DELAWARE COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL

EIN 23-7423599 CHESTER, PA

Revenue 2024: $1,650,727
Expenses 2024: $1,563,974

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: B61Z
Classification: 2000
Street: 2217 PROVIDENCE AVE

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

THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH ADULTS WHO WISH TO READ, WRITE, SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, HELPING THEM TO INCREASE THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. THE COUNCIL USES VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE THAT PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, THE LITERACY COUNCIL SERVED 774 ADULTS IN DELAWARE COUNTY OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AS A RESULT OF WORKING WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL, ADULT STUDENTS ACHIEVED QUANTITATIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR LIVES INCLUDING IMPROVED BASIC SKILLS, GED ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT OR RETAINED EMPLOYMENT, U.S. CITIZENSHIP, AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT. ALL ADULTS SERVICES BY THE LITERACY COUNCIL IMPROVE THEIR LIVES IN SOME WAY INCLUDING READING TO CHILDREN, BECOMING BETTER INFORMED CITIZENS, AND BECOMING ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

DCLC PROVIDES FREE, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO ADULTS THROUGHOUT DELAWARE COUNTY, INCLUDING BASIC AND ADVANCED SKILLS THAT ARE TRANSFERRABLE TO THE WORKPLACE AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THE THREE LARGEST PROGRAMS ARE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION/GED PREPARATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DCLC EMPLOYS PROFESSIONAL STAFF, A MAJORITY FULL-TIME, TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH EACH PARTICIPANT'S EDUCATION OR CAREER GOALS. DCLC ALSO PROVIDES A 1-1 TUTORING PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM MORE DIRECT INSTRUCTION. TUTORS ARE VOLUNTEERS WHO COMPLETE A 10-HOUR TRAINING CREATED AND APPROVED BY THE PA DEPT. OF EDUCATIONPRIOR TO WORKING WITH STUDENTS, ANDARE SUPERVISED BY DCLC PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

Expenses $1,376,253

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.

PATRICIA L RIZZO

CO-PRESIDENT (TRU 10/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DON GARFINKEL

CO-PRESIDENT (TRU 10/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOY KARSNER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARIE FEINDT

VICE PRESIDENT (THRU 10/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NICHOLE KISTLER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROSEMARY DUFFY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LOIS SNYDER

BOARD MEMBER / VP EFF 11/24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MATT CONNER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETER MATTHEWS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LEAH KULIKOWSKI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICK DURANTE

BOARD MEMBER / PRES EFF 11/24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ADRIENE IRVING

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
COLLEEN DURAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$113,003

From this org

$103,162

From related orgs

$0

Other

$9,841

Hours/week

40

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

$1,650,727

Expenses

$1,563,974

Contributions

$1,603,890

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,172,918

Expenses

$1,338,175

Contributions

$1,164,909

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,833,538

Expenses

$1,364,793

Contributions

$1,777,382

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,839,010

Expenses

$1,370,185

Contributions

$1,782,857

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,650,727	$1,563,974	$1,603,890	$0
2023	$1,172,918	$1,338,175	$1,164,909	$0
2022	$1,833,538	$1,364,793	$1,777,382	$0
2022	$1,839,010	$1,370,185	$1,782,857	$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

$1,597,921

Expenses

$1,529,986

Assets (EOY)

$1,064,573
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,448,020

Expenses

$1,475,345

Assets (EOY)

$1,024,864
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,486,316

Expenses

$1,426,224

Assets (EOY)

$844,974
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,417,317

Expenses

$1,221,258

Assets (EOY)

$735,408
2017 · 990

Revenue

$686,475

Expenses

$629,049

Assets (EOY)

$484,129
2016 · 990

Revenue

$778,297

Expenses

$621,322

Assets (EOY)

$421,354
2015 · 990

Revenue

$611,453

Expenses

$611,817

Assets (EOY)

$278,274
2014 · 990

Revenue

$731,317

Expenses

$695,186

Assets (EOY)

$320,188
2013 · 990

Revenue

$613,764

Expenses

$604,130

Assets (EOY)

$241,629
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$648,545

Assets (EOY)

$247,961

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,597,921	$1,529,986	$1,064,573
2020	990	$1,448,020	$1,475,345	$1,024,864
2019	990	$1,486,316	$1,426,224	$844,974
2018	990	$1,417,317	$1,221,258	$735,408
2017	990	$686,475	$629,049	$484,129
2016	990	$778,297	$621,322	$421,354
2015	990	$611,453	$611,817	$278,274
2014	990	$731,317	$695,186	$320,188
2013	990	$613,764	$604,130	$241,629
2012	990	not reported	$648,545	$247,961

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 GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

$41,500

2022 Grant
OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INC

$20,000

2022 Grant to support the Digital Skills 50 Plus initiative
THE COMMUNITYS FOUNDATION

$17,500

2023 General operating
THE COMMUNITYS FOUNDATION

$10,500

2024 Literary prog seniors
PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE

$7,249

2023 LITERACY PROGRAMS
OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INC

$6,000

2024 Grant to support OATS' Senior Planet Program
UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

$5,546

2022 Donor Designation

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