ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC

Financials

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 May 31, 2026, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

3160 NORTHSIDE PKWY NW, ATLANTA, GA 30327-1555

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

Daniela Olaye, 3160 Northside Parkway NW, Atlanta, GA 30327

Signed the 990

Daniela Olaye, Chief Financial Officer

Phone

(404) 233-5332

Website

www.atlantaspeechschool.org

Return prepared by

Jones and Kolb

Mission

The mission of the Atlanta Speech School is to bring deep reading to each and every child so they can find their voice to determine their own future and make the greatest difference in the lives of others.

Program accomplishments

• Founded in 1938 as a free school to provide services for children who were deaf or hard of hearing, the modern-day Atlanta Speech School has evolved into the nation's foremost center for advancing language and literacy, providing a continuum of services from infancy through elementary school. As reflected below, the School functions as the educational equivalent of a teaching hospital. On campus, with a staff highly trained in the science of reading, we beat the odds against literacy for children with neurobiological differences (e.g. deafness, speech/language delays and dyslexia). The core purpose of our Rollins Center for Language & Literacy and its free and universally accessible online Cox Campus is to change the odds and break the cycle of illiteracy for all children whose families have experienced generational denied access to educational and economic opportunity.Our Vision Statement is Literacy and Justice for All. Following the legacy of our founder, the School has never turned away a child in need of our services because of their family's financial circumstances.The School has four academic divisions (our elementary school for children with dyslexia and three preschools), our Learning Hub that provides academic and clinical services, and our Rollins Center.
  Expenses $19,421,674 · grants $1,482,988 · revenue $15,635,042
• The School's 22-year-old Rollins Center seeks to extend the social justice of literacy to children far beyond our physical campus. For that purpose, the Cox Campus, with more than 420,000 members from all 50 states and 138 countries, provides training for public health providers, families, and early childhood and elementary teachers on the definitive science of constructing each and every child's deep reading brain.-Cox Campus is the only free IDA-accredited pathway to literacy reform through the science of reading. -With an unmatched 92% course completion rate, the courses of Cox Campus are consistently reported by learners (e.g. Ohio teachers 95%+) to be excellent and significantly contributing to positive changes in classroom instruction practices.-In 2024, as Cox Campus celebrated its first decade, it reached the historic milestone of $100 million in economic impact with more than 668,000 courses completed by educators at no cost to their schools or districts. By the end of the 2025-26 school year with exponential growth, a total of more than 1.4 million courses had been completed, with the value now measuring more than $210 million.-The Atlanta Speech School, the Rollins Center, and its Cox Campus are supported by preeminent national/international experts in the fields of healthy brain development, language acquisition, and literacy who comprise our National Scientific Advisory Council.Below are a few examples of how the School joins with others to implement the science demanded by the public health and moral imperative caused by four centuries of radically disparate access to the freedom of reading.As a starting point, through partnerships with Harvard's Center for the Developing Child and many others, we have built extensive Cox Campus coursework and accompanying thousands of resources for public health providers and teachers of children birth - age 5 in recognition of the need to maximize children's growth in language, executive functions, critical thinking, and empathy during this singular window of brain development.This work begins through Talk With Me Baby ("TWMB") at Grady Hospital's (the largest public hospital in the Southeast) birthing center, where Grady staff coach expecting parents and parents of newborns to become their babies' conversational partners in order for them to provide the language nutrition and connection essential for their babies' healthy early brain development. TWMB is distinguished by its gradual release model in contrast to the typical dissemination of information, encouragement, books, and other materials that effect no measurable change in daily interactions with babies or their feelings of agency. Data from an independent evaluation by Harvard Medical School's Brazelton Center demonstrate the lasting and meaningful success of this effort with 91% of parents reporting they were still using practices five years later. The evaluation shows the comprehensive nature of TWMB at the beginning of life changes parental attitudes and behaviors in a manner that remains with them. With the endorsement of key national early childhood experts, we are now funded for the objective of TWMB's becoming the national standard of care for birthing centers within the next 4 years, including recent adoption by Emory Healthcare across its system.Following passage of the Georgia Early Literacy Act in 2023, the Georgia Department of Education selected Cox Campus as the State's recommended structured