SEEDS OF LITERACY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P40

Classification

1000

Street

3104 W 25TH ST STE 3

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

• SEEDS OF LITERACY PROVIDES FREE BASIC EDUCATION AND GED PREPARATION FOR ADULTS IN GREATER CLEVELAND. WITH A FLEXIBLE ONE-TO-ONE TUTORING MODEL SUPPORTED BY NEARLY 400 TRAINED VOLUNTEER TUTORS, STUDENTS RECEIVE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION TAILORED TO THEIR ACADEMIC LEVEL AND PACE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, SEEDS EDUCATED 1,599 ADULT STUDENTS. AMONG THESE STUDENTS, 140 EARNED THEIR GED AND 270 PASSED AT LEAST ONE SECTION OF THE GED EXAM, DEMONSTRATING MEASURABLE PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION. NEARLY 60% OF INCOMING STUDENTS READ AT OR BELOW A 5TH-GRADE LEVEL, UNDERSCORING THE CRITICAL NEED FOR PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINED SUPPORT. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ACHIEVE MEASURABLE ACADEMIC GAINS IN SEEDS' CLASSROOMS EACH YEAR. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)BEYOND ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, SEEDS HELPS STUDENTS TAKE THE NEXT STEP AFTER EARNING A GED. IN FY25, 177 STUDENTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUALIZED GUIDANCE RELATED TO CAREER EXPLORATION, EDUCATION, AND EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS. AS A RESULT, 22 ENROLLED IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, 15 ENTERED TRAINING OR CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, 45 SECURED EMPLOYMENT, AND MANY OTHERS CONNECTED WITH WORKFORCE PARTNERS OR RECEIVED ASSISTANCE ACCESSING FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS. THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, SEEDS HELPS ADULTS EARN A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL AND PURSUE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND STABILITY.

  Expenses $1,688,317

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $1,595,791

  Expenses

  $1,939,543

  Contributions

  $1,578,046

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,772,994

  Expenses

  $1,676,736

  Contributions

  $1,610,155

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,723,837

  Expenses

  $1,724,285

  Contributions

  $1,532,441

  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

  $1,388,212

  Expenses

  $1,386,268

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,210,073

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,212,244

  Expenses

  $931,248

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,329,428

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,160,345

  Expenses

  $1,058,159

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,029,535

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,078,856

  Expenses

  $1,068,055

  Assets (EOY)

  $803,150

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,208,521

  Expenses

  $1,036,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $768,840

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $909,645

  Expenses

  $807,616

  Assets (EOY)

  $546,200

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $663,384

  Expenses

  $684,125

  Assets (EOY)

  $438,794

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $770,420

  Expenses

  $603,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $459,497

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $534,345

  Expenses

  $498,701

  Assets (EOY)

  $284,761

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $424,806

  Assets (EOY)

  $333,006

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

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $236,850

  2024 · MEETING A GROWING DEMAND FOR ADULT BASIC EDUCATION

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $213,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $204,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY WEST FOUNDATION

  $65,750

  2024 · GRANT# 24.102 - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT, DONOR ADVISED GRANTS, GRANTS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS

• COMMUNITY WEST FOUNDATION

  $53,600

  2022 · GRANT #22.98 - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT, PRESIDENTIAL GRANTS, DONOR ADVISED GRANTS

• COMMUNITY WEST FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · GRANT# 23.100 - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT, DONOR ADVISED GRANTS

• FORGOOD INC

  $36,617

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $33,125

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $32,900

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $28,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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