It Is Written Inc

Analysis

It Is Written Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Riverside, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, It Is Written Inc reported income of $14.7m and spending of $14.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $10.1m to $14.7m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, It Is Written Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sun Angel Foundation Inc ($14.7m), Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County Inc ($14.8m) and United Way of Central New Mexico ($14.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13.9m against liabilities of $9.5m, net assets of $4.5m.