2026-01-21T04:32:19-08:00 2025-06-30 561688300 Foard and Company PA 1347 Harding Place Charlotte NC 28204 990 2024-07-01 452540702 Promising Pages Inc PROM 7043991934 4020 Yancey Road Charlotte NC 28217 Kelly Cates Executive Dir. 2026-01-21 true true Terry W Lancaster P00096087 7043721515 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Amy Murphy Curlis 4020 Yancey Road Charlotte NC 28217 1216125 false X www.promising-pages.org X 2011 NC Promising Pages is The Charlotte Area Book Bank! Our mission is to collect new and donated books and share them with children living in the Charlotte Area Book Desert: those with few, if any, books at home. We work to create a culture of book sharing and ownership. We envision a world where all children have home libraries of self-selected books, can see themselves reflected in the books they read, and have made reading a joyful habit for a lifetime. 13 13 6 938 0 1036829 1203300 0 0 -4896 -4200 1031933 1199100 0 0 241771 276657 0 46067 505678 801030 747449 1077687 284484 121413 353007 475531 8975 10086 344032 465445 Promising Pages is The Charlotte Area Book Bank! Our mission is to collect new and donated books and share them with children living in the Charlotte Area Book Desert: those with few, if any, books at home. We work to create a culture of book sharing and ownership. We envision a world where all children have home libraries of self-selected books, can see themselves reflected in the books they read, and have made reading a joyful habit for a lifetime. false false 961497 During the 20242025 fiscal year, Promising Pages increased access to free, high-quality childrens books for children and families facing barriers to book ownership. The organization shared 265,134 books with 54,009 children and 197 community partners, reaching 27 zip codes across 13 counties and operating 32 Reading Resource Centers in community-based locations. Since its founding in 2012, Promising Pages has shared more than 2 million books, helping children build home libraries and positive attitudes towards books and reading.Promising Pages Book Access System ensures families can find free books where they live, play, and learn through multiple coordinated programs. Books on Break, an evidence-based summer reading program, provided 71,320 books through 23 free school book fairs, enabling 12,705 PreK5th grade students to choose five books each to take home for the summer. School partner surveys reported that 100% of participating schools observed increased excitement around reading, viewed the program as important in preventing summer learning loss, and had no alternative source of summer reading books for students.The Bookseed program partnered with affordable housing communities to help 1,365 children build self-selected home libraries of 25 free books, while expanding to six new communities for a total of 15 Bookseed sites. Promising Pages also strengthened community infrastructure by establishing 16 new Reading Resource Centers, expanding the total to 32, and connecting families to more than 20 literacy-focused organizations through on-site and digital resources. Through the Community Partner Program, Promising Pages provided $672,453 worth of free books, saving partner organizations significant program costs and enabling them to better serve children and families. The Feed the Body, Feed the Mind program reached 5,409 students by distributing 15,458 books alongside food through partnerships with five food pantry locations. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Change in Accounting Method There is a big difference between current year numbers and prior years number due to client changing their method of accounting form Cash method to Accrual method for the year ending 6/30/22