We Stories

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475465628
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3143978719
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$7,249
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Justin Woodard (President and Treasurer)
  • Pam Washington (Vice President)
  • Margaret Klonsky (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Justin Woodard (President and Treasurer)
  • Pam Washington (Vice President)
  • Kristin Moomey (Secretary)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educating the public as to the power of children's literature to create conversation, change and hope for a stronger, more equitable and inclusive future for all. Digitized the curriculum to allow for web access.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization transferred the balance of assets (cash) to WEPOWER St. Louis a 501c3 and the content development by the organization over their years of operation to Fountbonne University's open source archive website to allow free public access to the We Stories program content.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -112.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.