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Nonprofit · EIN 03-0542711

NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC

Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115

Financials

$685K$695K2023$886K$821K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$885,753$820,684$65,069$996,923$1,075$995,848
December 31, 2023990$684,990$695,090-$10,100$873,871-$186$874,057
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$600,478
Program service revenue
$256,441
Investment income
$28,834
Net gain from sales of assets
$11,415
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$389,256
Other salaries and wages
$57,859
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$505,479
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$6,060
Occupancy
$5,556
Travel
$5,380
Depreciation
$964
Program services (functional)
$658,906
Management and general (functional)
$116,828
Fundraising (functional)
$44,950

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$873,871
Total assets, end of year
$996,923
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,075
Net assets, end of year
$995,848
Land, buildings and equipment
$767
Net assets without donor restrictions
$995,848
Gross receipts
$894,252
Employees
3
Volunteers
0
Year formed
2005
State of legal domicile
CA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
CAROL EDGARIANCO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR
Trustee or director
40$151,953
THOMAS JENKSCO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR
Trustee or director
40$148,500
VIVIAN CARMICHAELBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
1$0
KATIE DICKSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
LISA BUSBYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
NICOLE DEWEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JUSTIN DOUGLASBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN FURSEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
LARRY KUBALBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JANE LANCELLOTTIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
BRIDGET QUINNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
CAROLE GARCIABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
CAROL EDGARIANCO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR
Trustee or director
40$150,000
THOMAS JENKSCO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR
Trustee or director
40$144,000
VIVIAN CARMICHAELBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
1$0
KATIE DICKSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
LISA BUSBYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
NICOLE DEWEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JUSTIN DOUGLASBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN FURSEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
LARRY KUBALBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JANE LANCELLOTTIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
BRIDGET QUINNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
CAROLE GARCIABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2443 FILLMORE ST 214, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115-1814
In care of
% CAROL EDGARIAN CFO
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
TOM JENKS, 2443 FILLMORE ST 214, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115
Signed the 990
TOM JENKS, CO-FOUNDER & EDITOR
Phone
(415) 814-3329
Return prepared by
WMB2 LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 03-0542711 or by the name NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

NARRATIVE IS A READER SUPPORTED NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE LITERARY ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE AND TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE, GLOBAL LITERARY COMMUNITY. WE PUBLISH WORK OF THE HIGHEST LITERARY CALIBER, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING WRITERS, HOST CONTESTS IN SEARCH OF A NEW GENERATION OF TALENT, PROVIDE READING AND WRITING RESOURCES AND MENTORSHIP TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS AROUND THE GLOBE, AND EVERY DAY, ALL YEAR WE OFFER OUR EXPANSIVE LIBRARY OF THOUSANDS OF STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS, CARTOONS, AND MORE TO READERS EVERYWHERE FOR FREE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • IN FY2024, NARRATIVE MAGAZINE HAD 350,000 DEDICATED SUBSCRIBERS WITH SPECIAL AND WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF BOTH WELL-KNOWN AND EMERGING WRITERS. OUR COMPLETE LIBRARY OF WORKS BY MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND WRITERS AND ARTISTS IS FREE OF CHARGE AND ACCESSIBLE TO READERS AROUND THE WORLD. NARRATIVE PUBLISHED WEEKLY STORY AND POEM OF THE WEEK, HELD FIVE CONTESTS (WINTER, SPRING, AND FALL FICTION CONTESTS, THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST, AND THE NINTH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST), AND PUBLISHED HUNDREDS OF WELL-KNOWN AND EMERGING ARTISTS IN 2024.NOTABLY, THE NARRATIVE PRIZE, AWARDED ANNUALLY FOR EXCELLENT WORK PUBLISHED BY A NEW OR EMERGING WRITER IN NARRATIVE, WAS PRESENTED TO POET MADELEINE CRAVENS, WHO RECEIVED THE $5,000 PRIZE. OUR FREE NARRATIVE FOR SCHOOLS RESOURCES AND LIBRARY WERE USED IN CLASSROOMS IN
    Expenses $658,906 · revenue $285,275
  • CONTINUED FROM PART III, 4AMORE THAN FORTY-ONE COUNTRIES AND THROUGHOUT THE US. OUR FREE ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST REACHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. ENTRIES IN 2024 CAME FROM SEOUL TO KRAKOW TO CHICAGO TO PERU, FROM CHARTER, PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE 2024 YEAR'S PROMPT, "MY NOTE TO THE WORLD," ELICITED CREATIVE OFTEN VULNERABLE LETTERS AND POEMS FROM STUDENTS DESCRIBING WHAT THEIR WORLD IS LIKEAND, MORE IMPORTANT, HOW TO CHANGE IT. WINNERS AND FINALISTS CAME FROM THE UNITED STATES; TAIPEI, TAIWAN; LAHORE, PAKISTAN; BRITISH COLOMBIA; AND LONDON.
  • CONTINUED FROM PART III, 4BIN 2024 WE PUBLISHED ISSUES AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND ON KINDLE. AUTHORS AND POETS WE PUBLISHED INCLUDE JILL MCCORKLE, SUSAN MINOT, HAL CROWTHER, KIM ADDONIZIO, ELLEN BASS, MORGAN TALTY, J. P. GRASSER, SUPRITHA RAJAN, BRIAN GYAMFI, T. C. BOYLE, TED KOOSER, NAOMI SHIHAB NYE, SHARON OLDS, GRACE H. ZHOU, SARAH BALAKRISHNAN, RICHARD BAUSCH, AND OLUFUNKE OGUNDIMU. FICTION CONTEST WINNERS INCLUDED KARTIKEYA SHEKHAR, DOUG RAMSPECK, PETER BRADBURY, AND MADELENA GROSSMAN; OUR SIXTEENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS WERE SADDIQ DZUKOGI, JULIA KOLCHINSKY, AND BRIAN TIERNEY. SOME OF THE MANY AUTHORS AND POETS PUBLISHED IN THE STORY OF THE WEEK AND POEM OF THE WEEK FEATURES WERE BILL BARICH, WILLA CATHER, DAVID GAVIN, MOLLY GILES, SOO J. HONG, RONAN RYAN, JANE SMILEY, PASCHA SOTOLONGO, VIRGINIA WOOLF, BRUCE BOND, ROSALIE MOFFETT, EDWARD SALEM. MAI DER VANG, DANUSHA LAMERIS, AMY MILLER, JON LEE, AND JAVIER SANDOVAL. FOR MORE INFO WWW.NARRATIVEMAGAZINE.COM.

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
03-0542711
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2005
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Religion-related (X83)
Assets (IRS master file)
$996,923
Income (IRS master file)
$894,252

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$885,753$820,684$996,923XML
990December 2023$684,990$695,090$873,871XML
990December 2022$836,755$720,098$807,270IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 03-0542711).

Questions about NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC

What is the EIN of NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC is 03-0542711.
Is NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
Are donations to NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names TOM JENKS.
Who are the officers and directors of NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 12 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $151,953 (CAROL EDGARIAN, CO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR).
How much revenue does NARRATIVE MAGAZINE INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $885,753, expenses of $820,684 and total assets of $996,923 at year end.

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