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MIGHTY WRITERS

EIN 01-0920922 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$8,632,726
Expenses 2024
$7,572,366

Program services were 77.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
12 E CHURCH LN

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF MIGHTY WRITERS IS TO TEACH KIDS TO THINK CLEARLY AND WRITE WITH CLARITY SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN WORK AND IN LIFE. MIGHTY WRITERS PROVIDES FREE YEAR-ROUND WRITING PROGRAMS FOR OVER 3,500 STUDENTS EACH YEAR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT WORK, HOME, AND LIFE THROUGH WRITING WITH CLARITY.

  • THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE, YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS INCLUDING: QUALITY WORKSHOPS, OUT-OF-SCHOOL WRITING INSTRUCTION AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $1,480,104

  • THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM - KIDS AND FAMILIES SPEND QUALITY TIME TOGETHER, PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, CREATE ART, EAT DINNER AND IMPROVE READING AND WRITING SKILLS. AT OUR BILINGUAL SITES, FAMILIES MEET OTHER LATINO FAMILIES AND BUILD COMMUNITIES OF SUPPORT.

    Expenses $2,771,235

  • THE ON THE ROAD PROGRAM BRINGS MIGHTY WRITERS WORKSHOPS TO PARTNER LOCATIONS IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF A WIDE VARIETY OF RELEVANT AND ENGAGING WORKSHOP THEMES.

    Expenses $184,397 · Revenue $99,210

  • GENERAL PROGRAM SERVICE

    Expenses $672,116

  • A RANGE OF WORKSHOPS HELP TEENS PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE BY OFFERING SKILLS TRAINING THEY'LL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. COLLEGE ESSAY NIGHTS BRINGS TEENS TOGETHER WITH VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING TO CREATE THE PERFECT APPLICATION

    Expenses $572,002

  • VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNSHIPS PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS WITH VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING TO CREATE THE PERFECT APPLICATION. PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AND TEEN FELLOWSHIPS PROVIDE INVALUABLE EXPOSURE TO WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND SKILLS.

    Expenses $165,589

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MUSTAFA RASHEED

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES KINDYA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHELLI THOMAS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANJELA ALVARDO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHERYL-LYN BENTLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CORINNE GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYN GROOME

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAUL DIEGO RIVERA HERNANDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN HELLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TANYA BARRIENTOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALYSEA MCDONALD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIM WHITAKER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $226,301
    From this org
    $223,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,839
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,462
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,839
    Filer's total
    $226,301

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,632,726
    Expenses
    $7,572,366
    Contributions
    $8,526,920
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,400,900
    Expenses
    $7,995,921
    Contributions
    $7,322,766
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,599,234
    Expenses
    $7,259,998
    Contributions
    $7,527,957
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,653,056
    Expenses
    $4,692,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,270,111

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,578,921
    Expenses
    $2,438,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,469,636

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,885,683
    Expenses
    $1,578,369
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,105,394

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,301,773
    Expenses
    $1,427,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $765,370

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,390,536
    Expenses
    $1,203,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $892,005

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,075,051
    Expenses
    $1,010,845
    Assets (EOY)
    $690,742

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $939,212
    Expenses
    $920,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $627,589

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $899,727
    Expenses
    $710,235
    Assets (EOY)
    $596,565

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $817,609
    Expenses
    $603,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $415,749

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $328,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,357

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.