Imagination Library of San Antonio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884102612
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
3615876048
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,046
Expenses
$8,144
Assets
$167,603
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alexa Volpe (President)

People named in this filing

  • Alexa Volpe (President)
  • Juan Gutierrez (Treasurer)
  • Sandy Norman (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

To increase early childhood literacy and ensure every child in San Antonio has access to free, age-appropriate books from birth to age five.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of San Antonio launched its free monthly book delivery program, enrolling nearly 800 children from birth to age five across San Antonio. The organization mailed nearly 3,000 free, age-appropriate books directly to enrolled children's homes, supporting early brain development, family literacy, and school readiness. ILSA established formal partnerships with AVANCE Head Start and the San Antonio Public Library to expand reach and strengthen existing literacy initiatives serving families with the greatest barriers to books. The organization also participated in major community events including the San Antonio Book Festival and the Southside Book Fair, raising awareness and connecting families to free enrollment. All services were provided at no cost to families.

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

SUPPORTED - 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.5%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 94.5%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.58; rating input score 99; 99th 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: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 5/100.