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Screen a listWriters & Books Inc
Can you give?
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)(1)
$751krevenue
FY2025 · −7% in 3 yrs32staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−4.4%
Months of reserve2.1mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+2.4%
Middle half of peersMedianWriters & Books
Where the money goes FY2025 · $784k spent
Programs$476k61%Management and general$244k31%Fundraising$64k8%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$167k in FY2023, −$145k in FY2024 and −$33k in FY2025. Cash covers 2.1 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Funders stay
6 of the 7 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 7 of its 9 returns, 6% of revenue in FY2025. $20k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending30funders
$294ka year, last 3 years
32%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Esl Charitable FoundationSince FY2020$31k$25k$56k$60kMary S Mulligan Char TrustSince FY2020$35k$35k$25k$25kDaisy Marquis Jones FoundationSince FY2021$25k$29k$34kMax and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationOn and off$14k$12k$11k$10k$10k$10kRochesterworks IncStopped after FY2022$21k$26k–The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation IncSince FY2021$5k$5k$15kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$5k$86k$104k$135k$117k$115k14 other fundersUp to $21k a year each$10k$1k$1k$5k$35k$59k$18k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped