Texas · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC
FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $42k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Friends of the Written Word Inc does
Mission
The organization promotes literacy within the local community. It organizes events like book festivals to connect people of all ages with authors and illustrators, through book signings, interactive panels, and family-friendly activities. The organization's aim is to spark a love for reading.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Organize and host a local book festival for the community.
$16,127 spentof which $41,894 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,127.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
79% of FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $47,500 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE WRITTEN WORD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing