AN OPEN BOOK FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B19

Classification

1200

Street

508 KENNEDY ST NW STE 309

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

• AN OPEN BOOK FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO CONNECT WASHINGTON, DC-AREA STUDENTS WITH AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND THEIR BOOKS TO NURTURE A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING. WE SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE BY BUILDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE LITERACY ENRICHMENT AND HIGH-QUALITY BOOKS. OUR VISION IS THAT CHILDREN SEE THEMSELVES AS READERS, WHO USE THEIR WRITTEN AND VISUAL LITERACY SKILLS TO NAVIGATE A COMPLEX WORLD AND DEFINE THEIR OWN FUTURES. AOB PARTNERS WITH TITLE 1 SCHOOLS IN THE DC METRO AREA: WARDS 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 IN DC; MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD; AND ALEXANDRIA CITY AND FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA. IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS WE SERVE, 71% OF STUDENTS ARE IN DC, 24% IN MARYLAND, AND 5% ARE IN VIRGINIA. BECAUSE WE WORK IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, WE ALSO CONSIDER OTHER DATA POINTS TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY. DUE TO A LONG HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES IN OUR COUNTRY, STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOLS WE SERVE ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. NOT ONLY DO AOB'S LITERACY PROGRAMS ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES, BUT THEY ALSO INFUSE JOY IN THE STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND AUTHORS WHO EXPERIENCE THEM. AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS PRESENT ENGAGING BOOK TALKS AND INTERACTIVE WRITING AND DRAWING DEMONSTRATIONS AND AOB GIVES EVERY STUDENT ATTENDING THE EVENT A COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S BOOK TO ADD TO THEIR HOME LIBRARY. SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM LIBRARIES RECEIVE A SET OF THE AUTHOR'S TITLES. SINCE OUR FIRST EVENT IN 2010, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER 125,000 BOOKS TO STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS AT NEARLY 1,400 SCHOOL VISITS WHERE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS MADE NEARLY 2,500 PRESENTATIONS. DURING PRESENTATIONS, AUTHORS INTERACT WITH CLASSES; WHILE SIGNING STUDENTS' BOOKS AUTHORS ENGAGE IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH STUDENT. THESE TALENTED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS DONATE THEIR TIME TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES INCLUDING WRITING WORKSHOPS, READ-ALOUDS, AND LITERACY-BASED ART PROJECTS. MEETING PROFESSIONAL BOOK CREATORS CAN INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO A FUTURE CAREER PATH THEY MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE CONSIDERED. STUDENTS CAN IMAGINE THEMSELVES AS WRITERS OR ARTISTS WHEN THEY MEET AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS WHO SHARE THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE OR CULTURE. FURTHERMORE, WITH THE ADDITION OF BOOKS TO HOMES AND SCHOOLS, LIBRARY CIRCULATION INCREASES, HOME LIBRARIES EXPAND, AND STUDENTS' ENTHUSIASM GROWS. IN ADDITION TO OUR FLAGSHIP AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR SCHOOL VISITS PROGRAM, AN OPEN BOOK OFFERS SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS: -NEW AND EMERGING ARTISTS OF COLOR - AMPLIFYING THE CREATIVE VOICES OF DEBUT BIPOC AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS.-ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - MULTI-SESSION VISUAL ART LESSONS.-STEM RESIDENCE - MULTI-SESSION LESSONS EXPLORING STEM-RELATED SKILLS AND CONCEPTS.-EXTENSION ACTIVITIES - FOLLOW-UP EVENTS THAT DEEPEN STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES WITH THE BOOKS THEY RECEIVE.-COHORT INITIATIVE - OFFERS OUR FULL RANGE OF PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAREER OF AN ENTIRE GRADE AT SELECTED SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $501,891 · Grants $22,356

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $499,140

  Expenses

  $674,180

  Contributions

  $486,710

  Grants paid

  $22,356

• 2022

  Revenue

  $642,221

  Expenses

  $697,605

  Contributions

  $631,140

  Grants paid

  $13,550

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $625,485

  Expenses

  $568,761

  Assets (EOY)

  $612,841

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $174,684

  Expenses

  $253,311

  Assets (EOY)

  $660,743

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $591,268

  Expenses

  $439,706

  Assets (EOY)

  $756,612

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $432,771

  Expenses

  $374,711

  Assets (EOY)

  $683,363

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $329,651

  Expenses

  $319,910

  Assets (EOY)

  $666,993

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $221,653

  Expenses

  $242,825

  Assets (EOY)

  $709,546

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $144,153

  Expenses

  $185,046

  Assets (EOY)

  $679,393

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $708,264

  Expenses

  $149,705

  Assets (EOY)

  $689,696

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period

1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011

Principal officer

Dara La Porte

Mailing address

3215 Morrison St NWWashington DC 20015

Website

www.anopenbookfound.org

Doing business as

Literacy and Prose Foundation

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $64,700

  2024 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $57,800

  2023 · EDUCATION

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2022 · Education

• HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC INC

  $25,000

  2023 · 2024 CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $13,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $12,700

  2022 · EDUCATION

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $12,500

  2023 · RELIGION

• CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS FOR CHARITY

  $10,000

  2023 · TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF AN OPEN BOOK FOUNDATION.

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $10,000

  2023 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS FOR CHARITY

  $10,000

  2025 · TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF AN OPEN BOOK FOUNDATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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