Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$25,913,918

Total expenses

$27,205,631

Contributions and grants received

$24,914,923

Grants paid

$9,747,320

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$684,057

Other revenue

$314,938

Total assets, end of year

$28,848,871

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,632,499

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$26,216,372

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$22,090,349

Management and general expenses

$2,500,850

Fundraising expenses

$2,614,432

Program service expenses (Part III)

$22,090,349

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• REACH OUT AND READ IS THE ONLY NATIONAL EARLY LITERACY ORGANIZATION WORKING DIRECTLY WITH PEDIATRIC CARE PROVIDERS TO INCORPORATE THE PROMOTION OF READING ALOUD TO CHILDREN EVERY DAY. REACH OUT AND READ'S MISSION IS TO GIVE YOUNG CHILDREN A FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS BY INCORPORATING BOOKS INTO PEDIATRIC CARE AND ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO READ ALOUD TOGETHER. READING ALOUD TO YOUNG CHILDREN IS ONE CORE STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND POSITIVE INTERACTIONS EARLY IN LIFE. THE PROGRAM BEGINS IN INFANCY AND CONTINUES THROUGH AGE 5, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN GROWING UP IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.PEDIATRICIANS AND OTHER PEDIATRIC CLINICIANS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION SHARE BRAND-NEW, AGE- AND LANGUAGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS AND LITERACY ADVICE WITH CHILDREN AND PARENTS AT EACH WELL-CHILD VISIT UP TO THE AGE OF 5. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MODEL IS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS IN A POLICY STATEMENT THAT RECOMMENDS EARLY LITERACY PROMOTION AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF PEDIATRIC CARE. THE PROGRAM IS BOTH COST-EFFECTIVE AND EVIDENCE-BASED: RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE PROGRAM RESULTS IN MORE FREQUENT READING AT HOME, ACCELERATED VOCABULARY AND CRITICAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.THROUGH GENEROUS SUPPORT AND REVENUE FROM INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS, DONATED GOODS AND SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BOOKS AND TRAINING TO APPROVED PROGRAM SITES IN ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON, DC. APPROVED PROGRAM SITES ARE MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE MODEL AND HAVE SIGNED A LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION. FUNDING SOURCES ARE GENERATED BY PROGRAM SITES, REGIONAL AFFILIATES, AND THE NATIONAL CENTER. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, APPROXIMATELY 8 MILLION BOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO APPROXIMATELY 6,800 SITES.

  Expenses $22,090,349 · Grants $9,747,320 · Revenue $314,938

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• MIAMI-DADE FAMILY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP INC

  $401,681

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

  $289,941

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• REACH OUT AND READ GREATER NEW YORK INC

  $274,509

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC

  $187,500

  SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH STRATEGY

• REACH OUT AND READ KANSAS CITY

  $126,000

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

  $113,574

  SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION RELATED TO EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• READY FOR SCHOOL

  $107,000

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• ARIZONA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

  $103,969

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

  $98,000

  SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION RELATED TO EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

• REACH OUT AND READ COLORADO

  $93,155

  SUPPORT FOR EARLY LITERACY/PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

6 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611279349304306

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