Learning Home Volunteers
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Learning Home Volunteers mission is to improve educational outcomes of low-income children by transforming their homes into centers of learning and their parents into agents of change for their educational growth.
- Income
- $534,460
- Spending
- $242,476
- Spent on programs
- 60%
- Reserves
- 42.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 550
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 74% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 42.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 55% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 18% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1560% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a 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 December 31, 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)
- $96,936 spent. In our program the childs first teachers their parents continue in their roles of the educator but instead of the learning being adult led it is child led. This is a significant change in the relationship that parents have with their child but an essential one. To help our parents make this change our family coordinator is key. Not only are they responsible for bringing learning materials to the home every three weeks but maintaining a relationship with the parents. During their visits with the parents they get to hear about each childs exploration and mastery. They answer questions that may have come up during the learning session. Finally they are responsible for all supportive materials development which include the video sessions regarding activity learning ideas surveys and intake activities are done by the family coordinator as well. This close relationship is reason for our high level of parent engagement which currently is 100%! Their intimate relationship allows us to be able to help with other barriers which our families face which affects their childs ability to learn - hunger housing insecurity language barriers and a multitude of other issues. Our program coordinators are to connect our families to the resources that they need through the network of non-profits we have made connections with. We have been able to use our relationship to extend the learning of both the parents and their children - providing custom learning activities for each child and support for different teaching methods.
- $24,968 spent. Our secret sauce is our learning sessions. Sessions focus on a single topic i.e. like flowers and will contain 7 to 13 individual learning activities for the parent and the child to explore together. We design each learning activity to meet the needs of a 2 year old just as elegantly as a 5 year old and the match the learning styles of both a careful cautious child as well as a busy active learner. Every activity offers opportunities for language support for mastering pre-k academic skills and for building learning agility skills. Oh and the activities MUST be fun! We test the learning activities incorporating materials that can be found in the home and keeping costs low. Once the lesson is fully designed we turn it over to our volunteers who manufacture package and document the activities. All lessons are accompanied by 3-4 books read aloud by our storyteller. Finally we create videos in both English and Spanish to introduce the learning activity materials its purpose and ideas for using the learning materials. The learning kits are prepared for each learner. Each gets the sessions materials and custom learning activities based on their interests. In addition we add donated books in either English or Spanish. The learning kits are brought to the home and exchanged for the previous session learning kit. During the learning session our families set their own pace. Some work with their children every day others only on the weekends. Connecting on our closed social media network they watch the accompanying learning session videos and post pictures and videos of their family engaging with the learning activities. This becomes documentation of cherished learning firsts laughter failed activities and obsession and mess of learning.
- $23,232 spent. Train and support parents to foster learning in a child-directed play program: Each parent is trained on the adults role in child-directed play. Training includes both online training 1.5 hours and in-person training 3 hrs. Ongoing training is provided through Classtag and in person visits by our family coordinators. Our families lack basic resources in the home for working with their children and 90% of our families have no children books in the home. As part of the training we set our parents up for success by providing a parent teachers kit which includes our core books; math manipulatives; exemplars for primary and secondary colors print numbers to 20 the alphabet; plus construction paper markers scissors glue unifix cube and stringing materials. Assessment are done to determine how the child is advancing towards kindergarten readiness.
- $344 spent. Community building is essential for future educational outcomes. We hold family learning events to help build community.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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