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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURG.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,800,640
Total expenses
$1,623,844
Contributions and grants received
$1,579,949
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$60,237
Investment income
$160,454
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,699,845
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,720
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,619,125
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,353,816
Management and general expenses
$87,002
Fundraising expenses
$183,026
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,353,816

Program services were 83.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,579,949

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $74,937

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOOKS FOR KEEPS

    total $37,057 · related or exempt $37,057

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STORYMOBILE

    total $23,180 · related or exempt $23,180

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160,454 · excluded $160,454

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $251,690 · program services $196,021 · management and general $18,148 · fundraising $37,521

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $671,918 · program services $519,815 · management and general $49,432 · fundraising $102,671

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,131 · program services $73,176 · management and general $4,807 · fundraising $9,148

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $68,517 · program services $54,334 · management and general $4,723 · fundraising $9,460

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,154 · program services $10,608 · management and general $2,273 · fundraising $2,273

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,581 · program services $6,707 · management and general $1,437 · fundraising $1,437

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,172 · program services $13,799 · management and general $2,233 · fundraising $13,140

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,498 · program services $26,795 · management and general $1,198 · fundraising $2,505

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,495 · program services $14,167 · management and general $261 · fundraising $67

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,406 · program services $29,406

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,578 · program services $20,692 · management and general $943 · fundraising $943

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS

    total $320,444 · program services $320,444 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $61,467 · program services $61,467 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

    total $7,295 · program services $5,076 · management and general $1,243 · fundraising $976

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,498 · program services $1,309 · management and general $304 · fundraising $2,885

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $170,261 · end of year $275,913

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,685,968 · end of year $2,804,989

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $523,580 · end of year $509,620

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $34,139 · end of year $12,847

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

    $510,604

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

    $456,203

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,808 · end of year $54,401

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,222 · end of year $3,795

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $60,898 · end of year $38,280

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,913 · end of year $51,103

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $60,563 · end of year $29,617

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,921,400 · end of year $3,071,264

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $520,000 · end of year $547,861

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH THE BOOKS, RESOURCES, MOTIVATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP A LIFE-LONG LOVE OF READING.

  • BOOKS FOR KEEPS: FEATURES FUN, EDUCATIONAL READING CELEBRATIONS THAT COMBINE STORYTIMES, MOTIVATIONAL LITERACY ACTIVITIES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT A BOOK TO TAKE HOME AND KEEP. CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS, AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS PARTICIPATE IN 3-5 INTERACTIVE READING CELEBRATIONS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE CHILDREN IN THE JOY OF READING AND LEARNING.

    Expenses $440,568 · Revenue $37,057

  • STORYMOBILE: THESE LENDING LIBRARIES-ON-WHEELS TAKE BOOKS AND LITERACY RESOURCES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS, PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS ACROSS OUR CITY.

    Expenses $740,975 · Revenue $23,180

  • EVERYBODY WINS!: EVERYBODY WINS! IS A LITERACY AND MENTORING PROGRAM THAT STRIVES TO BUILD LITERACY SKILLS AND A LOVE OF READING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM PAIRS PRE-K THROUGH THIRD GRADERS WITH VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE CONVERSATION AND GOOD BOOKS.

    Expenses $172,273

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Macalus V Hogan MD MBA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Kevin Acklin

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Jordan S Blask

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Sylvia Owusu-Ansah MD MPH Faap

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Patrick Duffy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • John Bruno

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Rebecca Bachman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Alison McGee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Florri Ladov

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $247,494
    From this org
    $229,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,394
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,100
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,394
    Filer's total
    $247,494

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
26 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640269349300024

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