Nonprofit · EIN 46-4377279
BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC
Also known as READING HOLIDAY PROJECT
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10027
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,052,082 | $1,032,983 | $19,099 | $776,637 | $86,262 | $690,375 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,229,799 | $911,970 | $317,829 | $683,610 | $12,334 | $671,276 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $857,252 | $840,465 | $16,787 | $395,192 | $41,745 | $353,447 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $964,860
- Program service revenue
- $73,466
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $13,756
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $10,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $144,855
- Other salaries and wages
- $217,412
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $388,094
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $118,786
- Occupancy
- $27,980
- Travel
- $27,091
- Program services (functional)
- $751,996
- Management and general (functional)
- $217,525
- Fundraising (functional)
- $63,462
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $683,610
- Total assets, end of year
- $776,637
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $86,262
- Net assets, end of year
- $690,375
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $650,029
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $40,346
- Gross receipts
- $1,052,082
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 5
- Year formed
- 2017
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVIN IRBY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $119,462 | $11,505 |
| ROLAND KENNEDY JR | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL KAPLAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JALEN ALEXANDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FARHAD ASGHAR | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR SHIRLEY SMITH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEIDI L HAMILTON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM PUGH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM BIFULCO | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK LOWE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| QUENTIN MARTIN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURENCE WELCH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SOPHIE PAUZE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ADRIAN MAYSE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH EMBAIE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL JAMES | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTIN PRATT | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVIN IRBY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $92,500 | $26,507 |
| ROLAND KENNEDY JR | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM BIFULCO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JALEN ALEXANDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| FARHAD ASHGAR | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DR SHIRLEY SMITH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| HEIDI L HAMILTON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM PUGH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL KAPLAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK LOWE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| QUENTIN MARTIN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURENCE WELCH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SOPHIE PAUZE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ADRIAN MAYSE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH EMBAIE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL JAMES | MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVIN IRBY | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $79,912 | $13,126 |
| Jalen Alexander | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Will Bifulco | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Kaplan | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ADRIAN MAYSE | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| FARHAD ASGHAR | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH EMBAIE | President Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| QUENTIN MARTIN | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Roland Kennedy Jr | President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sophie Pauze | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Martin Pratt | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Dr Shirley H Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Laurence Welch | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 8 W 126TH ST 3RD FL, NEW YORK, NY 10027-3811
- In care of
- % ALVIN IRBY
- Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
- P O Box 1752, New York NY 10035
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ALVIN IRBY, 8 WEST 126TH STREET 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10027
- Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
- Alvin Irby, 124 E 117th St, New York NY 10035
- Signed the 990
- ALVIN IRBY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (347) 470-8779
- Website
- https://barbershopbooks.org
- Return prepared by
- CERINI & ASSOCIATES LLP
Mission
THE MISSION OF BARBERSHOP BOOKS, INC. IS TO INSPIRE BLACK BOYS AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO READ FOR FUN THROUGH CHILD CENTERED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT.
Program accomplishments
- THE MISSION OF BARBERSHOP BOOKS, INC. IS TO INSPIRE BLACK BOYS AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO READ FOR FUN THROUGH CHILD CENTERED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT.Expenses $751,996 · grants $10,000 · revenue $73,466
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-4377279
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B92)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $776,637
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,052,082
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,052,082 | $1,032,983 | $776,637 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,229,799 | $911,970 | $683,610 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $857,252 | $840,465 | $395,192 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $329,313 | $570,653 | $383,381 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2014 Officer: Alvin Irby | August 31, 2015 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-4377279).
Questions about BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC
- What is the EIN of BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC is 46-4377279.
- Is BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ALVIN IRBY.
- Who are the officers and directors of BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $119,462 (ALVIN IRBY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does BARBERSHOP BOOKS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,052,082, expenses of $1,032,983 and total assets of $776,637 at year end.
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