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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by READ BETTER BE BETTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,716,906
Total expenses
$1,593,221
Contributions and grants received
$1,704,816
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$12,090
Total assets, end of year
$2,359,556
Total liabilities, end of year
$88,044
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,271,512
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,156,752
Management and general expenses
$193,783
Fundraising expenses
$242,686
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,156,752

Program services were 72.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,697,216

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $12,090 · related or exempt $12,090

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,090

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,807 · program services $34,860 · management and general $54,938 · fundraising $58,009

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $956,154 · program services $778,143 · management and general $61,916 · fundraising $116,095

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,110 · program services $40,917 · management and general $5,237 · fundraising $7,956

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,679 · program services $63,914 · management and general $9,138 · fundraising $13,627

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,870 · management and general $28,870

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $27,556 · program services $17,901 · fundraising $9,655

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,676 · program services $6,725 · management and general $42 · fundraising $5,909

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,341 · program services $1,613 · management and general $6,818 · fundraising $910

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,660 · program services $22,354 · management and general $3,826 · fundraising $8,480

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $75,803 · program services $49,698 · management and general $15,225 · fundraising $10,880

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,243 · program services $21,622 · management and general $3,703 · fundraising $918

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,213 · program services $2,852 · management and general $586 · fundraising $775

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,810 · program services $14,002 · management and general $1,567 · fundraising $3,241

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT INCENTIVES

    total $33,049 · program services $33,049

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

    total $38,745 · program services $38,745

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $18,506 · program services $16,345 · management and general $672 · fundraising $1,489

  • 24d · Other expenses: SNACKS

    total $10,160 · program services $10,160

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,839 · program services $3,852 · management and general $1,245 · fundraising $4,742

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $446,500 · end of year $727,935

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,169,103 · end of year $896,505

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $552,002 · end of year $657,936

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,771 · end of year $20,768

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

    $24,215

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

    $21,099

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,328 · end of year $3,116

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $53,296

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,877 · end of year $34,748

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $53,296

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,324,288 · end of year $1,861,512

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $823,539 · end of year $410,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

RBBB'S MISSION IS TO CONNECT YOUNG READERS AND YOUTH LEADERS TO INSPIRE A LOVE OF LITERACY AND LEARNING.

  • READ BETTER BE BETTER (RBBB) WAS FOUNDED IN 2014 AS A RESPONSE TO ARIZONA'S LITERACY CRISIS. THOUGH THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN AS A THIRD-GRADE LITERACY INTERVENTION, READ BETTER BE BETTER HAS EVOLVED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF EVERY GRADE LEVEL. THE PREVENTATIVE K-1 PROGRAM ENSURES THAT A CHILD DOES NOT FALL BEHIND IN READING. THE THIRD-GRADE PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTARY LITERACY INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS WHO CANNOT READ AT GRADE LEVEL. THE PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION AND PATHWAYS TO CIVIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, TAILORED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOLERS, EQUIP FUTURE EDUCATORS AND CIVIC LEADERS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO HELP SOLVE ARIZONA'S LITERACY CRISIS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN 2022-23 WE SERVED 3,104 STUDENTS IN 66 SCHOOLS AND 11 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARTICIPANTS' READING ABILITIES, AS EVIDENCED BY THE DIBELS DAZE SCORES FROM FALL TO SPRING OF 2022-2023. THIS IS ONE OF THE STANDARDIZED TESTS USED TO MEASURE READING COMPREHENSION. ON AVERAGE, OUR READERS DEMONSTRATE A REMARKABLE 67.2% IMPROVEMENT, SURPASSING THE AVERAGE 3RD GRADER'S IMPROVEMENT RATE OF 47.1%. FURTHERMORE, TEACHERS REPORT A TANGIBLE ENHANCEMENT IN STUDENTS' LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THEIR SURVEYS REVEAL THAT 74.8% OF TEACHERS OBSERVE INCREASED DISPLAYS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CLASSROOM AMONG STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR PROGRAM."

    Expenses $1,156,752

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sophie Allen-Etchart

    BOARD MEMBER AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $94,827
    From this org
    $93,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,554
    Hours/week
    40

  • Artem Tretiakov

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Aja

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noriana Hermes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Ory

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dawn Wallace

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mitzi Woodmore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vince Yanez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lora Leon Adukeh

    COO

    Total calculated
    $52,979
    From this org
    $52,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $419
    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
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421359349311767

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