Reading to Kids

“The Form 990 was prepared by the Reading to Kids Treasurer based on the information contained in the organization's financial statements, which were previously reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors. Prior to the filing of the Form 990, a PDF copy of the Form 990 was emailed to all Board Members for the review and approval of the Board.”

“Reading to Kids annually requires its officers, board members, and employees to sign a conflict of interest disclosure form. If a conflict is identified, the person with the conflict (i) must fully disclose the conflict to all other decision-makers; and (ii) may not be involved in the decision of what action to take (e.g., may not participate in a vote) but may serve as a resource to provide other decisionmakers with needed information. In some cases the person with the conflict may be asked to recuse him/herself from sensitive discussions so as not to unduly influence the discussion of the conflict. In all cases, decisions involving a conflict will be made only by disinterested persons.”

“Salaries of all Reading to Kids employees are determined by the independent Board of Directors through regular reviews of the work of the employees and by comparison to similarly situated employees in the nonprofit sector. Salary reviews are discussed and documented during executive sessions of Reading to Kids board meetings.”

“The Reading to Kids governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. The latest year-end financial statements are also available to the public on the organization's website.”

“Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reading to Kids utilized over 1,500 volunteers per year at our monthly reading clubs. Because the reading clubs have been conducted virtually since the beginning of the pandemic, Reading to Kids has exclusively relied on a set of experienced volunteers to conduct the reading clubs. Reading to Kids expects to return to a greater number of volunteers once we are able to resume in-person reading clubs.”

“Beginning in May 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the monthly reading clubs went virtual via Zoom. The format of the reading clubs remained the same with pairs of volunteers reading to groups of children at eight Los Angeles area elementary schools. But rather than reading to the children in person, inside classrooms at the elementary schools, the reading clubs took place virtually, using the Zoom accounts of teachers at the participating schools. The teachers who hosted those reading clubs invited their students to attend and welcomed Reading to Kids volunteers to join them for the reading clubs.”