Books in Every Bag

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883669681
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2022
Location
Hollywood, SC, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,858
Expenses
$122,549
Assets
$11,773

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barnie Howell (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Eileen Chepenek (Board Member)
  • Clara Heinsohn (Board Member)
  • Phylis Martin (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

Educational Literacy Improvement in Pre-schoolers to prepare them for kindergarten.

What it reported doing in 2025

Books for Babies program in collaboration with the Charleston Library Societies Book Drop program provided books and instructional materials to newborn babies at time of birth in the three hospital birthing centers and pediatric clinics. This provides a first enrollment opportunity but also emphasizes the need to read early and often to children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 98% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 77.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 72.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.