Public Charity

THE LITERACY PROJECT

THE LITERACY PROJECT is a Public Charity headquartered in MOUNT RAINIER, MD. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $333K revenue, $273K expenses, $224K total assets. 10 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $201K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 205485155 MOUNT RAINIER, MD Film & Video NTEE: A31 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$333K
Total Expenses$273K
Total Assets$224K
Grant Records10
Funding Total$201K
Filing Years2022–2024

Mission

WE PROMOTE THAT LITERACY IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL, THROUGH MULTIMEDIA ORAL HISTORY AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS THAT ARCHIVE AND SHARE STORIES OF LITERACY, EMPHASIZING THE ROLES OF LITERACY PROGRAMS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS.

Where $100 goes at The Literacy Project

How The Literacy Project divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 3 years.

$65 Programs the work itself
$35 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
In 2024, The Literacy Project advanced research and production on several different documentary films, for which we contracted with multiple film professionals in diverse capacities and geographies
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Catherine Murphy
SECRETARY Judith Murphy
TREASURER Susan Sillins

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Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$133,236 5 grants
General Support
$67,500 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $333K $273K $224K
2023 $176K $260K $166K
2022 $210K $182K $252K

Between 2022 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $210K to $333K (+58%), with total assets most recently reported at $224K.

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