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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$877,181
Total expenses
$598,748
Contributions and grants received
$876,864
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$213
Other revenue
$104
Total assets, end of year
$3,747,854
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,888
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,728,966
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$326,154
Management and general expenses
$134,570
Fundraising expenses
$138,024
Program service expenses (Part III)
$326,154

Program services were 54.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $876,864

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $213 · excluded $213

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $104 · related or exempt $104

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $104

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,989 · program services $3,125 · management and general $31,864

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,797 · program services $22 · fundraising $48,775

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,723 · fundraising $23,723

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $334,620 · program services $206,446 · management and general $92,846 · fundraising $35,328

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $121,866 · program services $115,773 · management and general $6,093

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $809 · management and general $809

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $32,703 · management and general $2,779 · fundraising $29,924

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $623 · program services $288 · management and general $179 · fundraising $156

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $618 · program services $500 · fundraising $118

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,182,790 · end of year $3,472,232

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,193 · end of year $10,196

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,302 · end of year $11,972

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,614 · end of year $78,744

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,132,725

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $958,015

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $225,136 · end of year $174,710

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,502 · end of year $18,888

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,450,533 · end of year $3,728,966

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS (OTW) IS A NON-PROFIT RUN BY AND FOR FANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF FANWORKS AND FAN CULTURES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS (OTW) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION RUN BY AND FOR FANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF FANWORKS AND FAN CULTURES.

  • IN 2024, THE ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN (AO3) CELEBRATED ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND REACHED A MILESTONE OF 14 MILLION FANWORKS ON THE SITE.AO3 MADE UPDATES TO ITS TOS TO CLARIFY EXISTING LANGUAGE AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND MADE TECHNICAL UPGRADES TO ITS SITE FOR CONTINUED STABILITY.IN ADDITION TO CHANGES TO AO3'S TOS, THE WERE ALSO UPDATED. TOS FAQ UPDATES PRIORITIZED ADDRESSING A FAR MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF QUESTIONS ABOUT AO3 AND ITS TOS BASED ON THE QUESTIONS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS POLICY & ABUSE HAS SEEN IN REPORTS. A TOTAL OF ALMOST 20,000 WORDS, INCLUDING OVER 130 NEW QUESTIONS, WERE ADDED TO THE TOS FAQ.AN OPEN COMMENT PERIOD WAS ANNOUNCED FOR FEEDBACK ON THE TOS AND TOS FAQ UPDATES. THE NEWS POST RECEIVED OVER 4,300 COMMENTS FROM USERS. POLICY & ABUSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEWS POST MODERATION TEAM, RESPONDED TO OVER 400 COMMENTS, PROVIDING CLARITY ABOUT THE UPDATES TO THE DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS AO3 IN GENERAL.IN ADDITION TO TOS UPDATES, POLICY & ABUSE RECEIVED 27,700 TICKETS IN 2024 SPANNING A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES, AN INCREASE COMPARED TO 2023'S 23,600.

    Expenses $294,825

  • IN 2024, FANLORE SAW OVER 5,000 NEW PAGES AND OVER 163,000 EDITS MADE, BRINGING IT TO 72,936 TOTAL PAGES, WHICH HAVE BEEN EDITED 1,531,996 TIMES SINCE ITS FOUNDING. 2024 ALSO BROUGHT THE CREATION OF 21,496 NEW USER ACCOUNTS. WITH HELP FROM SYSTEMS, FANLORE WAS UPGRADED TO MEDIAWIKI 1.39, WHICH INCLUDED STABILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CODE TWEAKS, AND BUG FIXES.THE COMMITTEE CELEBRATED AND AWARDED BADGES FOR THEIR ANNUAL IFD CHALLENGE, BINGO CHALLENGE, AND STUB SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE. FANLORE ALSO PARTNERED WITH COMMUNICATIONS' FANHACKERS TO RUN AN EXCITING FANDOM FRIENDSHIPS CHALLENGE, INSPIRED BY FANHACKER'S ZINE OF THE SAME THEME. THIS FANLORE CHALLENGE ENCOURAGED USERS TO BROADEN THEIR FANNISH HORIZONS BY COMPLETING SIX EDITS TO A WIDE RANGE OF FANLORE ARTICLE TYPES, ALL IN THE THEME OF FANDOM FRIENDSHIP.

    Expenses $18,039

  • TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS AND CULTURES RELEASED THREE ISSUES IN 2024: NO. 42, A SPECIAL ISSUE ON "FANDOMS AND PLATFORMS," IN MARCH; NO. 43, A GENERAL ISSUE, IN SEPTEMBER; AND NO. 44, A SPECIAL ISSUE ON "CENTERING BLACKNESS IN FAN STUDIES," IN DECEMBER. ALL THREE ISSUES WERE RELEASED ON SCHEDULE - CONTINUING TWC'S PUBLICATION RECORD SINCE THE JOURNAL'S FOUNDING.

    Expenses $5,161

  • TRANSACTION FEES

    Expenses $8,115

  • BANKING FEES

    Expenses $14

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anh Pham

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Zixin Zhang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Haynes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Erica Frank

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rachel Linton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Katheryn Soderholm

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Qiao Chu

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Yuechiang Luo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349301840

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