Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by SACRAMENTO LITERACY FOUNDATION.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 4 May 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $715,563
- Total expenses
- $716,863
- Contributions and grants received
- $470,977
- Grants paid
- $73,100
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $55,884
- Other revenue
- $188,702
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,939,556
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $106,204
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,833,352
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $535,477
- Management and general expenses
- $25,107
- Fundraising expenses
- $156,279
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $535,477
Program services were 74.7% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$49,843
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$421,134
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3 · Investment income
total $55,884 · excluded $55,884
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$267,467
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$78,765
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $188,702 · excluded $188,702
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $73,100 · program services $73,100
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $202,913 · program services $144,068 · management and general $14,204 · fundraising $44,641
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $24,192 · program services $17,177 · management and general $1,693 · fundraising $5,322
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,351 · management and general $1,351
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,201 · program services $8,663 · management and general $854 · fundraising $2,684
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $16,595 · fundraising $16,595
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11g · Fees: other
total $45,510 · program services $23,790 · management and general $2,346 · fundraising $19,374
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $7,391 · fundraising $7,391
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,700 · program services $5,467 · management and general $539 · fundraising $1,694
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $27,624 · program services $19,613 · management and general $1,934 · fundraising $6,077
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17 · Travel
total $2,542 · program services $1,805 · management and general $178 · fundraising $559
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $755 · program services $536 · management and general $53 · fundraising $166
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23 · Insurance
total $9,721 · program services $6,902 · management and general $680 · fundraising $2,139
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24a · Other expenses: Promise Zone
total $160,147 · program services $160,147
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24b · Other expenses: Literacy Map
total $45,855 · program services $45,855
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24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $25,261 · fundraising $25,261
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24d · Other expenses: Literacy summit
total $8,829 · program services $8,829
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24e · All other expenses
total $45,176 · program services $19,525 · management and general $1,275 · fundraising $24,376
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $460,620 · end of year $335,376
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $344,070 · end of year $274,524
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $816,057 · end of year $693,363
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$11,617
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$9,205
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $963 · end of year $2,412
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,066,683 · end of year $1,555,941
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $102,312 · end of year $77,940
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $42,675 · end of year $30,695
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $75,511 · end of year $75,509
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,681,546 · end of year $1,753,048
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $990,973 · end of year $1,080,304
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY LITERACY PROGRAMS.
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THROUGH THE LITERACY SUMMIT AND THE COMMUNITY LITERACY MAP, THE FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH 21 CHILDREN'S LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVANCE THE AWARENESS AND INCREASE THE FUNDING OF LITERACY PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION SECURED CORPORATE FUNDERS TO MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY LITERACY MAP WHICH SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE CHILDREN ARE REACHING GRADE-LEVEL READING AND WHERE THEY ARE NOT. THE BIG DAY OF GIVING IS A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY TO GROW COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THE FOUNDATION BECAME THE COMMUNITY CONVENER FOR THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE-LEVEL IN 2019 AND IS DEEPENING ITS ROLE AS CONVENER EVERY DAY. A BROADER LITERACY MOVEMENT IS DEVELOPING IN SACRAMENTO.THIS YEAR, THE FOUNDATION GAVE A TOTAL OF $290,265.67 DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTING $73,100 DISTRIBUTED FROM THE CHILDREN'S LITERACY ENDOWMENT, $160,147 IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE PROMISE ZONE LITERACY INITIATIVE AND $45084. UPDATING THE COMMUNITY LITERACY MAP. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOSTED 2 EVENTS, AUTHORS ON THE MOVE AND THE LITERACY SUMMIT.
Expenses $535,477
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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April Javist
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $202,913
- From this org
- $187,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,913
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $93,500
- Bonus
- $93,500
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,913
- Filer's total
- $202,913
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Clark Carter
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ahamadou Bocar
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Randy Getz
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Denise Timmons
Secretary\Tres
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Robert Honaker
board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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carlos marquez
board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jeannie Wong
board member
- 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. 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
None.
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
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$20,000
Literacy
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United Way CA Capital Region
$20,000
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$16,000
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$8,100
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 10 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511009349301721
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