WORDSMITH PRODUCTIONS
EIN 38-3909997 · Performing Arts Centers (A61)
What they do
Wordsmith Productions is A Small Arts and Literacy Nonprofit That Had Been Located In The California Mojave High Desert Since Its Inception In 2013. We Relocated to Los Angeles In April 2020. During This Past Fiscal Year, We Continued to Offer Our Adult Literacy Services Prior to The Pandemic. We Also Produce An Annual Book Festival. We Produced The Fourth Annual High Desert Book Festival On October 12, 2019 At The Hesperia Civic Plaza Park In Hesperia, California. The Festival Was Held With The Co-sponsorship of The Hesperia Park and Recreation Department and The City of Hesperia. Our Book Festival Consisted of The Usual Set Up of Authors Who Had Registered for The Event to Sell Their Books, Free Poetry Readings and Literary Presentations and Hundreds of Attendees As It Was Free and Open to The Public. Our Authors Came From Several California Cities and Other States to Take Part In The Festival. We Also Provided Free Booths to Some Nonprofits. Our Nonprofit Received A $5,000 Californi
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DAVIDA JAMESPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2013
- Location
- 313 GRAND BLVD UNIT 301, VENICE, CA 90294-3215
- County
- Los Angeles
- In care of
- % DAVIDA S JAMES
- Primary officer
- Davida S James
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Performing Arts Centers (A61)
- IRS tax category
- Performing Arts Centers