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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUE RIDGE LITERACY COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$295,387
Total expenses
$269,155
Contributions and grants received
$279,611
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,375
Investment income
$7,132
Other revenue
$5,269
Total assets, end of year
$217,696
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$214,589
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$203,202
Management and general expenses
$49,220
Fundraising expenses
$16,733
Program service expenses (Part III)
$203,202

Program services were 75.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $35,000

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $8,148

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $37,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $199,263

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenue

    total $3,375 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,835 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,835

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,297

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,297

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,297 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,297

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,985

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $8,148

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,808

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,177 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,177

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $925

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $925 · excluded $925

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $2,167 · related or exempt $2,167 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,167

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $56,748 · program services $51,352 · management and general $3,864 · fundraising $1,532

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $114,341 · program services $93,999 · management and general $11,970 · fundraising $8,372

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,964 · program services $8,189 · management and general $1,050 · fundraising $725

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,060 · program services $0 · management and general $6,060 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,299 · program services $0 · management and general $1,299 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,890 · program services $15,558 · management and general $15,332 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,283 · program services $3,541 · management and general $2,742 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,869 · program services $5,591 · management and general $2,657 · fundraising $621

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,888 · program services $3,143 · management and general $745 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,888 · program services $7,110 · management and general $889 · fundraising $889

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,792 · program services $2,792 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,421 · program services $0 · management and general $1,421 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,654 · program services $1,114 · management and general $540 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Teaching Materials

    total $7,606 · program services $7,606 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Volunteer Recognition

    total $728 · program services $728 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Training

    total $2,161 · program services $2,161 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues

    total $858 · program services $219 · management and general $639 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,705 · program services $99 · management and general $12 · fundraising $4,594

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,070 · end of year $26,303

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $40,077 · end of year $40,138

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $738 · end of year $703

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $23,866

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $19,238

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,870 · end of year $4,628

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $135,320 · end of year $145,924

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,489 · end of year $3,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $115,014 · end of year $115,293

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,572 · end of year $99,296

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Literacy Connection is dedicated to transforming lives by cultivating literacy skills that promote social and economic success.

  • The Literacy Connections mission is to help people transform their lives by cultivating literacy skills that promote economic and social success. To do that, The Literacy Connection provides an Employment Education Program, a Teen Program, a Family Literacy Program. Classes are taught by volunteer tutors who go through program-specific training.

    Expenses $203,202 · Revenue $3,375

  • In fiscal year July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024, Literacy Connection served 134 students who participated in a total of 6,170 hours of instruction. Literacy Connection worked with 88 volunteers who contributed 6,994 hours of service. Each student participates in programs to improve their lives and sets individual goals tutors support them in accomplishing. Fifty-eight students achieved 165 goals ranging from improvements in oral and written communication, obtaining U.S. citizenship, and increased involvement in childrens education.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katrina McGuire

    Exiting Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $54,910
    From this org
    $51,191
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,719
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cindy McMahon

    Interim Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $9,700
    From this org
    $9,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Donnie Parks

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Eduardo Trevino

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Cauley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Caroline Patterson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Milton Butterworth

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Burdette

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Ellis

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Christa Hemans

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Hein

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • David Maupin

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Bill Ramsey

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • Michelle Reynolds

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Diane Skillman

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2023
Filed
3 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520939349301012

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