SPEAK UP MAGAZINE
EIN 27-1497892 · Human Services N.E.C. (P99)
What they do
Speak Up Facilitates In-person and Online Community Writing Workshops That Bring Together People Across Economic Cultural and Housing Divides -- Including Individuals Facing Homelessness Formerly Incarcerated Writers and Community Members At Large. Participants Write Share and Publish Personal Essays Stories and Creative Work. The Program Includes Recurring Weekly and Monthly Writing Groups Open Mic Readings and Publication of Participant Work Through The Speak Up Online Magazine and Podcast. Hundreds of Participants Served During The Fiscal Year.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $99.00 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
Plain answer: A tax form cannot prove that a charity is doing good. It can show how the charity says it spent its money—and point out questions you should ask.
Basic facts we verified
IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders4 people are listed in the latest report.
You can reach themThey list contact information, so you can ask questions.
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- Is this really the charity? Give only through its official website or confirmed phone number.
Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $23,650 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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Financial picture
A plain-language look at the latest Form 990 figures available. These numbers help you ask better questions; they do not, by themselves, rate whether a charity is good or bad.
How each $100 of revenue was used
The large number compares each expense with revenue. The smaller number shows its share of total expenses.
Expenses were greater than revenue, so the colored ring fills the available $100 and the total above 100% is shown below.
Has the pattern changed?
Each bar shows the share of annual spending reported for mission work, management, and fundraising.
Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.
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Leadership and board
Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.
See everyone listed on the board or leadership roster (4)
ANDREW TONKINDIRECTOR
ANN NELSONDIRECTOR
MATTHEW SHAWPRESIDENT AND TREASURER
ROBERT FORQUERDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2011
- Location
- P O Box 36813, Rock Hill, SC 29732
- County
- Mecklenburg
- In care of
- Matthew Shaw
- Primary officer
- Matthew Shaw, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Human Services N.E.C. (P99)
- IRS tax category
- Human Services N.E.C.