Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$459,395

Total expenses

$380,501

Contributions and grants received

$412,020

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,132

Other revenue

$46,243

Total assets, end of year

$253,838

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$253,838

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$235,159

Management and general expenses

$64,421

Fundraising expenses

$80,921

Program service expenses (Part III)

$235,159

Program services were 61.8% 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

• READINGPALS IS OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM WHERE WE ACTIVATE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS PRE-K MENTORS FOR THE DURATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WITH 55% OF STUDENTS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY TESTING NOT READY FOR KINDERGARTEN, OUR PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.THE READINGPALS PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH TITLE 1 VPK CLASSROOMS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDES ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING FOCUSED ON BUILDING EARLY-LITERACY AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS TO BOOST KINDERGARTEN READINESS. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE TRAINING, ONGOING SUPPORT, AND A LEVEL II BACKGROUND CHECK. ALL VPK STUDENTS IN PARTNER CLASSROOMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A READINGPAL WITH CAREGIVER PERMISSION.

  Expenses $199,274

• FAMILY ENGAGEMENT:FAMILIES ARE A CHILD'S FIRST, BEST, AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER, SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE CONNECT WITH FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS AT HOME. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING QUALITY BOOKS TO BUILD HOME LIBRARIES, OFFERING READING DISCUSSION PROMPTS, PARTNERING WITH SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS, AND PARTICIPATING IN FAMILY NIGHTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $29,008

• KINDERGARTEN, HERE WE COME!LAUNCHED IN 2022, KINDERGARTEN, HERE WE COME! IS A WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS/CAREGIVERS AND THEIR INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS TO PREPARE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THE GOAL FOR ATTENDEES IS TWO-FOLD: TO INTRODUCE PARENTS/CAREGIVERS TO THE CONCEPT OF SCHOOL READINESS WHILE EQUIPPING THEM TO BEST SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN, AND TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO A FORMAL EARLY EDUCATION SETTING THAT WILL HELP PREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESS ON DAY ONE OF KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND.

  Expenses $6,877

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

7 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202600699349301200

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