2026-06-18T11:43:27-05:00 2025-12-31 831445511 SMITH MARION & CO 1940 ORANGE TREE LANE SUITE 100 REDLANDS CA 92374 990 2025-01-01 841482706 WRITE AROUND PORTLAND WRIT 5037969224 133 SW 2ND AVE 304 PORTLAND OR 97204 CHRIS MCDONALD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5032957767 2026-06-18 1 CARLOS CARAZO P02046597 9093072323 2026-06-18 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CHRIS MCDONALD 133 SW 2ND AVE 304 PORTLAND OR 97204 512944 0 X WRITEAROUND.ORG X 1999 OR WRITE AROUND PORTLAND CHANGES LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF WRITING. 9 9 10 133 0 0 328710 425322 12927 13510 665 581 21869 56714 364171 496127 0 0 0 0 277359 283373 0 0 114982 123260 137664 400619 421037 -36448 75090 315743 434391 14730 58288 301013 376103 X WRITE AROUND PORTLAND CHANGES LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF WRITING. 0 0 253026 13510 SEE SCHEDULE O 253026 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 OR X X CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD 5037969224 133 SW 2ND AVE 304 PORTLAND OR 97204 KELSEY ALLEN CO-CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SARA GUEST CO-CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DEMETRA FIELDS SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL MONTOYA TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GRACE BADIK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PRECIOUS BUGARIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CURTIS DANIELS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HANA LAYSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHANNA MAGANA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 82027 0 0 82027 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29443 64166 331713 1101 425322 WORKSHOPS 12107 12107 BOOK SALES 1403 1403 13510 581 581 16817 29443 16817 0 OTHER INCOME 900099 56714 56714 56714 496127 70224 0 581 82027 69723 4101 8203 160114 94933 742 64439 3902 2653 78 1171 14160 9629 283 4248 23170 15756 463 6951 17387 15322 2065 225 225 38777 26368 776 11633 19357 7301 10791 1265 4104 2791 82 1231 18312 2747 12086 3479 760 517 15 228 5059 5059 GRANT WRITING 11700 7956 234 3510 LEARNING MATERIAL 10728 7295 215 3218 LICENSES AND FEES 4719 3209 94 1416 VOLUNTEERS 3300 627 2343 330 3236 1521 345 1370 421037 253026 53029 114982 278697 293942 16550 84815 8819 7858 4270 2183 593 593 0 0 7407 45593 315743 434391 6523 9786 8207 48502 14730 58288 X 301013 376103 301013 376103 315743 434391 75090 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 284893 377216 377788 328710 425322 1793929 55245 36884 41996 12927 13510 160562 340138 414100 419784 341637 438832 1954491 0 0 0 1954491 67 665 581 1313 67 665 581 1313 64 581 21869 56714 79228 340205 414164 420365 364171 496127 2035032 0.96040 0.98820 0.00060 0.00040 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 593 593 0 0 RIGHT OF USE 45593 45593 LEASE LIABILITY 48502 48502 X PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN APPROVED AS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AND APPLICABLE STATE LAWS. IT IS MANAGEMENT'S OPINION THAT NONE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESENT ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAXES. THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL EXEMPT ORGANIZATION INFORMATION RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED. RAISE YOUR PEN 46260 29443 16817 16817 46260 29443 16817 16817 16817 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A WRITING WORKSHOPS: IN 2025, WRITE AROUND PORTLAND WORKED ON SUSTAINING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND IN OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. WE HELD 26 WRITING GROUPS FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH IN HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, SHELTERS, TREATMENT CENTERS, LOW-INCOME HOUSING BUILDINGS, SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE SETTINGS. WRITING GROUPS MET FOR UP TO 10 WEEKS, AND WE OFFERED THESE GENERATIVE WRITING GROUPS FREE OF CHARGE TO MORE THAN 217 ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL INSECURITY OR ISOLATION. WE ALSO HELD 11 ONE-TIME WRITING CIRCLES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMMING AND IN THOSE WORKSHOPS WROTE WITH 73 PARTICIPANTS. IN TOTAL WE HELD WORKSHOPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 25 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING WRITING TO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, STUDY AND RECEIVE SERVICES. WE PROVIDED JOURNALS, PENS, SNACKS, BUS TICKETS AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTICIPATION. 92% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTED IMPROVEMENTS IN WRITING AND LISTENING SKILLS AND 87% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTED A DECREASE IN ISOLATION. WE ALSO HELD 14 SLIDING SCALE AND MARKET RATE WRITING CIRCLES OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND 16 FREE RESONATE WRITING CIRCLES THAT OFFERED A SUPPORTIVE SPACE FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR TO WRITE AND SHARE, 14 OF WHICH WERE ONLINE AND 2 THAT WERE OFFERED IN-PERSON. WE HELD 2 VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR TRAININGS AND TRAINED 22 NEW FACILITATORS TO HELP LEAD THE WRITING GROUPS. WE HELD OUR ANNUAL RESONATE FACILITATOR TRAINING AND TRAINED 3 NEW FACILITATORS FOR THE RESONATE BIPOC PROGRAM. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT MICHELE STRONG SHARED, "I WRITE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCES WE CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS. OFTEN, WE HELP OTHERS THROUGH OUR WRITING AND SHARING THINGS THAT INFLUENCE OUR LIVES." PUBLICATIONS: WE PUBLISHED TWO PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED BOOKS OF PARTICIPANTS' UNIQUE AND POWERFUL WRITING. WE PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED 700 COPIES: "HOW WE ARE TOGETHER" (SPRING) AND "I WAS ALWAYS THERE" (FALL). THESE PUBLICATIONS WERE TRULY COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS, WITH MORE THAN 40 VOLUNTEERS HELPING TO PRODUCE EACH BOOK. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS EACH RECEIVED A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK IN WHICH THEIR WRITING WAS PUBLISHED. BOOKS WERE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE AT LOCAL BOOKSTORES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND AT SCHOOLS. WE FEATURED WRITERS AND THEIR WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE ALSO CREATED COMMUNITY CHAPBOOKS OF WRITING BY PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROMPT WRITING GROUPS. IN HER INTRODUCTION TO OUR 63RD ANTHOLOGY, "HOW WE ARE TOGETHER", FACILITATOR JESSICA YEN WROTE, "IT'S THE MOMENT WHERE SOMEONE WORKS UP THE COURAGE TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN MAYBE THEY ARE SHARING FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME SHARING A PIECE THAT MOVES IN A NEW DIRECTION AND FINDS THAT THE GROUP HAS TRULY LISTENED." COMMUNITY READINGS: WE HELD 2 LARGE AND 3 SMALLER READINGS WITH MORE THAN 242 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. OUR LARGE COMMUNITY READINGS WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WERE FREE OF CHARGE. THESE READINGS BROUGHT PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OF OUR WRITING GROUPS TOGETHER AND WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR WORK. THESE EVENTS PROMOTED RESPECT FOR DIVERSE VOICES AND PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING ISOLATION BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL OR OTHER BARRIERS. THE RANGE OF STORIES AT EACH READING WAS VAST. A SPIRIT OF SUPPORT, COMPASSION, RESPECT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WRITERS AND THE WRITTEN WORD PERMEATED EACH READING. OUR WRITERS AND AUDIENCES ARE AMONG THE MOST DIVERSE IN PORTLAND. PAST PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THE HOPE PARTNERSHIP AT MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, KATHLEEN FULLERTON WROTE THIS ABOUT THE YEARS WRITE AROUND PORTLAND HAS WRITTEN WITH THE YOUTH PARTICIPANTS AT MACLAREN: "WRITE AROUND PORTLAND HAS BEEN A STABILIZING WORKSHOP, THE HISTORY SHARED AND RENEWED. THE YOUTH POPULATION MIGHT CHANGE, YET THE STEADFAST AURA OF CREATIVITY PULSES ONWARD, MEETING THE VARIETY OF NEEDS FOR THOSE WHO TOOK THE CHANCE." ALL OF THIS WORK WAS SUPPORTED BY 133 VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED 3303 VOLUNTEER HOURS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSES POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY. INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST UPON JOINING THE BOARD AND AS THEY ARISE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS NONPROFIT SALARY AND BENEFIT DATA OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND STAFF POSITIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE VALID DATA AT THE TIME SALARY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS ARE BEING MADE AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATIION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST