Indy Book Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833087150
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Zionsville, IN, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Reported finances

Revenue
$132,308
Expenses
$141,156
Assets
$38,100
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

  • Amy Freytag (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Amy Freytag (Executive Director)
  • Stacy Thompson (Outreach Director)
  • Amanda Hines (Finance Director)

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 Indy Book Projects mission is to ensure all children in Central Indiana have access to books in their homes We collect new and gently used childrens books from the community and redistribute them through our partnerships with community centers pediatrician offices health clinics food pantries schools little free libraries and other nonprofit organizations We focus on populations with little to no access to books in their homes Our organization is 100 volunteer run We have no paid employees We consist of a working board of 5 individuals plus nearly 100 volunteers assisting with book drives sorting books filling book requests and delivering books into the community In 2025 we distributed 90812 books to children across Central Indiana Other Income reported on 990-EZ Line 8 relates to the in kind value of books received as donations from the community and redistributed to area children during the calendar year The majority of our donations consist of used book

What it reported doing in 2025

Distributed 90812 books to children in Central Indiana in 2025

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - 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: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.