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- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$453krevenue
FY2025 · −20% in 3 yrs6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin56.9%
Revenue growth (annualized)+28.2%
Middle half of peersMedianCommunity Literature Initiative
Where the money goes FY2025 · $195k spent
Programs$95k48%Management and general$101k52%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 11% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Local Initiatives Support Corporation gave $15k in FY2020, 11% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 28% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort10funders
$71ka year, last 3 years
45%from its largest funder
Funder’20’21’22’23The Poetry FoundationSince FY2021$15k$65k$15kWard Economic Development CorporationOn and off$55kPublic Corp for the Arts of the City of Long BeachNew in FY2023$21kLocal Initiatives Support CorporationOn and off$15kThe Ralph M Parsons FoundationOn and off$10kCalifornia HumanitiesOn and off$9kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$6k$26k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund