Public Charity

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, of Santa Monica, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $2.9M in revenue, $3.0M in expenses, $3.0M in total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $13K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 300456551 Santa Monica, CA Support N.E.C. NTEE: A19 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.9M
Total Expenses$3.0M
Total Assets$3.0M
Grant Records1
Funding Total$13K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, is one of the largest existing organizations for writers and illustrators. It is the only professional organization specifically for those individuals writing and illustrating for

Where $100 goes at Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

How Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$73 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $73 for programs

$40
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' membership program consists of awards and grants, in person and online events and educational programs, online showcases to promote members'…
54% of program spending
$24
The entity puts on two conferences whose purpose is to educate book writers, illustrators, and translators to excel in their children's book careers
33% of program spending
$9
The third largest programming activity comes from regional conferences that take place all over the world
13% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Jon E Cawthorne
President (start 08/24) Laurent Linn
Co-Founder/Impact & Legacy fund MD Lin Oliver
Vice President Lori K Turrisi
Secretary Netta Rabin
Executive Director Sarah Stern Baker

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$13,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.9M $3.0M $3.0M
2023 $3.2M $3.8M $2.8M
2022 $3.0M $3.7M $3.8M
2020 $4.1M $3.5M $3.0M
2019 $4.2M $4.2M $2.4M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $4.2M to $2.9M (-31%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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