Florida · Nonprofit
UPLIFT LITERACY INC
UPLIFT LITERACY INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,125 to it, the largest being GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($197,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $283k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $362k
- Net assets
- $45k
What Uplift Literacy Inc does
Mission
To maximize lifelong success for underserved children by improving their reading proficiency - at school, at home, and in their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2023, Uplift Literacy proudly served 471 children and 230 parents, distributing an impressive 3,245 books across all programs. Our ReadingPals program offered 4,632 free sessions and provided 2,316 hours focused on building socio-emotional and early literacy skills. Through our Free Books Across Town initiative, we placed 1,650 free books in local businesses to increase access to reading materials for families. Additionally, our family engagement initiative hosted 11 free parent workshops and 9 storytime and comprehension events, fostering a love of reading and learning within our community. Uplift Literacy serves a wide range of neighborhoods across Miami-Dade County. These include Allapattah, Brownsville, Cutler Bay, Downtown Miami, Fontainebleau, Gladeview, Hialeah, Hialeah Gardens, Homestead, Kendall, Little Havana, North Bay Village, North Miami, Overtown, Palmetto Bay, Richmond Heights, South Miami, Tamiami Lakes, The Crossings, Westchester, and West Little River.
$151,932 spent$85,842 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,932.
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 2024 to 2025, from $88k to $46k (−48%).
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.
80% of UPLIFT LITERACY 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. 1 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
Aileen Sanchez
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $127k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 UPLIFT LITERACY 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
UPLIFT LITERACY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 UPLIFT LITERACY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 97% · 2023 67% — 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
57% of UPLIFT LITERACY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $155k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $208k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
UPLIFT LITERACY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UPLIFT LITERACY 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UPLIFT LITERACY 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 UPLIFT LITERACY INC?
- UPLIFT LITERACY INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,125 to it, the largest being GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($197,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UPLIFT LITERACY INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $362,125 in grants to UPLIFT LITERACY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPLIFT LITERACY INC?
- GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $197,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPLIFT LITERACY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing