Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Word A Storytelling Sanctuary Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$470krevenue
FY2025 · +30% in 3 yrs4staff
5 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.5%
Months of reserve1.1mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+35.9%
Middle half of peersMedianWord A Storytelling Sanctuary
Where the money goes FY2025 · $496k spent
Programs$456k92%Management and general$40k8%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
No return on record for FY2021
It filed for FY2020 and FY2022, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$46k in FY2023, −$24k in FY2024 and −$26k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.1 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 36% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort13funders
$46ka year, last 3 years
36%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23The Poetry FoundationOn and off$5k$45kChinook Fund IncOn and off$20kFractured Atlas IncOn and off$15kNational Book Foundation IncOn and off$15kBonfils-Stanton FoundationOn and off$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$10k$14k$15k$13k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund