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Team Read EIN 01-0852888

Team Read FY2020 filing

EIN  01-0852888 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Seattle, WA Founded 2005
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Trains teens to tutor younger students in reading.
Leadership
Melissa Pailthorp · Executive Dir. · $123K
Money in and out
$738K revenue, $582K expenses
Bottom line
54% program efficiency

Trains teens to tutor younger students in reading. For fiscal year 2020 it reported $738K in revenue, $582K in expenses, and $490K in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$738K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$582K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$490K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $156K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.54 Management & general $0.27 Fundraising $0.19
Program efficiency
54%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
11.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+21%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$738K
FY2020
Expenses
$582K
FY2020
Total assets
$615K
FY2020
Total liabilities
$124K
FY2020
Total revenue
$738K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$582K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$490K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$156K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$615K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B54%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 315
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 415
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $316K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2019.
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Team Read is a reading tutoring program that engages teens as tutors for struggling readers.

$316Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CTeam Read
EINHdr · item D01-0852888
Principal addressHdr · item CSeattle, WA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.teamread.org
Year of formationHdr · item L2005
State of legal domicileHdr · item MWA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFEducation (B92)
Ruling yearIRS BMFMar 2006

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a15
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b15
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Melissa Pailthorp
Executive Dir.
$122,743Pt VII · Sec A
Chance Hunt
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Yolanda Eng
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Matt Hrdlicka
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Seana Hayden
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kit Bakke
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Eric Buley
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Melissa Pailthorp’s $78K as Executive Director, Former is at the 18th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3392 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Melissa Pailthorp$77,879$133,919$137,183—$139,260$122,743
Melissa Pailthorp———$131,280——
Ebony Pattenaude$62,645—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants102%$750K
Investment income$24
— government grantsLn 1e$98K
Total revenueLn 12$738K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.54 Management & general $0.27 Fundraising $0.19
Program services54%$316K
Management & general27%$157K
Fundraising19%$108K
Total functional expensesLn 25$582K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$542K
Total assetsLn 16$615K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$124K
Total net assetsLn 32$490K
Months of cash on handcomputed11.2

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2020 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $542K · Operating expenses/yr $582K
11.2 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $316K · Total expenses $582K
54%
Management & General
Management & general $157K · Total expenses $582K
27%
Fundraising
Fundraising $108K · Total expenses $582K
19%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $108K · Solicited contributions $652K
$0.17 to raise $1
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $750K · Total revenue $738K
102%
Government reliance
Government grants $98K · Total revenue $738K
13%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $738K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $24 · Total revenue $738K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $582K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $738K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $490K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $738K · Expenses $582K
+21%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $615K
—
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $490K · Total assets $615K
80%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $615K
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Melissa Pailthorp · Reported title Executive Dir. · Highest reported compensation $123K · Total expenses $582K
21%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $295K · Total expenses $582K
51%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 54%——
Overhead ratio 27%——
Fundraising cost ratio 14%——
Investment management fee ratio 0%——
Legal fee ratio 0%——
Accounting fee ratio 4%——
Fundraising fee ratio 6%——

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
School's Out WashingtonFY2025$78K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$78K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $153K · 2024–2024
Seattle Public SchoolsFY2024$144,698
Highline Public SchoolsFY2024$7,954

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024$768K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$1.1M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$1.4M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$1.0M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$738K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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