Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2015.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
7 people listed on the 990; $24K paid to officers and key staff.
Susan Appel’s $24K as Exec. Director/President is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Appel | $24,000 | $1,000 |
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.
See The Indy Learning Team INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowers communities with literacy instruction and support to create opportunities for all.
Questions for The Indy Learning Team INC
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Tutoring Programs
1:1 tutoring pairs students with a reading specialist, two times per week year round. In 2024, we provided more than 3,000 hours of 1:1 tutoring to more than 60 students. This free tutoring program is typically the only resource students have to reach full literacy.
Tilt Tech
The indy learning team uses adira reads' tilt tech, a literacy building program that uses ai to improve instructional impact, steady student growth, stronger foundational literacy skills, and actionable insights for teachers and administrators. In 2025, tilt tech with adira reads supported more than 2,500 students.
The free communi-tea book club is a partnership with tamika catchings and her foundation catch the stars. Free books are available year-round at tea's me community caf near tarkington park in indianapolis. In 2024, we gave away more than 3,500 new books. We have 1,400 people in our free communi-tea book club.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $130K | $290K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $164K | $330K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $190 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $164K | $330K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $24K | $13K | $6K | $5K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $6K | $6K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2K | $1K | $1K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $2K | $1K | $1K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $4K | $4K | $135 | $68 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $6K | $3K | $3K | $1K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $836 | $836 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $191K | $191K | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $91 | $91 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $237K | $213K | $16K | $7K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 25, 2026 | $403K | $237K | $166K | $330K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 8, 2025 | $219K | $184K | $35K | $164K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 26, 2024 | $184K | $24K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $403,212 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $403,212 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $236,941 across 9 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $330,336 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $330,336 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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