To provide advancement and inform best practices in education by serving as a site of research, teacher training, information sharing, and by creating a venue for teacher leaders to model innovative teaching methods.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3K 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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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $49K a year · 28% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $23K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$71K
33% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 33% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$44K
-86% vs prior year
Spent
$41K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$145K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$44K
FY2025▼ -86%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$131K
FY2023$160K
FY2024$309K
FY2025$44K
Expenses
$41K
FY2025▼ -81%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$215K
FY2025$41K
Net assets
$145K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$92K
FY2023$48K
FY2024$142K
FY2025$145K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2015-11-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2016.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $32K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990-EZ; $3K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$3,250Pt VII · Sec A

Carrie Erb’s $3K as Executive Director is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 112 <$100K youth development 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Jeanette Wyatt——$34,760
Carrie Erb$3,250$1,350$950

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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Programs and updates

Improves education through research, teacher training, and sharing innovative teaching methods.

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3 programs · $188K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

General Programs

Providing educational support, training, and course materials for instruction for students with learning differences.

$154Kprogram expense
02

Og Teacher Training

Provides instruction in the orton-gillingham approach to structured literacy. Orton-gillingham certification is offered to trainees.

$21Kprogram expense
03

Msm Teacher Training

Provides instruction and certification for multisensory math methods of teaching.

$13Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$23K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$44K
Other income$44K
Money out
$41K
Programs$32K
Owns and owes
$145K
net assets
Total assets$216K
Liabilities$71K
People
1
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$44K
Total revenue$44K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$216K
Liabilities$71K
Net assets$145K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers0
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 24, 2026 $44K$41K$3K$145K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025 $309K$215K$94K$142K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 10, 2024 $160K$48K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 12, 2023 $131K$92K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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