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Filing year 2023

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-0976257·NTEE B92Z · Education·3
Total revenue
$12.8M
Total assets
$24.4M
Total expenses
$13.5M
Reported officers
19
Mission

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL WORKS TO DISRUPT THE ALARMING U.S. LITERACY CRISIS BY INSPIRING THE JOY OF READING IN CHILDREN, A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO DRIVING THE FREQUENCY, MOTIVATION, AND ENGAGEMENT NEEDED TO CREATE SKILLED READERS. WE KNOW THAT IF WE BUILD A FOUNDATION OF JOY FOR CHILDREN, THEN DEVELOPMENT, DISCOVERY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOLLOW.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President and CEO
$387k
$424k
Base
$317k
Bonus
$48k
Other
Benefits
$5k
Svp, Marketing & Partnership
senior vice president
$229k
$251k
Base
$199k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
Sr. Director, Annual Giving
highest compensated employee
$170k
$187k
Base
$147k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Sr. Ios Engineer
highest compensated employee
$157k
$172k
Base
$148k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Manager, Engineering
highest compensated employee
$142k
$156k
Vp, Marketing & Partnership
vice president
$141k
$154k
Chief Financial Officer - 11/23
$32k
$35k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 5%
from 2022

From $367k in 2022 to $387k in 2023.

$367k
2022
$387k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 2% in real terms$415k to $424k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, 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

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$11.2M
$11.5M
2022
$12.8M
$13.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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