Totals
- Total revenue
- $282,369
- Total expenses
- $284,740
- Contributions and grants received
- $269,866
- Grants paid
- $18,324
- Program service revenue
- $18,686
- Investment income
- $932
- Other revenue
- -$7,115
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,546,839
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $283,901
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,262,938
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $125,234
- Management and general expenses
- $145,659
- Fundraising expenses
- $13,847
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $125,234
Program services were 44.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$23,760
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$246,106
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2a · Program service revenue: Tutoring
total $18,686 · related or exempt $18,686
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3 · Investment income
total $932 · unrelated business $932
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6a · Gross rents
real property $800
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $7,916
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property -$7,116
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total -$7,116 · unrelated business -$7,116
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $1 · related or exempt $1
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $18,324 · program services $18,324
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $59,356 · program services $40,478 · management and general $13,095 · fundraising $5,783
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $80,696 · management and general $80,696
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,068 · program services $598 · management and general $1,384 · fundraising $86
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $10,822 · program services $3,129 · management and general $7,246 · fundraising $447
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11a · Fees: management
total $1,199 · management and general $1,199
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,420 · management and general $14,420
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11g · Fees: other
total $16,621 · management and general $16,621
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,382 · fundraising $1,382
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13 · Office expenses
total $760 · program services $532 · management and general $152 · fundraising $76
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14 · Information technology
total $849 · program services $594 · management and general $170 · fundraising $85
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16 · Occupancy
total $20,979 · program services $12,819 · management and general $5,440 · fundraising $2,720
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17 · Travel
total $53 · program services $53
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $650 · program services $455 · management and general $98 · fundraising $97
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20 · Interest
total $14,966 · program services $10,476 · management and general $2,245 · fundraising $2,245
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $36,344 · program services $36,344
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23 · Insurance
total $2,660 · program services $1,432 · management and general $819 · fundraising $409
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24a · Other expenses: Taxes and Filing Fees
total $1,787 · management and general $1,787
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24b · Other expenses: Bank Service Fees
total $35 · management and general $35
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24c · Other expenses: Payment Processing Fees
total $517 · fundraising $517
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24d · Other expenses: Quickbooks Payments Fees
total $252 · management and general $252
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $174,726 · end of year $206,070
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $10,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $11,220 · end of year $23,220
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,174 · end of year $491
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,429,076
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$122,937
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,342,483 · end of year $1,306,139
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $13,924 · end of year $919
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $8,811 · end of year $9,262
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $171,747 · end of year $167,301
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $113,660 · end of year $107,338
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,265,309 · end of year $1,262,938
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WordPlay Cincy sparks storytelling through creative expression and arts in healing with Cincinnatis young people to cultivate belonging, celebrate our strengths, and empower the community in its pursuit of social justice.
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Provides creative literacy opportunities to young people across Cincinnati through community- and school-based programs.
Expenses $125,234 · Grants $18,324 · Revenue $282,369
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Wally Hart
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $16,615
- From this org
- $16,615
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation
- Base
- $16,615
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $16,615
-
Desirae Hosley
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $7,115
- From this org
- $7,115
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Steve Yandell
Board Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation
- Base
- not reported
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- not reported
-
Timm West
Board Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Manuel Iris
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tom Strunk
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Joe Moorman
Board Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Chim Okoroji
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Spring Starr Pillow
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brice Mickey
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Qeiara Fuller
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John Espy
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kristen Copeland
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 2 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202641639349301529
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