BEARGRASS WRITERS WORKSHOP INC
EIN 81-2784161 · Humanities (A70)
What they do
BEARGRASS HOLDS ITS ANNUAL, LATE-SUMMER WRITING RETREAT AT THE HISTORIC E BAR L RANCH IN GREENOUGH, MONTANA. THIS RETREAT BRINGS TOGETHER 15-20 NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED AUTHORS/EDITORS/AGENTS WITH ABOUT 50 PARTICIPATING WRITERS (SOME OVERNIGHT GUESTS, SOME DAY-PASSERS) to CREATE A COMMUNITY of WRITERS THROUGH FOUR DAYS of WORKSHOPS, READINGS, CRAFT TALKS, ONE-ON-ONE MANUSCRIPT CONSULTATIONS, and TIME to WRITE. THE BEARGRASS RETREAT HAS FILLED A WRITING-RETREAT GAP IN MONTANA, A STATE WITH A RICH LITERARY HISTORY, YET NO OTHER SUCH WRITING RETREAT. IN JUST FIVE YEARS, BEARGRASS RETREATS HAVE GATHERED WRITERS and PARTICIPANTS FROM A DOZEN STATES; OUR VISITING WRITERS HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY SPLIT BETWEEN MEN and WOMEN, REPRESENTING LITERATURE of THE AMERICAN WEST, THE ENVIRONMENT and NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES, AS WELL AS NON-REGIONAL TOPICS of FAMILY, COMING-OF-AGE and GENDER IDENTITY.
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How each $100 of revenue was used
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (1)
PETER PICARDPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- September 2016
- Location
- PO BOX 7741, MISSOULA, MT 598077741
- County
- Missoula
- In care of
- ELIZABETH TROY
- Primary officer
- ELIZABETH TROY, CHAIRPERSON
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2020
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ANDERSON ZURMUEHLEN & CO PC
- NTEE classification
- Humanities (A70)
- IRS tax category
- Humanities