2024-05-02T15:01:10-07:00 2023-12-31 810529486 Gary Kasper & Company Inc 324 Central Ave Box 308 Fairfield MT 59436 990EZ 2023-01-01 810469892 LEWIS & CLARK LITERACY COUNCIL LEWI 4063242111 PO BOX 67 HELENA MT 59624 TRACIE SHEPHERD Executive Dir. 2024-05-02 true TRACIE SHEPHERD 999009999 true Kelly McInerney CPA P00483703 4064672410 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X WWW.LCLITERACY.ORG X X 29198 X 26517 254 0 2427 317 2110 0 28881 11565 195 5196 485 4446 21887 6994 40319 47313 X 40635 49103 40635 49103 316 1790 40319 47313 The Lewis & Clark Literacy Council helps adults and their families acquire reading, writing, English language, workforce, and life skills so that they may have an improved quality of life. The Lewis & Clark Literacy Councils primary program involves a one-to-one tutoring initiative that pairs trained volunteers with adults seeking literacy and English language skills. In 2023, we maintained our Zoom tutoring services for those who preferred virtual sessions due to comfort or location constraints. Throughout the year, we recruited and trained several new tutors and students.During a period of leadership transition, our Executive Director position was filled by an Interim Executive Director for half of the year. However, by September, we successfully hired our current Executive Director, who will guide the Lewis & Clark Literacy Council into 2024 and beyond.Additionally, we hosted a weekly conversation class via Zoom for adults learning English. In this class, 4 to 8 students consistently participated, engaging in discussions on topics such as American culture, holidays, literature, places of interest, and subjects of personal interest. Initially catering to beginning-level literacy and English students, the class evolved into a Reading Circle for those interested in exploring fiction and nonfiction books in English.Our Citizenship Class continued via Zoom, with 7 students attending regularly. This class is specifically designed to assist students in preparing for the US Citizenship Test while enhancing their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English. This class concluded when students were prepared to advance their journey toward citizenship.We continue to support individual students working towards achieving their high school equivalency, obtaining a drivers license, and actively participating in the community.In 2023, the Book Pals program was successfully reintroduced, engaging a total of 26 students across two participating schools. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with school staff, previously operated during 2019 and the initial two months of 2020 before the Covid pandemic. The program involved the Literacy Councils recruitment and coordination of community volunteers who engaged in reading sessions with 50 elementary students across various schools before the start of classes. The primary objective of this program is to offer elementary school students an additional opportunity for one-on-one supported reading. 9508 BOOK PALS: In 2022, due to the continued limitations on in person and face to face tutoring at Helena Public Schools as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the L&C Literacy Council had to continue to suspend its Book Pals program for elementary school students at three schools in Helena. We have just begun to reinstate the program in 2023. This program, in cooperation with school staff, functioned during 2019 and the first 2 months of 2020, and involved the Literacy Councils recruitment and coordination of community volunteers who met with and read with 50 elementary students at various schools, before classes began. The goal of this program is to provide elementary school students with an extra opportunity for one-to-one supported reading. CITIZENSHIP CLASS: Continuing from last year, a Citizenship Class has continued on Zoom with 7 students in regular attendance. This class is designed to help students prepare for the US Citizenship Test and further develop and practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English. We continue to have individual students working towards getting their high school equivalency, getting a driver's license and increasing their community involvement. READING & WRITING CIRCLE: The Executive Director and a volunteer continued teaching a weekly 90=minute class called Introduction to Reading and Writing in English that was started in 2020. This class served beginning level literacy and English students. It evolved later into a Reading Circle for students who wanted to begin reading fiction and nonfiction books in English. By the end of the year it had become a Reading and Writing Circle. At different times there were 4-5 participants each week. 9508 KATHE SIMONS Director 2.00 0 SUSAN NIMICK Treasurer 4.00 0 BETH STEELE Secretary 2.00 0 TANYA A EYCHNER Interim ExecDir 20.00 4410 ANDREA PULIDO Director 2.00 0 ASHLEY CALLISON Director 2.00 0 LIUDMYLA MAMUSLEV Director 2.00 0 DAVE SMITH Director 2.00 0 MATT CAREY Director 2.00 0 ANDREE ANDERBERG President 3.00 0 TRACIE SHEPHERD Executive Dir. 20.00 6320 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false LEWIS CLARK LITERACY COUNCIL PO BOX 67 HELENA MT 596240067 4063242111 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 19357 21558 15800 24677 21417 102809 0 0 0 15280 15280 15280 15280 5100 66220 34637 36838 31080 39957 26517 169029 0 0 169029 143 31 254 428 0 143 31 254 428 0 1270 852 117 2110 4349 35907 37833 31111 40074 28881 173806 0.97250 0.97600 0.00250 0.00090 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1001 Advertising and Promotion $750 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $224 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $192 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $1760 Other Expenses.1 CLASS BOOKS & MATERIALS $1195 Other Expenses.3 DE MINIMIS LAPTOP & HDMI $275 Other Expenses.5 STATE EMPLOYEE GIVING FAIR $50 Total Liabilities.1001 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $0 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $955 Total Liabilities.1 PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE - Beginning $316 PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE - Ending $835 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTIVITY Board members are not compensated for their service on the board. Due to some changes in our leadership, our Executive Director position was staffed part of the year by a new hire and the rest by existing board members in an ad hoc capacity. * Andrea Pulido, Ad Hoc Exec Director - January to June* Nicole Weitzman, Exec Director - June to September* Andrea Pulido, Ad Hoc Exec Director - September to October* Tanya Eychner, Interim Exec Director - October to presentBy year-end, we made an interim offer to our current Executive Director who will lead the Lewis & Clark Literacy Council into 2023 and beyond. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION We were again relocated to a smaller office. The availability of commercial rental office space has grown in our local area bringing prices down. We have valued the in-kind contribution from the District at $350 including utilities per month, plus an estimated value of the phone line and internet access at $75 per month, for a total annual value of $5,100. Our use of this in-kind donation is reflected in Occupancy Costs.