- Revenue 2024
- $154,547
- Expenses 2024
- $139,027
Program services were 89.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B92Z
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- PO BOX 7012
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
MOTIVATE CHILDREN TO READ BY PROVIDING ATTRACTIVE, INEXPENSIVE PAPERBACK BOOKS THAT CHILDREN MAY CHOOSE AND KEEP FOR THEIR VERY OWN. THE BOOKS ARE FREE AND ARE DISPLAYED AT BOOK DISTRIBUTIONS WHERE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF COLORFUL, INTERESTING PAPERBACK BOOKS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MOTIVATING CHILDREN TO READ BY MAKING READING FUN AND BY DISTRIBUTING FREE BOOKS.
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READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, INC. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO MOTIVATE CHILDREN TO READ BY PROVIDING THEM WITH HIGH-QUALITY, FREE BOOKS OF THEIR CHOOSING AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR COMMUNITY TO MAKE READING A FUN AND MEANINGFUL PART OF THEIR LIVES. SINCE 1972 -- OVER 50 YEARS -- WE HAVE PROVIDED BOOKS TO UNDERSERVED CHILDREN IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. AS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, FUNDRAISING TO PURCHASE BOOKS IS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN OUR WORK.THROUGH OUR BOOKS FOR KEEPS PROGRAM, RIF NOVA BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS WORK TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL LIAISONS TO DISTRIBUTE FREE BOOKS TO 20,000+ CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTERS, AND HEAD START PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA AND IN ARLINGTON, FAIRFAX, AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES. THOUSANDS MORE BOOKS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR DONATED BOOKS PROGRAM. OUR GOAL IS TO MOTIVATE CHILDREN TO READ AND SHARE BOOKS WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Expenses $124,363 · Revenue $16,224
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.
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Sarah BohnSARAH BOHN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Jeanette CiminoJEANETTE CIMINO
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sari WarrenSARI WARREN
RECORDING SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennifer HeldJENNIFER HELD
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maureen McLaughlinMAUREEN MCLAUGHLIN
SUNSHINE SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan SticklesSUSAN STICKLES
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kathy RusinskiKATHY RUSINSKI
FINANCIAL SECY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lisa KeathleyLISA KEATHLEY
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Jo Ann AbramsJO ANN ABRAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeuli BartensteinJEULI BARTENSTEIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bea BernfeldBEA BERNFELD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dora Sue BlackDORA SUE BLACK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul BrandusPAUL BRANDUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carylee CarringtonCARYLEE CARRINGTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Aisha FallenAISHA FALLEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hazeline HarrisHAZELINE HARRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa HinksonMELISSA HINKSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nadine JamesNADINE JAMES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justina JohnsonJUSTINA JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lauren JohnsonLAUREN JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheila JonasSHEILA JONAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gayle KelleyGAYLE KELLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy KingNANCY KING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anne-Stuart KirkhornANNE-STUART KIRKHORN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheryl LeedsSHERYL LEEDS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- $154,547
- Expenses
- $139,027
- Contributions
- $133,099
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $245,354
- Expenses
- $198,928
- Contributions
- $221,908
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $247,419
- Expenses
- $104,104
- Contributions
- $232,211
- 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
- $114,726
- Expenses
- $88,368
- Assets (EOY)
- $266,167
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $49,090
- Expenses
- $72,894
- Assets (EOY)
- $239,809
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $83,175
- Expenses
- $68,357
- Assets (EOY)
- $263,613
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $89,823
- Expenses
- $67,089
- Assets (EOY)
- $249,695
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $92,772
- Expenses
- $68,707
- Assets (EOY)
- $236,613
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $78,681
- Expenses
- $91,849
- Assets (EOY)
- $212,548
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $93,984
- Expenses
- $84,071
- Assets (EOY)
- $225,716
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $60,904
- Expenses
- $82,953
- Assets (EOY)
- $215,803
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $82,587
- Expenses
- $74,429
- Assets (EOY)
- $237,852
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $148,009
- Assets (EOY)
- $229,694
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
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2024 PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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$11,929
2025 FOR GENERAL USE BY THE EXEMPT ORGANIZATION
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2023 DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS
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2022 DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS
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2024 DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 TO FOSTER LITERACY
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2023 TO FOSTER LITERACY
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2022 TO FOSTER LITERACY
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2022 TO FOSTER LITERACY
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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501(C)(3) · CONTRACT TO OPERATE THE LOCAL BOOK OWNERSHIP PROGRAM. · DC
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.