California · Nonprofit
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,114 to it, the largest being THE PAMELA KLEIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND ($55,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $86k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators does
Mission
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, is one of the largest existing organizations for writers and illustrators. It is the only professional organization specifically for those individuals writing and illustrating for
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' membership program consists of awards and grants, in person and online events and educational programs, online showcases to promote members' work, publications, networking opportunities, educational resources, and community building.
$1,341,598 spentof which $92,435 as grants54% of program spendingThe entity puts on two conferences whose purpose is to educate book writers, illustrators, and translators to excel in their children's book careers.
$813,063 spent$780,121 earned by the program33% of program spendingThe third largest programming activity comes from regional conferences that take place all over the world.
$312,634 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,467,295.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.0M to $4.1M (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sarah Stern Baker
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $3k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators’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
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 86% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
25% of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
83% of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k 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
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: 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 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators?
- Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,114 to it, the largest being THE PAMELA KLEIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND ($55,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $86,114 in grants to Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators?
- THE PAMELA KLEIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND is the largest funder on record, with $55,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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