Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
JOYFUL READERS INC
JOYFUL READERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,343,718 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($719,916). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $904k
What Joyful Readers Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to ensure that all students gain the literacy skills they need to become successful, confident, and yes...joyful readers!
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Americorps reading tutoring program -joyful readers recruits and trains americorps members to serve as high-dosage reading tutors for philadelphia public school students who need additional support to read on grade level. The program is based on the extensive body of research that identifies high-dosage reading tutoring as one of the most effective education inteventions available to students. In the 2024-25 school year, the organization provided high-impact reading tutoring to 991 students in 18 philadelphia schools. External research on the joyful readers program has continued to find that students' reading growth outpaces the growth that would be expected in a typical school year. Joyful readers students are not only improving in reading, but also making meaningful progress towards closing the gap between their assessment scores and the national median score of students in the same grade between fall and spring. Most graduates from the joyful readers americorps member cohort report that their next step involves pursuing a career in the education field, helping joyful readers to contribute to a diverse pipeline of educators who will continue to serve students after their term of…
$1,793,668 spentof which $795,720 as grants$633,333 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,793,668.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $279k to $757k (+172%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 51% · 2024 33% · 2025 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of JOYFUL READERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Weinstein
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $316 → $310k.
4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of JOYFUL READERS INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
JOYFUL READERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 82% · 2023 75% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
81% of JOYFUL READERS INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
JOYFUL READERS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JOYFUL READERS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JOYFUL READERS INC: 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 JOYFUL READERS INC?
- JOYFUL READERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,343,718 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($719,916). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOYFUL READERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,343,718 in grants to JOYFUL READERS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOYFUL READERS INC?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $719,916 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOYFUL READERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 21 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