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Filing year 2024

Wayword Inc

San Diego, California·EIN 27-0277377·NTEE A34 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$264k
Total assets
$118k
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
10
Mission

Wayword, Inc. produces and distributes A Way with Words, a public radio show and podcast about language and how we use it. The educational program airs in more than 400 cities across the United States and reaches millions of listeners annually through radio, podcast distributors, and a lively online presence. Its digital community includes more than 922,208 social media followers, more than 65,000 active weekly podcast subcribers who download episodes millions of times per year, and more than 55,000 email newsletter subscribers.The nonprofit's mission is to educate, inspire, and connect people through language, bridging generations, backgrounds, and regions. Each week, co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett take listener calls and explore topics such as word origins, slang, grammar, regional speech, cultural identity, and family expressions. The show brings linguistic knowledge to everyday conversations in an accessible and engaging way.The nonprofits board, staff, and volunteers b

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryExecutive compensation
Vp/officer
officer (unspecified)
$68k
Ceo/officer
officer (unspecified)
$54k
Cfo/officer
officer (unspecified)
$50k

Plus 7 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 13%
from 2023

From $61k in 2023 to $68k in 2024.

$61k
2023
$68k
2024
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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