Totals
- Total revenue
- $736,115
- Total expenses
- $741,215
- Contributions and grants received
- $696,383
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $208
- Other revenue
- $39,524
- Total assets, end of year
- $328,179
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,118
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $327,061
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $519,745
- Management and general expenses
- $115,706
- Fundraising expenses
- $105,764
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $519,745
Program services were 70.1% 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
$696,383
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3 · Investment income
total $208 · excluded $208
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$64,803
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$25,279
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $39,524 · excluded $39,524
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $85,389 · program services $25,617 · management and general $29,886 · fundraising $29,886
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $460,916 · program services $346,345 · management and general $38,693 · fundraising $75,878
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $27,536 · program services $27,536
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $44,481 · program services $35,745 · management and general $8,736
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,505 · management and general $7,505
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11g · Fees: other
total $12,730 · program services $3,027 · management and general $9,703
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,156 · program services $2,156
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16 · Occupancy
total $26,657 · program services $18,660 · management and general $7,997
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23 · Insurance
total $11,281 · program services $10,428 · management and general $853
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM OPERATIONS
total $48,748 · program services $48,748
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24b · Other expenses: OTHER ADMIN COSTS
total $9,455 · management and general $9,455
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24c · Other expenses: ADMIN: BANK FEES
total $2,878 · management and general $2,878
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24d · Other expenses: ADMIN: EQUIPMENT
total $1,483 · program services $1,483
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $310,616 · end of year $141,743
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $23,562 · end of year $73,633
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $102,000
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,803
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,018 · end of year $1,118
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $322,086 · end of year $288,697
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,074 · end of year $38,364
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCETO BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS' CHILDREN THROUGH AN AFTER SCHOOL READINGPROGRAM.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO BIRMINGHAM CITY
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THE STAIR PROGRAM ASSISTS FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE THEIR READING SKILLS. STAIR IS A PRIMARILY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM USING AROUND 300 VOLUNTEER TUTORS/ WHO TEACH ONE-ON-ONE READING LESSONS TO AT-RISK CHILDREN. CHILDREN ARE CHOSEN BY THEIR TEACHERS IN THE CURRENT TAX YEAR. THERE WERE 13 SITES THROUGHOUT BIRMINGHAM, PLUS A SATELLITE PROGRAM IN GADSDEN, THAT SERVED 187 STUDENTS. STUDENTS MET TUTORS TWICE PER WEEK FOR TWO HOURS DURING SEPTEMBER THROUGH APRIL. STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT A VARIETY OF SKILLS NECESSARY TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL. STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE STAIR PROGRAM CONSISTENTLY SHOW AN AVERAGE RATE OF IMPROVEMENT OF 40% IN PHONICS SKILLS, A KEY PREDICTOR OF LONG-TERM READING SUCCESS. STAIR PROVIDED OVER 6,000 TUTORING SESSIONS AND DISTRIBUTED 2,400 BOOKS TO STUDENTS. STUDENTS HAD AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE RATE OF 85% DURING THE YEAR.
Expenses $519,745
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
LEDON JONES
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SUSAN DULIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SARAH WHEELER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KENNON WALTHALL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
VANESSA PETTWAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ASHLEY SAMUELS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CORA UNDERWOOD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM SPENCER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LETICIA WATKINS-HARVILL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRISTIN FRENCH
PRESIDENT ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CONSTANCE BLAYLOCK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DEVAN BYRD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LINDSEY HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID THOMAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JENNIFER TOWNSEND
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KAREN GRINER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $85,389
- From this org
- $85,389
- 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
- 14 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202512949349301456
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