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← AR KIDS READ

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AR KIDS READ.

Totals

Total revenue
$561,287
Total expenses
$460,727
Contributions and grants received
$457,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$103,550
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$737
Total assets, end of year
$440,905
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,642
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$427,263
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$325,221
Management and general expenses
$54,802
Fundraising expenses
$80,704
Program service expenses (Part III)
$325,221

Program services were 70.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $457,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,147

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES - TUT

    total $103,550 · related or exempt $103,550

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $737 · related or exempt $737

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $737

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,100 · program services $62,083 · management and general $13,951 · fundraising $10,066

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $160,548 · program services $115,764 · management and general $26,015 · fundraising $18,769

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,298 · program services $8,146 · management and general $1,831 · fundraising $1,321

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,102 · program services $13,774 · management and general $3,095 · fundraising $2,233

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,062 · program services $13,546 · management and general $3,071 · fundraising $1,445

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,001 · program services $1,443 · management and general $324 · fundraising $234

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,744 · program services $1,469 · fundraising $1,275

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,908 · program services $4,010 · management and general $2,167 · fundraising $731

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $33,789 · program services $26,742 · management and general $161 · fundraising $6,886

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,421 · program services $2,971 · management and general $100 · fundraising $350

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,209 · program services $791 · fundraising $418

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,126 · program services $5,513 · fundraising $613

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,002 · program services $1,456 · management and general $1,546

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $29,886 · program services $6,456 · management and general $2 · fundraising $23,428

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $27,511 · program services $27,511

  • 24c · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $19,348 · program services $9,817 · management and general $82 · fundraising $9,449

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOOKS & RESOURCES

    total $16,345 · program services $16,145 · fundraising $200

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,327 · program services $7,584 · management and general $2,457 · fundraising $3,286

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $265,322 · end of year $333,132

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $23,900 · end of year $46,998

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,955 · end of year $20,991

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

    $36,758

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

    $6,126

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,632

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,098 · end of year $6,652

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,550 · end of year $2,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,726 · end of year $5,142

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $9,950 · end of year $8,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $326,149 · end of year $427,263

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER-BASED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STRUGGLING READERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH ACCESS TO TRAINED TUTORS WHO DONATE TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE FOCUS OF THESE VOLUNTEER TUTORS IS CHILDREN WHO NEED TO IMPROVE BASIC LITERACY LANGUAGE SKILLS TO PROFICIENTLY READ AT GRADE LEVEL. KEY COMPONENTS OF THE AR KIDS READ TUTOR PROGRAM ARE: STUDENT RELATIONSHIP-BASED; LOW TUTOR-TO-STUDENT RATIO, MENTOR COMMITMENT (FOR AT LEAST ONE SEMESTER), READING LEVEL-BASED CURRICULUM, AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAM COORDINATION, TUTOR TRAINING, AND SUPPORT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF CHILDREN'S LITERACY ISSUES, PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF READING SUPPORT SERVICES, AND REACH POTENTIAL STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEER TUTORS. AR KIDS READ WORKS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN AND PROVIDE TUTORS TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NON-PROFITS, CHURCHES AND OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP CHILDREN READ AT GRADE LEVEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STRUGGLING READERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH ACCESS TO TRAINED LITERACY TUTORS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS PAID TEACHING STAFF. ALL PROGRAMS FOCUS ON PROVIDING ONE-TO-ONE READING SUPPORT FOR CHLDREN WHO ARE SIX MONTHS OR MORE BELOW GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS. KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: TUTOR RECRUITMENT, TUTOR TRAINING, SITE COORDINATION, BACKGROUND CHECK ADMINISTRATION, AND BOOK DISTRIBUTION FOR STUDENTS' PERSONAL LIBRARIES, PROGRAMS PRIORITIZE STRONG MENTORSHIP RELATIONSHIPS, CONSISTENT TUTOR-STUDENT MATCHES, LOW TUTOR-TO-STUDENT RATIOS, AND SCIENCE OF READING-BASED CURRICULUM, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF CHILDREN'S LITERACY ISSUES AND EMPOWER PARENTS WITH EARLY LITERACY SKILL KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN, AR KIDS READ RECRUITS, TRAINS AND MOBILIZES TUTORS TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUT OF SCHOOL SETTINGS AND OFFER SUMMER

  • PROVIDED VOLUNTEER TUTORS TO HELP CHILDREN IMPROVE BASIC LITERACY LANGUAGE SKILLS TO PROFICIENTLY READ AT GRADE LEVEL.

    Expenses $325,221 · Revenue $104,287

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scarlett Burks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Gooch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Heflin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kedrick Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Hawley Newbolt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Oliver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katrina Owoh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Parnell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosa Perez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Riggs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marty Schack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Tuggle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheridan Richards

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Bingham

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Brooks

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kieng Vang Dings

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Devin Bates

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy French

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,100
    From this org
    $86,100
    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
2023
Filed
3 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530349349301138

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