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CITY OF ASYLUM

PITTSBURGH, PAEIN: 20-2810099Website

Data sourced from IRS 990 public filings

CITY OF ASYLUM CITY OF ASYLUM BUILDS A JUST COMMUNITY BY PROTECTING AND CELEBRATING FREEDOM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION. WE PROVIDE SANCTUARY TO ENDANGERED LITERARY WRITERS AND ARTISTS, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE AND THEIR VOICES ARE NOT SILENCED. WE OFFER A BROAD RANGE OF FREE LITERARY, ARTS, AND HUMANITIES PROGRAMS IN A COMMUNITY SETTING TO BUILD SOCIAL EQUITY THROUGH CULTURAL EXCHANGE. AND BY TRANSFORMING BLIGHTED PROPERTIES INTO HOMES FOR OUR PROGRAMS, WE ANCHOR NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Local (City/County Level)
Arts/Culture/Creativity-Centered
Immigrants & Refugees
Progressive/Social Justice
General Population
Museums & Cultural Institutions
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Community-Led/Participatory/Grassroots

Annual Revenue

$2,058,126

Known Funders

22

Grants Received

36

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$2,058,126$1,923,074$4,393,289
2022$1,283,016$1,859,240$4,509,266
2021$2,048,049$1,418,286$5,402,397
2020$1,872,820$1,224,536$8,983,575
2019$1,501,602$1,105,387$8,455,787
2018$1,449,574$1,336,047$7,830,788
2017$1,304,881$928,625$7,693,431
2016$983,010$894,534$7,208,444

Top Funders

$284,050 (2021)
THE BUHL FOUNDATION

PITTSBURGH, PA

$60,000 (2022)
$50,000 (2023)
$43,000 (2023)
HANSEN FOUNDATION

SEWICKLEY, PA

$40,000 (2024)
$30,000 (2021)
$25,000 (2024)
$25,000 (2021)
$25,000 (2021)
$25,000 (2024)

Showing top 10 of 22 funders.

Key Personnel

From 2023 IRS 990 filing

R

RALPH HENRY REESE

CHAIR AS OF 12/23

Officer
A

ANNE BILLIET LACKNER

VICE CHAIR

Officer
C

CHARLES F O'HANLON III

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Officer
J

JULIET LEA HILLMAN SIMONDS

BOARD MEMBER

D

DIANE SAMUELS

BOARD MEMBER

G

GWENDOLYN MOORER

DIRECTOR

B

BARBARA TALERICO

BOARD MEMBER

A

AKHIL SHARMA

VICE CHAIR

Officer
K

KEVIN MCKEEGAN

BOARD MEMBER

D

DAMON YOUNG

DIRECTOR AS OF 4/24

Showing 10 of 15 key personnel.

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