PHILIPPINE AMERICAN WRITERS AND ARTISTS
EIN 90-0088523 · Cultural & Ethnic Awareness (A23)
What they do
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of THE ORGANIZATION is to CREATE and ENCOURAGE LITERATURE and ARTS for THE PRESERVATION and ENRICHMENT of FILIPINO and FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORICAL, CULTURAL and SPIRITUAL VALUES. THE OBJECTIVES of THE ORGANIZATION ARE to ENCOURAGE THE WRITING of PHILIPPINE and PHILIPPINE AMERICAN LITERATURE and THE ARTS AMONG ITS MEMBERS; to CREATE LITERATURE and THE ARTS VENUE for THE MEMBERS; to ENCOURAGE and SUPPORT FILIPINO AMERICAN WRITERS and ARTISTS IN THEIR CREATIVE EFFORTS of BRINGING and ACTIVELY DISSEMINATING FILIPINO CULTURE to VARIOUS LEVELS of READERSHIP AUDIENCES; and to INSTITUTE A FORUM to BRIDGE THE LINKAGES BETWEEN AUTHORS, ARTISTS, and BOOK PUBLISHERS.
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BEVERLY PARAYANOSECRETARY
EDWIN LOZADAPRESIDENT
KAREN LLAGASTREASURER
MAYA ONG ESCUDEROVICE PRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2004
- Location
- PO BOX 31928, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131-0928
- County
- City and County of San Francisco
- In care of
- EDWIN LOZADA
- Primary officer
- EDWIN LOZADA, President
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MARQUEZ & LLAMAS TAX
- NTEE classification
- Cultural & Ethnic Awareness (A23)
- IRS tax category
- Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2026