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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by LITERACY FOR INCARCERATED TEENS.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,181
Total expenses
$46,117
Contributions and grants received
$21,126
Grants paid
$45,081
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$0
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$55
Total assets, end of year
$40,338
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$40,338
Program service expenses (Part III)
$45,081

Program services were 97.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

To work with teachers librarians volunteers and other staff who serve New York's incarcerated and detained youth as well as host agencies to improve students' ability and desire to read. Working in collaboration we aim to motivate all students to adopt a literate lifestyle. We accomplish these objectives through the establishment of excellent school libraries implementing high quality library programming hosting special library events and offering professional development opportunities.

  • Collection Development grants were given to 37 juvenile detention centers in New York City and State to purchase approximately 1596 books and 127 magazine newspaper and software subscriptions serving approximately 1191 students

    Expenses $25,638 · Grants $25,638

  • Library and Literacy Program grants were given to 6 sites in New York City and State to provide 65 in person and Zoom author visits and writing poetry and theater workshops serving approximately1252 students

    Expenses $17,929 · Grants $17,929

  • Professional Development grants were given to one Bronx Hope juvenile center librarian to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago IL and for Belmont juvenile center librarian and teachers to attend a Writopia professional development workshop to plan a picture book making program

    Expenses $1,514 · Grants $1,514

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Karlan Sick

    Chairperson President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Judith Frost

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Elizabeth Wendt

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dana Lehrman

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Dreier

    Boardmentber

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Beth Zeman

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Nurse

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Carstensen

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432399349200703

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