Annual Report

Note: Gemini Ink operates on a calendric fiscal year, and the following is our most recent annual report, reviewing FY/CY 2009. Annual reports are issued each fall after the completion of the previous year’s audit.

2009 Contributions | Donors and Purchasers of Gala Auction Items | In-Kind and Donated Services | 2009 Assets, Liabilities, Net Assets PDF

You did it again! Through the generous support of foundations, community partners, and our corporate and individual fans, we ended 2009 with net income of over $425,000 and a surplus of over $83,000!  We thank all of you who make it possible for us to invite Story into more people’s lives!

Our incredible board members deserve special recognition this year.  They advocated for Gemini Ink during a difficult economic climate, helped sell out INKstravaganza, and secured major foundation funding that enabled us to boost our outreach capacity.  Then they anchored a year-end campaign with their pledges – and you answered the challenge.

In 2009 –

  • Total participant numbers were up by 2% to 5,052.  We served 2,226 WIC participants, 26% more than in 2008.
  • The NEA, in addition to funding the Fall 2009 UWW semester, also funded a one-time program through its Creativity & Aging Initiative.  WIC’s Life Letters intergenerational project brought together high school students and senior citizens to exchange life stories in letter format and perform selections from their work.
  • New and returning UWW students, and an increase in WIC partnerships, brought our program revenue up by 21%.
  • We distributed 3,300 free books to adults and children during Luminaria and the King William parade.

We’ve been the recipients of good fortune.  In this stressed economy, budgets remain tight, but the need for human connection through language and story is greater than ever.  We thank you for recognizing this need, and we ask you to continue supporting Gemini Ink in your own best way:  take a class, bring a friend to one of our many free events, donate to the annual campaign, share your work at our next open mic.  No gift of time, money, or words is too small.

With great appreciation for your involvement,

Rachel Christilles
Financial Officer

Gemini Ink
Support and Revenue – 2009


Registration Fees/Miscellaneous 		1 %
Contributions 4 %
Special events – net 8 %
Grants 35 %
Program Income 13 %
Fees from govt. agencies 39 %

Gemini Ink
Functional Expenses – 2009

Dramatic Readers Theater 6 %
Open Classroom 4%
Management 10 %
Fundraising/Special Events 13 %
Writers in Communities 29%
University Without Walls 38 %