Nonprofit · EIN 75-2981831
ONEWORLD NOW
Tax-exempt · SEATTLE, WA 98114
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,027,044 | $1,070,730 | -$43,686 | $769,257 | $197,503 | $571,754 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,227,931 | $869,967 | $357,964 | $860,116 | $244,676 | $615,440 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $674,201 | $770,108 | -$95,907 | $481,148 | $223,672 | $257,476 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $885,961
- of which government grants
- $515,038
- Program service revenue
- $134,158
- Investment income
- $6,925
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $87,520
- Other salaries and wages
- $677,568
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $799,847
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $33,750
- Occupancy
- $43,120
- Travel
- $51,353
- Program services (functional)
- $872,370
- Management and general (functional)
- $136,181
- Fundraising (functional)
- $62,179
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $860,116
- Total assets, end of year
- $769,257
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $197,503
- Net assets, end of year
- $571,754
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $439,961
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $131,793
- Gross receipts
- $1,027,044
- Employees
- 21
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 2002
- State of legal domicile
- WA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN N GOLDWARG | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $54,047 | $1,621 |
| ELIZABETH BLACK | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $40,192 | $0 |
| KRISTIN HAYDEN | Senior Advisor Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN LAM | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERIE WONG | Board Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA KOLBY-WOLFE | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NOAH ZEICHNER | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANIA MUSSA | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER HWALEK | Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KARA PETERS | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY HARRIS | Board Member Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SEREENA TUCKER | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASMAA AHMED | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WES KOVARIK | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZORA YANG | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATHRYN ONG | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA VIELMA | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN N GOLDWARG | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $75,176 | $2,285 |
| KRISTIN HAYDEN | SENIOR ADVISOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANTON RADLEIN | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERIE WONG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELSA WATLAND | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANIA MUSSA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER HWALEK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KARA PETERS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY HARRIS | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASMAA AHMED | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL KAMPF | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZORA YANG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHRYN ONG | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREA VIELMA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN N GOLDWARG | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $70,040 | $2,255 |
| KRISTIN HAYDEN | SENIOR ADVISOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANTON RADLEIN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERIE WONG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANIA MUSSA | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTHER LIM | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY HARRIS | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASMAA AHMED | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL KAMPF | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZORA YANG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHRYN ONG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VANESSA LAM | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 3263, SEATTLE, WA 98114-3263
- In care of
- % KRISTIN HAYDEN
- Signed the 990
- DAVID HAWTHORNE, CFO
- Phone
- (206) 223-7703
- Website
- ONEWORLDNOW.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Hawthorne & CO CPAs
Mission
THE MISSION OF ONEWORLD NOW! IS TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF GLOBAL LEADERS. OUR APPROACH COMBINES WORLD LANGUAGE LEARNING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS, ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING, AND ACCESS TO STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS.
Program accomplishments
- ONEWORLD NOW! OFFERS AFTER-SCHOOL WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. THE PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IS CERTIFIED TO OFFER CREDIT, HELPING STUDENTS TO MEET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. ONEWORLD NOW! FOCUSES ON STUDENTS FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE DUE TO INCOME, RACE, OR AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE U.S. WITH SLIDING SCALE TUITION AND INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. IN 2024-25, ONEWORLD NOW!S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM SERVED 156 STUDENTS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ONLINE ACROSS THE U.S.. LANGUAGE CLASSES ARE TWICE WEEKLY DURING AFTER-SCHOOL HOURS. LANGUAGES TAUGHT INCLUDE MODERN STANDARD ARABIC, MANDARIN CHINESE, KOREAN, AND RUSSIAN. THE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS ARE HELD BI-WEEKLY AND FOCUS ON GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION.Expenses $557,744 · revenue $747,069
- ANNUALLY, ONEWORLD NOW! AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP-BASED STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES TO ITS STUDENTS. THROUGH THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM, STUDENTS EMBARK ON A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY TO DEVELOP INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS, PRACTICE LANGUAGE SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE IMMERSION LEARNING ON A CHAPERONED LEARNING EXPERIENCE ABROAD. DURING THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR, ONEWORLD NOW! SUPPORTED 12 STUDENTS IN APPLYING FOR AND MEETING COSTS OF JOINING INTO PROGRAMS WITH 4 PARTNER AGENCIES: CIEE, STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS, EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LIVING, AND NSLI-Y. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO ORGANIZED OUR OWN STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM, BRINGING 12 STUDENTS TO TAIWAN FOR HOME-STAYS AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, IN THIS PROGRAM, TOO, ONEWORLD NOW! PRIORITIZES STUDENTS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN STUDY ABROAD LEARNING. WE OFFER NEEDS-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS OF AS MUCH AS 85%, DEPENDING ON THE FAMILY SITUATION. IN MOST CASES, THE STUDENT WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ABROAD OR FULFILL THEIR DESIRE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION.Expenses $160,118 · revenue $77,042
- ONEWORLD NOW! OFFERS SUMMER LANGUAGE AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE, WA. DURING THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR, THE SUMMER PROGRAM RAN FOR FOUR WEEKS FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM, AND OFFERED MODERN STANDARD ARABIC, KOREAN, MANDARIN CHINESE, AND RUSSIAN. STUDENTS EARNED 1 YEAR OF LANGUAGE CREDIT. A TOTAL OF 45 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED. THE SUMMER PROGRAM FOCUSED ON FOSTERING LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, AND A DESIRE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAM, STUDENTS LEARNED BASIC WRITING, READING, LISTENING, AND SPEAKING SKILLS IN CLASSES USING IMMERSION METHODOLOGY. THE SUMMER PROGRAM ALSO INTRODUCED STUDENTS TO PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE CULTURE THEY STUDIED, AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO GROW AS YOUTH LEADERS WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. STUDENTS LEARNED THROUGH CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, GUEST SPEAKERS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND INTERNATIONAL MEALS. THE STUDENTS SERVED WERE OF THE SAME DEMOGRAPHICS AS THOSE IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.Expenses $154,508 · revenue $92,739
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 75-2981831
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B90)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $769,257
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,027,044
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $1,027,044 | $1,070,730 | $769,257 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $1,227,931 | $869,967 | $860,116 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $674,201 | $770,108 | $481,148 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $862,265 | $689,967 | $579,623 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 75-2981831).
Questions about ONEWORLD NOW
- What is the EIN of ONEWORLD NOW?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ONEWORLD NOW is 75-2981831.
- Is ONEWORLD NOW tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to ONEWORLD NOW tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ONEWORLD NOW file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ONEWORLD NOW due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ONEWORLD NOW last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of ONEWORLD NOW?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $54,047 (JORDAN N GOLDWARG, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does ONEWORLD NOW have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,027,044, expenses of $1,070,730 and total assets of $769,257 at year end.
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