Public Charity

LITERACY MATTERS FOUNDATION

LITERACY MATTERS FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in MINNEAPOLIS, MN. Financial data from the 2021 filing: $815K revenue, $1.2M expenses. 16 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $940K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 812943386 MINNEAPOLIS, MN General Support NTEE: DEFAULT Latest filing: 2021
Total Revenue$815K
Total Expenses$1.2M
Grant Records16
Funding Total$940K
Filing Years2019–2021

Mission

THE LITERACY MATTERS FOUNDATION IS A TEAM OF TEACHERS, CONTENT EXPERTS, TECHNOLOGY GURUS, AND STRATEGISTS WHO HELP STUDENTS MASTER LITERACY. BY BUILDING EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE BASED ON PROVEN PEDAGOGIC TECHNIQUES, AND INTEGRATING IT INTO THE CLASSROOM, WE BRING PERSONALIZED READING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION TO EMPOWER EMERGING READERS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD TREASURER Bruce Langer
FOUNDER, CO-CHAIR AND CEO Deb Mallin
BOARD MEMBER John Thomas
BOARD MEMBER John Wannager
BOARD MEMBER Joy Baer
BOARD MEMBER Sonia Ungerman

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Top Grant Purposes

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$446,750 2 grants
TO ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE LITERACY MATTERS FOUNDATION.
$300,000 1 grant
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$50,400 1 grant
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$46,100 3 grants
EDUCATION
$32,300 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2021 $815K $1.2M
2020 $1.1M $1.2M $659K
2019 $1.3M $1.0M $515K

Between 2019 and 2021, reported annual revenue declined from $1.3M to $815K (-36%).

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