Literacy Connexus INC FY2020 filing

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $663 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$132K
Spent
$118K
To programs
68%
Net assets
$47K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$132K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$132K
FY2021$115K
FY2022$98K
FY2023$81K
FY2024$145K
FY2025$111K
Expenses
$118K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$118K
FY2021$110K
FY2022$108K
FY2023$104K
FY2024$91K
FY2025$147K
Net assets
$47K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$47K
FY2021$52K
FY2022$40K
FY2023$15K
FY2024$69K
FY2025$32K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2004.

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

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $80K Management & general 32% · $38K

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

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers churches to provide literacy help for adults and children.

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3 programs · $80K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Using an original model known as tex (teaching english with excellence), a team of nine experienced volunteer leaders train approximately three hundred new teachers annually. These volunteers join hundreds of others in more than one hundred churches in texas teaching english to speakers of other languages.

$80Kprogram expense
02

What's for lunch? Is a program developed by literacy connexus to provide resources in an attempt to defeat what is known as the summer reading slide. When children do not continue reading throughout the summer, they regress in their literacy capacity. Many of these children receive free lunches in the summer.

Pt IX · col B
03

Ready for school helps prepare the children of refugees for kindergarten. For the past two years, literacy connexus has partnered with the cooperative baptist fellowship to prepare children through ready for school based on guidelines from the fort worth independent school district, this early learning program takes place in apartment…

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$132K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Investment incomeLn 3$6
Money outPt IX
$118K
Ln 25
Programscol B$80K
Managementcol C$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$47K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K
Total assetsLn 16$47K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131K
Government grantsLn 1e$14K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Investment incomeLn 3$6
Total revenueLn 12$132K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$47K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$47K
Total assetsLn 16$47K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$47K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 627
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$34K$47K
Total assetsLn 16$34K$47K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$34K$47K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$68K$34K$34K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$14K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$17K$970
OccupancyLn 16$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$769$714$55
InsuranceLn 23$3K$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$118K$80K$38K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 29, 2026 $111K$147K−$36K$32K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 13, 2025 $145K$91K$55K$69K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 16, 2024 $81K$104K−$23K$15K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 18, 2023 $98K$108K−$11K$40K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 5, 2022 $115K$110K$6K$52K 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2021 $132K$118K$14K$47K 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 $132,356 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $124,960$131,175
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,799$1,175
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $84$6
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $128,843$132,356
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $78,971$85,895
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $43,760$32,571
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $122,731$118,466
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,112$13,890
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $132,356 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$14,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$117,175
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$131,175
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,175$1,175
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $6$6
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,181$132,356
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $118,466 across 9 lines filed
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $33,900 · Management $33,900$67,800
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,812$13,812
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,141 · Management $2,142$4,283
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,525$2,525
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,918$2,918
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,638 · Management $970$17,608
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,219$6,219
IX-17 TravelPrograms $714 · Management $55$769
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,296 · Management $1,236$2,532
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $80,163 · Management $38,303 · Fundraising $0$118,466
Part X · Balance sheet $47,487 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,242$47,487
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $34,242$47,487
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $13,642$19,797
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $20,600$27,690
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $34,242$47,487
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $34,242$47,487
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $47,487 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$132,356
XI-2 Total expenses$118,466
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$13,890
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$34,242
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$645
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$47,487

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

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