Organizations Filed Purposes:
OPEN BOOKS COLLECTS, GRANTS, AND SELLS USED BOOKS, PROVIDES COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND MOBILIZES PASSIONATE VOLUNTEERS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LITERACY, IMPROVE READING AND WRITING SKILLS AND SPREAD THE LOVE OF READING AND WRITING IN CHICAGO AND BEYOND.
DURING THE 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR, OPEN BOOKS SERVED 4,601 UNIQUE STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF 12,727 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING. WE CONTINUED OUR WORK WITH 162 GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT 8 SCHOOLS EVERY WEEK THROUGH READING BUDDIES, HELPED 1,860 3RD-12TH GRADERS FROM 69 CLASSROOMS BECOME CONFIDENT, ARTICULATE WRITERS AT OUR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS, GUIDED 26 ASPIRING TEEN WRITERS IN OUR SUMMER PUBLISHING ACADEMY PROGRAM, ENGAGED 29 YOUNG WRITERS IN OUR CREATIVE WRITING CLUB, AND HOSTED 373 NEW READERS AT OUR IN-STORE STORYTIMES. DURING THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE AN ADDITIONAL ALMOST 2000 STUDENTS THROUGH VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDED A WRITING CONTEST, DAILY WRITING SPRINTSAND STORYTIME ONLINE. WE ALSO GRANTED 120,089 BOOKS TO SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS THROUGH BOOK GRANTING PROGRAMS, IMPACTING THE LIVES OF 66,618 STUDENTS, AND DIRECTLY SENT 23,436 NEW BOOKS THROUGH THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY TO 2,613 ENROLLED CHILDREN.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Eric Johnson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 45 | $126,673 |
| Natalie Weiss | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephanie Vasconcellos | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Uptain | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Ratner | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Megan Mccoy | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Allison Lipsman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Joshua Leavitt | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Gilley Krivoshia | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Kreis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Colleen Foley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brandon Copple | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Acks | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Anne Matz | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Denise Schwartz | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Evan Trent | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Stacy Ratner | FOUNDER | 2 | $0 |
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