Access Books Bay Area

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813039565
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
5305746304
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$152,847
Expenses
$87,417
Assets
$118,023
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amanda Collins (Executive Director, Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Amanda Collins (Executive Director, Board President)
  • Alison Guan (Secretary, Board Member)
  • Linda Forrester (Program Director, Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to level the literacy playing field for K-8 students living in poverty by providing high quality, high interest, culturally relevant books and a transformed school library space that invites students to spend time and read.

What it reported doing in 2025

School library restocking at public elementary schools serving students living in poverty. These grants include new books for the library, processing materials for those books, new furniture items for the library reading area, and lunch provided for the volunteers on the day of the project.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.7%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.8%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.7% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.