Reading Works: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 45-4493786)

Is it real?

No. The IRS revoked its tax exemption. Latest filing on record: FY2022.

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

Where the money goes

58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

58%

42%

Program services 58% · $3K Management & general 42% · $3K

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

13 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII

Thomas McGinnis

Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Paul Anger

Immediate Past Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Deb Scola

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Smith

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Cherrin

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gary Dembs

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ahmad Ezzeddinephd

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eve Haley

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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

Connects Detroit residents with job training and employers for better careers.

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1 program · $3K · in their own filed words · FY2021

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Reading works is dedicated to raising the level of adult literacy in metro detroit and promoting the idea that reading works in the family and in the workforce.

$3Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2020

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationFY2020$100K

Dte Energy FoundationFY2020$25K

Comerica Charitable FoundationFY2020$10K

Feller Family Charitable Foundation TrustFY2020$2K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$137K

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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$42K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$42K

Money outPt IX

$6K

Ln 25

Programscol B$3K

Managementcol C$3K

Owns and owesPt X

$0

net assets · Ln 32

Total assetsLn 16$0

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

13

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b12

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$42K

Government grantsLn 1e$41K

Total revenueLn 12$42K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

Total assetsLn 16$0

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$0

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY22	End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$4K	$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13		$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c		$0
Total assetsLn 16	$5K	$0
LiabilitiesLn 26	$41K	$0
Net assetsLn 32	−$36K	$0

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Accounting feesLn 11c	$2K		$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$350		$350
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$4K	$3K	$63
Total functional expensesLn 25	$6K	$3K	$3K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2022 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 27, 2022	$42K	$6K	$36K	$0	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $42,300 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $114,200$42,300

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$664$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $113,536$42,300

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $128,049$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $24,590$6,021

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $152,639$6,021

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$39,103$36,279

Part VI · Governance 12 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members12

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $42,300 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$41,100

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,200

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$42,300

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$42,300

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,021 across 3 lines filed

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,129$2,129

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $350$350

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,479 · Management $63$3,542

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,479 · Management $2,542 · Fundraising $0$6,021

Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 22 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,370$0

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0

X-4 Accounts receivable$0

X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0

X-6 Loans to other insiders$0

X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0

X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $565$0

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0

X-11 Publicly traded securities$0

X-12 Other securities$0

X-13 Program-related investments$0

X-14 Intangible assets$0

X-15 Other assets$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,935$0

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $114$0

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $41,100$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,214$0

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$36,279$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$36,279$0

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,935$0

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$42,300

XI-2 Total expenses$6,021

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$36,279

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$36,279

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Reading Works

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Reading Works

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV