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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LITERACY LAB.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,501,198
Total expenses
$19,665,413
Contributions and grants received
$13,651,693
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,705,623
Investment income
$143,882
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$21,823,450
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,246,579
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,576,871
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,263,315
Management and general expenses
$2,244,427
Fundraising expenses
$1,157,671
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,263,315

Program services were 82.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,565,987

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,085,706

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LITERACY TOURING

    total $2,705,623 · related or exempt $2,705,623

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $143,882 · excluded $143,882

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $815,823 · program services $689,540 · management and general $31,660 · fundraising $94,623

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $12,875,582 · program services $10,882,537 · management and general $1,556,334 · fundraising $436,711

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,078,104 · program services $976,860 · management and general $60,754 · fundraising $40,490

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,190,955 · program services $1,066,306 · management and general $68,164 · fundraising $56,485

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $131,351 · management and general $131,351

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $358,108 · fundraising $358,108

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $530,746 · program services $329,419 · management and general $65,405 · fundraising $135,922

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,152 · program services $32,017 · management and general $2,067 · fundraising $2,068

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $328,069 · program services $123,328 · management and general $193,703 · fundraising $11,038

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $406,945 · program services $345,386 · management and general $61,559

  • 17 · Travel

    total $264,222 · program services $254,360 · management and general $4,186 · fundraising $5,676

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $51,451 · program services $35,627 · management and general $13,405 · fundraising $2,419

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,689 · program services $25,277 · management and general $2,206 · fundraising $2,206

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,514 · program services $44,766 · management and general $14,452 · fundraising $5,296

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT PROGRAM EX

    total $440,608 · program services $440,608

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM TRAINING COSTS

    total $425,044 · program services $425,044

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $362,397 · program services $362,397

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $215,659 · program services $179,075 · management and general $36,320 · fundraising $264

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $59,994 · program services $50,768 · management and general $2,861 · fundraising $6,365

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,685,556 · end of year $12,512,959

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,263,113 · end of year $6,867,432

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $980,705 · end of year $440,673

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $297,489 · end of year $436,365

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

    $264,197

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

    $216,848

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $77,038 · end of year $47,349

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $29,877 · end of year $1,518,672

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $545,075 · end of year $688,986

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $47,617 · end of year $1,557,593

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,432,086 · end of year $16,413,121

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,309,000 · end of year $3,163,750

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE LITERACY LAB PROVIDES STUDENTS IN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING RACIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC INEQUITIES WITH EVIDENCE-BASED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTION AS PREPARATION FOR ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL SUCCESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LITERACY LAB PROVIDES EVIDENCE-BASED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTION.

  • THE LITERACY LAB SERVES CHILDREN FROM AGE THREE THROUGH GRADE THREE. WE PARTNER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HELP CLOSE THE LITERACY GAP LARGELY BY EMBEDDING FULL-TIME, RIGOROUSLY-TRAINED TUTORS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE LITERACY LAB OFFERS PROGRAM SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE: SCHOOL DAY LITERACY INTERVENTION AND THE LEADING MEN FELLOWSHIP. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES CHILDREN IN ATLANTA, GA; BALTIMORE, MD; CINCINNATI, OH; KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI; WASHINGTON, DC; PHOENIX, AZ; SPRINGFILED, MA; AND VIRGINIA.

    Expenses $16,263,315 · Revenue $2,705,623

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Praveen Jeyarajah

    CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Hugh Cole

    TREASURER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Betsy Duff

    SECRETARY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Bailey Edelson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ned Mandel

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bweikia Steen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terri Upshaw

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Gibson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Connelly

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Giannino

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Shulman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adeola Whitney

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Jenkins

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $208,256
    From this org
    $205,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,193
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,823
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $240
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,193
    Filer's total
    $208,256

  • Allen Hess

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $128,531
    From this org
    $122,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,415
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarah Reape

    CHIEF REGIONAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $137,353
    From this org
    $132,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,728
    Hours/week
    40

  • Henriette Recny

    CHIEF PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY & EQUITY OFFI

    Total calculated
    $145,752
    From this org
    $142,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,193
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mia Harding

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $137,396
    From this org
    $133,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,522
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
2022
Filed
14 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431699349301013

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