Coalition for Literacy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453029220
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Torrance, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3107876569
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,887
- Expenses
- $25,881
- Assets
- $143,099
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- FRANCES CAREY (PRESIDENT)
- KEELIN MCCORMICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- FRANCES CAREY (PRESIDENT)
- KEELIN MCCORMICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LUKE DEBAUN (SECRETARY)
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
The organization was established to promote the common good and general welfare of the people by educating the public about the ongoing problem of illiteracy and the social and economic costs that illiteracy brings to the community; and to foster programs that strengthen the literacy programs in our schools and communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization maintains programs for book and e-reader donations and in the past has donated over ten thousand new hardback books to literacy programs. In addition, the organization has donated new e-reader tablets to literacy programs at public grammar schools who need an extra boost in reading.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 24%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: 75.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.53; rating input score 96; 96th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 24% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.