California · Nonprofit
BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION
BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being RAMP FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $107k
What Bookstormer Foundation does
Mission
To provide books, other literacy-related materials, programs and author events to students in California public schools, including those described in Parts A and B of Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Author visit to Miwok Elementary School with author Erin Estrada Kelley w/book Last Resort. Books distributed to 120 students, grades 4-5
$1,785 spent11% of program spendingAuthor visit to Spring Lake Middle School with author Jonathan Stroud w/book Legendary Scarlett & Browne. Books distributed to 170 students, grades 7-8
$2,528 spent16% of program spendingAuthor visit to Old Adobe Elementary School with author Holly Goldberg Sloan w/book Finding Lost. Books distributed to 111 students, grades 5-6
$1,651 spent11% of program spendingOther Program Services: additional schools, authors, books donated throughout year.
$9,570 spent62% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,534.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Patty Norman
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION?
- BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being RAMP FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION?
- RAMP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing