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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MISSISSIPPI READING CLINIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,099,617
Total expenses
$707,365
Contributions and grants received
$1,097,387
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,230
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,084,035
Total liabilities, end of year
$41,468
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,042,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$519,256
Management and general expenses
$168,557
Fundraising expenses
$19,552
Program service expenses (Part III)
$519,256

Program services were 73.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $200,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $897,387

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,230 · excluded $2,230

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $250,100 · program services $171,406 · management and general $71,384 · fundraising $7,310

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $183,400 · program services $125,694 · management and general $52,346 · fundraising $5,360

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,686 · program services $24,655 · management and general $5,297 · fundraising $2,734

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,668 · program services $18,970 · management and general $6,877 · fundraising $821

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,406 · management and general $13,406

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,844 · program services $30,000 · management and general $1,844

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $652 · program services $652

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,111 · program services $14,305 · management and general $5,187 · fundraising $619

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,264 · program services $1,610 · management and general $584 · fundraising $70

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,323 · program services $52,025 · management and general $298

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,356 · management and general $2,356

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $77,085 · program services $77,022 · management and general $63

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEAL EXPENSE

    total $8,230 · program services $2,917 · management and general $2,675 · fundraising $2,638

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $6,240 · management and general $6,240

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $320,632 · end of year $255,766

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $363,157 · end of year $785,544

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $718

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $865 · end of year $1,258

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $78,501 · end of year $40,749

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,340 · end of year $719

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $78,501

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $40,749

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $235,472 · end of year $214,851

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $414,842 · end of year $827,716

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSISSIPPI READING CLINIC (MRC) WILL ACTIVELY PROMOTE, MODEL, AND PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED LITERACY ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS THAT BENEFIT THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE TEACHERS THAT ARE CALLED TO SERVE THEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTES AND PROVIDES EVIDENCE-BASED LITERACY ASSESSMENTS TO BENEFIT MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN.

  • MISSISSIPPI READING CLINIC MODEL (MRC): - DEVELOPED IDENTIFICATION PROTOCOL FOR 4TH-8TH GRADE STRUGGLING READERS - DEVELOPED DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT BATTERY TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS - PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS BASED IN THE SCIENCE OF READING SPECIFICALLY FOR ADOLESCENTS - DURING SCHOOL AS A CREDIT-BEARING COURSE. - DURING SCHOOL AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT. - AFTER SCHOOL AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT. - PROVIDE TEACHER TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD TEACHER INTERVENTION SKILLS AND LITERACY CAPACITY - SCIENCE OF READING 101 - ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM - ESTABLISHED A LABORATORY CLASSROOM WITH INSTRUCTIONAL COACHINGBLACKBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL: IN-SCHOOL PILOT SITE FOR READING INTERVENTIONS: - MRC TRAINED JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (JPS) STAFF (WHO HAD NO PRIOR SOR EXPERIENCE) TO CONDUCT EXPLICIT READING INTERVENTIONS. PROVIDED TWO ON-SITE MRC INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO OVERSEE INTERVENTIONS AND TRACK DATA. - MRC RETOOLED EXISTING STUDY SKILLS/LEARNING STRATEGIES COURSE TO CREATE A CREDIT-BEARING STRUCTURED LITERACY COURSE BASED ON SCIENCE OF READING INSTRUCTION. 186 STUDENTS (GRADES 6TH-8TH) ATTEND 90 MINUTES, EVERY-OTHER-DAY. ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED STARTED AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL BEHIND IN READING. - AVERAGE STUDENT GROWTH ACHIEVED ACCORDING TO READING RATE WAS TWO GRADE LEVELS IN ONE SEMESTER. EXTENSIVE GROWTH SEEN IN READING LEVEL (RATE, ACCURACY, AND COMPREHENSION) BASED ON NATIONALLY NORMED ASSESSMENT BATTERIES.OPERATION SHOESTRING: AFTER SCHOOL PILOT SITE FOR READING INTERVENTIONS: - MRC PROVIDED SMALL GROUP INTERVENTIONS (AND CURRICULUM, MATERIALS, ETC.) AFTER SCHOOL TO 25 STUDENTS GRADES 3RD - 5TH WITH READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL. - MRC PROVIDED A HIGHLY TRAINED MRC INTERVENTIONIST PROVIDED 30 MIN OF SCIENCE OF READING INTERVENTION, 4 DAYS A WEEK.TEACH FOR AMERICA SUMMER INSTITUTE TRAINING (PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MRC, TFA, AND JPS): - MRC DEVELOPED CURRICULUM FOR TEACHING STUDENTS AND TRAINING TEACHERS THROUGH TFA SUMMER INSTITUTE/JPS SUMMER SCHOOL - MRC TRAINED 50+ PRE-SERVICE TEACH FOR AMERICA CORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL BEGIN TEACHING FALL OF 2025 - PROVIDED FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING TO PRE-SERVICE CORPS MEMBERS - PROVIDED OVERSIGHT, PLANNING, CURRICULUM, AND MATERIALS FOR ALL LITERACY COURSES OFFERED IN SUMMER INSTITUTE/ SUMMER SCHOOL PILOT LABORATORY CLASSROOM @ MISSISSIPPI READING CLINIC- YEAR-ROUND: - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR STUDENT ASSESSMENT - DYSLEXIA CONSULTATIONS - READING BOOT CAMPS HOSTED SUMMER 2025 - COMPLETED FEASIBILITY STUDY AS A FIELD PLACEMENT SITE FOR ASSESSMENT/INTERVENTION FIELDWORK IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER STUDIES. PILOT TO BEGIN FALL 2025. - TEACHER TRAINING AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING TRAINING HELD IN LAB CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $519,256

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Antonio Fierro

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Brown

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa McCray

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greer Proctor-Dickson

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $146,552
    From this org
    $31,127
    From related orgs
    $91,541
    Other
    $23,884
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ricky Douglas

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $123,400
    From this org
    $123,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Roslyn King

    DIRECTOR-PROFESSIONAL DEV

    Total calculated
    $123,400
    From this org
    $123,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542829349301869

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