to our summer teen writing program. (Continued on Schedule O Supplemental)
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 |
|---|
| Noreen Tomassi | Executive Dir. | 40 | $314,554 |
| Linda Morgan | Development Dir | 40 | $125,558 |
| Kristin Henley | Managing Director | 40 | $120,280 |
| Dennis Williams | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Hawes Weinstock | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Jo Shen | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Susanna Porter | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Nelson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Calvert D Morgan Jr | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Medina | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nan Graham | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Danielle Ganek | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Fowler | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Maria B Campbell | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Birkelund | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gabrielle Bamberger | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Celia Mcgee | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Wendy Gimbel | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Erroll Mcdonald | Chair | 2 | $0 |
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