NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A76Z

Classification

1000

Street

2930 DOMINGO STE 1073

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 · 2023

• NWP IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF 162 UNIVERSITY-BASED LOCAL SITES. CO-DIRECTED BY FACULTY FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND K-12 SCHOOLS, EACH NWP SITE DEVELOPS A LEADERSHIP CADRE OF LOCAL EDUCATORS THROUGH INTENSIVE INVITATIONAL AND ADVANCED INSTITUTES. TOGETHER WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, THESE LEAD EDUCATORS DESIGN AND DELIVER CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE TEACHING OF WRITING AND THE ROLE OF WRITING IN LEARNING FOR SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. ACROSS THE NATIONAL NETWORK, NWP SITES RECRUIT AND PREPARE ROUGHLY 2,200 NEW TEACHER-LEADERS EACH YEAR AND WORK WITH ROUGHLY 1,700 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS WHO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF NWP'S ONLINE PROGRAMMING. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, NWP SITES GENERATE 80,000 HOURS OF INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR DISTRICTS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES, REACHING 6 MILLION STUDENTS PER YEAR. OVER THE 50 YEARS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT, THE NWP HAS CREATED A SIGNATURE MODEL OF INQUIRY-DRIVEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES EXAMINING BEST PRACTICES, ENGAGING IN THE DISCIPLINE UNDER STUDY, DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO MEET THE LITERACY NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, AND LEARNING FROM RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. THE STRONG NATIONAL NETWORK OF LOCAL WRITING PROJECT SITES AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE PROVIDE CONTINUING SUPPORT THAT EDUCATORS CAN DRAW UPON TO ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO INNOVATE AND LEAD IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS BENEFITING SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND THE YOUTH THEY SERVE. ADDITIONALLY, THE INVOLVEMENT OF UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND LEAD EDUCATORS IN THE NATIONAL NETWORK ENSURES THAT CONTINUING RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION SERVE TO KEEP NWP'S MODELS CURRENT AND RESPONSIVE. OVER FORTY YEARS OF NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION STUDIES CONFIRM THAT NWP PROGRAMS SUPPORT TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND CONTRIBUTE TO GROWTH IN STUDENT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT AS MEASURED BY INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS. RECENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, SRI INTERNATIONAL HAS CONDUCTED THREE RIGOROUS EVALUATIONS OF THE IMPACTS OF THE NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT'S COLLEGE, CAREER, AND COMMUNITY WRITERS PROGRAM (C3WP). ALL THREE STUDIES EMPLOYED RANDOM ASSIGNMENT AND WERE DESIGNED TO MEET THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S HIGHEST STANDARDS OF RESEARCH: WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE STANDARDS WITHOUT RESERVATIONS AND ESSA TIER 1 (STRONG EVIDENCE). IN ALL THREE STUDIES, C3WP EXHIBITED A POSITIVE, STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE FOUR ATTRIBUTES OF STUDENT ARGUMENT WRITING EXAMINED: CONTENT, STRUCTURE, STANCE, AND CONVENTIONS, AS MEASURED ACROSS NEARLY 15,000 STUDENT WRITINGS BY TRAINED SCORERS USING THE ANALYTIC WRITING CONTINUUM FOR SOURCE-BASED ARGUMENT. THESE POSITIVE RESULTS REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE THREE STUDIES AND SPANNED 228 DIVERSE SCHOOLS ACROSS 20 STATES, SHOWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NWP PROGRAMMING ACROSS MANY REGIONS AND VARIED SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THESE NATIONAL STUDIES JOIN AN EXTENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION STUDIES EXAMINING NWP'S IMPACT ON TEACHER PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND CURRICULAR IMPROVEMENT. ARSHAN, N. L., PARK, C. J., & GALLAGHER, H. A. (2019). IMPACTS ON STUDENTS OF A SHORT-CYCLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT'S COLLEGE, CAREER, AND COMMUNITY WRITERS PROGRAM. SRI INTERNATIONAL. GALLAGHER, H. A., ARSHAN, N., & WOODWORTH, K. R. (2017). IMPACT OF THE NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT'S COLLEGE-READY WRITERS PROGRAM IN HIGH-NEED RURAL DISTRICTS. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVENESS IN EDUCATION, 10(3), 570-595. DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2017.1300361 PARK, C., ARSHAN, N, MILBY, A., & GOETZ, R. (2021). EVALUATION OF THE COLLEGE, CAREER, AND COMMUNITY WRITERS PROGRAM: FINDINGS FROM THE I3 SCALE-UP GRANT. TECHNICAL REPORT. SRI INTERNATIONAL.

  Expenses $6,285,542 · Grants $5,272,156 · Revenue $550,048

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $812,076

  Expenses

  $6,636,728

  Contributions

  $170,970

  Grants paid

  $5,272,156

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,178,117

  Expenses

  $3,904,681

  Contributions

  $1,449,063

  Grants paid

  $832,620

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

  $7,556,258

  Expenses

  $7,020,452

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,729,463

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,606,868

  Expenses

  $4,682,042

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,360,613

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,083,934

  Expenses

  $7,182,526

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,047,975

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,154,230

  Expenses

  $9,000,440

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,256,176

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,291,525

  Expenses

  $9,659,794

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,450,765

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,516,685

  Expenses

  $11,716,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,646,817

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,524,993

  Expenses

  $11,836,968

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,896,827

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,178,379

  Expenses

  $13,671,506

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,542,397

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,550,732

  Expenses

  $13,425,797

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,109,234

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $11,762,643

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,144,462

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2024

Tax period

1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025

Principal officer

Show names as filed Patrick SweeneyPATRICK SWEENEY

Mailing address

2930 DOMINGO STE 1073BERKELEY CA 94705

Website

WWW.NWP.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

  $5,148,156

  2023 · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT DIRECT MODEL A

• ULSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $61,700

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

  $56,500

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY WRITING PROJECT

  $50,400

  2023 · GRANTS TO WRITING PROJECTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC

  $49,500

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• WHAT CHEER WRITERS CLUB

  $41,864

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• FRIENDS OF HOMESTEAD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

  $40,900

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• DENVER WRITING PROJECT

  $40,000

  2023 · GRANTS TO WRITING PROJECTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE

  $34,500

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

• HERITAGE MUSEUM OF ORANGE COUNTY

  $34,500

  2022 · GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SUNEEL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2022 · BOOK PUBLICATION

• SUNEEL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · BOOK PUBLICATION

• SUNEEL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

  $48,000

  2023 · BOOK PUBLICATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,500

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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