Books for Jacksons Children Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993874905
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
6019401355
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,261
Expenses
$16,288
Assets
$13,473
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Brad Pigott (Chairman of Board)

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

Enroll pre-kindergarten children living in Jackson, Mississippi to receive monthly free book mailed by non-profit Imagination Library, by actively recruiting enrollments by parents and funding mailing costs of the Imagination Library through funding those costs through that entity's local affiliate, the United Way of the (Jackson) Capital Area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Having formed in mid-2024, our organization recruited parents in West Jackson, Mississippi to enroll their children in the Imagination Library program and paid the local IL partner United Way to advance the fees for those children required for IL participation. We also paid for continuing start-up costs including development of a website and social media contents, and mailings to promote an early-2026 event promoting Imagination Library. During 2025 we also convinced local institutions, including the University of Mississippi Children's Hospital, to enroll their young children and newborns into the IL program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 54.7%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 120.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.1% of revenue deployed · 54.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.