Reading in Motion
Reading in Motion
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About this organization
Mission
Reading in Motion’s mission is to get every student, especially those whose environment or circumstances put them in greater need of support, reading at or above grade level within the first years of school through the power and discipline of the arts. We do this by partnering with schools in need of support and training their teachers to deliver our engaging core-wraparound literacy curriculum to their prekindergarten through second grade students.
About
Benchmarks is a world-class reading program for at-risk children. The program uses arts-based activities that are physical, kinesthetic and imaginative to address key reading skills. Benchmarks includes the extra dosage component, which provides well-trained extra dosage instructors in first grade classrooms to provide additional small group instruction, at the same time the teacher is doing small group instruction in the same room. During the years ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, 4,175 and 3,500 kindergarten and first grade students benefited from this program, respectively.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
From their filing, the objective of the non-profit is stated as “To get every at-risk child reading at or above grade level within the first years of school, through the power and discipline of the arts.”.
When talking about its functions, they were outlined as: “To get every at-risk child reading at or above grade level within the first years of school, through the power of discipline of the arts.”.
- The legally reported state of operation for the non-profit is IL.
- According to the filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 is 65 E WACKER PLACE NO 305, CHICAGO, IL, 60601.
- The non-profit organization as of 2020 has a total of 38 employees reported on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$117,302.
- The organization has 13 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1984.
- The organization pays $1,206,102 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $294,606 in fundraising expenses.