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Adventures in Learning INC FY2020 filing

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Manhasset, NY501(c)(3)Since 2001Education EIN 30-0032941Revenue $859K in FY2020Latest return filed Jul 15, 2026

On file with the IRSadventures-in-learning.orgPo Box 1054, 11030-8054 · Manhasset, NYTax-exempt since Mar 2002Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Organization helps underpriviledged children by providing specialized instruction in homework skills, early reading, health education, foreign language, computer skills, field trips, and arts and crafts to children in grades K through six.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$80K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $113K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $351K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $260K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$72K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$859K
Spent
$832K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$618K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$859K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$859K
FY2021$976K
FY2022$849K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$832K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$832K
FY2021$741K
FY2022$809K
FY2023$968K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$618K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$618K
FY2021$923K
FY2022$888K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending August 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2002.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $710K Management & general 6% · $51K Fundraising 9% · $71K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Diana Holden
Exec Dir
$80,000Pt VII · Sec A
Kurt Kiess
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John Jeffrey
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Diana Holden’s $149K as Exec Dir is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Diana Holden$149,071$144,358$101,769$93,769$89,077$80,000
Johnathan Landau$77,056—————

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Teaches underprivileged children K-6 skills like reading, computers, and arts.

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2 programs · $710K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Provide After-School Homework, Enrichment Early Childhood Reading, and Summer programs.

$524Kprogram expense
02

Assistance to individuals during Covid-19 pandemic.

$186Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$126K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$61K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$26K
The New York Community TrustFY2024$20K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$14K
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaFY2024$9K
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$5K
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$260K
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Grants paid · 12 grants · $858K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$175,853
Unitemized GrantFY2023$161,009
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,546
Unitemized GrantFY2022$23,756
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$108,099
Unitemized GrantFY2021$23,539
Unitemized GrantFY2020$85,792
Unitemized GrantFY2020$66,612
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$186,276
Unitemized GrantFY2019$2,700

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$859K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$839K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$832K
Ln 25
Programscol B$710K
Managementcol C$51K
Fundraisingcol D$71K
Owns and owesPt X
$618K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$300K
Total assetsLn 16$689K
LiabilitiesLn 26$72K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$839K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$25K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$130K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$2K
Total revenueLn 12$859K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$33K
SavingsLn 2$268K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$300K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$39K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$351K
Total assetsLn 16$689K
LiabilitiesLn 26$72K
Net assetsLn 32$618K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 555
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY20FY19FY18FY17FY16
End of yearLn 1g$351K$326K$341K$319K$294K
Given inLn 1b$5K$2K$6K$1K$1K
SpentLn 1d–1f$16K$19K$21K$14K$12K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$179K$300K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$326K$351K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$79K$39K
Total assetsLn 16$584K$689K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$72K
Net assetsLn 32$584K$618K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$189K$189K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$87K$44K$9K$35K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$354K$298K$29K$27K
Payroll taxesLn 10$41K$31K$4K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$0$2K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$3K$1K$432
Office expensesLn 13$3K$0$2K$994
OccupancyLn 16$39K$39K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$12K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$3K$3K$407
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$94K$91K$0$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$832K$710K$51K$71K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 15, 2026 $1.1M$1.3M−$237K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jul 15, 2025 $1.5M$1.4M$142K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 15, 2024 $1.4M$968K$471K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2023 $849K$809K$41K$888K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 15, 2022 $976K$741K$235K$923K 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 15, 2021 $859K$832K$26K$618K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $858,614 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $693,925$839,195
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $20,680$7,767
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $12,756$11,652
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $727,361$858,614
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $176,099$188,976
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $396,125$481,631
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $123,091$161,853
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $695,315$832,460
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $32,046$26,154
Part VI · Governance 17 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $858,614 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,885 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$130,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$709,195
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$24,789
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$839,195
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $10,089$10,089
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$2,322−$2,322
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,767$7,767
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19,419$858,614
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $832,460 across 11 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $188,976$188,976
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,500 · Management $8,700 · Fundraising $34,800$87,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $297,841 · Management $29,200 · Fundraising $27,068$354,109
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $31,193 · Management $4,387 · Fundraising $4,942$40,522
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,500 · Fundraising $0$2,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,162 · Management $1,372 · Fundraising $432$4,966
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $1,847 · Fundraising $994$2,841
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $39,446 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$39,446
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,201 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,201
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,163 · Management $2,820 · Fundraising $407$6,390
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $90,842 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,667$93,509
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $710,324 · Management $50,826 · Fundraising $71,310$832,460
Part X · Balance sheet $689,491 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $61,603$32,569
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $117,804$267,570
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $79,011$38,730
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $326,008$350,622
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $584,426$689,491
X-25 Other liabilities$71,819
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$71,819
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $359,008$504,412
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $225,418$113,260
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $584,426$617,672
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $584,426$689,491
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $617,672 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$858,614
XI-2 Total expenses$832,460
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$26,154
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$584,426
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$36,090
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$28,998
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$617,672

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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