Read for Life
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE BOOKS AND PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR READING, BEGINNING AT BIRTH.
- Income
- $74,253
- Spending
- $82,643
- Reserves
- 35.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 (4)
- $40,854 spent. "BOOKS FOR KIDS" DISTRIBUTES BOOK PACKETS TO PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN ENCOURAGING READING AT AN EARLY AGE & SUPPLYING SAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE BOOKS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 7,000 - 8,000 GENTLY USED BOOKS AND SERVES APPROXIMATELY 600 CHILDREN ANNUALLY.
- $5,929 spent. "BOOKS FOR BABIES" DISTRIBUTES BOOK PACKETS TO PARENTS OF NEWBORN BABIES ENCOURAGING READING AT AN EARLY AGE & SUPPLYING SAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE BOOKS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES NEW BOOKS AND SERVES APPROXIMATELY 600 CHILDREN ANNUALLY.
- $4,985 spent. "HOME BASE MIGRANT PRE-SCHOOL" PROVIDES NEW BOOKS AND PARENT/TEACHER TRAINING TO ABOUT 1,000 CHILDREN IN SEVERAL MIGRANT EDUCATIONAL PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT TULARE COUNTY.
- $17,982 spent. HEADSTART PROGRAM, SHELTER BUDDIES AND OTHER PROGRAMS TO FURTHER READING IN THE COMMUNITY
Source: Form 990EZ 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 October 13, 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 February 1996.
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 October 21, 2026.
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