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Screen a listSharp Literacy Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.1Mrevenue
FY2025 · −34% in 3 yrs35staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−26.3%
Months of reserve0.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+4.2%
Middle half of peersMedianSharp Literacy
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.4M spent
Programs$896k65%Management and general$202k15%Fundraising$283k21%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$406k in FY2024 and −$288k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.9 months, under the peer median of 3.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Funders stay
24 of the 35 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists67funders
$478ka year, last 3 years
13%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation IncEvery year since FY2017$30k$30k$30k$30k$35k$30k$30kGene & Ruth Posner Foundation IncSince FY2018$50k$30k$30k$30k$30k$30kDaniel M Soref Rvoc TrEvery year since FY2017$50k$25k$25k$25k$25k$25k$25kNcr FoundationStopped after FY2022$67k$78k–United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County IncOn and off$28k$14k$10k$5k$52kEmory T Clark Family FoundationOn and off$30k$10k$25k$15k$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$68k$43k$48k$100k$74k$279k$123k42 other fundersUp to $60k a year each$35k$62k$68k$183k$59k$134k$238k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped