Totals
- Total revenue
- $514,433
- Total expenses
- $401,388
- Contributions and grants received
- $511,496
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,875
- Other revenue
- $62
- Total assets, end of year
- $513,896
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,794
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $505,102
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $263,121
- Management and general expenses
- $91,774
- Fundraising expenses
- $46,493
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $263,121
Program services were 65.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$511,496
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3 · Investment income
total $2,875 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,875
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11d · All other revenue
total $62 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $62
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11e · Other revenue, total
$62
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $149,449 · program services $80,159 · management and general $33,836 · fundraising $35,454
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $11,045 · program services $5,919 · management and general $2,473 · fundraising $2,653
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,500 · program services $0 · management and general $10,500 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $138,859 · program services $110,145 · management and general $28,064 · fundraising $650
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13 · Office expenses
total $11,017 · program services $2,866 · management and general $6,109 · fundraising $2,042
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14 · Information technology
total $6,247 · program services $1,668 · management and general $374 · fundraising $4,205
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17 · Travel
total $3,241 · program services $1,415 · management and general $1,826 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $1,540 · program services $0 · management and general $1,540 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND EDUC. MATERIALS
total $54,551 · program services $54,551 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES
total $3,951 · program services $0 · management and general $3,951 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: SHIPPING & POSTAGE
total $6,761 · program services $5,991 · management and general $383 · fundraising $387
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24d · Other expenses: STATE REGISTRATION FEES
total $2,718 · program services $0 · management and general $2,718 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,509 · program services $407 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,102
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $204,155 · end of year $205,298
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $117,956 · end of year $175,048
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $78,242 · end of year $133,550
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $928 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $11,724 · end of year $8,794
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $384,061 · end of year $505,102
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,496 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO RAISING THE LITERACY LEVELS OF CARIBBEAN CHILDREN BY SENDING NEW BOOKS, CREATING LIBRARIES AND FOSTERING ONGOING SUSTAINABILITY WITH MENTORING AND EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
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IN 2025, HANDS ACROSS THE SEA DISTRIBUTED 15,097 NEW BOOKS TO CHILDREN ACROSS ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, DOMINICA, GRENADA, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, AND ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, THE ORGANIZATION REACHED 10,267 STUDENTS WITH HIGH-QUALITY, CURATED BOOK COLLECTIONS AND SUSTAINED LITERACY PROGRAMMING. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE CONTINUED STRENGTHENING OF THE CLASS PROGRAM THROUGH ACTIVE SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND ONGOING SUPPORT, THE EXPANSION OF THE EARLY PAGES PROGRAMME TO ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AND THE DELIVERY OF TARGETED REMEDIAL READING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS COLLECTIONS TO SCHOOLS WITH IDENTIFIED GAPS. THROUGH THESE COMBINED EFFORTS, ALONG WITH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAM OVERSIGHT PROVIDED BY IN-COUNTRY LITERACY LINKS, HANDS ACROSS THE SEA SUPPORTED TEACHERS, STRENGTHENED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AND SUSTAINED LITERACY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION.
Expenses $263,121
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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AMANDA SHERLIP
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR thru April
- Total calculated
- $52,400
- From this org
- $49,067
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,333
- Hours/week
- 40
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ANGELA WEST BLANK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR interim
- Total calculated
- $4,530
- From this org
- $4,530
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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BENJAMIN ENGLE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR start May
- Total calculated
- $90,699
- From this org
- $88,654
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,045
- Hours/week
- 40
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EMILY COMBS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
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SARA DORMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
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JAMELYN EBELACKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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LEAH GARRATT
DIRECTOR - FORMER CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JENNIFER MCCARTHY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
KOREN NORTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
VIVIANE SCOTT JD
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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YAH-HANNA JENKINS LEYS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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STEPHANE LAROCHE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.4
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 14 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601959349301775
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