Washington Informer Charities
Donations deductibleRevenue
$168k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$178k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$138k
$2k liabilities
Net assets
$135k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
7.6 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Denise Rolark Barnes
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Washington Informer Charities' network
7 people6 organisationsi7 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Rolark Barnes Chair | Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Desmond R Barnes | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dr Elizabeth Primas (also filed as Dr Elizabeth Primas) | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Deborah Boddie Esq | Treasurer | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Gail Reed | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ron Burke (also filed as Ron Burke) | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Victor Lambert | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Denise Rolark Barnes | Chairman | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond Barnes | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Primas | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Denise Rolark Barnes | Chairman | 6 | $0 | ||
| Ronald Burke | Vice President | 6 | $0 | ||
| Gail Reed | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Boddie | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Washington Informer Charities
- EIN
- 521689843
- Address
- 3117 Martin Luther King Jr Ave Se, Washington, DC, 20032-1537
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- Washington Informer Charities supports the improvement of 21st century literacy among children and adults in the metropolitan DC area through innovative programs, scholarships opportunities, internships and public-private partnerships (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B82 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2004
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 2004
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
- Principal officer
- Denise Rolark Barnes (Form 990-N, tax year 2013)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsDenise Rolark Barnes
≥8years on the filingsDesmond R Barnes
≥8years on the filingsDr Elizabeth Primas
≥8years on the filingsGail Reed
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $138k
- Total liabilities
- $2k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $135k
- Contributions and grants received
- $361k
- Program service revenue
- $17k
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $173k | $115k | $58k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Washington Informer Charities likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 29 August 1989
- Registered agent
- Denise Rolark Barnes (city and state not held)