2026-01-13T21:30:18Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 843898581 FOR THE LOVE OF READING FORT 8653095351 1845 COMMUNITY DR KNOXVILLE TN 37909 Beth Scoonover President 8652564333 2026-01-13 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X ftlor.org X X 69774 69774 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69774 0 0 29209 0 0 0 19212 48421 21353 12024 0 33377 12024 33377 0 0 0 0 12024 33377 0 0 12024 33377 For the Love of Reading is a Knoxville-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting the joy of reading through the expansion of book access and engagement points including in-school book giveaways and volunteer classroom readers Book Access We served over 3300 students giving away more than 7000 books 44274 Volunteer Readers Our volunteers logged over 1500 hours reading to children in classrooms 1234 Literacy Enriched Spaces We began to explore partnerships to get childrens books into more locations 554 46062 Tyrone Beach Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 Tiffany Davidson Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 Angela Dennis Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 Luci Deigo Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 LeAnn Heidenreich Treasurer 0.50 0 0 0 Dr Dexter Murphy Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 Dr Erin Phillips Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 Dr Margaret Ritchey Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 Beth Scoonover President 40.00 0 0 0 Jonathan Scoonover Vice President 10.00 0 0 0 Betsy Wolf Board Member 0.50 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false TN Jonathan Scoonover 1845 Community Dr Knoxville TN 37909 8652564333 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 4000 10126 17693 69774 101593 4000 10126 17693 69774 101593 101593 4000 0 10126 17693 69774 101593 1 1 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Schedule O: Part I (Other Expenses, Line 16) Advertising and Promotion - $1,327 Licenses and Permits - $20 Office Expenses - $1,012 Program Expenses - $16,853 (Books for Kids - $15,835, Misc/Other - $100, Program Supplies - $554, Volunteer Appreciation - $364) Total Other Expenses: $19,212 For the Love of Reading is a small volunteer-led 501c3 organization that has historically fallen below the 50000 annual gross receipts threshold and therefore has only been required to file Form 990-N in prior years In 2024 through the generous support of our community and an unexpected increase in donations and grants our total revenue exceeded 50000 for the first time triggering the requirement to file Form 990-EZ Because this was our first year crossing the filing threshold our all-volunteer leadership team did not initially recognize that our filing requirement had changed from Form 990-N to Form 990-EZ As a result the Form 990-EZ for the 2024 tax year was not filed by the original due date Once we became aware of this requirement we promptly prepared and submitted the delinquent Form 990-EZ and implemented internal reminders and procedures to ensure timely and accurate filings in future years We respectfully request that any penalties associated with this late filing be abated The late filing resulted from an inadvertent oversight by a small volunteer-run organization not an attempt to evade reporting or obscure our activities The imposition of penalties would significantly strain our limited resources and directly reduce funds available to advance our mission to expand literacy access for children in our community Thank you for considering this request and for your understanding as we continue to improve our compliance processes and advance our charitable work