Project Write Now
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
TO HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BECOME WRITERS AS THEY GAIN CONFIDENCE, SKILLS AND INSIGHT NEEDED TO REACH PERSONAL, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS BUILD A WRITING COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS, INSPIRES AND MOTIVATES.
- Income
- $323,227
- Spending
- $318,978
- Spent on programs
- 78%
- Reserves
- 2.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 58%
- Employees
- 19
- Volunteers
- 9
- Highest pay
- $46,490, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 72 out of 100. Higher than 41% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 10% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 11% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1578% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 14 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 66 out of 100. Higher than 46% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $248,571 spent. SO MUCH HAPPENED IN 2024 THAT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR, INCLUDING CELEBRATING OUR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY A BIG HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS COMING TOGETHER IN NOVEMBER FOR OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, DURING WHICH WE HONORED OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH AWARDS, INCLUDING THE TEAM AT RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL; EDUCATORS AMY CAMPBELL (RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL) AND CHRISTINE DEMARSICO (ASBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL); SHORE HOUSE, LUNCH BREAK, THE SOURCE AT RED BANK REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL; AND THE GRUNIN FOUNDATION. INSPIRED BY THE JOY AND LOVE SHARED AT THIS EVENT, WE ARE MORE EXCITED THAN EVER TO CARRY THIS MOMENTUM INTO 2025. BUT FIRST, A LOOK BACK ON OUR 2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. -WE CONTINUED OUR LONG-STANDING EXPRESSIVE WRITING PROGRAMS AT RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL, CULMINATING THE YEAR WITH THREE ANTHOLOGIES OF STUDENT WRITING AND WRITERS CELEBRATIONS. -WE PUBLISHED SEVEN ISSUES OF OUR ONLINE YOUNG ADULT LITERARY JOURNAL, BRIDGE INK, FEATURING WRITERS FROM THE UNITED STATES (ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, DC), AUSTRALIA, INDIA, IRELAND, AND PAKISTAN. WE PARTNERED FOR THE SECOND YEAR WITH THE LITERARY JOURNAL LET'S SAY GAY FOR A SPECIAL PRIDE-THEMED ISSUE, RAINBOW INK. - WE COLLABORATED WITH THE COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS ON THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CONTEST AND GAVE 16 AWARDS TO WRITERS AGES 12 TO 18, SEVERAL OF WHOM READ THEIR ORIGINAL WORK ON STAGE AS PART OF THE COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS' CRITICAL CONVERSATION EVENT ON BOOK BANNING IN MARCH. THE WINNERS' PIECES WERE ALSO PUBLISHED IN A SPECIAL ISSUE OF BRIDGE INK. -WE CELEBRATED 12 WINNERS OF OUR ANNUAL TEEN VOICES & VERSE POETRY CONTEST. WE THEN PUBLISHED THEIR PIECES IN BRIDGE INK AND HELD A ZOOM WRITERS CELEBRATION DURING WHICH WINNERS SHARED THEIR PIECES. -IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TWO RIVER THEATER'S CROSSING BORDERS FESTIVAL, FOUR OF OUR YOUNG ADULT WRITERS PERFORMED ORIGINAL PIECES ON STAGE. -WE ADJUDICATED MORE THAN 100 PIECES OF TEEN WRITING AS PART OF MONMOUTH ARTS' TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL. - WE BROUGHT THE CREATIVE WRITING CLASS FROM ASBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL TO MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY'S TONI MORRISON DAY WHERE WE MET AUTHOR ROSS GAY. ONE OF OUR STUDENTS READ HIS ORIGINAL WORK AS PART OF THE EVENT. -WE HELD OUR FIFTH ANNUAL WRITING ON THE RIVER RETREAT AT THE OYSTER POINT HOTEL FOR MORE THAN 40 TEACHERS. -WE LAUNCHED A NEW FOUR-SESSION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR EDUCATORS, "HOW TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN AUTHENTIC WRITING," WITH THE ELA TEAM AT LONG BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL. -WE PROVIDED EIGHT AFTER-SCHOOL WRITING CLUBS. -MORE THAN 30 TEENS PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AS TEACHING ASSISTANTS, EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS, AND IN THE INTERVIEW PROJECT. WE COLLABORATED WITH BLUE DOT SOCIAL & COMMUNITY WELLNESS FOR THE INTERVIEW PROJECT AND SEVEN TEENS INTERVIEWED MEMBERS AND DOCUMENTED THEIR STORIES FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF BRIDGE INK. - WE CONTINUED OUR THREE PWN INDIA WRITING CLUBS: ONE FOR CHILDREN (AGES 10-12); ONE FOR ADULTS; AND ONE FOR TEACHERS (OF CHILDREN AGES 3-6). -WE PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 30 ORGANIZATIONS/SCHOOLS TO DELIVER OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AMONG OUR NEW PARTNERSHIPS ARE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (LAKE COMO) GENERATION WOMEN NJ, MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, PROJECT HEAL, AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD. -WE IMPACTED NEARLY 2,000 CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. -WE LAUNCHED A NEW PLAYWRITING PROGRAM, COMMUNITY PLAYMAKING, WITH THE TWO RIVER THEATER AND HELD OUR FIRST PROGRAM WITH LUNCH BREAK. NINE DEBUT PLAYWRIGHTS WROTE ORIGINAL 10-MINUTE PLAYS THAT WERE PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AT AN EVENT AT LUNCH BREAK IN DECEMBER. -WE AWARDED 59 SCHOLARSHIP SEATS TO YOUTH AND ADULTS TOTALING 14,342.50 FOR OUR FEE-BASED PROGRAMS. -WE HELD OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, CRINGEFEST, ON THE BIG STAGE AT THE VOGEL IN RED BANK WITH LOTS OF LAUGHS AND LOTS OF FUNDS RAISED FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS -WE PROVIDED IN-SCHOOL MULTI-SESSION WRITING PROGRAMS FOR GRADES 6 THROUGH 8 AT MARKHAM PLACE IN LITTLE SILVER. -WE HELD 47 ADULT CLASSES, 7 YOUTH CLASSES, 24 VIRTUAL ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS, AND 25 IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS. -SIXTEEN WRITERS COMPLETED FULL-DRAFT MANUSCRIPTS (50,000+ WORDS) THROUGH BOOK INC'S NOVEL AND MEMOIR INCUBATOR PROGRAMS. -THIRTY-FIVE WRITERS REVISED THEIR NOVEL OR MEMOIR MANUSCRIPTS IN BOOK INC'S BOOK REVISION LAB. -MORE THAN 20 WRITERS AND INSTRUCTORS (DOUBLE FROM LAST YEAR) HAD THEIR WORKS PUBLISHED IN LITERARY MAGAZINES OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS. ONE WRITER'S PIECE WAS NOMINATED BY CLEAVER MAGAZINE FOR BEST OF THE NET 2024. -ONE WRITER ALONE HAS HAD DOZENS OF PIECES PUBLISHED SINCE AUGUST 2023. -ONE INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HER MOST RECENT NOVEL. -ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR'S SHORT FILM, WHOSE SCREENPLAY WAS CONCEIVED IN OUR SCREENWRITING INCUBATOR WITH FELLOW SCREENWRITERS, RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS. -PWN GOT A TESTIMONIAL FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JAMES DASHNER OF THE MAZE RUNNER SERIES. SO MUCH HAPPENED IN 2024 THAT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR, INCLUDING CELEBRATING OUR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY A BIG HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS COMING TOGETHER IN NOVEMBER FOR OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, DURING WHICH WE HONORED OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH AWARDS, INCLUDING THE TEAM AT RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL; EDUCATORS AMY CAMPBELL (RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL) AND CHRISTINE DEMARSICO (ASBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL); SHORE HOUSE, LUNCH BREAK, THE SOURCE AT RED BANK REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL; AND THE GRUNIN FOUNDATION. INSPIRED BY THE JOY AND LOVE SHARED AT THIS EVENT, WE ARE MORE EXCITED THAN EVER TO CARRY THIS MOMENTUM INTO 2025. BUT FIRST, A LOOK BACK ON OUR 2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. -WE CONTINUED OUR LONG-STANDING EXPRESSIVE WRITING PROGRAMS AT RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL, CULMINATING THE YEAR WITH THREE ANTHOLOGIES OF STUDENT WRITING AND WRITERS CELEBRATIONS. -WE PUBLISHED SEVEN ISSUES OF OUR ONLINE YOUNG ADULT LITERARY JOURNAL, BRIDGE INK, FEATURING WRITERS FROM THE UNITED STATES (ARIZO
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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