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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HILL FOR LITERACY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,807,998
Total expenses
$8,017,507
Contributions and grants received
$209,700
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,598,298
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,072,527
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,118,728
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,953,799
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,509,602
Management and general expenses
$2,237,052
Fundraising expenses
$270,853
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,509,602

Program services were 68.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $209,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LITERACY CONSULTANTS

    total $8,494,235 · related or exempt $8,494,235

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $104,063 · related or exempt $104,063

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $906,353 · program services $788,527 · management and general $90,635 · fundraising $27,191

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,695,549 · program services $3,215,128 · management and general $369,555 · fundraising $110,866

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $112,197 · program services $97,611 · management and general $11,220 · fundraising $3,366

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $481,819 · program services $419,183 · management and general $48,182 · fundraising $14,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $77,221 · program services $77,221

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $742,566 · program services $660,884 · management and general $81,682

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,240 · program services $60,078 · management and general $3,162

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,515 · program services $26,515

  • 17 · Travel

    total $109,305 · fundraising $109,305

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,239,847 · management and general $1,239,847

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $368,734 · management and general $368,734

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT COSTS

    total $189,029 · program services $164,455 · management and general $18,903 · fundraising $5,671

  • 24b · Other expenses: WORKSHOP EXPENSES

    total $5,132 · management and general $5,132

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $453,503 · end of year $543,611

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $76,375

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,346,971 · end of year $1,851,217

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

    $193,753

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

    $143,646

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $71,289 · end of year $50,107

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,920,219 · end of year $4,613,357

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,671 · end of year $14,235

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $718,720 · end of year $384,529

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $734,199

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,163,308 · end of year $5,953,799

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HILL FOR LITERACY SERVES UNDER-ACHIEVING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND. ITS MISSION IS TO GUIDE EDUCATORS AT ALL LEVELS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING SCHOOLS THAT EXCEL IN DEVELOPING STUDENT'S LANGUAGE AND LITERACY SKILLS.

  • HILL FOR LITERACY SERVES UNDER-ACHIEVING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MA AND CT. ITS MISSION IS TO GUIDE EDUCATORS AT ALL LEVELS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING SCHOOLS THAT EXCEL IN DEVELOPING STUDENT'S LANGUAGE AND LITERARY SKILLS.

    Expenses $5,509,602

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Poole

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pamela Hook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Curtis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cyndi Weekes Bradley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darci Burns

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $239,865
    From this org
    $216,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,807
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,058
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,807
    Filer's total
    $239,865
  • Shira Cohen-Goldberg

    DIR. OF CLIENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $200,048
    From this org
    $178,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,016
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,032
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,016
    Filer's total
    $200,048
  • Cynthia McGurl

    DIR. OF HILL ONLINE

    Total calculated
    $211,688
    From this org
    $189,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,051
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,637
    Filer's total
    $211,688
  • Diana Malkin

    DIR. PROD DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $201,870
    From this org
    $164,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,615
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,255
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,615
    Filer's total
    $201,870
  • Cara Dellaterra

    DIR. CONSULTING - DISTRICTS

    Total calculated
    $179,157
    From this org
    $158,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,200
    Filer's total
    $179,157

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
2024
Filed
28 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620289349301517

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