Virginia · Nonprofit
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $275,554 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ($98,788). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $155k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $276k
- Net assets
- $471k
What Reading Is Fundamental of Northern Virginia Inc does
Mission
Motivate children to read by providing attractive, inexpensive paperback books that children may choose and keep for their very own. The books are free and are displayed at book distributions where children are able to choose from a wide variety of colorful, interesting paperback books.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Reading is fundamental of northern virginia, inc. Is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to motivate children to read by providing them with high-quality, free books of their choosing and to work alongside them, their parents, and their community to make reading a fun and meaningful part of their lives. Since 1972 -- over 50 years -- we have provided books to underserved children in northern virginia. As an all-volunteer organization, fundraising to purchase books is a major element in our work.through our books for keeps program, rif nova board members and other volunteers work together with school liaisons to distribute free books to 20,000+ children who attend schools, day care centers, and head start programs in the city of alexandria and in arlington, fairfax, and prince william counties. Thousands more books are distributed through our donated books program. Our goal is to motivate children to read and share books with their family and friends.
$124,363 spent$16,224 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $124,363.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $266k to $409k (+54%).
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.
86% of READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $22k → $35k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. 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
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 40% · 2020 43% · 2021 45% · 2022 34% · 2023 49% — 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.
How long its funders stay
80% of READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Reading Is Fundamental Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA 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 READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC?
- READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $275,554 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ($98,788). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $275,554 in grants to READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA is the largest funder on record, with $98,788 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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