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Literacy Matters Foundation

Minneapolis, MNUnknown exempt organizationEIN 81-2943386

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Our mission is to leverage the best technology and proven curriculum to empoweryour learners (k-3) with the basic reading skills needed to close the Literacy gap.

53¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 11 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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FY2021
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Spent on programs
53%
of spending
Worth a look: 53% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
5
named funders · $128K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$815K
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
53%
Net assets
$0

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2021.

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

Where the money goes

53 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 53% · $636K Management & general 15% · $175K Fundraising 33% · $390K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Deb Mallin
Founder, Co-Chair and CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bruce Langer
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John Thomas
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sonia Ungerman
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Joy Baer
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John Wannager
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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers young learners with essential reading skills using technology and proven curriculum.

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1 program service account for $636K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Mighty Doodle

Literacy matters has a non-exclusive licensed & co-developed learning software (mighty doodle) that brings together artificial intelligence and research-based curriculum. Following the orton-gillingham instructional approach.

$636Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2021
The Sauer Family FoundationFY2021$61K
Shavlik Fam Charitable TrFY2021$30K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2021$25K
Whaley FoundationFY2021$10K
Bnsf Railway FoundationFY2021$2K
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$128K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$815K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$767K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$636K
Managementcol C$175K
Fundraisingcol D$390K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$767K
Government grantsLn 1e$147K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$23K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Gains on assetsLn 7$22K
Total revenueLn 12$815K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$640K$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K$0
Total assetsLn 16$659K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$274K$0
Net assetsLn 32$386K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$491K$235K$48K$207K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$10K−$222$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$37K$18K$2K$18K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$95K$95K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$480K$341K$89K$49K
Office expensesLn 13$14K$8K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$39K$12K$19K$9K
TravelLn 17$5K$457$4K$320
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$4K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$9K$5K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$636K$175K$390K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2021 Latest Viewing $815K$1.2M−$386K$0 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $815,376 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$147,106
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$620,198
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$23,060
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$767,304
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $23,403$23,403
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $2,870$2,870
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $21,799$21,799
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $48,072 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$815,376
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,201,012 across 10 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $235,490 · Management $48,366 · Fundraising $207,442$491,298
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,556 · Management −$222 · Fundraising $10,866$20,200
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $17,551 · Management $2,027 · Fundraising $17,516$37,094
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $94,693$94,693
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $341,095 · Management $89,390 · Fundraising $49,483$479,968
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,315 · Management $6,184$14,499
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,075 · Management $18,701 · Fundraising $8,510$39,286
IX-17 TravelPrograms $457 · Management $3,970 · Fundraising $320$4,747
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,880 · Management $6,727$10,607
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,163 · Management $3,457$8,620
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $635,850 · Management $174,734 · Fundraising $390,428$1,201,012
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $639,561$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,878$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,795$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 assetsStart of year $4,000$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $659,234$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $273,598$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $364,236$0
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $21,400$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $385,636$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $659,234$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$815,376
XI-2 Total expenses$1,201,012
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$385,636
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$385,636
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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