Totals
- Total revenue
- $661,652
- Total expenses
- $410,027
- Contributions and grants received
- $629,332
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,128
- Investment income
- $31,192
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,037,823
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,037,823
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $367,215
- Management and general expenses
- $34,170
- Fundraising expenses
- $8,642
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $367,215
Program services were 89.6% 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
$629,332
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2a · Program service revenue: INCOME - MERCHANT SALE
total $628 · related or exempt $628
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2b · Program service revenue: INCOME - TICKET SALES
total $500 · related or exempt $500
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3 · Investment income
total $31,192 · excluded $31,192
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $137,799 · program services $137,799
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $5,512 · program services $5,512
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,179 · program services $1,179
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,263 · program services $12,263
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,350 · management and general $3,350
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,000 · management and general $1,000
-
13 · Office expenses
total $10,102 · management and general $10,102
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,000 · management and general $6,000
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17 · Travel
total $898 · management and general $898
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,042 · management and general $3,042
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23 · Insurance
total $3,128 · management and general $3,128
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24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE/SHIPPING
total $113,227 · program services $113,227
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24b · Other expenses: BOOK PURCHASES
total $75,763 · program services $75,763
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24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE
total $19,321 · program services $19,321
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24d · Other expenses: MISC
total $6,279 · program services $1,801 · management and general $1,219 · fundraising $3,259
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24e · All other expenses
total $11,164 · program services $350 · management and general $5,431 · fundraising $5,383
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $760,551 · end of year $1,015,217
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$12,423
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$4,817
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,648 · end of year $7,606
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $15,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $766,959 · end of year $963,719
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $19,240 · end of year $74,104
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN PRISON BY SENDING THEM TREE, HIGH-QUALITY BOOKS AND READING MATERIALS THAT MEET THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS & INTERESTS & TO PROVIDE AN ENGAGING VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE INSIDE & OUTSIDE THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN PRISON BY SENDING THEM FREE, HIGH-QUALITY BOOKS AND READING MATERIALS THAT MEET THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS & INTERESTS & TO PROVIDE AN ENGAGING VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE INSIDE & OUTSIDE THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM.
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MAILED PACKAGES OF BOOKS TO APPROXIMATELY 18,000 PRISONERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
Expenses $341,756 · Revenue $529,726
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ALBERT WOODFOX MEMORIAL MINI FREEDOM LIBRARIES. MINI LIBRARY CONSISTING OF 30 BOOKS THAT HELP PEOPLE FIND HOPE, PURPOSE AND TRANSFORMATION IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. THE BOOKS ARE ENTRUSTED TO THE CASE OF AN INCARCERATED LIBRARIAN WHO CIRCULATES THEM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ENSURES THAT THEY ARE DISCUSSED, PRISONER-TO-PRISONER, AS PEOPLE TRY TO GROW AND BETTER THEMSELVES.
Expenses $8,354 · Revenue $20,500
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PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF A BOOK CALLED 'INSIDER'S GUIDE TO JAILHOUSE LAW' WHICH IS A FREE LEGAL RESOURCE FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE THAT PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE AND PRACTICAL OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND IT DISCUSSES IMPORTANT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES.
Expenses $17,105 · Revenue $27,275
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BETTER WORLD BOOKS PROGRAM - USED GRANT FUNDS TO ACQUIRE FREQUENTLY REQUESTED, SELDOM DONATED BOOKS TO ADD TO THE PRISON BOOK PROGRAM'S INVENTORY TO SUPPLY READERS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE MATERIALS THAT MATCH THEIR NEEDS AND INTERESTS.
Revenue $51,381
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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Pam BoirosPAM BOIROS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Timothy RiserTIMOTHY RISER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Amy CorbettAMY CORBETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Alison DemongALISON DEMONG
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Shehime ArshadSHEHIME ARSHAD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lee CollinsLEE COLLINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ellen LubellELLEN LUBELL
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Timothy CrossTIMOTHY CROSS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Judy Doctoroff O'NeillJUDY DOCTOROFF O'NEILL
CLERK
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 25 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523299349300882
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