Totals
- Total revenue
- $876,447
- Total expenses
- $758,216
- Contributions and grants received
- $319,089
- Grants paid
- $339
- Program service revenue
- $551,159
- Investment income
- $6,199
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $522,304
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $340
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $521,964
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $730,434
- Management and general expenses
- $27,782
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $730,434
Program services were 96.3% 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
$319,089
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2a · Program service revenue: READING THERAPY
total $551,159 · related or exempt $551,159
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3 · Investment income
total $6,199 · excluded $6,199
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $339 · program services $339
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $3,956 · program services $3,956
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,775 · management and general $10,775
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $1,483 · management and general $1,483
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11g · Fees: other
total $32,370 · program services $28,283 · management and general $4,087
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,414 · management and general $2,414
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,023 · management and general $9,023
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14 · Information technology
total $2,459 · program services $2,459
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17 · Travel
total $3,589 · program services $3,589
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24a · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE LEASING EXPENS
total $672,451 · program services $672,451
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24b · Other expenses: TESTING AND TEACHING MA
total $12,514 · program services $12,514
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24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $4,893 · program services $4,893
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $1,950 · program services $1,950
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $156,253 · end of year $160,705
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $54,760 · end of year $55,306
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,192
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$4,192
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $135,658 · end of year $249,860
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $58,083 · end of year $56,433
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,021 · end of year $340
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $403,733 · end of year $521,964
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE MISSION OF LITERACY UNITED IS TO REACH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WHO STRUGGLE IN READING, ONE CHILD AT A TIME.
Activities or mission (Part I)
WE PROVIDE INTENSIVE, SMALL GROUP READING THERAPY TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.
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WE PROVIDED INTENSIVE, SMALL GROUP READING THERAPY TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.
Expenses $730,434 · Grants $339 · Revenue $551,159
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Dr Celia M ScottDR CELIA M SCOTT
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $2,025
- From this org
- $2,025
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dr Kary A JohnsonDR KARY A JOHNSON
FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTO
- Total calculated
- $63,931
- From this org
- $1,931
- From related orgs
- $62,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Callie McAdamsCALLIE MCADAMS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Martha LetbetterMARTHA LETBETTER
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Mary AyersMARY AYERS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Douglas GrahamDOUGLAS GRAHAM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brenda ValenzuelaBRENDA VALENZUELA
DIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Carlos A MartinezDR CARLOS A MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Clara CantuCLARA CANTU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elizabeth BandaELIZABETH BANDA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patricia AlphinPATRICIA ALPHIN
DIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Theresa KauffmanDR THERESA KAUFFMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jane CooperJANE COOPER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Cheryl McDonaldDR CHERYL MCDONALD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emily JonesEMILY JONES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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THE READING CONNECTION LLC
S · EDUCATION ASSISTANCE · TX
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 21 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202610559349301316
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