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Filing year 2023

Words Alive

San Diego, California·EIN 33-0857381·NTEE A70 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$1M
Total assets
$3M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
20
Mission

At Words Alive, we know that whole communities thrive when everyone reads. Our programs empower learners facing extraordinary life circumstances such as unstable housing, poverty, foster care, and impact by the justice system. Words Alive prioritizes the populations disproportionately impacted by the literacy crisis.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryExecutive compensation
Executive Director 7/1/23-1/31/24
$122k
Executive Director 2/1/24-6/30/24
$46k

Plus 18 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 16%
from 2022

From $105k in 2022 to $122k in 2023.

$105k
2022
$122k
2023
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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