2025-04-21T14:11:47-07:00 2024-06-30 990EZ 2023-07-01 592609500 Volusia Literacy Council Inc VOLU 3862558723 826 White Street Daytona Beach FL 32117 Kristen Sternberg Acting Executive Director 3862558723 2025-03-27 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X volusialiteracy.org X X 122050 X 99000 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 22450 8000 14450 0 0 0 0 114050 0 0 84662 0 2600 850 7250 95362 18688 2242 0 20930 2242 20930 0 0 0 0 2242 20930 0 0 2242 20930 To create/maintain/organize a network of volunteer tutors to teach adults (or young adults aged 16 or older, who have been removed from formal schooling) who perform below a 9th grade level to complete basic literacy tasks including, but not limited to, functional reading, writing, English as a Second Language, workforce and financial literacy, and GED preparation. The agency utilized 55 tutors to help students/clients reach their literacy goals. Through the course of the fiscal year. more than 255 students were helped to reach their goals. 119000 115000 115000 DEBRA BURNETT VICE PRESIDENT 2 0 0 0 ANNE MARIE CASEY DIRECTOR 2 0 0 0 BOB DAVIS DIRECTOR 1 0 0 0 MERYL HETHER DIRECTOR 1.5 0 0 0 TASHA LUCAS YOUMANS TREASURER 2.5 0 0 0 BARBARA HINEBAUGH MARKETING/EVENTS CHAIR 5 0 0 0 NANCY LACROSSE EDUCATION CHAIR 3 0 0 0 KELVIN MAYNER VICE PRESIDENT 1.5 0 0 0 KRISTEN STERNBERG BOARD PRESIDENT 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FL Kristen Sternberg 826 White Street Daytona Beach FL 32117 3862558723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 158406 89900 95460 118600 462366 0 158406 89900 95460 118600 462366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 462366 0 158406 89900 95460 118600 462366 1 1 0 0 X Literacy Gala 13650 0 13650 0 0 0 4300 600 130 Spelling Bee 8800 0 8800 0 0 0 2400 400 90 0 22450 0 22450 0 0 0 6700 1000 220 7920 14530 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Liability Insurance $3300, Penalty $2500, Penalties $1150, COVID supplies/cleaning $3000, Our previous executive director (William Hinebaugh) was suffering through a lengthy illness during the 2023-2024 fiscal year. He disguised this illness from his education director and his events director (the only two paid employees in his office) as well as from his board of directors, of which I was president. When questioned about why certain forms and financial reports weren't up to date, he came up with excuses such as "the forms were submitted, and their status is pending". He was a brilliant man and eminently trusted in the agency and community. Therefore, the board did not question him to pin him down. He died June 18, 2024, just weeks before the end of the fiscal year. I have spent the last eight months trying to get up to speed on the requirements needed to keep the agency solvent and in existence. I have an education background but not a business one, and I've spent countless time consulting with anyone who could advise me about all the responsibilities. The former executive director's health issues extended to some apparent lapses in judgment, so that I've had to try to re-create most of the agency's financial information in order to bring the record up to date. I apologize to the bottom of my soul that it has taken this long to collect all of the information, but I am a part-timer with a staff of two (also part-timers) and have had to attend to re-instating our Federal and State tax-exempt status, create a new board of directors, re-file its 941 and other forms, create fundraisers, and apply for grants to keep the agency going. I am truly sorry about the delay in submitting this form and hope that you can accept my explanation. We are a small agency and struggling to comply with all requirements as well as struggling to survive. Thank you. Kristen Sternberg