Public Charity

Words Alive

Words Alive is a Public Charity headquartered in San Diego, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.2M revenue, $1.1M expenses, $3.0M total assets. 49 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 330857381 San Diego, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.2M
Total Expenses$1.1M
Total Assets$3.0M
Grant Records49
Funding Total$3.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

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.

Officers & Directors

Director Bijan Nowroozian
Director Brian Fidler
Director Collen Smiley
Director Jeffra Becknell Elected January 202
Director Jon Yonemitsu July 2024-November 20
Director Julia Loman

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$818,124 9 grants
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$812,874 7 grants
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
$409,975 4 grants
GENERAL
$393,580 9 grants
TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM OFFERING BILINGUAL EARLY LITERACY WORKSHOPS FOR LIFE SUCCESS BY IGNITING A LOVE OF READING AND INSPIRING BOOK SHARING HABITS WITH FAMILIES OF YOUNG CHILDREN (0-5)
$168,250 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.2M $1.1M $3.0M
2024 $1.0M $1.1M $3.0M
2023 $3.1M $1.0M $3.0M
2022 $1.3M $790K $931K
2021 $1.0M $809K $432K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.0M to $1.2M (+14%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.0M.

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