THE MIAMI RAIL PUBLISHING CORPORATION
EIN 46-3188294 · Unknown
What they do
THE MIAMI RAIL ("the Rail" is A FREE, 80 PAGE ART and CULTURE JOURNAL THAT CREATES A PERMANENT RECORD of WORLD-CLASS LOCAL CULTURE, FROM THE BEACH to THE EVERGLADES, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. THE RAIL COMMISSIONS UP to 30 STORIES PER ISSUE BY LOCAL and VISITING WRITERS. WRITERS ARE PAID BETWEEN $200 and $1500 PER STORY. OUR ARTICLES ARE A TESTAMENT to THE COMMUNITYS PASSION for THE ARTS, and ARE ACCESSED BY 6,000 READERS QUARTERLY THROUGH THE PRINT EDITION and 2,500 READERS MONTHLY AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH OUR SUBSCRIPTION and ONLINE SERVICES. THE RAIL is WIDELY DISTRIBUTED for FREE, and WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN ALWAYS PAYING OUR WRITERS. THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED IN 2016, THE MIAMI HERALD CO-PUBLISHES CULTURAL CRITICISM FROM OUR JOURNAL, BOTH IN PRINT and ONLINE, REACHING AN ADDITIONAL 150,000 READERS PER MONTH. THE RAIL PRESENTS TWO PUBLIC PROGRAMS PER QUARTER: "THE VISITING WRITERS RESIDENCIES"BLOCK BY BLOCK LOCAL WRITER TALKS". A TEAM of SEVEN MIAMI-BASED EDITORS, PLUS A P
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Board and leadership roster (8)
JAMES L BODNARCHAIR
JOHN JOSEPH LINSECRETARY
LAUREN GNAZZOBOARD MEMBER
LESLIE LOTTTREASURER
NINA JOHNSON MILEWSKIBOARD MEMBER
PHONG BUIBOARD MEMBER
TOMMY RALPH PACEBOARD MEMBER
VIVIANE DE KUYPERBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Location
- 1521 ALTON ROAD Suite 840, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139
- County
- Miami-Dade
- In care of
- JAMES L BODNAR
- Primary officer
- JAMES L BODNAR, chair
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2016
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2016
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MARCUM LLP
- IRS tax category
- Unknown
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2020