LITERACY CONNECTS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B60

Classification

2100

Street

200 E YAVAPAI RD

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

• THE ADULT PROGRAMS OF LITERACY CONNECTS, ADULT BASIC LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FOR ADULTS, PROVIDED RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND ONGOING TRAINING TO 153 VOLUNTEERS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THESE VOLUNTEERS GAVE MORE THAN 15,980 HOURS OF THEIR TIME AS TUTORS AND TEACHERS TO INSTRUCT ADULT LEARNERS, AT NO CHARGE TO THE LEARNERS, IN CLASSES FACILITATED AND THROUGH 1:1 TUTORING FACILITATED VIA ZOOM AND IN PERSON.

  Expenses $1,008,493 · Revenue $7,331

• STORIES THAT SOAR IS A LITERACY AND ARTS INTEGRATION PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES WRITING AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION BY HONORING CHILDREN'S ORIGINAL STORIES THROUGH THE ARTS. THIS FISCAL YEAR, THEIR PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM INSPIRED 5,727 ELEMETARY CHILDREN TO WRITE 10,502 STORIES, 25 OF WHICH WERE PRESENTED BACK TO STUDENTS VIA ON-LINE PLATFORMS, 329 THROUGH LIVE THEATRE, AND 8 THROUGH PUBLIC RADIO. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REVENUE AND THE VALUE OF VOLUNTEERS LABOR NOT REFLECTED ON THIS RETURN.

  Expenses $630,308 · Revenue $4,582

• LITERACY CONNECTS' READING SEED PROGRAM TRAINED AND SUPPORTED 287 VOLUNTEER READING COACHES TO WORK ONE-TO-ONE WITH 815 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE STUDENTS IN TITLE I SCHOOLS. THE STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED EXTRA SUPPORT IN IMPROVING THEIR LITERACY SKILLS AND DEVELOPING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOOKS AND READING THROUGH THE MENTORSHIP OF A CARING ADULT. READING COACHES CONTRIBUTED 19,727 HOURS OF SERVICE, RESULTING IN STUDENTS AVERAGING 24 HOURS OF READING SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE PROGRAM OFFERED A LENDING LIBRARY OF 23,217 BOOKS THAT MATCH STUDENTS' INTERESTS AND DISTRIBUTED OVER 22,892 FREE BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO HELP CHILDREN BUILD HOME LIBRARIES AND BECOME INDEPENDENT READERS SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME LIFELONG LEARNERS. OUR LONG0TERM GOAL IS TO EXPAND OUR K-1 LOOP PROGRAM TO INCREASE OUR IMPACT AT EACH SCHOOL, RESULTING IN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF STUDENTS READING AT GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE.

  Expenses $504,246 · Revenue $3,666

• REACH OUT AND READ SOUTHERN ARIZONA (RORSA) PROMOTES HEALTHY BRAIN GROWTH, POSITIVE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SCHOOL READINESS BY GIVING FAMILIES RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TO MAKE READING ALOUD PART OF THEIR DAILY ROUTINE. BY INTEGRATING READING INTO PEDIATRIC PRACTICES, RQRSA PARTNERS WITH DOCTORS IN 58 CLINICS, REACHING 85,710 CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE.

  Expenses $378,185 · Revenue $2,749

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

  $3,105,516

  Expenses

  $3,057,022

  Contributions

  $3,146,682

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,461,579

  Expenses

  $2,489,413

  Contributions

  $3,506,249

  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

  $2,329,327

  Expenses

  $2,167,820

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,371,260

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,396,997

  Expenses

  $1,945,978

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,553,205

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,113,001

  Expenses

  $2,012,732

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,064,900

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,359,247

  Expenses

  $1,763,836

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,667,288

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,264,862

  Expenses

  $1,667,843

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,064,995

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,846,933

  Expenses

  $1,622,752

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,367,695

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,759,785

  Expenses

  $1,588,167

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,492,584

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,613,887

  Expenses

  $1,617,594

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,395,195

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,542,997

  Expenses

  $1,560,127

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,531,610

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,336,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $601,569

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

• UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC

  $299,859

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC

  $256,220

  2022 · GENERAL USE

• UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC

  $146,178

  2024 · General use

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $103,739

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

  $100,000

  2024 · HELP CHILDREN LEARN TO READ

• TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

  $80,000

  2023 · Help children to learn to read

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $69,280

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• TMC HEALTH FOUNDATION

  $48,800

  2023 · SUPPORT

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $45,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $32,600

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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