Kids Write Good

Analysis

Kids Write Good is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Kids Write Good reported income of $206k and spending of $436k, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $435k to $206k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kids Write Good sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Fort Gratiot Light ($206k), A Helping Rock Inc ($206k) and Keene Senior Citizens Inc ($206k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $275k. At year end it held assets of $132k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $132k. It reported 7 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.