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WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

EIN 95-1809455 LOS ANGELES, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2024
$42,244,718
Expenses 2024
$39,614,649

As filed

Subsection
05
Classification
3000
Street
7000 W 3RD 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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

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.

  • Ellen Stutzman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $951,945
    From this org
    $761,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $190,321
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $761,624
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $94,396
    Nontaxable benefits
    $95,925
    Filer's total
    $951,945
  • Charles Slocum

    ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $568,566
    From this org
    $453,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $114,663
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $453,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $57,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,458
    Filer's total
    $568,566
  • David Young

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $565,969
    From this org
    $454,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $111,401
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $454,568
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $54,008
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,393
    Filer's total
    $565,969
  • Rebecca Kessinger

    ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $476,596
    From this org
    $381,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,506
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $381,090
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,356
    Filer's total
    $476,596
  • Lise Anderson

    ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $459,682
    From this org
    $363,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,775
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $363,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,566
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,209
    Filer's total
    $459,682
  • Katherine Christovich

    ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $393,151
    From this org
    $312,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,264
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,887
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,484
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,780
    Filer's total
    $393,151
  • Jean Ngo

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $384,617
    From this org
    $310,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,398
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,219
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,498
    Filer's total
    $384,617
  • Sean Graham

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $343,870
    From this org
    $274,798
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,072
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,798
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,094
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,978
    Filer's total
    $343,870
  • Ian Darke

    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $323,216
    From this org
    $255,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,802
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,261
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,541
    Filer's total
    $323,216
  • Maureen Oxley

    DIRECTOR OF RESIDUALS

    Total calculated
    $315,080
    From this org
    $251,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,753
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,327
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,754
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,999
    Filer's total
    $315,080
  • Lesley Mackey McCamb

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CREDITS

    Total calculated
    $304,695
    From this org
    $240,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,757
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,938
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,057
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,700
    Filer's total
    $304,695
  • Laurie Espinosa

    CONTRACTS SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $300,879
    From this org
    $238,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,605
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,274
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,365
    Filer's total
    $300,879
  • Joshua Wiser

    DATABASE ADMIN MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $263,676
    From this org
    $210,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,749
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,927
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,866
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,883
    Filer's total
    $263,676
  • Leila Azari

    DIRECTOR III

    Total calculated
    $245,836
    From this org
    $194,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,070
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,766
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,198
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,872
    Filer's total
    $245,836
  • Deborah Loftis

    ASST. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $245,246
    From this org
    $193,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,714
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,532
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,996
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,718
    Filer's total
    $245,246
  • Melissa Arbiter

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $244,270
    From this org
    $192,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,353
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,917
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,703
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,650
    Filer's total
    $244,270
  • Corrina Freedman

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $234,078
    From this org
    $185,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,060
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,018
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,422
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,638
    Filer's total
    $234,078
  • Laura Blum-Smith

    ASST. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $233,633
    From this org
    $184,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,507
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,126
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,966
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,541
    Filer's total
    $233,633
  • John Mendoza

    DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE

    Total calculated
    $224,114
    From this org
    $177,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,062
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,052
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,425
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,637
    Filer's total
    $224,114
  • Alyssa Peterson

    CONTRACTS SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,713
    From this org
    $14,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,087
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $14,626
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,345
    Filer's total
    $19,713
  • Meredith Stiehm

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Mulroney

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Thomas

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raphael Bob-Waksberg

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angelina Burnett

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS - PAST

    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
    $42,244,718
    Expenses
    $39,614,649
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $303,624
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $38,163,490
    Expenses
    $41,236,095
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $303,624
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $48,310,779
    Expenses
    $37,355,830
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $303,624

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
    $38,701,455
    Expenses
    $34,082,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $125,640,200
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,817,106
    Expenses
    $35,684,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,638,875
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,727,591
    Expenses
    $37,428,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $108,098,339
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,499,668
    Expenses
    $32,089,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $105,253,233
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,953,652
    Expenses
    $30,377,185
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,998,009
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,366,610
    Expenses
    $27,513,138
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,470,706
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,038,347
    Expenses
    $26,494,870
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,444,529
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,149,789
    Expenses
    $24,843,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,233,288
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,832,963
    Expenses
    $23,213,719
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,334,411
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $23,694,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,551,064

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

Where these grants went next →

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 on its 2024 return

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.