Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2017.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
42 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990-EZ Part I, lines 10–17. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990-EZ; $103K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Agustin M Torres’s $103K as Executive Director is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agustin M Torres | $102,820 | $88,333 | — | — | — |
| Joan Shapiro | — | — | $65,754 | $50,621 | $47,500 |
| Andrea Martonffy | — | — | — | — | $1,500 |
| Jan Yourist | — | — | — | — | $1,100 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Facilitates discussions of literature with incarcerated individuals and those rejoining society.
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The organization uses discussion of literature to build critical thinking and communication skills with the currently and formerly incarcerated. The organization facilitates discussion of short, powerful poems and stories every week with men and women incarcerated or living in transitional residences and halfway houses.
Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2022. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 82-0921310) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 14, 2026 | $118K | $381K | −$264K | $144K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 17, 2025 | $166K | $408K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 21, 2023 | $220K | $371K | −$150K | $655K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2022 | $452K | $313K | $139K | $805K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 24, 2021 | $439K | $254K | $185K | $666K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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