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Filing year 2024

Book Em

Nashville, Tennessee·EIN 58-2000621·NTEE B92Z · Education·3
Total revenue
$729k
Total assets
$595k
Total expenses
$844k
Reported officers
25
Mission

BOOK'EM CREATES A MORE LITERATE NASHVILLE AND IGNITES CHILDREN'S PASSION FOR READING THROUGH BOOK OWNERSHIP AND ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS. SEE SCHEDULE O. BOOK'EM ENVISIONS A FUTURE IN NASHVILLE WHERE ALL CHILDREN OWN BOOKS AND KNOW FIRST-HAND THE JOY AND VALUE OF READING.OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS SERVING NASHVILLE'S ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DURING THEIR PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS. WE BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPING STRONG LITERACY SKILLS FROM AN EARLY AGE IS ESSENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC AND LIFELONG SUCCESS. BOOK'EM PROVIDES VITAL LITERACY SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF BOOKS AND READING ROLE MODELS, SO THAT NASHVILLE'S UNDER-SERVED CHILDREN CAN BUILD THEIR LITERACY SKILLS.-A SINGLE BOOK FOR A CHILD MAKES A DIFFERENCE.-OUR BOARD AND STAFF ARE ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION.-DONORS OF BOOKS, TIME AND MONEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR MISSION.-EFFICIENCY WILL BEST MEET OUR MISSION.-WORKING WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY MAKES US BETTER.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$72k
$76k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 24 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Climbed 12%
over 2 years

From $64k in 2022 to $72k in 2024.

$64k
2022
$68k
2023
$72k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$73k to $76k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Book Em reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$971k
$937k
2022
$918k
$871k
2023
$729k
$844k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Tennessee

Comparable education organizations in Tennessee pay their highest-earning executive a median of $102,768.

25th percentile
$52k
Median
$102,768
75th percentile
$228k
90th percentile
$401k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 176 organizations across 176 filings (2022 – 2023).

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