Literacy Volunteers of Collier County Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To enhance the lives of our students and families by improving their literary skills.
- Income
- $394,814
- Spending
- $466,504
- Spent on programs
- 55%
- Reserves
- 9.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 61%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 190
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 40% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 18% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1555% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 34 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 59 out of 100. Higher than 32% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2511 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $129,191 spent. Children and Parents Reading Together: Selected Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade students in Collier County Public Schools, and their parents, meet with LVCC tutors to learn early literacy skills. The program teaches parents how to work with their children on academic skills and teaches children how to practice literacy skills to become school ready. There are three 8-week sessions during the school year and one 6-week summer session. Tutors meet with classes of parents and children once each week. The tutors work with both children and parents to instill in them the love of reading and its importance to success in school. During each of the 4 sessions approximately 100 children, with parents, are served. This year the program served approximately 461 families. To each of those families LVCC provided 28 hours of free tutoring time to both parent and child, teaching pre-literacy skills to the child and English language skills to the parent. Each child received 28 brand new books (approximately 3,200 books) as well as other pre-literacy learning resource material.
- $126,359 spent. LVCC offers both in-class and one-on-one tutoring sessions. Students and tutors meet once or twice a week for at least 1.5 hours and work together on improving English skills. Students are at different levels of English and are assigned to classes accordingly. There are mixed groups of students with a number of native languages including Spanish, Haitian Creole, Middle Eastern and Asian language groups. Students generally remain in the program until their skill level meets their expectation for better employment and they become more functional in the community. LVCC offers programs online as well as face-to-face traditional classes. There was an average of more than 300 adult students per month being served throughout the year. Citizenship: Students attend a 6-week course to prepare themselves for the US citizenship test. All instruction is carried out by LVCC tutors, and all materials are supplied by LVCC. Instruction focuses on improving English skills and gaining the knowledge required to be successful on the citizenship test. The success rate is very high and over 550 students have completed the course over the years and become US citizens. This year LVCC provided 18 students with citizenship preparation classes.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2004.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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