Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop

Analysis

Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $3.1m (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laurens Education Assistance for District No 55 ($3.1m), Seven Arrows Inc ($3.1m) and University of Rhode Island Student Senate Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $118k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $851k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 21 employees.