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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BEHIND THE BOOK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,114,574
Total expenses
$1,398,710
Contributions and grants received
$1,027,031
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$73,600
Investment income
$13,943
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$904,651
Total liabilities, end of year
$294,297
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$610,354
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$881,088
Management and general expenses
$209,013
Fundraising expenses
$308,609
Program service expenses (Part III)
$881,088

Program services were 63.0% 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

    $226,809

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $140,540

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $659,682

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $46,505

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME

    total $73,600 · related or exempt $73,600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,943 · excluded $13,943

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,277

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $226,809

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,277

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,856 · program services $40,377 · management and general $80,767 · fundraising $36,712

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $625,333 · program services $457,493 · fundraising $167,840

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,433 · program services $22,940 · management and general $2,268 · fundraising $8,225

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,800 · program services $42,120 · management and general $6,472 · fundraising $17,208

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $104,213 · management and general $104,213

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $119,614 · program services $84,100 · management and general $1,820 · fundraising $33,694

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $333 · program services $127 · management and general $82 · fundraising $124

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,160 · program services $11,217 · management and general $4,061 · fundraising $14,882

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,297 · program services $12,857 · management and general $427 · fundraising $3,013

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,678 · program services $42,820 · management and general $1,342 · fundraising $17,516

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,222 · program services $6,000 · management and general $1,900 · fundraising $1,322

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,151 · program services $4,577 · management and general $704 · fundraising $1,870

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,571 · program services $8,072 · management and general $3,169 · fundraising $3,330

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM EXP

    total $143,753 · program services $142,458 · management and general $895 · fundraising $400

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,296 · program services $5,930 · management and general $893 · fundraising $2,473

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $58,506 · end of year $17,459

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $638,745 · end of year $512,939

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $172,195 · end of year $54,105

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $25,014

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,802 · end of year $7,906

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

    $37,339

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

    $27,907

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,643 · end of year $9,432

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,394 · end of year $277,796

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,795 · end of year $30,907

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $263,390

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $768,924 · end of year $522,509

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $125,566 · end of year $87,845

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BEHIND THE BOOK'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CULTIVATE THEIR VAST POTENTIAL THROUGH PROGRAMS CENTERED ON DIVERSE BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP ENGAGED READERS AND WRITERS IN UNDERSERVED NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY DESIGNING AND DELIVERING PROGRAMS THAT ARE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND PROMOTE DEEPER CONNECTIONS TO BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS.

  • BEHIND THE BOOK IS A LITERACY NONPROFIT SERVING PREK-12TH GRADE STUDENTS IN TITLE 1 NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BTB PARTNERS WITH TEACHERS TO CREATE IMMERSIVE CURRICULUM UNITS BASED ON A BOOK THAT INCLUDE WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR, WRITING, ART, AND EXPLORING THE CONTENT OF THE BOOK THROUGH DRAMA, AND RELEVANT FIELD TRIPS.IN 2023 BTB SERVED 1,677 STUDENTS IN 16 SCHOOLS THROUGH 80 PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF 512 WORKSHOPS IN MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND THE BRONX. 45% OF OUR PROGRAMS SERVED STUDENTS IN SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS AND 20 PROGRAMS TOOK PLACE WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. PROGRAMS WERE CONDUCTED IN PERSON. THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOL PARTNERS HAVE COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH US FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS FOR FY24. BTB DONATED 14,000 BOOKS TO STUDENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $881,088 · Revenue $73,600

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SUSAN ELMAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • IAN WOOLLEY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN CANTER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN TRAUMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHIL ANDERSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JISHA DYMOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN FELGRAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA HANEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE JONAS TO 111022

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOURDAN JONES TO 63023

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARVIN LARRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAIR THETFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERRY WILKENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELENA WU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALVIN BUTLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHEENAM CHADHA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER MARINO-GABRIELLI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA CHIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BLOOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW FRANK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $73,544
    From this org
    $68,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,546
    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
6 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430669349300123

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