Totals
- Total revenue
- $850,916
- Total expenses
- $1,311,954
- Contributions and grants received
- $837,981
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $12,906
- Investment income
- $29
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $48,173
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $25,858
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $22,315
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $847,270
- Management and general expenses
- $310,818
- Fundraising expenses
- $153,866
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $847,270
Program services were 64.6% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$2,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$835,981
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $12,906 · related or exempt $12,906 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $29 · related or exempt $29
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $147,410 · program services $64,860 · management and general $48,645 · fundraising $33,905
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $222,366 · program services $97,841 · management and general $73,381 · fundraising $51,144
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $32,764 · program services $27,850 · management and general $3,604 · fundraising $1,310
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $29,685 · program services $16,327 · management and general $7,421 · fundraising $5,937
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,922 · program services $1,420 · management and general $9,502
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $34,764 · program services $6,953 · management and general $25,030 · fundraising $2,781
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,818 · program services $733 · management and general $1,719 · fundraising $366
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16 · Occupancy
total $12,076 · management and general $12,076
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17 · Travel
total $6,003 · program services $1,621 · fundraising $4,382
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $2,287 · program services $2,287
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23 · Insurance
total $4,487 · program services $583 · management and general $3,904
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24a · Other expenses: BOOKS FOR PARTNERS
total $10,533 · program services $10,533
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24b · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTED SERVICES
total $467,430 · program services $355,247 · management and general $93,486 · fundraising $18,697
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24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES
total $128,268 · program services $128,268
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24d · Other expenses: WEBSITE
total $49,075 · program services $39,258 · management and general $9,817
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24e · All other expenses
total $151,066 · program services $93,489 · management and general $22,233 · fundraising $35,344
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $491,489 · end of year $48,173
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $27,931
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $333,516 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $25,858
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $852,936 · end of year -$566
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $22,881
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROJECT WORKS TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH LITERACY BY DEVELOPING RESOURCES, BUILDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND MOBILIZING VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH LITERACY INITIATIVES.
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CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROJECT COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED ALL TEN INSTALLMENTS OF ITS MOONSHOT SERIES, A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO ENGAGE PARENTS, EDUCATORS, FAITH LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ADVANCING EARLY LITERACY OUTCOMES. THE SERIES PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE LITERACY-FOCUSED CONTENT, RESOURCES, AND ACTION STEPS THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE, EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO EVIDENCE-BASED LITERACY INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITES NATIONWIDE.
Expenses $197,963
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CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROJECT LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY ACTIVATION INITIATIVE IN KANSAS CITY BY CONVENING LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, CIVIC LEADERS, AND NATIONAL PARTNERS AROUND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING LITERACY OUTCOMES. THROUGH STRATEGIC COLLABORATION AND COALITION-BUILDING, CLP HELPED ESTABLISH THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE LITERACY PROGRAMMING, RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT, AND CURRICULUM ACTIVATION PLANNED FOR 2027. THE INITIATIVE ADVANCED CLP'S MISSION OF MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE LITERACY SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Expenses $113,793
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CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROJECT WAS SELECTED AS A FEATURED SEMINAR PRESENTER AT THE 2025 NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST AND HOSTED THE FAITH & LITERACY SUMMIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EVENT. THE SUMMIT BROUGHT TOGETHER FAITH LEADERS, LITERACY ADVOCATES, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED LITERACY SOLUTIONS. THESE EFFORTS INCREASED NATIONAL AWARENESS OF CHILDREN'S LITERACY CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT LITERACY OUTCOMES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
Expenses $50,986
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OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Expenses $484,528 · Revenue $12,935
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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DAVID AUSTIN
CHAIRMAN/ TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANNE ANDERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MAKEDA MAYS-GREEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RON FAIRCHILD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STEPHANIE KORTEWEG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JEFF MARTIN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $173,750
- From this org
- $143,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,000
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $143,750
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $30,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $173,750
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 · 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
- 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202632409349300838
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