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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2025 Expires: September 2027

Read to Them

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(804) 367-3195
2201 West Broad Street, Suite 206
Richmond, VA, 23220
https://readtothem.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Read to Them meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to use the power of reading aloud together to build connections across families, schools, and communities to cultivate students’ learning and success."

Year, State Incorporated:
2003, VA

Read to Them programs support reading together at home and learning together at school by providing schools with tools, resources, and guidance to create a culture of literacy in their community. The organization’s flagship program, One School, One Book (OSOB) enables schools to select a book, provides students with a copy to read at home, and employs a suite of book-specific resources for classrooms and homes to support making reading aloud a daily activity. Read to Them reports that, for many children, the books they receive from OSOB are the first books they own. The organization also reports expanding beyond Richmond to serve schools across Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. In 2025, Read to Them launched One Book Connects US, where schools nationwide read the same book around the same time.

For the year ended June 29, 2025, Read to Them's program expenses were:

Program services $3,110,416
Total Program Expenses $3,110,416

Chief Executive
Christa Donohue, Executive Director

Compensation*
$159,073

Chair of the Board
Elizabeth Blue

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired Attorney and Adjunct Faculty

Board Size
12

Paid Staff Size
16

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements

Fundraising costs were 33% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $298,722 are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Read to Them's audited financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2025.

Source of Funds
Program registration $4,415,250
Contributions $298,722
Investment income $131,753
Other income $25,000
Total Income $4,870,725

Programs: 71% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 26%

Total Income $4,870,725
Total expenses: $4,356,178
  Program expenses $3,110,416
  Fundraising expenses $97,568
  Administrative expenses $1,148,194
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $514,547
Beginning Net Assets $2,551,858
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $3,066,405
Total Liabilities $647,527
Total Assets $3,713,932

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Report completed by:
BBB Serving Central Virginia