WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B20Z

Classification

2100

Street

1414 SUL ROSS 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• Education for Students - WITS students develop creative and analytical skills through school-based workshops, exposure to diverse texts, cultural field trips, and publication. By offering creative, digital, and performance writing to students, WITS provides a variety of entry points for learning that emphasizes the importance of practice, revision, and collaboration. A majority of students live in underserved communities and attend low-income schools.

  Expenses $629,522 · Grants $7,800 · Revenue $323,917

• Creative Writing Camps - WITS partners with schools and academic institutions to offer renowned creative writing camps that address summer learning loss, nurture the growth of the imagination, and ignite a love of learning. Tuition-based revenue generated from camp supports school-based programs throughout the year.

  Expenses $199,897 · Revenue $344,320

• Professional Development for Teachers and Writers - WITS fosters collaborative coaching and professional development for teachers aimed at transforming school ecosystems while inspiring literary cultures. Through its leadership of a national alliance, WITS promotes writers as teaching artists, providing resources, education, and connection to drive collective impact.

  Expenses $13,465

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,527,335

  Expenses

  $1,447,832

  Contributions

  $804,339

  Grants paid

  $7,800

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,641,277

  Expenses

  $1,439,857

  Contributions

  $731,807

  Grants paid

  $1,027

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,229,924

  Expenses

  $1,908,626

  Contributions

  $500,474

  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

  $1,484,880

  Expenses

  $2,090,176

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,974,315

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,967,960

  Expenses

  $1,924,529

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,825,966

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,004,426

  Expenses

  $2,158,745

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,786,579

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,736,696

  Expenses

  $2,654,595

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,844,825

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,276,438

  Expenses

  $2,562,235

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,699,492

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,333,293

  Expenses

  $2,317,890

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,969,719

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,940,577

  Expenses

  $2,227,126

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,928,652

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,115,875

  Expenses

  $2,045,035

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,139,535

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,253,699

  Expenses

  $1,851,514

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,074,639

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,253,699

  Expenses

  $1,851,514

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,074,639

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

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $75,000

  2023 · Early childhood and youth education

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $75,000

  2022 · Early childhood and youth education

• HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE

  $62,500

  2024 · General support

• MENIL FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2022 · Support of educational activities

• MENIL FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2023 · Support of educational activities

• MENIL FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2024 · Support of educational activities

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $25,000

  2023 · GRANTS

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $25,000

  2022 · GRANTS

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $25,000

  2024 · GRANTS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $11,525

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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