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Filing year 2024

WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION

Los Angeles, California·EIN 23-7024900·NTEE A76J · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$986k
Total assets
$2.5M
Total expenses
$1.2M
Reported officers
14
Mission

FOUNDED IN 1966, THE WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND CRAFT OF WRITING FOR THE SCREEN. THROUGH ITS LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, THE FOUNDATION ENGAGES, EDUCATES, AND INSPIRES EMERGING WRITERS-ESPECIALLY THOSE BELONGING TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS-AND PRESERVES THE RICH HISTORY OF WRITING IN HOLLYWOOD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$184k
$196k
Base
$165k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 11%
from 2023

From $165k in 2023 to $184k in 2024.

$165k
2023
$184k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$182k to $196k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.2M
$1.2M
2023
$986k
$1.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

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