Reading and Beyond
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770508471
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fresno, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5593428600
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,330,358
- Expenses
- $4,096,619
- Assets
- $6,471,374
- Liabilities
- $1,601,744
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SANDRA FLORES (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- SANDRA FLORES (CEO): $158,158 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of reading and beyond is to empower children and families to achieve productive, self-reliant lives. We offer a two-generation program that works with children and parents together to build education, economic assets, social capital, and health and wellbeing to create economic security that passes from one generation to the next.
What it reported doing in 2024
Preschool: reading and beyond preschool is a high-quality early learning program proudly operating under the California state preschool program (cspp). We serve children ages 2.7 to 4 years old, providing them with a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment that prepares them for kindergarten and lifelong success. Our classrooms are equipped with age-appropriate developmental materials designed to foster curiosity and hands-on learning. Children develop their social-emotional skills, literacy skills, physicals skills, and science skills, while their math development is supported through our count, play, explore math initiative, which blends exploration, play, and intentional teaching. (continued on sch. O) (continued) reading and beyond preschool is proud to have earned an early stars 5-star quality rating through the fresno county superintendent of schools, demonstrating our commitment to excellence in early childhood education. Teachers provide ongoing assessments to support each child's unique developmental journey and tailor learning experiences to help them thrive. We also recognize the critical role families play in a child's development. Through family engagement opportunities, we partner with parents and caregivers to strengthen the home-school connection and ensure every child has the support needed to succeed. Reading and beyond served 102 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 68.1%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 68.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 13 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $282K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.