2025-04-18T13:53:37-05:00 2024-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 551 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 NEW YORK NY 10176 990 2023-07-01 320086097 BEHIND THE BOOK INC BEHI 2122223627 216 WEST 135TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10030 ANMARIE PAUL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2122223627 2025-04-18 1 0 MICHAEL WALLACE P00881958 2126972299 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ANMARIE PAUL 216 WEST 135TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10030 1225543 0 X WWW.BEHINDTHEBOOK.ORG X 2003 NY OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP ENGAGED READERS AND WRITERS IN UNDERSERVED NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY DESIGNING AND DELIVERING PROGRAMS THAT ARE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND PROMOTE DEEPER CONNECTIONS TO BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS. 17 17 15 103 0 0 1027031 1135921 73600 16850 13943 11373 0 0 1114574 1164144 0 0 0 0 882422 969992 0 0 321766 516288 494500 1398710 1464492 -284136 -300348 904651 549268 294297 239262 610354 310006 X BEHIND THE BOOK'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CULTIVATE THEIR VAST POTENTIAL THROUGH PROGRAMS CENTERED ON DIVERSE BOOKS AND AUTHORS. 0 0 1007835 16850 BEHIND THE BOOK (BTB) DELIVERS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LITERACY PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN NYC IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO BECOME AVID AND PROFICIENT READERS AND WRITERS.BTB WORKS EXCLUSIVELY IN PRE-K THROUGH 12 GRADE CLASSROOMS IN TITLE 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE ON AVERAGE 89% OF THE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE LUNCH. 61% IDENTIFY AS LATINX, 33% AS BLACK, 4% AS WHITE OR OTHER AND 2% AS ASIAN AMERICAN.THE PROGRAMS FEATUREAN 'ANCHOR TEXT SELECTED FROM A CURATED BOOK LIST AND CONSIST OF 6-8 WORKSHOPS THAT MEET NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEARNING STANDARDS. DURING THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, 80% OF THE AUTHORS AND 94% OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE BOOKS SELECTED WERE BIPOC OR OTHERWISE DIVERSE, CRITICAL INFOSTERINGTHE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS' INTRINSIC MOTIVATION TO READ AND WRITE. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AUTHOR WORKSHOPS, RESEARCHANDWRITING WORKSHOPS, DRAMA ACTIVITIES, ART PROJECTS, AND FIELD TRIPS. MANY PROGRAMS CONCLUDE WITH A PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED ANTHOLOGY OF STUDENTS' WRITING AND ART, MAKING THEM PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS. PROGRAMS ARE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH CLASSROOM BY A BTB CURRICULUM DEVELOPER AND PROGRAM FACILITATOR WITH INPUT FROM THE PARTNERING CLASSROOM TEACHERS.DURING THE FY2024, (THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR),BTB DELIVERED 92 PROGRAMS AT 22 SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. (30% STEM, 30% SPECIAL EDUCATION, 31% ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS) CONSISTING OF 726 WORKSHOPS. WE SERVED 2331 STUDENTS. 33 OF THE 92 PROGRAMS CULMINATED IN THE PUBLICATION OF 20 ANTHOLOGIES OF STUDENT WORK, MAKING 741 STUDENTS PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS. STUDENTS REPORTED IN THEIR POST-PROGRAM SELF-ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY WOULD CHOOSE ANOTHER BOOK TO READ (84%), WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER BTB PROJECT (85%), ARE MORE INTERESTED IN READING AND WRITING (64%), FEEL THEIR READING HAS IMPROVED (66%), AND FEEL THEIR WRITING HAS IMPROVED (79%).BTB EVALUATES ITS WORK BASED ON THE CHANGE IN STUDENTS' INTRINSIC (INTERNAL) MOTIVATION TO READ AND WRITE, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THEIR OVER 1007835 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45 0 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY X ANMARIE PAUL 2122223627 216 WEST 135TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10030 SUSAN ELMAN CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 IAN WOOLLEY TO 13124 VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBIN CANTER VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRIAN TRAUMAN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID BLOOM SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JISHA DYMOND DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN FELGRAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA HANEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SEAN GILLERAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL SIPIO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARVIN LARRY DIRECTOR 0.25 X 0 0 0 BLAIR THETFORD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DERRY WILKENS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELENA WU DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALVIN BUTLER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHEENAM CHADHA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER MARINO-GABRIELLI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA CHIA TO AUGUST 2023 DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 PHIL ANDERSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW FRANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 155495 0 9285 ANMARIE PAUL PROGRAM DIRECTOR 40.00 X 121717 0 6192 AMANDA J CARR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 40.00 X 106502 0 0 383714 0 15477 3 0 1 0 0 177955 118240 839726 22558 1135921 PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME 611710 16850 16850 16850 11373 11373 61399 177955 61399 0 1164144 16850 0 11373 164655 124315 5763 34577 677961 512407 24160 141394 57280 43290 2040 11950 70096 52968 2490 14638 96596 26330 43936 26330 92529 3033 40192 49304 2389 1238 1071 80 27776 11632 1032 15112 27435 17334 3634 6467 61678 46567 2159 12952 20073 9887 4400 5786 4169 875 3127 167 14047 10650 388 3009 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM EXP 91725 91725 HONORARIUMS 55400 55400 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 683 184 499 1464492 1007835 134891 321766 17459 20555 512939 132811 54105 127773 25014 11115 7906 28731 37339 32076 9432 5263 277796 223020 904651 549268 30907 28391 263390 210871 294297 239262 X 522509 169493 87845 140513 610354 310006 904651 549268 -300348 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 930149 1050274 1297388 1027031 1135921 5440763 930149 1050274 1297388 1027031 1135921 5440763 442937 4997826 292 1215 2112 13943 11373 28935 5469698 291416 0.91370 0.92420 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36000 36000 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: IN FY24, BEHIND THE BOOK ENTERED AN AGREEMENT WITH LEMMA STRATEGIES INC. 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