Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENCOURAGE, STIMULATE, AND FOSTER THE PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN POETRY BY PROVIDING FELLOWSHIPS FOR POETS OF PROVEN MERIT, BY GRANTING SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES FOR POETIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND BY OTHER SUCH MEANS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DEVISE AND DETERMINE.
THE ACADEMY SUPPORTS POETS THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES AND PROMOTES POETRY.
AWARDS AND PRIZES - THE ACADEMY ADMINISTERED AND AWARDED MORE THAN $1.5M IN POETRY AWARDS AND PRIZES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: POETS LAUREATE FELLOWSHIPS, LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND RE-GRANTS, THE WALLACE STEVENS AWARD, THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP, THE LENORE MARSHALL PRIZE, THE JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD, THE WALT WHITMAN AWARD, THE RAIZISS/DE PALCHI TRANSLATION AWARD (ITALIAN TRANSLATION AWARD), THE HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD, THE AMERICAN POETS EMERGENCY FUND, TREE HOUSE CLIMATE ACTION POETRY PRIZE, AS WELL AS STUDENT PRIZES AT HUNDREDS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE.
WEBSITE - LAUNCHED IN 1996, POETS.ORG IS THE AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE OF THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. VISITORS TO POETS.ORG WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF POEMS AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF POET BIOGRAPHIES, ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS, AND POETRY RECORDINGS WITH THE CONSTANT ADDITION OF NEW MATERIALS. IN ADDITION, RESOURCES SUCH AS A NATIONAL EVENTS CALENDAR, AND DEVELOPMENT OF POETRY LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS ARE AVAILABLE. POETS.ORG RECEIVES MORE THAN FIVE MILLION VISITS EACH MONTH, MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SITES ABOUT POETRY ON THE WEB.
THE AMERICAN POETS MAGAZINE - LAUNCHED IN 1996 AND PUBLISHED TWICE ANNUALLY IN APRIL AND OCTOBER, EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. THIS MAGAZINE REACHES DEVOTED READERS AND WRITERS OF POETRY AND LITERATURE, STUDENTS OF POETRY, SOME OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND RESPECTED POETS OF OUR TIME AND SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST GENEROUS PATRONS OF POETRY.
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 |
|---|
| Jennifer Benka | PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 50 | $154,820 |
| William D Zabel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Maurice Tempelsman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rose Styron | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Sobol | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Schiff | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elda Rotor | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gerald Richards | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Eric Rayman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tess O'Dwyer | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bruno Navasky | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel J Nadler | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Camille Lannan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Hon Thomas H Kean | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| James Johnson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alexandra Jackson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Patricia Grodd | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Margaret H Douglas-Hamilton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Blondel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Larry Berger | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Liza Bennett | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Helen Houghton | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Ian Kennedy | VICE CHAIRMAN & TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Michael Jacobs | CHAIRMAN | 5 | $0 |
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