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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by 826 BOSTON INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 2 December 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • JENNA LESCHUK

Totals

Total revenue
$7,186,429
Total expenses
$3,364,826
Contributions and grants received
$7,152,649
Grants paid
$39,000
Program service revenue
$517
Investment income
$103,879
Other revenue
-$70,616
Total assets, end of year
$5,339,065
Total liabilities, end of year
$435,766
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,903,299
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,771,220
Management and general expenses
$258,371
Fundraising expenses
$335,235
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,771,220

Program services were 82.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $419,208

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $278,245

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,455,196

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $517 · related or exempt $517

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $103,879 · excluded $103,879

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,900

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

    $419,208

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $100,234

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$80,334 · excluded -$80,334

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $9,718

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,718 · unrelated business $9,718

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $39,000 · program services $39,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $151,790 · program services $75,895 · management and general $30,358 · fundraising $45,537

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,246,666 · program services $1,967,378 · management and general $103,093 · fundraising $176,195

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $233,640 · program services $198,119 · management and general $13,346 · fundraising $22,175

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $203,136 · program services $169,345 · management and general $12,696 · fundraising $21,095

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,422 · management and general $26,422

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,763 · program services $1,878 · fundraising $1,885

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,411 · program services $29,483 · management and general $103 · fundraising $825

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $72,485 · program services $2,785 · management and general $58,203 · fundraising $11,497

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $129,850 · program services $108,467 · management and general $7,898 · fundraising $13,485

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,134 · program services $9,565 · management and general $10 · fundraising $559

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,174 · program services $26,344 · management and general $830

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $60,255 · program services $54,657 · fundraising $5,598

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,936 · program services $7,467 · management and general $541 · fundraising $928

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,644 · program services $13,908 · management and general $1,008 · fundraising $1,728

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACT AND CONSULT

    total $46,728 · program services $35,038 · management and general $904 · fundraising $10,786

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLISHING

    total $23,792 · program services $20,391 · fundraising $3,401

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES, BANK CHARG

    total $20,822 · management and general $2,735 · fundraising $18,087

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $11,406 · program services $11,406

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,772 · program services $94 · management and general $224 · fundraising $1,454

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,059,802 · end of year $1,513,141

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,749,664

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $109,199 · end of year $1,757,049

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,489 · end of year $47,794

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

    $132,019

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

    $127,113

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,842 · end of year $4,906

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $321,889 · end of year $266,511

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $128,076 · end of year $163,915

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $325,449 · end of year $271,851

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $970,942 · end of year $3,062,244

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,754 · end of year $1,841,055

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

826 BOSTON IS A NONPROFIT WRITING, TUTORING, AND PUBLISHING ORGANIZATION WHERE STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 AND BEYOND CAN SHARE THEIR STORIES, AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES, AND DEVELOP AS LEADERS IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE. 826 BOSTON IS PART OF A NETWORK OF NINE 826 CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CO-FOUNDED BY AUTHOR DAVE EGGERS AND EDUCATOR NINIVE CALEGARI. SINCE 2007, 826 BOSTON HAS WORKED WITH MORE THAN 30,000 STUDENTS AND HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS, AND HAS PUBLISHED DOZENS OF HIGH-QUALITY, PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED COLLECTIONS OF STUDENT WRITING. 826 BOSTON'S PROGRAMS, OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE, ARE ROOTED IN THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GREAT LEAPS IN LEARNING CAN OCCUR WITH INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION, AND THAT WRITING SKILLS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO FUTURE SUCCESS. THESE PROGRAMS SERVE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND INCLUDE PUBLISHING PROJECTS, AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING, WRITING WORKSHOPS, FIELD TRIPS, CLASSROOM-BASED COLLABORATIONS, STEM-BASED WRITING INITIATIVES, WRITERS' ROOMS, AND COLLEGE ESSAY SUPPORT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ORGANIZATION'S MISSION STATEMENT

  • SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

    Expenses $2,771,220 · Grants $39,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JANET TIAMPO

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIMI CURRAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVE BAGNANI

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW COHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONNA COWAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JILL HARRISON-BERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAVIER JUAREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GILLIAN KOHLI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BENIELLE SIMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATE TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROSANN TUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • APRIL BO WANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HARVEY COTTON

    LEGAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AL CAMPBELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANNON FAIRLEY-PITTMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • COREY YARBROUGH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $108,388
    From this org
    $100,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,401
    Hours/week
    40

  • JENNA LESCHUK

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $110,785
    From this org
    $110,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503289349300040

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