Nonprofit · EIN 41-1977201
WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT
Tax-exempt · MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55408
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990-EZ | $120,122 | $103,371 | $16,751 | $86,213 | – | $86,213 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $107,691 | $86,467 | $21,224 | $69,462 | – | $69,462 |
| May 31, 2023 | 990-EZ | $80,083 | $74,522 | $5,561 | $48,238 | – | $48,238 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $114,698
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from fundraising events
- $2,770
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $2,654
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Occupancy
- $13,400
- Other expenses
- $89,971
- Program services (functional)
- $98,032
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $69,462
- Total assets, end of year
- $86,213
- Total liabilities, end of year
- –
- Net assets, end of year
- $86,213
- Cash, savings and investments
- $86,213
- Gross receipts
- $121,667
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 May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliya Khan | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Ashley Tait | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Carol Greenwald | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Charly Haley | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Dana Bettis Huseth | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Eleanor Beaird | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Emily Whitman | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Laurel Hunt | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Maggie Anderson | Director | 5 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended May 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliya Khan | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Ashley Tait | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Beth Derenne | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Carol Greenwald | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Dana Bettis Huseth | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Emily Whitman | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Eleanor Beaird | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Lynn Booth | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Maggie Anderson | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Rebecca Froehlich | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Sara Olson | Director | 0 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended May 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliya Khan | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Ashley Tait | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Beth Derenne | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Carol Greenwald | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Dana Bettis Huseth | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Emily Whitman | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Eleanor Beaird | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Linda Pozen | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Lynn Booth | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Maggie Anderson | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Rebecca Froehlich | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Sara Olson | Director | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3501 ALDRICH AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55408-4149
- In care of
- % WPBP COLLECTIVE
- Mailing address (990-N for 2019)
- 3751 17th Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407
- Principal officer (990-N for 2019)
- Heidi Heise, 4017 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis MN 55409
- Signed the 990-EZ
- Emily, Whitman
- Website
- www.wpbp.org
Mission
Education
Program accomplishments
- Book Purchases: In 2024 Womens Prison Book Project provided free books and educational materials to more than 5,000 women trans and nonbinary people incarcerated across the United States. We purchase essential health and wellness resources like Trans Bodies Trans Selves; educational resources including GED test prep manuals; addiction and trauma recovery workbooks; career licensing and testing manuals; and materials for reentry and transition planning as well as resources of comfort and growth like novels memoirs journals daily affirmations and spiritual tomes and ship them to our community of incarcerated readers on their request to keep at no cost to the recipient. With the support of local bookstore partners who allow us to purchase some resources at cost in addition to contributions of gently used books from folks around the country we are able to allocate highly appreciated resources at an organizational cost of less than $7.65 per recipient.Expenses $38,546
- Postage Shipping and Related Supplies: In this tax year Womens Prison Book Project shipped more than 6,500 packages filled with meaningful reading materials and mailed 3,000 handwritten Valentines and other letters of connection. Each package includes three books or one journal in addition to resource guides that include contact information for organizations that provide educational legal health recovery and reentry support. Across the number of packages we mailed this year our expenses for postage and shipping supplies amount to $6.72 per shipment -- an increase over previous years due to the consistent rise of postage rates as well as an increase of returned packages due to accelerating prison restrictions.Expenses $44,053
- Occupancy: We house our collection of books and resources in a one-room office in Minneapolis Minnesota. Every Sunday we gather with volunteers to read letters from our community carefully select useful items from our bookshelves and wrap packages for shipment. Womens Prison Book Project is run entirely by volunteers including our core collective who direct the organization; we call on the support of more than 400 people who volunteer their time and energy -- some occasionally and some every week -- to be able to do this work with no labor costs.Expenses $13,400
- Information Technology and Office Expenses: The people Womens Prison Book Project serves do not have agency over their physical locations; they are moved from prison to prison and their sentences can be lengthened for minor infractions. Using online inmate-locator databases run by prisons we search for each person who will receive a package -- nearly 130 each week -- to learn if the prison in which the recipient is currently located will allow them to receive our shipments and if so with what restrictions. Our Information Technology and Office Expenses which give us access to those databases and provide materials to print resources and label packages amounted to just $0.31 per shipment this fiscal year.Expenses $2,033
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 May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 41-1977201
- 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
- 2001
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $86,213
- Income (IRS master file)
- $121,667
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | May 2025 | $120,122 | $103,371 | $86,213 | XML |
| 990-EZ | May 2024 | $107,691 | $86,467 | $69,462 | XML |
| 990-EZ | May 2023 | $80,083 | $74,522 | $48,238 | XML |
| 990-EZ | May 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2019 Officer: Heidi Heise | May 31, 2020 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: Heidi Heise | May 31, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 41-1977201).
Questions about WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT
- What is the EIN of WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT is 41-1977201.
- Is WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.
- Are donations to WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT 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 WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended May 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT?
- The 990-N for 2019 names Heidi Heise.
- Who are the officers and directors of WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $120,122, expenses of $103,371 and total assets of $86,213 at year end.
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