Connecticut · Nonprofit
WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC
WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,208 to it, the largest being PERAKIS FOUNDATION JAMES PERAKIS TRUSTEE ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $433k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $129k
- Net assets
- $199k
What Westport Writers' Workshop I Inc does
Mission
Westport writers' workshop is an independent literary arts center offering enriching, supportive creative writing classes, as well as free literary readings to the public. Our workshop also provides free writing workshops to underserved populations in their communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Workshops:since 2003, the westport writers' workshop has been offering workshops for every level of writer, from novice to published! Instructors offer friendly, supportive writing workshops designed to encourage, inspire, and spark your imagination. With over 100 workshops a year to choose from, we welcome writers of all skill levels and genres. Workshops are offered in mornings, afternoons, and evenings, as well as several saturday-only workshops and a one-week writing-intensive program.
$272,363 spentof which $4,416 as grants$316,216 earned by the program81% of program spendingCoaching and editing:the organization's instructors and editors provide private, one-on-one manuscript consultations and coaching, including hour-by-hour coaching, partial and full manuscript editing, and query letter critiques.
$31,400 spent$40,479 earned by the program9% of program spendingSpecial events:the organization offers a variety of special events throughout the year, including book launches, conferences, and educational events for writers.
$22,505 spent$32,179 earned by the program7% of program spendingMentoring:the organization's mentoring program is an eight-week one-on-one program of personal instruction in the craft of art & writing, focused on individual writing projects.
$7,986 spent$10,270 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $334,254.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $204k to $260k (+27%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Blake Schnirring
Executive director
Board chair
Deirdre Kelly
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $675 → $10k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I 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
WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 56% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% 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
96% of WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC?
- WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,208 to it, the largest being PERAKIS FOUNDATION JAMES PERAKIS TRUSTEE ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $129,208 in grants to WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC?
- PERAKIS FOUNDATION JAMES PERAKIS TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTPORT WRITERS' WORKSHOP I INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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