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READING HEART

EIN 47-3853162 FRESNO, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,957,438
Expenses 2024
$393,239

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B92
Classification
2300
Street
461 N FRESNO 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

Reading Heart is a nonprofit, 501 (c) (3) book donation program dedicated to serving children in hospitals and children in areas with limited access to books.

  • day to day operations of organization on book collection, sorting, warehousing and distribution.

    Expenses $298,839

  • THE READ AND RUN SUMMER CAMP PROVIDES FREE BOOKS, HEALTHY FOOD AND FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS.PARTNERING WITH FRESNO UNIFIED , WE ENGAGE STUDENTS IN READING, BOOK PUBLISHING, AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING, HEALTHY LERINGIN AND LIFESTYLE.

    Expenses $70,000 · Grants $109,000

  • The Education Matters Book Tour is a fun mini party for the whole school to enjoy that gets kids to learn about the importance of reading. Every child receives a free book of their choice and is encouraged to read then share the books when they are done.

    Expenses $10,000 · Grants $24,500

  • READING EXTRAVAGANZA IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AT ROEDING PARK WHERE WE HAND OUT 24000 FREE BOOKS TO FAMILIES BRINGING SCHOOLS VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL GROUPS TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE LITERACY AND INSPIRE A LOVE FOR READING.

    Expenses $7,000 · Grants $27,500

  • THE TEACHERS LIBRARY PRESENTED BY CALVIVA HEALTH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE TEACHERS RECEIVE FREE BOOKS FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS, ENSURING STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO READING MATERIALS WHILE SUPPORTING LITERACY IN SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $6,900 · Grants $19,000

  • TRUNK OR TREAT IS A FUN HALLOWEEN EVENT WHERE FAMILIES ENJOY FREE BOOKS, FOOD AND ACTIVITIESIN A SAFE COMMUNITY DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT. PARTNERING WITH THE FIRST TEE, WE ALSO INTRODUCE KIDS TO GOLF WHILE PROMOTING LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $500 · Grants $1,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Javier Elizondo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dwayne Ferguson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Danay Ferguson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Vanessa Ferguson

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Sara Brown

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $1,957,438
    Expenses
    $393,239
    Contributions
    $1,957,438
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,345,765
    Expenses
    $347,560
    Contributions
    $1,345,765
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,177,457
    Expenses
    $277,582
    Contributions
    $1,177,457
    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
    $193,576
    Expenses
    $173,576
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,769
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,534
    Expenses
    $37,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,769
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $527,212
    Expenses
    $531,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,398
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $97,605
    Expenses
    $92,115
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,490

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

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.