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Words Without Borders
Words Without Borders’s Executive Director (Resigned - August 31, 2024), Karen M Phillips, was paid $59,963 for 2024, as the organization reported it on its Form 990, the total compensation reported on the 990, including benefits and pay from related organizations. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.
Brooklyn, NY. EIN 20-1017609. Reported $755,931 of revenue for 2024 on its Form 990.
The IRS record
- Registered name
- WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS
- As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
- Employer Identification Number
- 20-1017609
- The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
- Recognized under
- 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific
- The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
- Recognized in
- 2009
- The year of the IRS ruling.
- Classification
- International, Foreign Affairs and National Security
- NTEE code Q20, assigned at registration.
- Gifts to it
- Contributions are deductible
- Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
- Legal form
- Corporation
- How the organization is constituted, as recorded at registration.
- Location of record
- Brooklyn, NY
- The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
- Most recent filing
- Form 990
- For tax year 2024.
What it reported for 2024
- $755,931
- Total revenue
- Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.
- $763,955
- Total expenses
- As reported on the return.
- $404,767
- Total assets, book value
- At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.
- 22
- People listed
- Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.
- $59,963
- Largest reported compensation
- Reported for Karen M Phillips.
- $56,588
- Reportable, from the organization
- Part VII, column (D): W-2 or 1099 pay from this organization.
- $3,375
- Reportable, from related organizations
- Part VII, column (E).
- $0
- Other compensation
- Part VII, column (F): benefits, deferred pay and other compensation.
How this compares
- Total revenue: $755,931, 2024
- By the revenue it reported, ranks 166,940th of 693,297 organizations with revenue on their return nationally, 14,414th of 52,013 in New York and 2,594th of 10,584 in International, Foreign Affairs and National Security. Larger than 75% of the 693,297 organizations with revenue on their return nationally. It is < 0.1% of the $4,632,760,069,328 reported by every organization with a return on record.
- Largest reported compensation: $59,963, 2024
- By the largest compensation it reported paying, ranks 160,527th of 264,753 organizations reporting compensation nationally, 13,236th of 19,872 in New York and 2,443rd of 3,835 in International, Foreign Affairs and National Security. Larger than 39% of the 264,753 organizations reporting compensation nationally.
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Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 14, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data
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