Nonprofit · EIN 20-5231693
YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC
Tax-exempt · BURLINGTON, VT 05401
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990-EZ | $136,532 | $139,827 | -$3,295 | $108,759 | $171 | $108,588 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990-EZ | $158,740 | $148,121 | $10,619 | $111,956 | $73 | $111,883 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $134,167
- Program service revenue
- $2,365
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $75,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $101,602
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $11,073
- Occupancy
- $1,489
- Printing, publications and postage
- $6,845
- Other expenses
- $18,818
- Program services (functional)
- $83,260
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $111,956
- Total assets, end of year
- $108,759
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $171
- Net assets, end of year
- $108,588
- Cash, savings and investments
- $106,825
- Gross receipts
- $136,532
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-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Reid | Executive Director | 50 | $75,000 |
| Giovanna Di Paola Jager | board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Erin Bundock | board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Jacques Bailly | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Shannon Ripp | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Hillary Read | Board President | 4 | $0 |
| Kathy Folley | Board Record Keeper | 3 | $0 |
| Doreen Wright | Board Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Aimee Picchi | Board Vice-President | 2 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Reid | Executive Director | 50 | $75,000 |
| Reuben Jackson deceased 224 | board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Giovanna Di Paola Jager | board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Erin Bundock | board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Jacques Bailly | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Shannon Ripp | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Hillary Read | Board President | 4 | $0 |
| Kathy Folley | Board Record Keeper | 3 | $0 |
| Doreen Wright | Board Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Aimee Picchi | Board Vice-President | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 47 MAPLE ST STE 216, BURLINGTON, VT 05401-4956
- Signed the 990-EZ
- Susan Reid, Executive Director
- Phone
- (802) 324-9538
- Website
- www.youngwritersproject.org
- Return prepared by
- McSoley McCoy & Co
Mission
Young Writers project (YWP) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit that began in 2006 in Burlington, VT. Our mission is to inspire, mentor, publish, and promote young writers and artists. With the support of individual donors, foundations, and businesses, all programming is free of charge so that any youth, ages 13-19, can join our creative community. Most of our teen members are from Vermont and around the Northeast. Our website, youngwritersproject.org, is the heart of YWP, a community of teen writers and visual artists who post to their own blogs and connect with each other online, receive support and mentoring, and submit their work for publication. From more than 10,000 annual submissions to our website, we select the best work for publication with our Vermont media partners, and in our monthly literary magazine, The Voice, and annual anthology.
Program accomplishments
- Publications: Since Young Writers Project started in 2006, we have published some 27,000 writers and artists in our 16 anthologies, 134 digital magazine issues, and with our Vermont media partners. In fall 2025, we published Anthology 16, our collection of writing and art from the 2024-2025 school year. In this edition, our opinion section draws from a new civic engagement initiative that we began in February 2025 called The Tomorrow Project. During the year, we also published a monthly issue of The Voice, our digital magazine of poetry, commentary, and art. Our complementary disciplines of writing and visual art continue to strengthen our website and publications. We have seen submissions of visual art double on our website since we introduced a special ArtSpace section and added a homepage art gallery and regular art contests and challenges. Throughout the year, our teen writers and artists were also featured with our Vermont media partners - VTDigger.org, Vermont Public, the Rutland Herald, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, and Seven Days.Expenses $28,187
- Projects and Partnerships - The Tomorrow Project, our recent civic initiative, addresses issues of human rights, democracy, ethics, community, and climate through a series of writing and art challenges, awards, publication, and exhibits. We began the first phase in early winter, capped with an exhibit at Burlington City Hall in May with our partners, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) and A Revolutionary Press, printmakers in New Haven, VT. Six young writers and artists will receive awards for their work on the Tomorrow Project in October, and we will continue with a second phase, including new challenges, exhibits, awards, and publication opportunities. During 2024-25, we also offered weekly writing and art challenges, and we sponsored three contests with prizes and publication. We partnered with Sundog Poetry for the Vermont Youth Poet Laureate program, Vermont Humanities for their Words in the Woods series, and with other nonprofit and community groups that support the arts and youth development.Expenses $20,186
- YWP Community - Our online community is thriving with 4,200 active users on our website. Our community members, mostly from Vermont and the Northeast, learn about YWP from their peers, teachers, our media partners, and internet searches. We also welcome young people from across the United States and as far away as Australia who find us on the internet. YWP is enriched each year with new members, and with our work-study interns and YWP alumni advisors who provide supportive mentoring, online workshops, and resources. Surveys of our community, including our most recent one in June 2025, continue to give YWP high marks for creativity, accessibliity, and support.Expenses $34,887
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-5231693
- 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
- 2006
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Youth development (O50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $103,499
- Income (IRS master file)
- $129,612
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | June 2025 | $136,532 | $139,827 | $108,759 | XML |
| 990-EZ | June 2024 | $158,740 | $148,121 | $111,956 | XML |
| 990-EZ | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 20-5231693).
Questions about YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC
- What is the EIN of YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC is 20-5231693.
- Is YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.
- Are donations to YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT 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 YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended June 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $75,000 (Susan Reid, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $136,532, expenses of $139,827 and total assets of $108,759 at year end.
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