2025-03-25T10:46:08-05:00 2024-07-31 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 77027 990 2023-08-01 562571141 Making It Better dba Literacy Now MAKI 7135840161 14781 Memorial Drive 25 Houston TX 77079 Jacklyn Wilson CEO 7135840161 2025-03-25 1 0 Barbara Murphy P01386215 7134395739 2025-03-25 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Jacklyn Wilson 14781 Memorial Drive 25 Houston TX 77079 2566700 0 X www.literacynowhouston.org X 2006 TX Making it Better transforms communities through literacy, leadership, and life skills. 15 15 97 650 0 0 1773059 1822179 751907 503499 15710 33247 -32881 -72011 2507795 2286914 0 0 0 0 2338948 1941826 22750 0 356484 498527 391963 2860225 2333789 -352430 -46875 1207958 1141918 71993 52828 1135965 1089090 Making It Better dba Literacy Now is dedicated to transforming communities by empowering children and families through literacy, leadership, and life skills. 0 0 1726146 503499 The 25-week Reading Intervention program provides individualized, small-group reading tutorials for at-risk students in grades K-3 to create proficient readers by the end of 3rd grade. The 21-week Lunch Bunch mentoring program for students in grades 3-5 and parent partnership programs that include literacy-related activities to engage and educate parents are held throughout the year. The Reading Express mobile classroom visits low-income communities to provide reading readiness programming for young children (2 months to age 4). It empowers their parents to take an active role in their education. 1726146 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1 97 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X Cynthia Cedeno 8325598360 11613D Spring Cypress Rd Tomball TX 77377 Richard Schmidt thru 1123 Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Deepak Manoharan from 1123 Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Nathan Brownell Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Faith Carter Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jasmine Castleberry Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Fred Charlton Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Giselle Greenwood Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 John Haley Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Monsterville Horton Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Howard Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Paul LeBlanc Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Dale Lockett Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Deviyani Misra-Godwin Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lynsey Ritchie Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Andy Waite Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jacque Daughtry CEO 50.00 X 93305 0 6752 93305 0 6752 0 0 0 0 0 490293 1331886 124459 1822179 Program fees 611710 503499 503499 503499 22853 22853 115370 104976 10394 10394 10394 102799 490293 174810 -72011 -72011 2286914 503499 0 -38764 107829 26957 26957 53915 1641660 1325198 137246 179216 61101 50892 4640 5569 131236 101696 12238 17302 50828 50828 32187 10087 6885 15215 53886 34363 19523 72807 31600 4912 36295 51807 29991 1258 20558 13380 10519 1321 1540 12925 9969 821 2135 16687 14611 2076 Program supplies 78283 78283 Dues and subscriptions 6441 1600 4841 Staff development 2732 1980 377 375 2333789 1726146 251159 356484 492481 144107 369404 580807 96813 65450 232 44000 35806 45473 211967 260826 1255 1255 1207958 1141918 56193 49328 15800 3500 71993 52828 X 1039152 1003640 96813 85450 1135965 1089090 1207958 1141918 -46875 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 786708 1440787 2273043 1773059 1822179 8095776 75500 109000 194270 288320 172360 839450 862208 1549787 2467313 2061379 1994539 8935226 2049478 6885748 3334 630 822 5470 22853 33109 8968335 1926107 0.76780 0.76280 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 2578207 291293 291293 2286914 0 2286914 2625082 291293 291293 2333789 0 2333789 Magnums 417919 355201 62718 18345 49012 30598 3000 33528 Guild Luncheon 175173 135092 40081 14848 25479 593092 490293 102799 18345 63860 30598 3000 59007 174810 -72011 Monsterville Wines Owned by board member 26691 Purchase event supplies 0 X 13371 FMV X 1 49641 FMV X Auction items 129 56872 FMV X Supplies 1 2530 FMV X Raffle items 9 2045 FMV 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director and all board members prior to filing the return with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All board members are given a copy of the conflict of interest policy and must disclose any potential conflict of interest that may arise throughout the year. The policy is reviewed in the first meeting of each fiscal year. An interested person may present at the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, the interested person shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The board determines and approves appropriate compensation levels for the Executive Director by using the United Way survey of salary levels for similar non-profit organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Upon request.