New Orleans Writers Workshop
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 301273894
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, USA
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,462
- Expenses
- $46,034
- Assets
- $7,212
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Elisa Speranza (President)
People named in this filing
- Jessica Kinnison (Secretary)
- Allison Alsup (Treasurer)
- Elisa Speranza (President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The New Orleans Writers Workshop is dedicated to inspiring fellow writers to follow their creative vision through: Writing. First and foremost, we are writers. We share a passion for the art form. We value words, and we cherish every story. We encourage experimentation and create a safe and enthusiastic space for imagination and innovation. Teaching. We offer supportive, rigorous instruction on the art and craft of creative writing. We bring our collective experience to bear through group workshops, seminars, and on-on-one instruction. Editing. We help writers shape their vision, get to the core of a project, and hone their craft. From inception to line edits, and every step in between, we coach and mentor, providing accountability, custom guidance, and the support writers need to finish projects. Connecting. We help balance the solitary imperative of writing with the camaraderie of a vibrant, diverse network of writers in Greater New Orleans and beyond. We steward a mutually affirming
What it reported doing in 2023
Exempt purpose achievements: $1,000 in scholarships Our teachers offered two classes at the Jefferson Parish Public Library. Our teachers participated in the Mississippi Book Festival, Louisiana Book Festival, and the New Orleans Poetry Festival. We partnered with the NOCCA Foundation to achieve our joint mission of offering creative writing programming to adults in our community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.