Liabilities / Assets
66th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 66% of similar nonprofits.
EIN 87-3584755 • 501(c)3
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
66th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 66% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
67th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 67% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
90th percentile
Higher net margin than 90% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Assets
$36,501
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$313
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$36,188
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
$60,164
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$27,802
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Income
$32,362
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.
The Writers Society organizes literary efforts for the purposes of preserving and defending Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota) cultures, oral traditions, and histories; to reaffirm our peoples' political statuses; and to regulate and transform representations of such that are inaccurate and damaging. To those ends, we create, research, review, publish, present, and promote works in various genres in a manner that will bring about a greater understanding of our cultures, legacies, and lands.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| During the current year, we focused on the Annual Tribal Writers Retreat - a space dedicated to Indigenous literary inquiry, cultural exchange, and intellectual sovereignty. There were a dozen Indigenous writers present for the Retreat. Planning also begun for some projects taking shape in 2025. | $0 | $24,796 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patty Bordeaux Nelson | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Diane Wilson | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Lanniko Lee | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Christopher G Bordeaux | President | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Sarah Hernandez | Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Tate Walker | Secretary | PT | $0 | - | - |
“Description: Royalties. Amount: 44. Description: Interest. Amount: 9. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 8: 53.”
“Activity Classification: Travel Stipends. Grantee Name: Multiple. Amount Given: 3,400.”
“Description: Advertising. Amount: 139. Description: Interest. Amount: 37. Description: Supplies. Amount: 1,593. Description: Office. Amount: 353. Description: Catering. Amount: 2,606. Description: Travel. Amount: 8,909. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 13,637.”
“Description: Inventory. Beg. of Year Amount: 912. End of Year Amount: 912.”
“Description: Accounts Payable. Beg. of Year Amount: 1,419. End of Year Amount: 313.”
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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| IRS990EZ/PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt | 0 | The Writers Society organizes literary efforts for the purposes of preserving and defending Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota) cultures, oral traditions, and histories; to reaffirm our peoples' political statuses; and to regulate and transform representations of such that are inaccurate and damaging. To those ends, we create, research, review, publish, present, and promote works in various genres in a manner that will bring about a greater understanding of our cultures, legacies, and lands. |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Description: Royalties. Amount: 44. Description: Interest. Amount: 9. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 8: 53. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | Activity Classification: Travel Stipends. Grantee Name: Multiple. Amount Given: 3,400. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | Description: Advertising. Amount: 139. Description: Interest. Amount: 37. Description: Supplies. Amount: 1,593. Description: Office. Amount: 353. Description: Catering. Amount: 2,606. Description: Travel. Amount: 8,909. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 13,637. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 3 | Description: Inventory. Beg. of Year Amount: 912. End of Year Amount: 912. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 4 | Description: Accounts Payable. Beg. of Year Amount: 1,419. End of Year Amount: 313. |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 - Grants and Similar Amounts Paid |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 4 | Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities |
| TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl/DeclarationDesc | 0 | The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly,or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract.The organization, did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly,or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract. |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
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| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonNm | 0 | Christopher G Bordeaux |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonTitleTxt | 0 | President |
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| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/PhoneNum | 0 | 6053916693 |
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| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2025-11-08T20:11:29-06:00 |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2024-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2024-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2024 |
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