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GIVING WORDS INC

EIN 82-3581429 GORDONSVILLE, VA

Revenue 2025
$236,393
Expenses 2025
$179,274

Program services were 47.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W12
Classification
1000
Street
3820 VALENTINE MILL RD

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 · 2025

Mission

ASSISTING YOUNG OR SINGLE MOTHERS AS WELL AS THE ELDERLY

  • CAR REPAIR PROGRAM 2025: IN COOPERATION WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, WE CONTINUED OUR PROGRAM WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES TO SERVICE SINGLE MOMS' CARS. IN 2025, WE REPAIRED 33 CARS. WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, AUTOZONE, GLASS SHOPS, UPHOLSTERY SHOPS, AND AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS, WE CAN CUT COSTS BETWEEN 30%-70% AND PROVIDE THE REPAIR SERVICES TO MOTHERS AT NO COST TO THEM. IN RURAL AREAS ESPECIALLY, BUT ALSO IN SMALLER CITIES, PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION IS A KEY.

    Expenses $43,296

  • CAR GIFTING PROGRAM 2025: ALSO, WE REPAIR DONATED CARS TO GIVE AWAY. IN 2025, GIVING WORDS GAVE AWAY 8 CARS TO MOTHERS IN NEED. CURRENTLY, WE ACCEPT PRIVATE DONATIONS OF CARS, BUT WE HAVE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP WITH CARTER MYERS AUTOMOTIVE, A BUSINESS THAT HOUSES OVER 28 VIRGINIA DEALERSHIPS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY REPAIRED CARS FOR US WHEN A CERTAIN DEALERSHIP, SUCH AS SUBARU, WAS NECESSARY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE ASSISTED OUR MOTHERS WITH WISE PURCHASES AND PLAN TO HELP US IN THE ACQUISITION OF AFFORDABLE, BUT RELIABLE USED CARS FOR OUR INCREASED DEMAND. EVERY CAR THAT WE GIVE AWAY IS INSPECTED, DETAILED, AND THOROUGHLY CHECKED OVER BY AN AUTO MECHANIC. THIS YEAR, TWO CMA SUBARU DEALERSHIPS, IN RICHMOND AND STAUNTON, CHOSE TO SPONSOR GIVING WORDS IN THEIR "SUBARU SHARE THE LOVE" EVENT IN DECEMBER 2025. FOR EVERY SUBARU SOLD AT THAT DEALERSHIP, THEY WILL DONATE 300 TO GIVING WORDS.

    Expenses $30,972

  • FINANCIAL RESOURCE PROGRAM 2025: WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALL FAMILIES INCUR IRREGULAR EXPENSES THAT DEMAND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES; SINGLE MOTHERS OFTEN DO NOT HAVE THAT CUSHION. WE STRIVE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY BUSINESSES, LOCAL CHURCHES, AND OTHER NON-PROFITS SO THE MOTHERS DO NOT HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO NEXT. IF WE CAN CONNECT THEM TO A RESOURCE THAT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE, LIKE A LOCAL FOOD BANK OR SOCIAL SERVICES, WE DO SO. IF THAT SERVICE IS UNAVAILABLE OR UNDERREPRESENTED, WE FIND A METHOD TO MEET THAT NEED. THIS YEAR, WE GAVE AWAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES, DIAPERS, AND WIPES, PROVIDED FREE LAY AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING, AND OFFERED FREE CLOTHING, FURNITURE, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH LOCAL CONSIGNMENT SHOPS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS. FOR ALL THESE SERVICES, WE PAY FOR THEM OR RECEIVE THEM FREE OF CHARGE.

    Expenses $9,514 · Grants $150

  • STUDENT GIVE BACK PROGRAM 2025: SINCE THIS PROGRAM STARTED, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT SERVE OUR SINGLE MOTHERS. IN 2025, WE GAVE AWAY 6 TOOL KITS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS IN THE LOUISA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM. RESPONSES FROM OUR MOTHERS 1. "WOW, WHERE CAN I BEGIN? WELL, I HAVE BEEN REALLY GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES BECAUSE MY HUSBAND OF 23 YEARS WALKED AWAY AND LEFT US TO FEND FOR OURSELVES WITH ONE INCOME AND A CAR THAT NEEDED REPAIRS, BILLS THAT NEEDED TO BE PAID, AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COULD NOT BE IGNORED GOD SURELY SHOWED UP IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND CONTINUES TO SHOW UP DAILY. GOD SENT A GROUP OF PEOPLE INTO MY LIFE DURING SUCH A TREMENDOUS STORM, AND THEY (GIVING WORDS) HELPED ME WHEN NO ONE ELSE COULD OR SEEMED TO CARE TO MY CAR IS UP AND RUNNING, I DID NOT LOSE MY JOB, AND MY BILLS ARE COMING ALONG LIFE IS STILL A SONG AND DANCE EVERY DAY, BUT GIVING WORDS MADE THE SONG SO MUCH SWEETER AND THE DANCE A LOT LESS STRENUOUS I AM TRULY BLESSED, AND THIS HAS GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO TAKE A FEW MORE STEPS TOWARDS BETTER DAYS THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH GIVING WORDS KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING BECAUSE SO MANY OF US (SINGLE PARENTS) OUT HERE JUST NEED ONE "YES" OF LOVE, KINDNESS AND SUPPORT TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT DAY (LITERALLY)" 2. "I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE MY OWN VEHICLE. I FEEL LIKE I FINALLY HAVE INDEPENDENCE. NOW, I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LONG TIME FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE ME EVERYWHERE. I AM THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME. GOD HAS BEEN SO FAITHFUL TO ME. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE OUT A SHOUT OUT TO THE GIVING WORDS TEAM FOR HELPING ME FIND A VEHICLE AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO DONATED. MY HEART GOES TO YOU ALL." 3. THAT FIRST DRIVE HOME ISN'T JUST A TRIP-IT'S A FRESH START. IT MEANS GETTING TO WORK WITH CONFIDENCE, TAKING CHILDREN WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, AND NO LONGER WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO GET THROUGH THE DAY.

    Expenses $554

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Samuel E Brown III

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sara Amick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Virginia Brown

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Byran Mobley

    ASSISTANT DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $236,393
    Expenses
    $179,274
    Contributions
    $219,613
    Grants paid
    $150
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $216,341
    Expenses
    $193,790
    Contributions
    $215,573
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $169,896
    Expenses
    $162,487
    Contributions
    $169,893
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $69,551
    Expenses
    $49,405
    Contributions
    $69,549
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $77,394
    Expenses
    $59,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,373

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $55,300
    Expenses
    $36,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,740

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Samuel E Brown III
Mailing address
3820 Valentine Mill RdGordonsville VA 22942
Website
Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.