Word Playground LLC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922571430
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Pflugerville, TX, USA
Phone
3185197713
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,000
Expenses
$154,975
Assets
$33,919

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jessica Sandlin (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jessica Sandlin (President)
  • BRANDI GRANT (EMPLOYEE)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to using early literacy to change the life trajectory of individuals born into low income circumstances, Word Playground is a video based literacy scaffold that uses Montessori techniques to present principles of the science of reading to toddlers and preschoolers, who are significantly motivated in language, but have no consistent literacy prep.

What it reported doing in 2024

Word Playground set up the foundations of literacy success by writing 20 songs, 4 books, 26 scripts, and curriculum for the initial phonics series. The first Letter Stories was filmed as a phase 1 trial before revisions and adjustments were made. 16 songs were recorded in the studio, which were sent for 2nd round revision. We built relationships with Manor, Pflugerville, and Austin ISKs and YMCA in hope of future partnerships and with donors to keep our mission alive.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 37.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 83.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.