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Washington Independent Review Of Books Inc

  • Washington, DC
  • Tax-exempt since July 2015
  • EIN: 52-1187968

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Arts, Culture and Humanities / Printing, Publishing (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$108k (2023)

Expenses
$127k (2023)

Total Assets
$84.1k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$6.85k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2014 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$107,587
Expenses
$127,302
Net Income
-$19,715
Net Assets
$77,243
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $26,301
24.4%
Program Services $81,286
75.6%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $84,091
Total Liabilities $6,848
Net Assets $77,243
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director And Editor In Chief) $42,000 $0
Cathy Alter (Director) $0 $0
Laura Bouvier (Director) $0 $0
Therese Droste (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Eugene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Stephen H Case (Director And Treasurer) $0 $0
Jennifer Bort Yacovissi (Board Chair And President) $0 $0
Salley R Shannon (Past President) $0 $0
David O Stewart (Past President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$106,098
Expenses
$106,656
Net Income
-$558
Net Assets
$96,958
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $48,245
45.5%
Program Services $57,853
54.5%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $101,908
Total Liabilities $4,950
Net Assets $96,958
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director And Editor In Chief) $39,000 $0
Cathy Alter (Director) $0 $0
Laura Bouvier (Director) $0 $0
Therese Droste (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Eugene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Stephen H Case (Director And Treasurer) $0 $0
Jennifer Bort Yacovissi (Board Chair And President) $0 $0
Salley R Shannon (Past President) $0 $0
David O Stewart (Past President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on April 24, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$133,289
Expenses
$57,824
Net Income
$75,465
Net Assets
$97,516
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $75,885
56.9%
Program Services $57,404
43.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $103,578
Total Liabilities $6,062
Net Assets $97,516
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director/Editor In Chief) $36,000 $0
Salley R Shannon (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
David O Stewart (Past President) $0 $0
Stephen H Case (Treasurer) $0 $0
Cathy Alter (Director) $0 $0
Laura Bouvier (Director) $0 $0
Therese Droste (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Eugene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Jennifer Yacovissi (Director) $0 $0
Marita Golden (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$24,387
Expenses
$56,871
Net Income
-$32,484
Net Assets
$22,051
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $23,005
94.3%
Program Services $1,382
5.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $71,279
Total Liabilities $49,228
Net Assets $22,051
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director/Editor In Chief) $35,993 $0
Salley R Shannon (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
David O Stewart (Past President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Cathy Alter (Director) $0 $0
Laura Bouvier (Director) $0 $0
Stephen H Case (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Eugene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Jennifer Yacovissi (Director) $0 $0
Marita Golden (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 13, 2021

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$130,998
Expenses
$112,105
Net Income
$18,893
Net Assets
$54,535
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $56,597
43.2%
Program Services $74,401
56.8%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,274
Total Liabilities $3,739
Net Assets $54,535
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director/Editor In Chief) $35,993 $0
Salley R Shannon (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
David O Stewart (Past President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Cathy Alter (Director) $0 $0
Laura Bouvier (Director) $0 $0
Stephen H Case (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Eugene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Jennifer Yacovissi (Director) $0 $0
Marita Golden (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on July 15, 2020

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$78,134
Expenses
$95,947
Net Income
-$17,813
Net Assets
$35,642
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $38,550
49.3%
Program Services $39,603
50.7%
Investment Income $60
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets -$79
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $41,043
Total Liabilities $5,401
Net Assets $35,642
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director/Editor) $39,060 $0
Salley R Shannon (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
David O Stewart (Past President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Marita Golden (Director) $0 $0
Deborah Gelin (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Eugene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Jenny Yacovissi (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 10, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$65,584
Expenses
$115,039
Net Income
-$49,455
Net Assets
$53,455
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $25,190
38.4%
Program Services $40,065
61.1%
Investment Income $329
0.5%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,282
Total Liabilities $4,827
Net Assets $53,455
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director) $32,550 $0
David O Stewart (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
Salley Shannon (Vice President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Marita Golden (Director) $0 $0
Deborah Gelin (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Gene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 14, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$78,296
Expenses
$100,469
Net Income
-$22,173
Net Assets
$102,910
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $23,096
29.5%
Program Services $54,549
69.7%
Investment Income $651
0.8%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $108,119
Total Liabilities $5,209
Net Assets $102,910
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director) $25,525 $0
David O Stewart (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
Ronald Kl Collins (Vice President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Marita Golden (Director) $0 $0
Deborah Gelin (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Linda Lear (Director) $0 $0
Gene Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Salley Shannon (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Oct. 12, 2016

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending June
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$136,118
Expenses
$70,959
Net Income
$65,159
Net Assets
$125,083
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $104,307
76.6%
Program Services $31,811
23.4%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $126,777
Total Liabilities $1,694
Net Assets $125,083
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Holly Smith (Director) $10,000 $0
David O Stewart (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Margaret Engel (Secretary) $0 $0
Kenneth D Ackerman (Director) $0 $0
Ronald Kl Collins (Director) $0 $0
Deborah Gelin (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Linda Lear (Director) $0 $0
Eugene L Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Salley Shannon (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 16, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$86,191
Expenses
$62,900
Net Income
$23,291
Net Assets
$59,924
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $59,864
69.5%
Program Services $26,327
30.5%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $63,767
Total Liabilities $3,843
Net Assets $59,924
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
David O Stewart (Board Chair/President) $0 $0
Judy L Patterson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Margaret Engel (Secretary) $0 $0
Kenneth D Ackerman (Director) $0 $0
Ronald Kl Collins (Director) $0 $0
Deborah Gelin (Director) $0 $0
Kitty Kelley (Director) $0 $0
Linda Lear (Director) $0 $0
Eugene L Meyer (Director) $0 $0
Andrea Timko Weiswasser (Director) $0 $0
Jackie Zins (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 16, 2014

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2013

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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