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SPREAD THE WORD NEVADA

EIN 22-3829041 LAS VEGAS, NV

Revenue 2024
$8,327,741
Expenses 2024
$7,391,826

Program services were 84.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
5373 ARVILLE ST

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

PROVIDE BOOKS TO AT RISK CHILDREN.

  • KIDS TO KIDS, OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, REACHES OUT TO AT-RISK CHILDREN (PRE-K THROUGH 5TH GRADE) IN LOW INCOME AREAS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH NEW AND GENTLY USED BOOKS TO DEVELOP THEIR VERY OWN "KEEP AT HOME" LIBRARY OF BOOKS TO LEARN FROM AND SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS TO ENHANCE THE READING ABILITIES OF AND INSTILL A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR READING DURING THE FORMATIVE STAGES OF THE AT-RISK STUDENT POPULATION.

    Expenses $4,876,031

  • BOOKS & BUDDIES IS OUR READING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WHICH PARTNERS OUR VOLUNTEERS FROM BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE CHILDREN ATTENDING OUR AT-RISK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. VOLUNTEERS PARTNER INDIVIDUALLY WITH STUDENTS TO FOCUS ON FURTHER DEVELOPING THE CHILD'S READING PROFICIENCY, COMPREHENSION, AND VERBAL RECITATION SKILLS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH VALUABLE ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE HOME.

    Expenses $492,997

  • OUR FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM HELPS INSTILL THE IMPORTANCE OF READING WITH THE CHILDREN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILIES. BI-MONTHLY, STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND SIBLINGS ARE INVITED TO SHARE IN A LIGHT SNACK AND STORY READING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WE SERVE. EVERY FAMILY WHO ATTENDS RECEIVES A BRAND-NEW COPY OF THE BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR THEIR FAMILY TO SHARE, AND A SIMPLE OUTLINED LITERACY EXPANSION ACTIVITY TO TAKE HOME AND IMPLEMENT WHICH REINFORCES THE CONCEPTS PRESENTED DURING THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, EVERY PERSON WHO ATTENDS RECEIVES A BOOK OF THEIR CHOICE TO TAKE HOME AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THEIR HOME LIBRARY.

    Expenses $302,926

  • READERS IN TRAINING IS A LITERACY-BASED PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5 YEARS. IT IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN PREPARING CHILDREN FOR PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN. FAMILIES WHO PARTICIPATE RECEIVE ONE NEW AGE- APPROPRIATE BOOK MAILED DIRECTLY TO THEIR HOMES MONTHLY, ACCESS TO ONLINE CONTENT THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS SCHOOL READINESS SKILLS AND HELPS FAMILIES PRACTICE THESE SKILLS IN THE HOME, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN QUARTERLY IN-PERSON PLAYGROUPS THAT WILL ALLOW CHILDREN PRACTICE SCHOOL READINESS SKILLS IN A CLASSROOM TYPE SETTING.

    Expenses $559,186

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.

  • CHAD LEAVITT

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ADRIANNE BURKE

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MONTE SMITH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY GORDON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL PHILIPPUS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • YULIYA ALEINIKAVA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGAN BISCHEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENELLE CANIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAIRIN DEMARTINI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VERONICA GOMEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRIS HANSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA JOSEPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN RIGBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES SAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JODI STEPHENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AL WELCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA HABIGHORST

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $151,062
    From this org
    $151,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,062
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $151,062

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,327,741
    Expenses
    $7,391,826
    Contributions
    $8,173,595
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,320,146
    Expenses
    $5,861,155
    Contributions
    $13,223,420
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,495,224
    Expenses
    $5,147,485
    Contributions
    $4,458,837
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,007,958
    Expenses
    $3,209,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,405,824

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,583,714
    Expenses
    $3,515,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,873,675

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,295,619
    Expenses
    $4,581,576
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,747,855

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,229,829
    Expenses
    $3,371,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,831,062

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,541,979
    Expenses
    $3,504,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,958,048

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 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.