FUTURE OF READING

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $180K · expenses $176K · assets $132K

EIN
37-1977795
Address
50 OAK ST, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022-2266
Website
futureofreading.com
NTEE code
B92
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
December 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
James R Connor (its 2021 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2021 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
Cross-check
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Mission

TO ASSIST STUDENTS OF ALL GRADE LEVELS WITH READING AND WRITING SKILLS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
James Connor President2021-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Don Ross Director2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Manthi Nguyen Director2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Vivian Mendoza (former) Sec/Treas2021-2024 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES CONNOR President10 $0-- $01
DON ROSS Director5 $0-- $01
MANTHI NGUYEN Director5 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES CONNOR President10 $0-- $01
VIVIAN MENDOZA Sec/Treas10 $0-- $01
DON ROSS Director5 $0-- $01
MANTHI NGUYEN Director5 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES CONNOR President10 $0-- $01
VIVIAN MENDOZA Sec/Treas10 $0-- $01
DON ROSS Director5 $0-- $01
MANTHI NGUYEN Director5 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES CONNOR President10 $0-- $01
VIVIAN MENDOZA Sec/Treas10 $0-- $01
DON ROSS Director5 $0-- $01
MANTHI NGUYEN Director5 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES CONNOR President10 $0-- $01
VIVIAN MENDOZA Sec/Treas10 $0-- $01
DON ROSS Director5 $0-- $01
MANTHI NGUYEN Director5 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$180,336$176,005 $132,323$123,805 $106,259$73,557 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$142,964$113,610 $121,939$119,474 $101,529$39,871 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$144,602$111,241 $90,120$90,120 $131,257$13,345 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,910$82,050 $57,363$56,759 $35,150$45,460 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$52,905$21,006 $58,899$57,899 $52,905- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $30,195 in all, tax years 2022 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$30,000 2022$30,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FUTURE OF READING” 2023 1$195 2023$195
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READING PALS CHICO INCCAB92 $187,371$140,198 Executive Dir.$50,405 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
BOOKS INC S READING BRIDGECAB92 $326,813$183,227 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PART Y$60,000 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
REDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACYCAB92 $308,934$147,406 BOARD MEMBER$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
READ65 INCCAB92 $94,524$131,100 Chairman$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
LEARNING360CAB92 $190,762$177,985 President & CEO$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
MOMENTUM TUTORINGCAB92 $173,762$142,086 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$70,900 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
BOOK EXCHANGE OF MARINCAB92 $168,936$84,131 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
PLANETREADCAB92 $150,427$543,734 Director$148,019 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
PROJECT SECOND CHANCECAB92 $207,986$86,905 President$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
PROJECT LIFELONGCAB92 $237,680$170,909 CHIEF OP OFF$68,400 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
GPII FOUNDATION CORPORATIONCAB92 $129,926$143,861 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
VAIGAI TAMIL SCHOOLCAB92 $141,661$45,545 President$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
LITERACYWORKSCAB92 $105,350$174,434 Director$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
SIGHT WORD BUSTERSCAB92 $140,679$72,948 President$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
INNVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONCAB92 $255,000$87,775 Director$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
SPIRIT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERCAB92 $192,137$244,276 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
LIFECHANGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INCCAB92 $347,084$325,859 KEY EMPLOYEE$22,917 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
HUMBOLDT LITERACY PROJECTCAB92 $91,739$180,867 Executive Dir.$59,003 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
KERN LITERACY COUNCILCAB92 $188,636$481,965 EXECUTIVE DIR$84,375 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
MAIN STREET SCHOLARSCAB92 $338,848$350,304 EXECUTIVE DI$36,000 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
MEDAKA NO GAKKOCAB92 $99,414$85,918 Chairperson$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x, same state
DAILY DOSE OF READINGOHB92 $110,223$96,282 VICE PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x
FAMILY READING PARTNERSHIPNYB92 $238,113$263,539 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$64,934 Same NTEE code B92, revenue within 2x

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GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
PEORIA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$2,000,3082 12023–2024 LOOK ITS MY BOOK INC
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FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES DAF sponsor$1,170,00012 12013–2024 FAMILY READING PARTNERSHIP
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$1,169,57039 172016–2024 MARYLAND READS INC; THE REAL PROGRAM INC; LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC; BOOKS FOR NEWBORNS INC and 13 more
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$817,75128 112019–2025 I WRITE; KG S KIDS INC; LILY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA; WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION and 7 more
DEBBY DURHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$699,34211 12015–2025 FRIENDS OF KEENE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS DAF sponsor$506,80010 12015–2024 ROWAN COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC DAF sponsor$504,5002 12016–2017 READING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL PEOPLE INC
WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$451,63014 12011–2024 EVERY CHILD CAN READ INC
ROSE PERENIN FOUNDATION Private foundation$386,68313 12013–2025 HUMBOLDT LITERACY PROJECT
INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$381,74011 12012–2024 LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$318,67516 22010–2024 REDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY; ACTIVATING READING COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATION
WALTER SCOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$250,0001 12022–2022 FRIENDS OF KEENE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor$248,80824 92016–2024 FREEDOM READERS INC; READING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL PEOPLE INC; THE REAL PROGRAM INC; LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC and 5 more
TARAK DAS BANERJEE AND GUMDUR GREWAL-BANERJEE CHARITABLE Private foundation$230,00010 12016–2025 LILY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $176,005 spent · pay $100,253 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $100,253 57.0%
Fees to independent contractors $48,826 27.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,926 15.3%
Total$176,005100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $113,610 spent · pay $90,488 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $90,488 79.6%
Fees to independent contractors $14,637 12.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,485 7.5%
Total$113,610100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $111,241 spent · pay $78,485 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $78,485 70.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $31,711 28.5%
Fees to independent contractors $1,045 0.9%
Total$111,241100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $82,050 spent · pay $24,834 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $57,142 69.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $24,834 30.3%
Fees to independent contractors $50 0.1%
Printing, publications, postage $24 0.0%
Total$82,050100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $21,006 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,645 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,361 82.6%
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,645 17.4%
Total$21,006100%

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