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← READWORKS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by READWORKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,706,987
Total expenses
$3,649,720
Contributions and grants received
$2,418,513
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$265,611
Investment income
$22,863
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,775,760
Total liabilities, end of year
$106,031
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,669,729
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,079,503
Management and general expenses
$284,725
Fundraising expenses
$285,492
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,079,503

Program services were 84.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,418,513

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $159,659

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LICENSING INCOME

    total $210,210 · related or exempt $210,210

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $55,401 · related or exempt $55,401

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,188 · excluded $23,188

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $459,899

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $460,224

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$325

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$325 · excluded -$325

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $716,614 · program services $645,504 · management and general $22,626 · fundraising $48,484

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,369,818 · program services $1,213,380 · management and general $73,321 · fundraising $83,117

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $128,579 · program services $116,039 · management and general $5,848 · fundraising $6,692

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $141,975 · program services $126,587 · management and general $6,524 · fundraising $8,864

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,300 · management and general $43,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $858,431 · program services $709,298 · management and general $51,521 · fundraising $97,612

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,082 · program services $9,968 · management and general $3,784 · fundraising $11,330

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,349 · program services $9,856 · management and general $164 · fundraising $329

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $490 · management and general $490

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,278 · program services $4,510 · management and general $39,768

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $230,981 · program services $202,679 · management and general $462 · fundraising $27,840

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,821 · management and general $3,821

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,689 · program services $15,688 · management and general $333 · fundraising $668

  • 24a · Other expenses: CURRICULUM MATERIALS

    total $19,155 · program services $19,155

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $17,148 · program services $270 · management and general $16,878

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $11,244 · management and general $11,244

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $8,403 · program services $6,293 · management and general $2,110

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,363 · program services $276 · management and general $2,531 · fundraising $556

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $152,340 · end of year $42,112

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,282,590 · end of year $982,524

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,015,457 · end of year $455,048

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $46,875

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

    $688,512

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

    $683,276

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,057 · end of year $5,236

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $226,023 · end of year $243,965

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $82,239 · end of year $106,031

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,530,268 · end of year $1,397,148

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,072,960 · end of year $272,581

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

READWORKS IS AN EDUCATION-TECHNOLOGY NON-PROFIT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THAT, THROUGH ITS DIGITAL PLATFORM, PROVIDES RESEARCH-BASED CONTENT, CURRICULAR SUPPORTS, AND OTHER FEATURES THAT INTEGRATE WITH CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) CURRICULA. IN THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, READWORKS WAS USED BY MORE THAN 1 MILLION EDUCATORS AND THEIR MILLIONS OF STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN 93% OF THE HIGHEST-POVERTY K-8 SCHOOLS-THE POPULATION WE ARE MOST FOCUSED ON BASED ON OUR MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

READWORKS IS AN EDUCATION-TECHNOLOGY NON-PROFIT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THAT, THROUGH ITS DIGITAL PLATFORM, PROVIDES RESEARCH-BASED CONTENT, CURRICULAR SUPPORTS, AND OTHER FEATURES THAT INTEGRATE WITH CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) CURRICULA.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $3,079,503 · Revenue $265,611

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daria L Wallach

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wilson Neely

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Beard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina N Cervetti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy James Paglia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mandy Casamassima

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karim Kam Moolani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Willard Overlock Jr

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Schiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cameron Amstater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Bowman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $258,659
    From this org
    $235,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,817
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,432
    Bonus
    $33,410
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,817
    Filer's total
    $258,659
  • Cameron Swaim

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $195,000
    From this org
    $190,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,739
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,261
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,739
    Filer's total
    $195,000
  • Susanne Nobles

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $195,000
    From this org
    $189,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,867
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,133
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,867
    Filer's total
    $195,000
  • Benjamin Nichols

    SENIOR BACK END ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $133,016
    From this org
    $129,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,087
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffrey Fleishhacker

    SENIOR DIRECTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $132,147
    From this org
    $126,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,240
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa Calder

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $117,318
    From this org
    $115,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,230
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jack Walton

    SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $117,000
    From this org
    $114,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,260
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anh Hua

    SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $114,660
    From this org
    $110,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,698
    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. 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501969349300545

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