Write Pittsburgh

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873712793
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4123539748
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,159
Expenses
$122,715
Assets
$146,059
Liabilities
$484

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR CHRISTY MCGUIRE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DR CHRISTY MCGUIRE (PRESIDENT)
  • AMBER EPPS (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • ESTHER FRANKLIN (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Write pittsburgh is a program collective that amplifies voices, empowers writers, and fosters relationships that build community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Write pittsburgh offers in-person and virtual workshops for adults that focus on creative writing, the business of writing, and the craft of writing. Write pittsburgh also offers adult workshops in the allegheny county jail, as well as transitional housing and addiction recovery centers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.6%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.6% of revenue deployed · 20.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.