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BEHIND THE BOOK INC

EIN 32-0086097 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,171,530
Expenses 2024
$1,147,642

Program services were 59.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B19
Classification
2000
Street
216 WEST 135TH STREET

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

BEHIND THE BOOK'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CULTIVATE THEIR VAST POTENTIAL THROUGH PROGRAMS CENTERED ON DIVERSE BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP ENGAGED READERS AND WRITERS IN UNDERSERVED NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY DESIGNING AND DELIVERING PROGRAMS THAT ARE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND PROMOTE DEEPER CONNECTIONS TO BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS.

  • BEHIND THE BOOK (BTB) DELIVERS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LITERACY PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN NYC IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO BECOME AVID AND PROFICIENT READERS AND WRITERS.BTB WORKS EXCLUSIVELY IN PRE-K THROUGH 12 GRADE CLASSROOMS IN TITLE 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE ON AVERAGE 89% OF THE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE LUNCH. 61% IDENTIFY AS LATINX, 33% AS BLACK, 4% AS WHITE OR OTHER AND 2% AS ASIAN AMERICAN.THE PROGRAMS FEATURE AN 'ANCHOR TEXT SELECTED FROM A CURATED BOOK LIST AND CONSIST OF 6-8 WORKSHOPS THAT MEET NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEARNING STANDARDS. DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, 88% OF THE AUTHORS AND 96% OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE BOOKS SELECTED WERE BIPOC OR OTHERWISE DIVERSE, CRITICAL IN FOSTERING THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS' INTRINSIC MOTIVATION TO READ AND WRITE. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AUTHOR WORKSHOPS, WRITING WORKSHOPS, DRAMA ACTIVITIES, ART PROJECTS, AND FIELD TRIPS. MANY PROGRAMS CONCLUDE WITH A PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED ANTHOLOGY OF STUDENTS' WRITING AND ART, MAKING THEM PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS. PROGRAMS ARE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH CLASSROOM BY A BTB CURRICULUM DEVELOPER AND PROGRAM FACILITATOR WITH INPUT FROM THE PARTNERING CLASSROOM TEACHERS.DURING THE FY2025, (THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR),BTB DELIVERED 51 PROGRAMS AT 20 SCHOOLS. (30% STEM, 30% SPECIAL EDUCATION, 31% ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS) CONSISTING OF 383 WORKSHOPS. WE SERVED 1184 STUDENTS. 14 OF THE 51 PROGRAMS CULMINATED IN THE PUBLICATION OF 9 ANTHOLOGIES OF STUDENT WORK, MAKING 325 STUDENTS PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS. THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS REPORTED IN THEIR POST-PROGRAM SELF-ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY WOULD CHOOSE ANOTHER BOOK TO READ, WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER BTB PROJECT, ARE MORE INTERESTED IN READING AND WRITING, FEEL THEIR READING HAS IMPROVED, AND FEEL THEIR WRITING HAS IMPROVED.BTB EVALUATES ITS WORK BASED ON THE CHANGE IN STUDENTS' INTRINSIC (INTERNAL) MOTIVATION TO READ AND WRITE, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THEIR OVERALL SCHOOL SUCCESS. THE EVALUATION SURVEY IS BASED ON DECADES OF RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF INTRINSIC MOTIVATION IN LEARNING SUCCESS.

    Expenses $682,257 · Revenue $45,500

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.

  • SUSAN ELMAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PHILLIP ANDERSON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN CANTER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALVIN BUTLER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BLOOM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAYLOR BOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHEENAM CHADHA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JISHA DYMOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN FELGRAN TO 71524

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN GILLERAN TO 51525

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA HANEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARVIN LARRY TO 8824

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • JENNIFER MARINO-GABRIELLI TO 71524

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEF MENASCHE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STINSON PARKS III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL SIPIO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAIR THETFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN TRAUMAN TO 61125

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERRY WILKENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELENA WU TO 81424

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW FRANK TO 102124

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,760
    From this org
    $139,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,790
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANMARIE PAUL AS OF 102224

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,929
    From this org
    $127,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,790
    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
    $1,171,530
    Expenses
    $1,147,642
    Contributions
    $1,098,841
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,164,144
    Expenses
    $1,464,492
    Contributions
    $1,135,921
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,114,574
    Expenses
    $1,398,710
    Contributions
    $1,027,031
    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
    $1,375,285
    Expenses
    $1,152,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $922,285

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,107,526
    Expenses
    $909,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $779,322

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $999,523
    Expenses
    $835,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $572,434

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $904,252
    Expenses
    $834,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $320,254

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $767,871
    Expenses
    $714,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,784

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $594,788
    Expenses
    $533,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $198,591

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $520,195
    Expenses
    $510,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,413

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $424,075
    Expenses
    $505,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,381

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $391,823
    Expenses
    $334,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,363

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $275,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $153,695

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