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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by START LIGHTHOUSE.

This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2024 , filed 5 December 2025. 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.

Total revenue
$501,120 changed to $670,867
Total expenses
$544,162 changed to $624,082
Contributions and grants received
$372,948 changed to $532,695
Program service revenue
$128,100 changed to $138,100
Total liabilities, end of year
$0 changed to $9,800
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$607,537 changed to $597,737
Program services expenses
$387,336 changed to $467,256

Totals

Total revenue
$501,120
Total expenses
$544,162
Contributions and grants received
$372,948
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$128,100
Investment income
$72
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$607,537
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$607,537
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$387,336
Management and general expenses
$156,826
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$65,666

Program services were 71.2% 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

    $16,783

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $356,165

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LITERACY ADVENTURE

    total $64,050

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LITERACY HUBS

    total $64,050

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $72 · unrelated business $72

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,716 · management and general $99,716

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $269,081 · program services $269,081

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,132 · program services $22,440 · management and general $11,692

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,014 · program services $24,398 · management and general $8,616

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $125 · management and general $125

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,558 · management and general $19,558

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,616 · management and general $1,616

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,050 · management and general $4,050

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $275 · management and general $275

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,332 · management and general $4,332

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $977 · management and general $977

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,075 · management and general $4,075

  • 24a · Other expenses: JUSTWORK FEES

    total $5,649 · program services $4,093 · management and general $1,556

  • 24b · Other expenses: RELATIONSHIP CULTIVATION

    total $28 · management and general $28

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $210 · management and general $210

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUTHOR HONORARIUM

    total $18,472 · program services $18,472

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $48,852 · program services $48,852

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $552,740 · end of year $577,537

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $20,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $10,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,788

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $550,952 · end of year $607,537

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOUNDED NBSP;IN NBSP;BRONX NBSP;NY NBSP;START NBSP;LIGHTHOUSE NBSP;IS NBSP;A NBSP;501(C)3 NBSP;NONPROFIT NBSP;DEDICATED NBSP;TO NBSP;ADVANCING NBSP;CHILDHOOD NBSP;LITERACY NBSP;THROUGH NBSP;A NBSP;SOCIAL NBSP;JUSTICE NBSP;LENSE NBSP;START NBSP;LIGHTHOUSE NBSP;ADDRESSES NBSP;THE NBSP;LITERACY NBSP;CRISIS NBSP;WITH NBSP;A NBSP;THREE-PRONGED NBSP;APPROACH NBSP;TO NBSP;CREATE NBSP;COMPELLING NBSP;REWARDING NBSP;READING NBSP;PROGRAMS

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN BRONX, NY, START LIGHTHOUSE IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ADVANCING CHILDHOOD LITERACY THROUGH A SOCIAL JUSTICE LENSE. START LIGHTHOUSE ADDRESSES THE LITERACY CRISIS WITH A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO CREATE COMPELLING, REWARDING READING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, THEIR TEACHERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • LITERACY ADVENTURE PROGRAM

    Expenses $46,642 · Revenue $64,050

  • LITERACY HUBS

    Expenses $19,024 · Revenue $64,050

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rina Madhani

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $99,716
    From this org
    $99,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alison Schwartz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carl Lennerts

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellen Rothschild

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Chou

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
24 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533299349300873

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