Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,478,117
- Total expenses
- $793,955
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,315,563
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $155,778
- Investment income
- $3,935
- Other revenue
- $2,841
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,101,510
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $92,526
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,008,984
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $688,559
- Management and general expenses
- $96,063
- Fundraising expenses
- $9,333
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $688,559
Program services were 86.7% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,315,563
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2a · Program service revenue: Alleg County Literacy HUB
total $140,865 · related or exempt $140,865
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2b · Program service revenue: Fee for Service Revenue
total $14,913 · related or exempt $14,913
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3 · Investment income
total $3,935 · excluded $3,935
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous revenue
total $2,841 · related or exempt $2,841
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,841
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $234,457 · program services $224,001 · management and general $10,456
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $18,883 · program services $17,882 · management and general $1,001
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,101 · program services $6,725 · management and general $376
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $19,011 · program services $19,011
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $11,859 · program services $10,468 · management and general $1,141 · fundraising $250
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13 · Office expenses
total $15,084 · program services $2,375 · management and general $12,709
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $50,633 · program services $20,675 · management and general $29,958
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17 · Travel
total $942 · program services $862 · management and general $80
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,733 · management and general $4,733
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23 · Insurance
total $1,122 · management and general $1,122
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24a · Other expenses: Program & Education Materials
total $376,249 · program services $374,105 · management and general $2,144
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24b · Other expenses: Professional Fees
total $27,060 · program services $3,325 · management and general $23,735
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24c · Other expenses: Consulting Fees
total $11,000 · management and general $6,975 · fundraising $4,025
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24d · Other expenses: Community Outreach
total $10,008 · program services $9,130 · management and general $878
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,813 · management and general $755 · fundraising $5,058
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $31,534 · end of year $85,557
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $274,264 · end of year $66,453
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $545,353
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$41,533
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$6,190
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $17,238 · end of year $35,343
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $303,413
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $55,050 · end of year $65,391
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $323 · end of year $28,044
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $52,941 · end of year $64,482
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $176,154 · end of year $151,023
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $148,668 · end of year $857,961
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Supporting healthy development of young children by increasing access to books and by encouraging significant family engagement through reading,
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: Partnering with the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, Reading Ready Pittsburgh contracts for books to be mailed to over 8,000 children's homes each month. These books are intended to support the healthy development of young children by increasing access to books and by encouraging significant family engagement through reading.
Expenses $271,524
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Raising a Reader: This is a book bag rotation program. The classic red Book Bag program supports families in developing shared reading routines that build early literacy skills and foster a love of books. This book bag rotation program is provided to over 1600 children through a variety of early childhood education professionals including Home Visitors, Head Starts, Early Head Starts, Private Childcare Centers and Elementary Schools.
Expenses $237,427 · Revenue $14,913
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B is for Books:This is a 100% free bookstore for children and families. The bookstore also doubles as a resource for early childhood educators and parents to access high quality reading materials for the families in their care and as an educational support where workshops/trainings are provided. B is for Books is open to the public 5 days each week. Each child visiting can take home 3 free books. Fun community outreach events occur on a monthly basis.
Expenses $91,608 · Revenue $140,865
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Community Engagement and Outreach:Reading Ready Pittsburgh loves to work directly and creatively in their local communities. Reading Ready Pittsburgh is often tabling at a variety of community events and at partner's events. They also work with the family centers and pediatricians around the Mon Valley and provide them books and resources of all kinds like early literacy posters, stickers with helpful hints for parents, and literature highlighting the importance of early literacy.
Expenses $45,751
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Various Other Programs: These include Read With Me (Summer)and Give Away Books among others.
Expenses $42,249 · Revenue $2,841
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Caren Ponty
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mohammed Burny
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Eugene O'Sullivan
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 16
-
Keya Lowry
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Claudia Davidson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Denise Dembski
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Chardae Jones
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christopher Mark
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Margaret Whitmer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Karen Lynn Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mary Denison PhD
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $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
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543159349304449
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