Write the World INC: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 88-2997005)

Brian King’s $190K as CTO is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Brian King	$190,500	$168,750	—
Gabrielle Lieberman-Miller	$154,760	$145,876	$55,769
Dee De La Paz	—	$138,634	—
Tom Novak	$10,313	$67,179	$29,125
William Kuang	$28,722	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / 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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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers teens to write, think critically, and become global citizens through free online programs and affordable workshops.

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Global Writing Community

The write the world ("WTW") global writing community reached 14,265 teenage members and 862 educators from 120 countries and all 50 us states in 2023. The top 5 countries were: us, india, australia, canada, and the united kingdom. The top 5 states were: california, texas, new york, florida, and pennsylvania.

$677Kprogram expense

02

Virtual Summer Writing Workshops

In summer 2023, 104 students from 26 states and 7 countries participated in 8 weeklong (5 DAYS/WEEK) intensive interactive writing workshops in the genres of: intro to creative writing, poetry & spoken word, SCI-FI/FANTASY, writing across genres, the art of storytelling, begin your novel, and writing for publication.

$179Kprogram expense

03

College Essay Programs

WTW students are college aspirants. WTW supported 130 students from 12 states and 6 countries in WTW'S two part online college essay program that provided: (1) a 16 chapter asynchronous (on demand) course for writing authentic common application narratives, and (2) an expert review service giving prompt essay feedback.

$156Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

Wayne W Dyer Family FoundationFY2025$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$38K

Money outPt IX

$2.2M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.5M

Managementcol C$608K

Fundraisingcol D$124K

Owns and owesPt X

$3.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$108K

Total assetsLn 16$3.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$108K

PeoplePt VI, VII

7

listed · VII A

PaidVII A4

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$38K

Total revenueLn 12$2.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$108K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$108K

Other assetsLn 15$2.7M

Total assetsLn 16$3.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$108K

Net assetsLn 32$3.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 645

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$77K	$108K
Total assetsLn 16	$3.4M	$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$83K	$108K
Net assetsLn 32	$3.3M	$3.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$387K	$251K	$97K	$39K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$681K	$444K	$168K	$69K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$14K	$9K	$4K	$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$89K	$55K	$25K	$9K
Legal feesLn 11b	$38K		$38K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$21K		$21K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$183K	$161K	$22K	$692
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$69K	$67K		$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$6K	$3K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$128K	$58K	$70K
OccupancyLn 16	$1K		$1K
TravelLn 17	$9K	$1K	$7K	$798
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$778	$778
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$600K	$454K	$146K
InsuranceLn 23	$7K		$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$4K	$97	$2K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.2M	$1.5M	$608K	$124K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$2.0M	$2.3M	−$310K	$2.9M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$2.1M	$2.2M	−$162K	$3.2M	990 PDF
FY2022	$4.2M	$822K	$3.3M	$3.3M	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,074,429 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,165,000$2,036,165

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,511$38,264

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,168,511$2,074,429

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,712$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $524,658$1,170,638

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $295,769$1,065,575

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $822,139$2,236,213

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,346,372−$161,784

Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members3

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,074,429 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,036,165

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,036,165

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $38,264$38,264

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $38,264 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,074,429

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,236,213 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $251,366 · Management $96,679 · Fundraising $38,672$386,717

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $443,630 · Management $167,569 · Fundraising $69,495$680,694

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,405 · Management $3,562 · Fundraising $1,470$14,437

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $54,752 · Management $24,885 · Fundraising $9,153$88,790

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $37,695$37,695

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,722$20,722

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $160,588 · Management $21,938 · Fundraising $692$183,218

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $67,055 · Fundraising $1,858$68,913

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,825 · Management $2,908$5,733

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $57,990 · Management $69,664$127,654

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $1,487$1,487

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,163 · Management $6,773 · Fundraising $798$8,734

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $778$778

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $454,404 · Management $146,000$600,404

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $6,593$6,593

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $97 · Management $1,964 · Fundraising $1,583$3,644

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,504,053 · Management $608,439 · Fundraising $123,721$2,236,213

Part X · Balance sheet $3,292,203 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $76,611$107,521

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,211$1,770

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,945$4,943

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $669,167$523,167

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,675,593$2,654,802

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,429,527$3,292,203

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $83,155$87,615

X-19 Deferred revenue$20,000

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $83,155$107,615

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,346,372$3,184,588

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,346,372$3,184,588

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,429,527$3,292,203

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,184,588 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,074,429

XI-2 Total expenses$2,236,213

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$161,784

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,346,372

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,184,588

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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