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READERS 2 LEADERS

EIN 90-0641325 DALLAS, TX

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Revenue 2024
$2,104,260
Expenses 2024
$2,363,708

Program services were 74.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1200
Street
2800 N HAMPTON RD 120

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 · 2024

Mission

To equip students for success through the power of reading.Readers 2 Leaders envisions a world where all students have equitable opportunities to thrive as readers and leaders, but it will require energy and collaboration from across the educational ecosystem to make that dream a reality. Literacy unlocks brighter futures for children, families, and communities. Thats why Readers 2 Leaders mission is to equip all students for success through the power of reading. With evidence-based tutoring methodologies at the heart of all we do, Readers 2 Leaders prepares children, caregivers, and educators with the tools to read and share reading with others. We reach children with crucial literacy intervention and enrichment at schools, in out-of-school time (OST), at partner nonprofits, and at home, and we prioritize reaching children of color and those who are economically disadvantaged to help close systemic resource gaps that affect these students most. Our diverse staff and leadership seek to

Activities or mission (Part I)

To equip students for success through the power of reading.

  • Readers 2 Leaders (R2L) is a Dallas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2011 to close literacy gaps and help children become confident, grade-level readers. In 20242025, R2L reached more than 2,000 students and 400 adults through Tutoring, Coaching, and Family Literacy programs.Tutoring: R2L provides research-based reading support for elementary students during and after school and in the summer. Instruction builds critical,foundational literacy skills. Students consistently demonstrate measurable gains in reading ability, and schools report stronger engagement and confidence among participants.Coaching: Through its Coaching Program, R2L equips teachers and school leaders to strengthen classroom literacy instruction. Coaches collaborate on lesson planning and reading practices, helping improve instructional quality and student outcomes across multiple campuses.Family & Community Literacy: R2L empowers parents and caregivers through family reading workshops and classes. Participants gain tools to support reading at home and create positive literacy habits that reinforce student learning.

    Expenses $1,756,208 · Revenue $698,641

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Norma Nelson

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $143,445
    From this org
    $130,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,831
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ramandeep Gill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Chance

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Montgomery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beja Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jordan D'Silva

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Owen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Devron Armstrong

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy Helmbrecht

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • April Honore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leeann Mallory

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Payne

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Love

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janie Cisneros

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leigh Ann Ripka

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,104,260
    Expenses
    $2,363,708
    Contributions
    $1,370,602
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,704,069
    Expenses
    $2,416,388
    Contributions
    $1,891,910
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,550,177
    Expenses
    $2,171,855
    Contributions
    $1,617,155
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,352,330
    Expenses
    $2,068,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,915,563

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,357,490
    Expenses
    $1,425,289
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,793,536

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,848,311
    Expenses
    $1,322,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,978,917

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,261,445
    Expenses
    $897,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $853,479

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $972,468
    Expenses
    $799,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $487,493

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $648,394
    Expenses
    $642,036
    Assets (EOY)
    $300,526

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $262,035
    Expenses
    $288,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,655

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.

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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.