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You Tell Me Stories Inc.

990EZ • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 47-2815241

Jan 01, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018 • Filed on Feb 11, 2019

Organization ProfileN/A
33 Longview DriveChatham, NY 12037

(917) 517-6177

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

75th percentile

0.08x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 75% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE B90 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

100th percentile

12.19x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 100% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE B90 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Net Margin

1st percentile

-16952%

Higher net margin than 1% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE B90 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

72nd percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 72% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2018 filings • NTEE B90 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

8th percentile

-53%

Faster asset growth than 8% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE B90 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

2nd percentile

-99%

Faster revenue growth than 2% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • NTEE B90 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets75th percentile

Assets

Down

$14,333

Down $16,486 (-53%) from 2017

Net Assets

$13,151

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Liabilities

Down

$1,182

Down $43 (-3.5%) from 2017

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue100th percentileNet Margin1st percentile

Revenue

Down

$97

Down $10,178 (-99%) from 2017

Expenses

Down

$16,540

Down $14,807 (-47%) from 2017

Net Income

Up

-$16,443

Up $4,629 (+22%) from 2017

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth8th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$60K$40K$20K$0Assets 2015: $12,782Liabilities 2015: $152015Assets 2016: $51,319Liabilities 2016: $6532016Assets 2017: $30,819Liabilities 2017: $1,2252017Assets 2018: $14,333Liabilities 2018: $1,182Net Assets 2018: $13,1512018Assets 2019: $1,984Liabilities 2019: $1,115Net Assets 2019: $8692019Assets 2020: $3,616Liabilities 2020: $1,115Net Assets 2020: $2,5012020

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2018

Assets$14,333
Liabilities$1,182
Net Assets$13,151
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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth2nd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$150K$100K$50K$0-$50KRevenue 2015: $55,000Expenses 2015: $42,233Net Income 2015: $12,7672015Revenue 2016: $110,715Expenses 2016: $72,816Net Income 2016: $37,8992016Revenue 2017: $10,275Expenses 2017: $31,347Net Income 2017: -$21,0722017Revenue 2018: $97Expenses 2018: $16,540Net Income 2018: -$16,4432018Revenue 2019: $28,430Expenses 2019: $40,712Net Income 2019: -$12,2822019Revenue 2020: $7,031Expenses 2020: $5,399Net Income 2020: $1,6322020

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2018

Revenue$97
Expenses$16,540
Net Income-$16,443
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018
Signed
Feb 11, 2019
Return Version
2018v3.1
Gross Receipts
$97
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

The Foundation will use funds to develop literacy storybook apps for young children for their first decade of life. This multi-lingual collection of read aloud picture book applications for smartphones and tablets will provide the oral language skills necessary for success in school. These applications (ebooks) and their unique methodology are developed based on decades of peer review research and literature and delivered with revolutionary technology. The Foundation will distribute both hardware (Tablets) and software (ebooks) to libraries and schools for a licensing fee to be reinvested in the Foundation, as well as make charitable donations to groups providing education to preschool environments and those who support children with special needs. In addition the Foundation will work with parent, community and educational groups, particularly in minority and low income facilities.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
To develop a multi-lingual library (collection) of preschool read aloud picture e-book applications for digital platforms (such as tablets, smartphones) providing teaching tools for parents and educators, and resources for children that build necessary oral language skills for school achievement-closing the word achievement gap by combining research based methodology with revolutionary technology. The content and intellectual property will be available for licensing and charitable contributions to groups providing pre-school education (predominantly minority and low income families) and through these groups, directly to parents of young children.$16,540-
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay72nd percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Lynn RubinPresident-$0--
Alexandra HartenbaumTreasurer-$0--
Dr Ira MehlmanSecretary-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
You Tell Me StoriesInc
EIN
47-2815241
Phone
9175176177
Address
33 Longview Drive, Chatham, NY 12037

Signing Officer

Name
Lynn Rubin
Title
President
Signed
2019-02-11
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Satty Levine & Ciacco CPAs PC
Address
125 Jericho Turnpike Ste 200, Jericho, NY 11753
Preparer
Frank Lou CPA
Phone
5163389500
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Other Expenses.1001

“Advertising and Promotion $1600”

Other Expenses.1002

“Office Expenses $414”

Other Expenses.1005

“Travel $134”

Other Expenses.1

“Outside Contract Services $4280”

Other Expenses.2

“Developer expense $4203”

Other Expenses.3

“Supplies $1840”

Other Expenses.4

“Web Design Maintenance $1000”

Other Expenses.5

“Grant Writing expense $1000”

Other Expenses.6

“Donation expense $500”

Other Expenses.7

“Business expenses $497”

Other Expenses.8

“Bank charges $72”

Other Expenses.9

“Filing Fees $25”

Total Liabilities.1001

“Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $1050 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $1050”

Total Liabilities.1

“Credit card payable - Beginning $175 Credit card payable - Ending $132”

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Filings

Displayed year

2018 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$14,333
Liabilities
$1,182
Net assets
$13,151
Revenue
$97
Expenses
$16,540
Net income
-$16,443
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.04$0.01$0.03$0.07$0.05$0.02
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.02$0.01$0.01$0.28$0.41$0.12
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.14$0.01$0.13$0.00$0.17$0.16
2017Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.31$0.01$0.10$0.31$0.21
2016Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.51$0.01$1.11$0.73$0.38
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.13$0.00$0.55$0.42$0.13
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