Public Charity

BOOK TRUST

BOOK TRUST, of DENVER, CO, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.4M in revenue, $5.3M in expenses, $1.9M in total assets. 88 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 204124164 DENVER, CO Primary & Elementary Schools NTEE: B24 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.4M
Total Expenses$5.3M
Total Assets$1.9M
Grant Records88
Funding Total$3.6M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ALL CHILDREN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BOOKS OF CHOICE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE READING MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT. BOOK TRUST'S VISION IS THAT EVERY CHILD DISCOVERS THE JOY AND POWER OF READING TO CULTIVATE A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING. SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING IN 2001, BOOK TRUST HAS GROWN FROM SERVING 170 STUDENTS IN COLORADO TO SERVING 47,376 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ACROSS 11 STATES DURING THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BOOK TRUST PARTNERED WITH 159 BOOK TRUST MANAGERS AND 2,181 TEACHERS IN 159 SCHOOLS, TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN BOOK CHOICE, OWNERSHIP, AND CELEBRATION OF OVER 597,000 NEW SCHOLASTIC BOOKS.

Where $100 goes at Book Trust

How Book Trust divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$6 Management running the organization
$15 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$58
Books
73% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 47,376 students; 159 schools; 597,000 books
$21
Teacher training and resources
27% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 2,022 teachers
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$112,750
THE WELD TRUST
2024
HEALTH AND/OR EDUCATION PURPOSES FOR WELD COUNTY
$103,000
BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND C/O BNY MELLON NA
2024
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$27,500
$24,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
2024
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$22,000

Showing up to 5 of 88 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

FOUNDER/DIRE Adrienne Schatz
VP OF PROGRA Allison Lee
SECRETARY Cheryl Zimlich
DIRECTOR Darin Atteberry
TREASURER David Diehl
VICE CHAIR David Perez

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,884,467 55 grants
Education
$506,236 23 grants
Health & Medicine
$233,650 5 grants
Unspecified
$19,050 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.4M $5.3M $1.9M
2024 $3.5M $5.4M $2.1M
2023 $3.6M $4.4M $4.4M
2021 $3.8M $2.8M $4.0M
2020 $4.6M $3.7M $3.0M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.6M to $5.4M (+18%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.9M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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