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NABU GLOBAL INC

EIN 90-0888570 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,717,897
Expenses 2024
$3,144,670

Program services were 68.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B70
Classification
2100
Street
110 E 25TH 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

NABU'S MISSION IS TO SOLVE THE GLOBAL LITERACY CRISIS BY PROVIDING CULTURALLY RELEVANT, BILINGUAL STORYBOOKS IN MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGES SO THAT EVERY CHILD CAN READ AND RISE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THROUGH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, WE ARE CREATING A WORLD WHERE LITERACY IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONTINUED WORKING ON THE READ FOR RESILIENCE AND COMPASSION COLLECTIONS. THESE ARE TWO PREMIUM CHILDREN BOOK COLLECTIONS. WE PARTNERED WITH WREXHAM FOOTBALL CLUB TO CREATE A CHILDREN'S BOOK RELATED TO THE WREXHAM FOOTBALL CLUB. WE CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND IMPACT IN WESTERN AFRICA THROUGH A GRANT WITH THE IHUB MASTERCARD GRANT.

  • GLOBALLY, LOW-COST SMARTPHONES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TO EVEN THE MOST UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE. NABU'S PRIMARY MEANS OF DISTRIBUTING OUR FREE LIBRARY OF MOTHER TONGUE CHILDREN'S BOOKS IS THROUGH OUR FREE, LOW-BANDWIDTH MOBILE APP, AVAILABLE IN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FORMATS IN RWANDA, KENYA, HAITI, ROMANIA, AND THE PHILIPPINES. WE ALSO HAVE A GLOBAL VERSION OF OUR APP, WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE ACROSS OTHER COUNTRIES. OUR ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND USE OFFLINE. AS OF DECEMBER 2024, WE REACHED 12M PEOPLE GLOBALLY THROUGH OUR APP AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT STORY BOOKS SINCE FOUNDING.

    Expenses $1,624,792 · Grants $14,868

  • THROUGH THE BRIDGE TO LITERACY (BTL) PROGRAM, NABU WORKS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY NGO'S, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS TO REACH AS MANY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS POSSIBLE WITH NABU'S FREE STORIES. PARTNERS HELP ONBOARD FAMILIES AND MOTIVATE THEM TO READ WITH THEIR CHILDREN EVERY DAY TO BOOST THE CULTURE OF READING ACROSS OUR PROGRAM COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $366,888

  • THROUGH THE AUTHENTIC BOOK CREATION LAB, NABU'S GLOBAL CREATIVE TEAM WORKS WITH LOCAL CREATORS IN THE COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES WHERE WE WORK TO PUBLISH COLLECTIONS OF AUTHENTIC, CULTURALLY RELEVANT CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGES. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS FREE ACCESS TO THE ESSENTIAL BOOKS THAT THEY REQUIRE TO LEARN TO READ. OUR CREATIVE PROCESS PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR AUTHORS TO PUBLISH FUN, BILINGUAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS, WHILE HONORING AND PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND EMPOWERING CHILDREN TO SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR LIVES REFLECTED IN THE PAGES OF THE STORIES THEY READ. IN 2024, WE WORKED WITH CREATIVES AROUND THE WORLD TO AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATE, AND PUBLISH 176 CHILDREN'S STORIES IN 11 LANGUAGES.

    Expenses $157,238

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.

  • ISABEL SHEINMAN

    CEO (STARTING 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $106,265
    From this org
    $100,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,059
    Hours/week
    40

  • TANYELLA EVANS

    CEO (THROUGH 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $118,559
    From this org
    $112,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,059
    Hours/week
    40

  • CAMILLE PARK

    COO

    Total calculated
    $222,042
    From this org
    $209,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,120
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,922
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,120
    Filer's total
    $222,042

  • KELLY GALLAGHER

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAMIEN VANDERWILT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHRYN RITCHIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KWEKU MANDELA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SASHI DIAS VALTZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEANNA LANE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANA COHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAYLOR JEAN-JACQUES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN LAWTHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID ACREE

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $125,287
    From this org
    $113,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,120
    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. 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
    $1,717,897
    Expenses
    $3,144,670
    Contributions
    $1,714,631
    Grants paid
    $14,868
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,757,480
    Expenses
    $3,582,268
    Contributions
    $3,758,086
    Grants paid
    $8,767
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,205,458
    Expenses
    $2,550,088
    Contributions
    $3,201,973
    Grants paid
    $124,160

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
    $1,255,656
    Expenses
    $1,394,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $817,377

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,233,174
    Expenses
    $904,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,032,886

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $742,038
    Expenses
    $696,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $570,821

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $742,038
    Expenses
    $696,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $570,821

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $681,310
    Expenses
    $718,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,687

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $812,897
    Expenses
    $922,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,550

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

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.