WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A76J

Classification

2100

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.

• INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATION OF WRITERS GUILDS

  EIN 26-3376239

• WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

  EIN 95-1809455

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION SHAVELSON-WEBB LIBRARY & ARCHIVETHE SHAVELSON-WEBB LIBRARY PROVIDES A QUIET SPACE FOR ANYONE-NOT JUST WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA) MEMBERS-TO READ SCRIPTS, CONSULT WITH OUR LIBRARIANS, AND WRITE. IT IS FREE TO VISIT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND HOME TO OVER 50,000 ITEMS AVAILABLE TO REVIEW, PRIMARILY FILM, TELEVISION, RADIO, AND VIDEO GAME SCRIPTS, INCLUDING ONLINE RESOURCES LIKE VIRTUAL EVENTS AND BLOG SERIES. THE ARCHIVE IS HOME TO RARE AND UNIQUE COLLECTIONS THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE PAST 110 YEARS OF SCREENWRITING HISTORY, INCLUDING GUILD HISTORICAL MATERIALS, PRODUCED AND UNPRODUCED SCIPTS, MEMORABILIA, ORAL HISTORIES, AND PERSONAL ITEMS OF FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO WRITERS.

  Expenses $659,164

• WRITERS ACCESS SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMSTHE WRITERS ACCESS SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDES WRITERS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, DISABLED, OVER OF THE AGE OF 50, ETC.) WITH TOOLS AND EDUCATION TO BECOME A WRITERS' ASSITANT AND SCRIPT COORDINATOR, ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THESE POSITIONS OFTEN SERVE AS THE FIRST STEP ON THE LADDER OF A SUCCESSFUL SCREENWRITING CAREER; AS SUCH, THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO BE A STEP TOWARDS GREATER INCLUSIVITY AT BOTH THE "ENTRY LEVEL AND IN THE FUTURE, ON ALL WRITING STAFFS. WGF PROVIDES ALL COMPONENTS OF THE VWP AT NO COST TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $209,032

• VETERANS WRITING PROJECTTHE VETERANS WRITING PROJECT DEVELOPS THE WRITING SKILLS OF MILITARY VETERANS FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT. SERVING 60-80 VETERANS EACH YEAR, PARTICIPANTS ARE EDUCATED ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SCREENWRITING AND MENTORED BY WGA-ENROLLED WRITERS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE YEARLONG PROGRAM, PARTICIPANTS LEAVE WITH A FINISHED SCREENPLAY OR TV PILOT AND THE SKILLS AND TOOLS NEEDED FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. WGF PROVIDES ALL COMPONENTS OF THE VWP AT NO COST TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $166,508

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,023,490

  Expenses

  $1,250,838

  Contributions

  $873,508

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,209,634

  Expenses

  $1,229,641

  Contributions

  $1,164,804

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,226,768

  Expenses

  $1,201,630

  Contributions

  $1,178,007

  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

  $1,356,830

  Expenses

  $1,139,141

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,116,917

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,086,774

  Expenses

  $842,611

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,632,686

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $964,081

  Expenses

  $945,235

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,343,375

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,051,185

  Expenses

  $1,044,712

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,397,434

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $902,458

  Expenses

  $973,194

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,445,688

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $833,379

  Expenses

  $1,013,656

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,426,066

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $980,372

  Expenses

  $993,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,586,507

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $946,985

  Expenses

  $1,015,717

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,651,371

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $961,121

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,675,176

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $961,562

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,751,393

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

• WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

  $303,624

  2023 · SPONSORSHIP

• WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

  $303,624

  2024 · SPONSORSHIP

• WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

  $303,624

  2022 · SPONSORSHIP

• MYRIAD CONSULTING AND TRAINING INCORPORATED

  $15,000

  2024 · Preservation & disaster preparedness

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FDN OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA

  $15,000

  2022 · general support

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $13,950

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $13,250

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $11,210

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $10,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $10,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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.

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