Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $33,890,215
Total expenses: $27,130,588
Contributions and grants received: $17,729,301
Grants paid: $1,279,961
Program service revenue: $13,858,903
Investment income: $1,851,773
Other revenue: $450,238
Total assets, end of year: $105,314,221
Total liabilities, end of year: $6,048,438
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $99,265,783
Program services expenses (Part IX): $23,835,086
Management and general expenses: $2,737,409
Fundraising expenses: $558,093
Program service expenses (Part III): $23,835,086

Program services were 87.9% 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.

1c · Fundraising events

$325,659
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$3,592,674
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$13,810,968
2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and Fees

total $13,858,903 · related or exempt $13,858,903
3 · Investment income

total $1,942,286 · excluded $1,942,286
6a · Gross rents

real property $450,238
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $450,238
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $450,238 · unrelated business $10,105 · excluded $440,133
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $2,085,214
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $2,175,727
7c · Gain or loss

securities -$90,513
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$90,513 · excluded -$90,513
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$206,229
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$325,659
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$206,229
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $1,279,961 · program services $1,279,961
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $460,613 · program services $109,658 · management and general $350,955
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $14,169,164 · program services $12,777,932 · management and general $1,036,162 · fundraising $355,070
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $726,815 · program services $652,584 · management and general $55,814 · fundraising $18,417
9 · Other employee benefits

total $1,892,594 · program services $1,667,316 · management and general $178,394 · fundraising $46,884
10 · Payroll taxes

total $1,064,934 · program services $935,765 · management and general $102,959 · fundraising $26,210
11b · Fees: legal

total $2,580 · program services $2,580
11c · Fees: accounting

total $47,000 · management and general $47,000
11f · Fees: investment management

total $72,386 · management and general $72,386
11g · Fees: other

total $2,619,309 · program services $2,309,348 · management and general $303,092 · fundraising $6,869
13 · Office expenses

total $155,897 · program services $5,330 · management and general $150,567
14 · Information technology

total $227,026 · program services $220,747 · management and general $4,709 · fundraising $1,570
16 · Occupancy

total $179,180 · program services $173,464 · management and general $4,170 · fundraising $1,546
17 · Travel

total $79,487 · program services $79,487
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $1,348,159 · program services $1,287,826 · management and general $48,855 · fundraising $11,478
23 · Insurance

total $125,773 · management and general $125,773
24a · Other expenses: Supplies

total $839,388 · program services $792,506 · management and general $45,399 · fundraising $1,483
24b · Other expenses: Portal development

total $832,331 · program services $832,331
24c · Other expenses: Maintenance and repairs

total $354,198 · program services $343,682 · management and general $7,554 · fundraising $2,962
24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous expenses

total $286,743 · program services $59,745 · management and general $141,518 · fundraising $85,480
24e · All other expenses

total $367,050 · program services $304,824 · management and general $62,102 · fundraising $124

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,434,579 · end of year $673,701
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $4,884,994 · end of year $7,872,096
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $209,521 · end of year $243,040
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

end of year $49,429
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$44,964,374
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$18,761,644
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $26,664,378 · end of year $26,202,730
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $65,067,736 · end of year $67,775,694
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $2,911,978 · end of year $2,360,524
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $129,125 · end of year $137,007
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $2,222,896 · end of year $1,963,210
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $2,958,779 · end of year $3,085,228
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $1,000,000
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $55,666,116 · end of year $57,562,597
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $39,454,520 · end of year $41,703,186

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The mission of the Atlanta Speech School is to help each person develop their full potential through language and literacy.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To help each person develop their full potential through language and literacy.

Established in 1938, the Atlanta Speech School (the "School") is composed of four schools, a clinic offering four distinct therapeutic and academic services, and a professional adult learning institute for coaching and teaching with global reach. These programs share a common mission: to help each person develop their full potential through language and literacy. Each day, extraordinarily dedicated and talented individuals make significant differences in the lives of the children and adults they serve helping them discover their voice, and the power of that voice, for a lifetime. For that purpose, the programs of the School work independently and collaboratively to ensure the best outcome for each person served. As a core part of its mission, the School has never denied access to a student in need of our services as a result of a family's socioeconomic circumstances.The School effects transformative change in the lives of children and adults through research-based practices, innovation, advocacy, and partnerships with other organizations so that each child at the Atlanta Speech School and every child served - in Georgia and beyond - can acquire the language and literacy abilities essential for deciding their own future.As the nation's most comprehensive center for language and literacy, the four schools on campus serve approximately 351 preschoolers and elementary-age children annually. These schools are the Katherine Hamm Center (a listening, spoken language, and literacy program for children ages birth to six who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families); the Wardlaw School (elementary school for children with dyslexia); Stepping Stones (literacy-foundation preschool for young children with significant speech and/or language delays); and, the Anne & Jim Kenan Preschool (a language and literacy focused early childhood education).

