2026-02-06T11:58:40-06:00 2025-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 551 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 NEW YORK NY 10176 990 2024-07-01 320086097 BEHIND THE BOOK INC BEHI 2122223627 216 WEST 135TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10030 ANMARIE PAUL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2122223627 2026-02-05 1 0 MICHAEL WALLACE P00881958 2126972299 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ANMARIE PAUL 216 WEST 135TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10030 1235283 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. 14 14 16 65 0 0 1135921 1098841 16850 45500 11373 26700 0 489 1164144 1171530 0 0 0 0 969992 644644 0 21400 289648 494500 481598 1464492 1147642 -300348 23888 549268 511395 239262 177501 310006 333894 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 682257 45500 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 FEATURE AN 'ANCHOR TEXT SELECTED FROM A CURATED BOOK LIST AND CONSIST OF 6-8 WORKSHOPS THAT MEET NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEARNING STANDARDS. DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, 88% OF THE AUTHORS AND 96% OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE BOOKS SELECTED WERE BIPOC OR OTHERWISE DIVERSE, CRITICAL IN FOSTERING THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS' INTRINSIC MOTIVATION TO READ AND WRITE. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AUTHOR WORKSHOPS, WRITING 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 FY2025, (THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR),BTB DELIVERED 51 PROGRAMS AT 20 SCHOOLS. (30% STEM, 30% SPECIAL EDUCATION, 31% ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS) CONSISTING OF 383 WORKSHOPS. WE SERVED 1184 STUDENTS. 14 OF THE 51 PROGRAMS CULMINATED IN THE PUBLICATION OF 9 ANTHOLOGIES OF STUDENT WORK, MAKING 325 STUDENTS PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS. THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS REPORTED IN THEIR POST-PROGRAM SELF-ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY WOULD CHOOSE ANOTHER BOOK TO READ, WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER BTB PROJECT, ARE MORE INTERESTED IN READING AND WRITING, FEEL THEIR READING HAS IMPROVED, AND FEEL THEIR WRITING HAS IMPROVED.BTB EVALUATES ITS WORK BASED ON THE CHANGE IN STUDENTS' INTRINSIC (INTERNAL) MOTIVATION TO READ AND WRITE, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THEIR OVERALL SCHOOL SUCCESS. 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