literacy training program and created the Georgia Literacy Academy by integrating Cox Campus courses into Georgia Learns, the statewide learning management system. Since then, Cox Campus has become central to Georgia's literacy training infrastructure: more than 55% of Georgia districts now use Cox Campus as their primary resource for complying with structured literacy requirements. As of December 31, 2025, more than 47,000 Georgia educators were enrolled, representing educators and leaders from 167 districts/LEAs, and had completed more than 365,000 courses - an estimated fair market value of more than $55 million delivered at no cost to Georgia districts, schools, or teachers. Collectively, Georgia teachers and leaders have invested more than a million training hours, the equivalent of 124,000 workdays, through the Georgia Literacy Academy.This statewide training infrastructure builds on Rollins' integrated Cox Campus coursework-and-coaching model, which has now been evaluated across Marietta City Schools and KIPP Atlanta. A 2025 three-year evaluation by Jan C. Frijters, PhD, analyzing more than 50,000 NWEA MAP, DIBELS, and STAR records across Kindergarten through Grade 3, found that the Literacy & Justice for All structured-literacy implementation produced large, reliable, and equitable gains. Students added roughly eight to twelve MAP RIT points at each assessment, early participation beginning in preschool or Kindergarten showed a persistent advantage, and growth did not differ meaningfully by race, gender, or school system. The report also found that the model transferred across different educational contexts, with comparable growth patterns between Marietta City Schools and KIPP Atlanta.Building on this evidence and training infrastructure, Georgia adopted the Rollins integrated training-and-coaching model in 2024-25 across the state's 60 most underperforming elementary schools, resulting in students realizing a 15% improvement in reading outcomes in one year. These results, together with the broader evidence from the three-year evaluation, helped elevate literacy coaching as a statewide priority. In 2026, Georgia leaders advanced funding for literacy coaches in all elementary schools, building on the model's demonstrated promise and the state's goal of ensuring every educator has the training and job-embedded support needed to help every child read.Numerous state agencies and partners now help scale access to Cox Campus, with statewide adoption extending across Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Hawaii. In Ohio, the state created an early language and literacy credential using Cox Campus; today, more than 33,000 Ohio educators are on Cox Campus, a number expected to grow as training requirements expand into Pre-K.Beyond state systems, Rollins is also scaling Cox Campus into higher education and pre-service preparation to close the knowledge gap before educators enter the classroom. Ten Georgia colleges and universities - including Clark Atlanta University, Clayton State University, Fort Valley State University, Kennesaw State University, Southern Regional Technical College, South Georgia State College, University of North Georgia, and Valdosta State University - now integrate Cox Campus courses to support certification and degree requirements.
  Expenses $8,925,969 · revenue $104,531
• Through the Learning Hub, the School provides diagnostic, therapeutic and remediation services to both children and adults along the reading brain continuum. These services include Speech-Language (evaluation and therapy for children and adults); Occupational Therapy (pediatric therapy to address sensory integration, handwriting, or fine/gross motor difficulties); and tutoring (specialized individual or small group academic intervention for children struggling academically.)
  Expenses $1,544,552 · grants $55,484 · revenue $595,142

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 May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

58-0566198

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

School

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1969

Accounting year ends

May

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Education (B280)

Assets (IRS master file)

$137,204,785

Income (IRS master file)

$35,973,458

Filing history

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 58-0566198).

Questions about ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC

What is the EIN of ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC is 58-0566198.

Is ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1969.

Are donations to ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL 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 ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending May 31, 2027) is due October 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2026.

Who is the principal officer of ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC?

The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2026 names Daniela Olaye.

Who are the officers and directors of ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC?

The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2026 lists 52 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $186,367 (Ryan James, Director of Rollins Center).

How much revenue does ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $35,715,860, expenses of $34,090,475 and total assets of $137,204,785 at year end.

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