Expenses $15,249,310 · Grants $1,191,347 · Revenue $12,747,437
Established as a "teaching hospital" for educators, the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy ("Rollins Center"), takes professional development to the field, allowing the School's mission to reach beyond the campus. With a specific focus on breaking the cycle of illiteracy for children whose families have been denied access to education for generations, the Rollins Center carries the School's 85+ years of expertise constructing the deep reading brain in children along the continuum from prenatal through third grade. This work is made available for all child-facing adults: educators, caregivers, health care professionals and communities across Georgia and beyond. Collaborating with an advisory council of thirteen of the nation's foremost experts on child development and literacy, the Rollins Center synthesizes the science of reading and integrates on campus with all School programs to develop and deliver onsite teacher training and coaching, in addition to providing professional development to schools within and outside the region and offering free online training through our Cox Campus learning platform and virtual community of practice. The Rollins Center partners with public and private organizations to reach more than 250,000 members on Cox Campus to deliver, for free, effective language and literacy strategies and improve effectiveness of service delivery across sectors to equitably transform young lives. Literacy and Justice for All, through which the city of Marietta and Atlanta Public Schools are setting a national standard by establishing themselves as providing a literacy ecosystem across the entire continuum in children's lives brings the work of the Rollins Center to life through our partnership with the United Way of Greater Atlanta, the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation and the city of Marietta.Since 2017, the Rollins Center has worked with Grady Hospital to change the standard of care to include ensuring every baby leaves the hospital with an adult prepared to deliver language nutrition. More than 7,000 babies have received the benefits of Talk With Me Baby, the hospital-wide ecosystem that prioritizes families' relationships with children and applying the science of healthy brain development and language acquisition.

Expenses $7,111,078 · Revenue $174,532
Through the clinic, the School provides diagnostic, therapeutic and remediation services to both children and adults along the Reading Brain Continuum. These services include Speech-Language (evaluation and therapy for children and adults); Occupational Therapy (pediatric therapy to address sensory integration, handwriting, or fine/gross motor difficulties); and the Learning Lab (specialized individual or small group academic intervention for children struggling academically). In all cases, services are available through telepractice. Services also include Audiology, outsourced through PENTA: Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat of Atlanta.

Expenses $1,474,698 · Grants $88,614 · Revenue $936,934

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Jen Bennecke

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carrie Lanier

Vice Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kathryn Bridges Miller

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
William H Linginfelter

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Antonin Aeck

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Virginia N Almand

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Robyn Rieser Barkin

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kenzie Biggins

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Bowlin

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tiffany Burns

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Adelaide Burton

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Stockton Croft

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lisa Dwyer

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Molly Eskew

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jessica Freeman

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lee Denny Griffith

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Andrea Hershatter

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Liza Jancik

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kelly Jenkins

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Billy Levine

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lee Loughran

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chaundra Luckett

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Robert Malone

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rhonda L Matheison

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John Mellott

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Eileen Millard

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Anthony Montag

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Andrea Moseley

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kama Bethel Pierce

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Katie Michaels Post

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Patricia H Reid

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ursula Reynolds

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Russ Richards

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nancy Brumley Robitaille

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Roemer

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lyle Ross

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rafael I San Miguel

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cassandra Seibles

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sachin Shailendra

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cathy Spalding

Speech Language Patholigist

Total calculated

$110,481

From this org

$94,034

From related orgs

$0

Other

$16,447

Hours/week

40
Marcia Spiller

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alice Strachan

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Greer Taylor

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Susie Trotochaud

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Caroline Warren

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Glenn D Warren

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ellen Wiley

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
James Comer Yates

Executive Director

Total calculated

$199,710

From this org

$190,200

From related orgs

$0

Other

$9,510

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$189,000

Bonus

$1,200

Other

$0

Deferred

$9,510

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$199,710
Daniela Olaye

Chief Financial Officer

Total calculated

$162,420

From this org

$125,965

From related orgs

$0

Other

$36,455

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$124,765

Bonus

$1,200

Other

$0

Deferred

$13,824

Nontaxable benefits

$22,631

Filer's total

$162,420
Sondra Mims

Chief Academic Officer

Total calculated

$156,204

From this org

$130,312

From related orgs

$0

Other

$25,892

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$129,112

Bonus

$1,200

Other

$0

Deferred

$19,116

Nontaxable benefits

$6,776

Filer's total

$156,204
Aaron Spitalnick

Director of Technology

Total calculated

$168,533

From this org

$150,849

From related orgs

$0

Other

$17,684

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$149,649

Bonus

$1,200

Other

$0

Deferred

$7,674

Nontaxable benefits

$10,010

Filer's total

$168,533
Ryan James

Director of Rollins Center

Total calculated

$183,073

From this org

$151,262

From related orgs

$0

Other

$31,811

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$150,062

Bonus

$1,200

Other

$0

Deferred

$7,953

Nontaxable benefits

$23,858

Filer's total

$183,073
Lola Stringer

Director of Afterschool/Summer

Total calculated

$141,566

From this org

$112,498

From related orgs

$0

Other

$29,068

Hours/week

40
Laura Bollman

Director of Strategy & Operation Rollins

Total calculated

$138,404

From this org

$112,992

From related orgs

$0

Other

$25,412

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. 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 · Compensation committee
3 · Written employment contract
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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Literacy and Justice for All LLC

Purchase of land for possible expansion · GA · income $10,105 · assets $886,582

Directly controlled by Atlanta Speech School Inc

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2022
Filed: 20 September 2023
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202342709349301524

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