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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by READERS ARE LEADERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$54,749
Total expenses
$96,289
Contributions and grants received
$77,435
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,928
Other revenue
-$24,614
Total assets, end of year
$147,360
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$147,360
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$76,263
Management and general expenses
$20,026
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$76,263

Program services were 79.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $24,760

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $52,675

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,928 · unrelated business $1,928

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $24,760

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,614

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$24,614 · excluded -$24,614

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $20,000 · program services $9,250 · management and general $10,750

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,141 · management and general $3,141

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $779 · management and general $779

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,696 · management and general $1,696

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOK DONATION

    total $32,544 · program services $32,544

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOOL & TEAM DONATIONS

    total $24,000 · program services $24,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: READING INCENTIVES

    total $5,369 · program services $5,369

  • 24d · Other expenses: ROTC DONATION

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,760 · program services $100 · management and general $3,660

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $122,499 · end of year $79,032

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,974 · end of year $8,987

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,155 · end of year $10,070

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53,253 · end of year $49,271

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $192,881 · end of year $147,360

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH NEEDED READING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO SUCCEED. ALSO, TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES, STRATEGIES AND LEARNING TO PROMOTE THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS ROLE MODELS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS NECESSARY READING & REVIEW STRATEGIES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED. SUCH STRATEGIES PROVIDED WERE TEACHING PHONICS WITH LITERATURE, INCREASED TIME ON READING, REINFORCED SKILLS TAUGHT AT SCHOOL, REREAD MATERIAL AS NEEDED, MAKE CONNECTIONS AND ACTIVATE VISUAL CLUES AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, TEACHING STUDENTS TO SELF-MONITOR FOR UNDERSTANDING AND WHEN READING FINDING THE MAIN IDEA OF A STORY AND MAKING INFERENCE TO WHAT WAS READ. STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVED THE BENEFIT OF SOCIAL GOALS, WHICH ARE TO BOOST SELF-CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS. CONTINUED BELOW

    Expenses $76,263 · Revenue $77,435

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO BOOST SELF-CONFIDENCE, DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS, TO BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM FOSTERS AND GENERATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GROW INDIVIDUALLY AND SOCIALLY. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A VEHICLE ENABLING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Zion McKinney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Wendell Byrd

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Steve Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Michael Brogan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Melissa Kemmerer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Cynthia Hyland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Stephen Vereb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
20 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621479349301557

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