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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RHODE ISLAND CENTER FOR THE BOOK.

Totals

Total revenue
$185,170
Total expenses
$190,333
Contributions and grants received
$167,345
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$17,825
Total assets, end of year
$87,650
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,938
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,712
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$92,156
Management and general expenses
$98,177
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$92,156

Program services were 48.4% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $7,349

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $84,195

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $75,801

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $25,501

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,676

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $17,825 · excluded $17,825

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,712 · management and general $74,712

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,500 · management and general $3,500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,715 · management and general $5,715

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,500 · management and general $3,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,233 · management and general $4,233

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,467 · management and general $1,467

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $157 · program services $157

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,430 · program services $1,203 · management and general $2,227

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,545 · program services $5,545

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,475 · management and general $1,475

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,348 · management and general $1,348

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOK PURCHASES

    total $59,272 · program services $59,272

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPEAKERS & SCHOLARS

    total $19,380 · program services $19,380

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $6,599 · program services $6,599

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $92,782 · end of year $87,212

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $438

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,907 · end of year $3,938

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,875 · end of year $83,712

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENABLE THE READING, WRITING, MAKING AND SHARING OF BOOKS.

  • READING ACROSS RI BRINGS TOGETHER DIVERSE READERS IN RI TO EXPLORE THEMES OF A SPECIALLY SELECTED BOOK.

    Expenses $23,220 · Revenue $32,276

  • KIDS READING ACROSS RI IS A SUMMER READING INITIATIVE INVOLVING STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-6 THAT FOCUSES ON ONE SPECIAL BOOK AND PROVIDES CONTINUITY BETWEEN SCHOOL AND SUMMER READING.

    Expenses $19,501 · Revenue $56,250

  • YOUTH POETRY PARTNERS WITH THE RI POET LAUREATE TO SELECT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TO SERVE AS YOUTH POETRY ADVOCATE TO BRING MORE POETRY TO THE STATE'S YOUTH AND INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH EXAMPLE.

    Expenses $17,840 · Revenue $13,780

  • GENERAL FUNDRAISING, FESTIVALS AND AWARD CAMPAIGNS TO SUPPORT RI COMMUNITY BOOK PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

    Expenses $31,595 · Revenue $90,540

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MEAGAN LENIHAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHERYL SPACE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MAUREEN KELSEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHERINE LENTZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $78,212
    From this org
    $74,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,500
    Hours/week
    40

  • KIRSTEN DAVIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
24 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601149349300540

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