- Revenue 2025
- $2,337,057
- Expenses 2025
- $2,362,010
Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B92
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 2010 SCOTT RD NW
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 · 2025
Mission
THE READING CENTER IS A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT TEACHES CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DYSLEXIA HOW TO READ, WRITE, AND SPELL USING THE ORTON GILLINGHAM APPROACH, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING
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ORTON GILLINGHAM THERAPY: 15,413 SESSIONS OF OG TUTORING FOR 318 STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS' READING ABILITIES. THE READING CENTER CONDUCTED 150 NATIONALLY NORMED EDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS AND 30 FREE READING READINESS SCREENINGS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN READING, PROVIDING NEEDED INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE OF THE READING DIFFICULTY. $74,300.82 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TUTORING AND TESTING WAS PROVIDED TO 15% OF STUDENTS IN NEED OF THE READING CENTER EXPERT EVALUATION AND INSTRUCTION.
Expenses $1,055,740 · Grants $74,301 · Revenue $1,139,071
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SPECIALIZED CLASSES, INCLUDING BEST OF BASICS SUMMER PROGRAM: 55 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN CLASSES WHERE CHILDREN ENGAGED THEIR MINDS EVERYDAY FOR A MONTH IN ORDER TO REINFORCE THE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR SUCCESS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SEVEN K-1ST GRADE STUDENTS LEARNED CRITICAL PRE-READING SKILLS IN PARENT/CHILD READING CLUBS, HELPING THEM TO ENTER GRADE SCHOOL READY TO READ.
Expenses $54,640 · Grants $155 · Revenue $38,993
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EDUCATOR TRAINING : 46 EDUCATORS AND PARENTS LEARNED THE ORTON-GILLINGHAM (OG) APPROACH IN THE READING CENTER'S BASIC AND ADVANCED INSTITUTES, ACCREDITED BY THE ORTON-GILLINGHAM ACADEMY. $22,267.59 IN TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP WAS GRANTED. 1,132 EDUCATORS RECEIVED FREE ONLINE TRAINING CONSISTENT WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING AND THESE TEACHERS SERVED 33,960 STUDENTS STATEWIDE. THESE COURSES WERE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO MN EDUCATORS.
Expenses $335,373 · Grants $22,268 · Revenue $179,459
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OUTREACH : 78 STRUGGLING READERS FROM 10 LOW INCOME PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS IN ROCHESTER AND THE TWIN CITIES RECEIVED 1,516 SESSIONS OF EXPERT OG INSTRUCTION FROM THE READING CENTER TUTORS ONSITE AT THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, AT NO COST TO THE PARENTS OR SCHOOLS.A TOTAL OF $181,799.75 IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDED SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FOR PARTNERSHIP TUTORING STUDENTS. 152 STUDENTS FROM PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS WERE TESTED FOR READING DIFFICULTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 187 LOW-INCOME STRUGGLING READERS WERE SERVED INDIRECTLY THROUGH TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS. 1392 PARENTS AND OTHERS ATTENDED 28 OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS TO LEARN ABOUT DYSLEXIA.
Expenses $452,671 · Grants $181,800
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Joel Traver Ed DJOEL TRAVER ED D
FORMER CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Leo SternLEO STERN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Marcia Henry PhDMARCIA HENRY PHD
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Patrick JirikPATRICK JIRIK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Mt JosephMT JOSEPH
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Zeb DudekZEB DUDEK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Brian MoserBRIAN MOSER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer GowinJENNIFER GOWIN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anna Mary PetersonANNA MARY PETERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Roberta LarussoROBERTA LARUSSO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Opal Richards EsquireOPAL RICHARDS ESQUIRE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jennifer YerhotJENNIFER YERHOT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Erin HeelanERIN HEELAN
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Neal SorensonNEAL SORENSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andrew WoodANDREW WOOD
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
-
2025
- Revenue
- $2,337,057
- Expenses
- $2,362,010
- Contributions
- $922,167
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,706,393
- Expenses
- $1,911,703
- Contributions
- $622,265
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,030,699
- Expenses
- $1,596,606
- Contributions
- $1,108,517
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,459,758
- Expenses
- $1,465,856
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,892,470
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,117,423
- Expenses
- $1,326,191
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,900,812
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,371,904
- Expenses
- $1,136,659
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,597,639
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
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$77,000
2023 DONOR-ADVISED, GENERAL
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$52,960
2024 DONOR ADVISED, GENERAL
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$46,321
2025 Distribution at liquidation
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$45,000
2024 SUPPORT CHARITABLE PROGRAMS
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$43,210
2024 EDUCATION
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$32,950
2023 HEALTH
-
2023 MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES
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2022 MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES
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$25,000
2022 SUPPORT CHARITABLE PROGRAMS
-
$24,992
2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.