The Stellar Academy for Dyslexics

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To help children suffering from dyslexia by providing an environment specifically for their educational needs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 21 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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 deficit $898 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
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$91K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $50K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$339K
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$517K
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$538K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$227K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$517K
FY2025▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$575K
FY2020$589K
FY2021$674K
FY2023$571K
FY2024$467K
FY2025$517K
Expenses
$538K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$511K
FY2020$569K
FY2021$538K
FY2023$640K
FY2024$603K
FY2025$538K
Net assets
$227K
FY2025▼ -8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$123K
FY2020$144K
FY2021$280K
FY2023$383K
FY2024$248K
FY2025$227K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · 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 1988.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $369K Management & general 31% · $169K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $91K 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 Dir.
$90,539Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020FY2019
Lorianne Abrahams———$92,000$91,693$56,000
Heather Levya$90,539$91,277$84,910———

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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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

Supports children with dyslexia by offering a specialized educational environment.

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1 program · $369K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The organization's exempt purpose as a school was accomplished through teaching and tutoring students with dyslexia. The school tests children to see if they actually do suffer from dyslexia and provides consultations with parents regarding educational options.

$369Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$50K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$517K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$446K
Other incomeLn 4–11$60K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$538K
Ln 25
Programscol B$369K
Managementcol C$169K
Owns and owesPt X
$227K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$566K
Total assetsLn 16$566K
LiabilitiesLn 26$339K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$446K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$60K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$517K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$90K
SavingsLn 2$476K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$566K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$566K
LiabilitiesLn 26$339K
Net assetsLn 32$227K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 521
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$513K$566K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$513K$566K
LiabilitiesLn 26$265K$339K
Net assetsLn 32$248K$227K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$147K$37K$110K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$229K$195K$34K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K$11K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$25K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$3K$539
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K$219
Office expensesLn 13$18K$16K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$88K$75K$13K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$7K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$265$225$40
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$538K$369K$169K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 5, 2026 $517K$538K−$21K$227K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2025 $467K$603K−$136K$248K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 28, 2024 $571K$640K−$70K$383K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 7, 2022 $674K$538K$136K$280K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 13, 2021 $589K$569K$21K$144K 990 PDF
FY2019Filed with the IRS Feb 5, 2021 $575K$511K$64K$123K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $517,198 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $456,976$446,173
I-10 Investment income$10,914
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $10,400$60,111
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $467,376$517,198
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $472,507$418,334
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $130,561$119,640
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $603,068$537,974
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$135,692−$20,776
Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $517,198 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $446,173$446,173
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $10,914$10,914
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $60,111$60,111
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $457,087 · Excluded from tax $60,111$517,198
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $537,974 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $36,770 · Management $110,312$147,082
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $194,626 · Management $34,346$228,972
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $10,682 · Management $1,885$12,567
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,256 · Management $4,457$29,713
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,055 · Management $539$3,594
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,241 · Management $219$1,460
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,554 · Management $2,745$18,299
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $74,973 · Management $13,230$88,203
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,646 · Management $1,173$7,819
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $225 · Management $40$265
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $369,028 · Management $168,946 · Fundraising $0$537,974
Part X · Balance sheet $565,995 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $512,787$90,081
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$475,914
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 charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$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 assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $512,787$565,995
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $265,004$338,988
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $265,004$338,988
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $247,783$227,007
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $247,783$227,007
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $512,787$565,995
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $227,007 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$517,198
XI-2 Total expenses$537,974
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$20,776
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$247,783
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$227,007

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

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