Totals
- Total revenue
- $835,576
- Total expenses
- $787,713
- Contributions and grants received
- $761,898
- Grants paid
- $206,270
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $4,277
- Other revenue
- $69,401
- Total assets, end of year
- $660,216
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $33,902
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $626,314
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $578,956
- Management and general expenses
- $157,504
- Fundraising expenses
- $51,253
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $578,956
Program services were 73.5% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$761,898
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$222,635
-
3 · Investment income
total $4,277 · excluded $4,277
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$81,173
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$11,772
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $69,401 · excluded $69,401
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $206,270 · program services $206,270
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $75,448 · program services $48,890 · management and general $15,844 · fundraising $10,714
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $217,061 · program services $148,859 · management and general $47,912 · fundraising $20,290
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,139 · program services $15,128 · management and general $8,641 · fundraising $2,370
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $31,036 · management and general $31,036
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $8,414 · program services $345 · management and general $4,331 · fundraising $3,738
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,585 · management and general $1,535 · fundraising $2,050
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $10,169 · program services $6,238 · management and general $3,121 · fundraising $810
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $39,906 · program services $15,078 · management and general $18,217 · fundraising $6,611
-
17 · Travel
total $3,174 · program services $2,699 · management and general $443 · fundraising $32
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,490 · management and general $3,490
-
23 · Insurance
total $5,874 · management and general $5,874
-
24a · Other expenses: Book Purchases
total $106,076 · program services $106,076
-
24b · Other expenses: In-kind
total $15,000 · program services $15,000
-
24c · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance
total $8,210 · program services $7,157 · management and general $1,053
-
24d · Other expenses: Meals
total $3,820 · program services $763 · management and general $3,038 · fundraising $19
-
24e · All other expenses
total $24,041 · program services $6,453 · management and general $12,969 · fundraising $4,619
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $298,316 · end of year $350,350
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $76,848 · end of year $78,857
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $131,348 · end of year $138,562
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$20,278
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$20,278
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,490 · end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $79,710 · end of year $88,794
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,375 · end of year $3,653
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $19,410 · end of year $30,248
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $5,375 · end of year $3,654
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $444,237 · end of year $521,415
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $126,065 · end of year $104,899
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
BOOK'EM CREATES A MORE LITERATE NASHVILLE AND IGNITES CHILDREN'S PASSION FOR READING THROUGH BOOK OWNERSHIP AND ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS. SEE SCHEDULE O. BOOK'EM ENVISIONS A FUTURE IN NASHVILLE WHERE ALL CHILDREN OWN BOOKS AND KNOW FIRST-HAND THE JOY AND VALUE OF READING.OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS SERVING NASHVILLE'S ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DURING THEIR PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS. WE BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPING STRONG LITERACY SKILLS FROM AN EARLY AGE IS ESSENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC AND LIFELONG SUCCESS. BOOK'EM PROVIDES VITAL LITERACY SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF BOOKS AND READING ROLE MODELS, SO THAT NASHVILLE'S UNDER-SERVED CHILDREN CAN BUILD THEIR LITERACY SKILLS.-A SINGLE BOOK FOR A CHILD MAKES A DIFFERENCE.-OUR BOARD AND STAFF ARE ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION.-DONORS OF BOOKS, TIME AND MONEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR MISSION.-EFFICIENCY WILL BEST MEET OUR MISSION.-WORKING WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY MAKES US BETTER.
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BOOKS FOR NASHVILLE'S KIDS (BFNK)- THROUGH OUR BOOKS FOR NASHVILLE'S KIDS PROGRAM, BOOK'EM PROVIDED 84,000 BOOKS TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AGES 0-18 LIVING IN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN 2025. WE PARTNERED WITH 180 DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF YOUTH WHO NEEDED AND WANTED THEM. BOOK'EM IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF FREE BOOKS FOR YOUTH AGES 0-18 IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Expenses $356,180 · Grants $207,635 · Revenue $27,435
-
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL (RIF) PROGRAM- RIF BUILDS UNDER-SERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN'S LITERACY SKILLS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. ELEMENTARY CHILDREN SELECT BOOKS FOR THEMSELVES TO CHERISH, ENJOY AND BUILD THEIR HOME LIBRARIES. THEY ARE ALSO EXPOSED TO RIF VOLUNTEERS AS POSITIVE COMMUNITY ROLE MODELS, WHO HELP MOTIVATE THEM TO LOVE READING AND BOOKS.DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, BOOK'EM PROVIDED 29,000 BOOKS TO APPROXIMATELY 6,700 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHO ATTENDED 16 TITLE I METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH OUR RIF PROGRAM. AN AVERAGE OF 80% OF THESE STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, 72% ARE BELOW BASIC READING LEVEL, AND 30% ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.APPROXIMATELY 250 VOLUNTEERS VISITED THEIR ASSIGNED CLASSROOMS TO READ ALOUD AND ENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS ABOUT 5 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.EVERY CHILD RECEIVED ABOUT 5 BOOKS WITH A TOTAL OF 31,000 BOOKS DISTRIBUTED.
Expenses $112,841 · Revenue $20,500
-
READ ME DAY CELEBRATIONS- BOOK'EM HELD TWO READ ME DAY CELEBRATIONS AT MNPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN 2025. SEVERAL HUNDRED COMMUNITY GUESTS HELPED US CELEBRATE READING AT THESE SCHOOLS WITH AN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM FOLLOWED BY GUESTS READING ALOUD AND ENGAGING WITH EACH CLASSROOM. STUDENTS GOT TO SELECT TWO BOOKS TO TAKE HOME AS THEIR FOREVER BOOKS.
Expenses $47,597
-
BOOK BUS - IN 2022, PARNASSUS BOOKS DONATED THEIR SMALL BOOK BUS TO BOOK'EM. WE RENOVATED AND UPDATED THE BUS AND DEVELOPED A NEW BOOK BUS PROGRAM WHICH LAUNCHED LATE 2023. THIS PROVIDES THE MEANS TO REACH MORE YOUTH BY GOING TO WHERE THEY ARE AND ALLOWING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL PROGRAMMING AND SELECTED BOOKS THROUGH A NOVEL VENUE.
Expenses $39,350 · Revenue $9,000
-
READY FOR READING- READY FOR READING PROVIDES CLASSROOM READING ROLE MODEL VOLUNTEERS FOR 15 PRE-K CLASSROOMS AT EARLY LEARNING CENTERS IN METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THESE VOLUNTEERS READ ALOUD AND ENGAGE WITH THESE 4 YEAR OLDS ONCE A WEEK FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO HELP THEM GET READY FOR KINDERGARTEN.
Expenses $22,988
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Melissa Spradlin
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $75,448
- From this org
- $75,448
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
-
Jennifer Forsyth
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennifer Chalos
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Justin Holt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Shoira Shamsieva
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Carolyn Morris
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Elizabeth Atack
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lindsay Bryant
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Charles Hannon Jr
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mara Harris
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Andrei Javier
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christine Kaddaras
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lonnell Matthews
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Heather Patchett
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tim Thompson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Matt Gornick
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lisa Spencer
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Abigail Sigler
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christie Laird
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Hunter Hillenmeyer
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mariechelle Bonifacio
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.
Grants on this return
-
Dodson Elementary
$0
To promote reading
-
Glengarry Elementary
$0
To promote reading
-
Haywood Elementary
$0
To promote reading
-
MNPS Hero
$0
To promote reading
-
Shwab Elementary
$0
To promote reading
-
Cane Ridge Elementary
$0
To promote reading
-
Cole Elementary
$0
To promote reading
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 12 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202622249349302327
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