Helps children, youth, and families overcome learning barriers through collaborative interventions.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $858K in revenue, $830K in expenses, and $499K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$858K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$830K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$499K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $29K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
80%
12%
Program services $0.80 Management & general $0.12 Fundraising $0.07
Program efficiency
80%
of spending reaches programs▲ +1% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
5.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +2% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+3%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -72% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$858K
FY20250%
$858K$429K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$830K
FY2025▲ +10%
$830K$415K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$835K
FY2025▲ +2%
$835K$418K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$336K
FY2025▼ -5%
$426K$213K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$858K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$830K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$499K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$29K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$835K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B80%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 312
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 4pending
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $666K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Literacy
Serving nearly 200 students and adult learners in our literacy service programs, including the Barton reading and spelling system, adult basic education, workforce literacy, and English as a second language.
$394Kprogram expense
02
Youth Development
Engaging in and supporting research to identify barriers to youth learning and development. This involves completing studies of developmental assets in youth in counties throughout Michigan. Additional programming includes youth substance use prevention and community coordination of the response to substance use disorder.
$256Kprogram expense
03
Evaluation & Consulting
Providing evaluation and outcome planning support to other nonprofits, in order to improve their program outcomes and reporting to funders. Includes development of logic models, creation of evaluation questionnaires, and data analysis of program evaluation tools.
Kathryn Tate’s $84K as Executive Dir.
is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1616 $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
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.
Individual Kathryn Tate · Reported title Executive Dir. · Highest reported compensation $84K · Total expenses $830K
10%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $510K · Total expenses $830K
62%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
80%
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Overhead ratio
12%
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—
Fundraising cost ratio
8%
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Revenue growth
0%
—
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
—
—
Legal fee ratio
0%
—
—
Accounting fee ratio
3%
—
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Fundraising fee ratio
0%
—
—
Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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