LITERACY INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: LITERACY INC (EIN 13-3911331)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2023-11-07
IRS object ID: 202343119349303324
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-11-07T14:15:13-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	133628255	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONDON O'MEARA MCGINTY & DONNELLY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA 7TH FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10004	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	133911331	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LITERACY INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LITE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2126205462	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5030 BROADWAY 641	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10034	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KOSHA UDANI	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2126205462	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-11-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	KOSHA	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	UDANI	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ALEXANDER LAZZARUOLO	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01775353	PTIN
Phone	2126617777	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LINC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	KOSHA UDANI	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5030 BROADWAY 641	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10034	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$6,735,135	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.LINCNYC.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1996	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	LINC EQUIPS CHILDREN WITH FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	26	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	26	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	57	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	26	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$271	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,508,013	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$5,022,611	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$26,840	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$374	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$181,310	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$68,812	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,716,163	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,091,797	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,416,450	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,776,548	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$486,020	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,064,178	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,379,346	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,480,628	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,155,894	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,235,535	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$64,097	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$8,106,270	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$6,536,572	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$2,088,700	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$556,645	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,017,570	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,979,927	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	LITERACY INC. EQUIPS CHILDREN WITH FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$4,239,703	ExpenseAmt
Desc	LINC MOBILIZED MORE THAN 153 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING LIBRARIES, TO DELIVER 159 READING EVERYWHERE PROGRAMS, 236 READING DISCOVERIES AND 171 PARENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS. WE ALSO GRADUATED 55 PARENTS IN OUR VERY INVOLVED PARENT (VIP) ACADEMY. NEARLY 62 VIPS VOLUNTEERED TO SUPPORT 121 EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,239,703	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	28	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	57	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	0	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	26	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	26	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SHARI LEVINE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2126205462	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5030 BROADWAY 641	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10034	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (31 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARY FRATTO ROWE
VICE CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT SPIERER
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KOSHA UDANI
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MIMI LEVIN LIEBER IN MEMORIAM
FOUNDER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TRACY DOCKRAY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CARL FOLTA
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN GALISKI CHAIR AUDIT COMMITTEE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN HALLEY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JORDAN HALPERN-LEISTNER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HELENE JAFFE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JACQUELINE KAIKO
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NAHID LAKHANI
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAN LEE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES E LIEBER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAT MITCHELL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANDREA NEWBORN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SUSAN ELKIND ORCHANT
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SONIA ORTIZ-GULARDO
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN PANTALENA
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CLARE PREMO PEREZ
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VICTOR PICHARDO JR
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RON RENTEL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANN SHORT
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANDREW SPRING
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHANIE YOUNG
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHARI LEVINE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$140,539	$0	$24,451
CARLA GODOY
DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT	40.00			$145,558	$0	$25,321	Yes (X)
KATIE GARDNER-BOEHM
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INTI	40.00			$134,265	$0	$22,522	Yes (X)
EMMANUEL J NOVY
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS	40.00			$128,192	$0	$29,627	Yes (X)
LAURA WALSH
DIRECTOR	40.00			$133,010	$0	$22,169	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$681,564	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$124,090	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
SHARED VALUE MEDIA
3951 HIGUERA STREET	CULVER CITY	CA	90232	CONSULTANT	$230,000
APTER & O'CONNOR
8473 E SENECA TURNPIKE	MANLUIS	NY	13104	CONSULTANT	$146,950
JULIE PONCELET CONSULTING LLC
5123 W 98TH ST 1160	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55437	CONSULTANT	$110,479

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$677,548	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$1,639,888	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$2,705,175	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$66,234	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$5,022,611	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$271	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$271	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,502,586	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,502,483	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$103	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$103	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$103	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$140,855	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$677,549	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$140,855	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$68,812	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$68,812	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$68,812	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,091,797	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$271	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$68,915	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$134,711	TotalAmt
Program Services	$111,736	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,590	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,385	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,107,923	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,577,852	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$244,329	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$285,742	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,436	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,469	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,594	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,373	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$211,726	TotalAmt
Program Services	$175,615	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,645	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,466	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$263,752	TotalAmt
Program Services	$218,768	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,735	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,249	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,553	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50,932	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,621	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$865,761	TotalAmt
Program Services	$666,408	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,912	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$94,441	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$67,370	TotalAmt
Program Services	$55,881	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,295	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,194	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,470	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,173	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,059	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,238	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,512	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,710	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,745	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,057	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$357	TotalAmt
