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THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS INC

EIN 38-3765024 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$877,181
Expenses 2024
$598,748

Program services were 54.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A30
Classification
2000
Street
228 PARK AVE S

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

32 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

THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS (OTW) IS A NON-PROFIT RUN BY AND FOR FANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF FANWORKS AND FAN CULTURES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS (OTW) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION RUN BY AND FOR FANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF FANWORKS AND FAN CULTURES.

  • IN 2024, THE ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN (AO3) CELEBRATED ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND REACHED A MILESTONE OF 14 MILLION FANWORKS ON THE SITE.AO3 MADE UPDATES TO ITS TOS TO CLARIFY EXISTING LANGUAGE AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND MADE TECHNICAL UPGRADES TO ITS SITE FOR CONTINUED STABILITY.IN ADDITION TO CHANGES TO AO3'S TOS, THE WERE ALSO UPDATED. TOS FAQ UPDATES PRIORITIZED ADDRESSING A FAR MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF QUESTIONS ABOUT AO3 AND ITS TOS BASED ON THE QUESTIONS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS POLICY & ABUSE HAS SEEN IN REPORTS. A TOTAL OF ALMOST 20,000 WORDS, INCLUDING OVER 130 NEW QUESTIONS, WERE ADDED TO THE TOS FAQ.AN OPEN COMMENT PERIOD WAS ANNOUNCED FOR FEEDBACK ON THE TOS AND TOS FAQ UPDATES. THE NEWS POST RECEIVED OVER 4,300 COMMENTS FROM USERS. POLICY & ABUSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEWS POST MODERATION TEAM, RESPONDED TO OVER 400 COMMENTS, PROVIDING CLARITY ABOUT THE UPDATES TO THE DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS AO3 IN GENERAL.IN ADDITION TO TOS UPDATES, POLICY & ABUSE RECEIVED 27,700 TICKETS IN 2024 SPANNING A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES, AN INCREASE COMPARED TO 2023'S 23,600.

    Expenses $294,825

  • IN 2024, FANLORE SAW OVER 5,000 NEW PAGES AND OVER 163,000 EDITS MADE, BRINGING IT TO 72,936 TOTAL PAGES, WHICH HAVE BEEN EDITED 1,531,996 TIMES SINCE ITS FOUNDING. 2024 ALSO BROUGHT THE CREATION OF 21,496 NEW USER ACCOUNTS. WITH HELP FROM SYSTEMS, FANLORE WAS UPGRADED TO MEDIAWIKI 1.39, WHICH INCLUDED STABILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CODE TWEAKS, AND BUG FIXES.THE COMMITTEE CELEBRATED AND AWARDED BADGES FOR THEIR ANNUAL IFD CHALLENGE, BINGO CHALLENGE, AND STUB SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE. FANLORE ALSO PARTNERED WITH COMMUNICATIONS' FANHACKERS TO RUN AN EXCITING FANDOM FRIENDSHIPS CHALLENGE, INSPIRED BY FANHACKER'S ZINE OF THE SAME THEME. THIS FANLORE CHALLENGE ENCOURAGED USERS TO BROADEN THEIR FANNISH HORIZONS BY COMPLETING SIX EDITS TO A WIDE RANGE OF FANLORE ARTICLE TYPES, ALL IN THE THEME OF FANDOM FRIENDSHIP.

    Expenses $18,039

  • TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS AND CULTURES RELEASED THREE ISSUES IN 2024: NO. 42, A SPECIAL ISSUE ON "FANDOMS AND PLATFORMS," IN MARCH; NO. 43, A GENERAL ISSUE, IN SEPTEMBER; AND NO. 44, A SPECIAL ISSUE ON "CENTERING BLACKNESS IN FAN STUDIES," IN DECEMBER. ALL THREE ISSUES WERE RELEASED ON SCHEDULE - CONTINUING TWC'S PUBLICATION RECORD SINCE THE JOURNAL'S FOUNDING.

    Expenses $5,161

  • TRANSACTION FEES

    Expenses $8,115

  • BANKING FEES

    Expenses $14

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.

  • Anh Pham

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Zixin Zhang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Haynes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Erica Frank

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rachel Linton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Katheryn Soderholm

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Qiao Chu

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Yuechiang Luo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $877,181
    Expenses
    $598,748
    Contributions
    $876,864
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $979,278
    Expenses
    $634,956
    Contributions
    $979,205
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,012,980
    Expenses
    $437,813
    Contributions
    $1,012,647
    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
    $840,816
    Expenses
    $380,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,537,138

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $899,459
    Expenses
    $360,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,071,112

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $899,459
    Expenses
    $360,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,071,112

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,746
    Expenses
    $232,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,073,810

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $374,114
    Expenses
    $254,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $829,240

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $348,465
    Expenses
    $150,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $644,684

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $298,562
    Expenses
    $108,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $443,364

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $167,364
    Expenses
    $54,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $252,864

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $92,365
    Expenses
    $41,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $140,099

  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $46,110
    Expenses
    $27,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,660

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 2008

Tax period
1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008
Principal officer
Susan Gibel
Mailing address
PO Box 13501Silver Spring MD 20911
Website
www.transformativeworks.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

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

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.