No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is iwrite.org legit or a scam?
Official site of established Houston nonprofit iWRITE Literacy Organization helping kids with writing programs and contests.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as a legitimate children's writing organization with programs, camps, and donation options. Its domain is over 26 years old with valid SSL and zero abuse reports on the hosting IP. Our research confirms it is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit with an active EIN, physical address, and real-world presence including sponsors and social media. No scam reports, complaints, or clone indicators appear in the evidence. The combination of age, clean technical signals, and verified nonprofit status supports a safe verdict.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
No scam visual patterns detected
The screenshot shows a fully rendered, professional website for a children's writing organization with no scam indicators visible.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for iwrite.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- iwrite.org is the official website of iWRITE Literacy Organization, a Houston TX-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2009 (originally READ3Zero) and rebranded in 2016, focused on building student confidence through writing, camps, workshop
- EIN/TAX ID #80-0507897 confirmed on donation page; address 2799 Katy Freeway Suite 250, Houston, TX 77007; contact info@iwrite.org and (713) 845-5811 listed on Facebook and site.
- Founder: Melissa Williams Murphy (children's author); programs include annual 'I Write Short Stories by Kids for Kids' publishing contest, 'i The Guy' mascot/journal, summer camps for ages 6-12, and free online activities.
- Active presence on Facebook (iWRITElit, ~6K likes), Instagram (@iwritelit), LinkedIn, X (@iWRITElit), and Submittable for contest entries; sponsors include H-E-B.
- Domain age 9662 days (~26 years); no mentions of scams, complaints, or negative reviews found in searches including Reddit, Trustpilot, BBB; unrelated casino review pages appear on subpaths in search results.
- No evidence of being a clone or typosquat of any major brand; described consistently as legitimate nonprofit across Crunchbase, local Houston sites (Kids Out and About, Click2Houston), and news mentions.
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization, TAX ID #80-0507897, 2799 Katy Freeway Suite 250, Houston, TX 77007
Our research found business registration details for iWRITE Literacy Organization as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with TAX ID #80-0507897 and a Houston address. No scam reports or complaints were located across general web sources. The organization shows consistent legitimate activity including programs, sponsors, and social media presence.
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 9 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://iwrite.org/
- 2200https://iwrite.org/
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on iwrite.org and not a lookalike like i-write.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on iwrite.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- iwrite.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 91/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. iwrite.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 33 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- iwrite.org is 26.5 years old, registered on 12/14/1999 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. iwrite.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- iwrite.org resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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