Program Services	$296	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,974	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,918	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$158	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,898	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM EXPENSE	$144,699	$144,699
MISCELLANEOUS	$88,002	$57,598	$5,460	$24,944
CONTRIBUTED BOOKS AND M	$23,648	$23,648

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,155,894	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,239,703	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$430,171	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$486,020	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,709,687	BOYAmt
EOY	$435,619	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,472,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$532,364	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,210,725	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,264,644	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$168,746	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,710	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,597	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$24,381	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$24,381	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$357	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$570,169	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,071,582	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,626	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,020	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,106,270	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,536,572	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,088,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$556,645	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,088,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$556,645	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,223,697	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,423,181	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,793,873	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,556,746	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,017,570	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,979,927	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,106,270	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,536,572	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$64,097	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$26,454	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,833,859	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,948,046	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,843,842	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,508,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,022,611	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$23,156,371	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,833,859	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,948,046	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,843,842	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,508,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,022,611	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$23,156,371	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$4,869,976	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$18,286,395	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$778	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$530	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$234	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$368	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$271	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,181	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$181,310	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$68,812	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$250,122	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$23,408,674	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$115,019	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.78120	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.80480	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MISCELLANEOUS - 2022 AMOUNT: $ 68,812. ERTC - 2021 AMOUNT: $ 181,310.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,793,873	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,925,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,162,127	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,556,746	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,452,711	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,946,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,604,838	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,793,873	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,567,296	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,091,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,205,585	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,452,711	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,308,562	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,400,550	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,141,816	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,567,296	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,077,008	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,201,066	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$969,512	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,308,562	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$24,381	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$24,381	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY BILLS	Desc
Book Value	$2,071,582	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	C	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$2,071,582	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,211,053	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$26,454	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$92,802	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$119,256	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,091,797	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,091,797	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,248,696	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$92,802	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$92,802	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$5,155,894	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$5,155,894	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART V, LINE 4:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS CONSIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE RESTRICTED BY THE DONOR FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PURPOSE OR RELATE TO FUTURE PERIODS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$818,404	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$677,549	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$140,855	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$140,855	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$818,404	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$677,549	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$140,855	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$140,855	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$140,855	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$0	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
CARLA GODOY
DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT	$145,558	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,001	$0	$22,320	$0	$170,879	$0	$0	$0
SHARI LEVINE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$140,539	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,901	$0	$21,550	$0	$164,990	$0	$0	$0
EMMANUEL J NOVY
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS	$128,192	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,970	$0	$19,657	$0	$157,819	$0	$0	$0
KATIE GARDNER-BOEHM
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INTI	$134,265	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,934	$0	$20,588	$0	$156,787	$0	$0	$0
LAURA WALSH
DIRECTOR	$133,010	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,773	$0	$20,396	$0	$155,179	$0	$0	$0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$42,586	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	BOOKS/MATERIALS	Desc
Contribution	5	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$0	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1	LITERACY INC. (LINC) IS AN AWARD-WINNING ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES EFFECTIVE EARLY LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR PARENTS TO BUILD A STRONG LITERACY FOUNDATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN DURING THEIR FIRST FIVE YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, A TIME WHEN THEIR FUTURE OUTCOMES ARE SHAPED. OUR MISSION IS TO EQUIP CHILDREN WITH FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A	LINC'S 2-GENERATION AND COMMUNITY-BASED EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING, DELIVERED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND VIRTUALLY ACROSS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PLATFORMS (POST-COVID19), LINC MOBILIZED MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING LIBRARIES, TO DELIVER 235 READING EVERYWHERE PROGRAMS AND 145 PARENT ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS. WE ALSO GRADUATED 83 PARENTS IN OUR VERY INVOLVED PARENT ACADEMY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS E-MAILED TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR COMMENT BEFORE FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	TO REGULARLY MONITOR AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LINC'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS ARE SIGNED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONDUCTS A YEARLY PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SETS THE SALARY FOR THE NEW YEAR. THIS IS DONE APPROXIMATELY IN SEPTEMBER FOR AN OCTOBER 1 NEW SALARY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	LINC MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LINC WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 271,754. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 46,002. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 317,756. STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 16,654. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,578. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1,846. TOTAL EXPENSES 20,078. CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 370,499. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 56,621. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 91,763. TOTAL EXPENSES 518,883. PAYROLL PROCESSING SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 7,501. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 711. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 832. TOTAL EXPENSES 9,044.