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EIN 57-1198966

PlanetRead

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
1
City
Piedmont
State
California
Year formed
2004
Most recent tax filings
2024-06-01
NTEE code, primary
B92: Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement Programs
Description
PlanetRead's mission is to improve mass reading and literacy skills. They have created eight 'anibooks', which are animated children's stories with subtitles in English and Hindi. These anibooks are available on YouTube and have clocked 250,000+ reads/views.
Total revenues
$151,374
2024
Total expenses
$336,887
2024
Total assets
$1,166,865
2024
Num. employees
1
2024

Program areas at PlanetRead

Brij Kothari is leading the system change effort for SLS adoption and implementation in India. A significant portion of the expenses was for his full time salary to lead the implementation of a strategy to scale SLS in India forge a coalition of implementation partners across sectors and provide oversight for projects.

Who funds PlanetRead

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Co-Impact Philanthropic FundsSee Part Iv$1,287,880
AmazonSmile FoundationGeneral Support$20

Personnel at PlanetRead

NameTitleCompensation
Nirav ShahChief Operating Officer
Robert LynchChief Financial Officer Director$0
Dr. Brij KothariManaging Trustee$52,083

Financials for PlanetRead

RevenuesFYE 06/2024
Total grants, contributions, etc.$126,384
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$24,990
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$151,374

Form 990s for PlanetRead

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2024-062024-08-19990View PDF
2023-062023-12-19990View PDF
2020-062021-10-27990EZView PDF
2019-062019-10-17990EZView PDF
2018-062018-12-12990EZView PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
February 9, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
February 5, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
February 5, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $1,287,880 from Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds
September 9, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsSchoolsEducational service providersCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
26 Manor Dr
Piedmont, CA 94611
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
County
Alameda County, CA
Website URL
planetread.org/ 
Phone
(510) 435-3175
IRS details
EIN
57-1198966
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2004
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B92: Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement Programs
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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