2025-11-10T13:33:20-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 922097451 World Builders Incubator WORL 5108833155 1791 Solano Avenue Suite B06 Berkeley CA 94707 Julia Shirley-Quirk Treasurer and Secretary 5108833155 2025-11-10 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.wbistories.org X X 56504 X 18188 38316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56504 0 0 37654 3592 100 381 6485 48212 8292 672 0 8964 X 0 7662 0 0 672 1302 672 8964 0 0 672 8964 World Builders Incubator (WBI) is a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation and is organized for charitable purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding sections of any future federal tax code. WBI's mission is to speed the pace of progress with narrative arts, entertainment, and educational resources focused on social and environmental solutions. To achieve its mission, WBI brings thought leaders and creatives together through our core programs: the Story Arc, World Building Council, and our educational resources - the Wheel of Possibilities and Actions Library. Narrative Change: WBI's 2-year, inspiration-to-distribution STORY ARC is designed to develop solutions-focused arts and entertainment in all genres of fiction and all narrative mediums. In March 2024, WBI formed a Beta Cohort with 7 writers to test our strategies for helping writers create solutions-focused stories. In 2024, the Beta Cohort created full drafts of: 2 TV/streaming pilots, 1 screenplay, 1 play, 1 musical, and 2 books. The beta projects have plots and/or worlds that uplift informed solutions for: climate change, immigration, mental health care stigma, patriarchy, disinformation, and more. During the year, 14 coalition members provided 129 hours of program input, including reading and editing drafts, and dramaturgical input. To further the development of one of the plays, WBI also produced 1 online reading with professional actors, dramaturgs, and the writer. 0 14299 Education: Currently in development, the searchable WHEEL OF POSSIBILITIES and ACTIONS LIBRARY are WBI's free online educational resources uplifting the work of hundreds of frontline thought leaders by detailing their solutions for environmental and social issues. In 2024, with 26.5 hours of volunteer editing from 3 coalition members, WBI created 2 beta pages of the Wheel and presented one of them at a conference to 150 colleagues and solicited feedback. WBI drafted 20 additional pages for the Wheel and gathered over 1,850 resource links for the Actions Library. 0 10185 Coalition: The WORLD BUILDING COUNCIL is WBI's braintrust, talent bank, and network. In 2024, there were 95 coalition members, of which 29 volunteered 188 total hours of network-building, expert input for programs, and organizational development expertise. To build Council participation, WBI presented at 3 conferences in 2024, reaching roughly 230 people. 0 7004 31488 Gwendolyn Loeb C.E.O. and President 40 18940 0 Julia Shirley-Quirk C.O.O., Secretary, and Treasurer 40 14955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Gwendolyn Loeb 1791 Solano Avenue Suite B06 Berkeley CA 94707 5108833155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 42754 18188 60942 5578 38316 43894 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48332 56504 104836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48332 56504 104836 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 (1) Description: Bank, Service, and Government Fees. [Includes: Bank fees, credit card processing fees, fiscal sponsorship fees, General Liability Insurance, CA Sec. of State Filing, Berkeley Business License, federal 501c3 Application Fee, CA Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, Tax Filing Fees, and CA Franchise Tax.] Amount: $2,264. (2) Description: Office Expenses. Amount: $1,120. (3) Description: Marketing. Amount: $865. (4) Description: Program Expenses. Amount: $2,236. Total to Form 990-EZ, Line 16: $6,485. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 At the end of 2024, WBI had $1,302 in accounts receivable: 2023's expected FUTA refund ($672) and 2024's expected FUTA refund ($630).