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WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA EAST INC

EIN 13-1773198 NEW YORK, NY

Largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2024
$11,211,197
Expenses 2024
$11,164,126

As filed

Subsection
05
Classification
1000
Street
250 HUDSON ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC INTERESTS OF ALL CREATORS AND ADAPTERS OF LITERARY MATERIAL, TO REPRESENT MEMBERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND TO PROMOTE FAIR DEALINGS BETWEEN ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC INTERESTS OF ALL CREATORS AND ADAPTERS OF LITERARY MATERIAL & REPRESENT MEMBERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

  • PROMOTE AND PROTECT PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC INTERESTS, REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 7,592 MEMBERS, PROMOTE FAIR DEALING, ARBITRATE AND RESOLVE DISPUTES. MEMBERS ARE ASSISTED IN SECURING EQUITABLE CONTRACTS AND SATISFACTORY WORKING CONDITIONS.

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.

  • Samuel W Wheeler

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $310,936
    From this org
    $251,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,261
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,267
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,408
    Filer's total
    $310,936
  • Ann Burdick

    GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $269,586
    From this org
    $217,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,739
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,847
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,508
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,231
    Filer's total
    $269,586
  • Marsha Seeman

    ASST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $253,571
    From this org
    $204,906
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,665
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,906
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,052
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,613
    Filer's total
    $253,571
  • Justin Molito

    DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING

    Total calculated
    $250,719
    From this org
    $202,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,793
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,325
    Filer's total
    $250,719
  • Geoffrey Betts

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR (EFF 4/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $207,593
    From this org
    $167,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,841
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,752
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,969
    Filer's total
    $207,593
  • Rachel T Nilliasca

    Dir. Online Media

    Total calculated
    $175,121
    From this org
    $141,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,512
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,689
    Filer's total
    $175,121
  • Jason Gordon

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $172,575
    From this org
    $139,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,121
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,454
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,689
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,432
    Filer's total
    $172,575
  • Michael Isaac

    DIRECTOR OF BCSN

    Total calculated
    $166,497
    From this org
    $134,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,954
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,543
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,136
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,818
    Filer's total
    $166,497
  • Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy McGee

    VICE PRESIDENT (THRU 9/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara David

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Kyle

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Godvick

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Dilauro

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaitlin Fontana

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU 9/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Gionfrido

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU 9/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Lee Bellais

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Gondelman

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Am Homes

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU 9/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Hynes

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Iwinski

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Lee

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Rinkunas

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Rosenblum

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU 9/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Saleh

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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
    $11,211,197
    Expenses
    $11,164,126
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,165,783
    Expenses
    $11,520,903
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,369,220
    Expenses
    $10,169,192
    Contributions
    $0
    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
    $10,685,613
    Expenses
    $8,369,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,186,190
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,258,435
    Expenses
    $8,474,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,314,486
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,839,874
    Expenses
    $8,454,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,299,880
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,410,302
    Expenses
    $8,143,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,839,770
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,947,260
    Expenses
    $7,156,796
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,146,043
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,502,599
    Expenses
    $6,182,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,433,068
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,508,453
    Expenses
    $5,884,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,389,869
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,155,861
    Expenses
    $5,689,529
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,652,374
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,568,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,985,756
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,689,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,546,109

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.