Storytelling Guild

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930967118
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Medford, OR, USA
Phone
5419447957
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,272
Expenses
$11,959
Assets
$110,338

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wie-Peng Kuo (President)
  • Heather Hoefling (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Wie-Peng Kuo (President)
  • Heather Hoefling (Vice-President)
  • Holly Edwards (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote reading skills

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Service programs and grants to promote the love of reading

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.3%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 35.5%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.23; rating input score 91; 91st 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: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.3% of revenue deployed · 35.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.