UNITED THROUGH READING: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: UNITED THROUGH READING (EIN 33-0373000)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-20
IRS object ID: 201723249349300617
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-20T09:02:55-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Leaf & Cole LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2810 Camino Del Rio South Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	921083820	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	330373000	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	UNITED THROUGH READING	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	UNIT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8584817323	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1455 FRAZEE ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN DIEGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92108	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SALLY ZOLL	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-07-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	STEVEN W NORTHCOTE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00085554	PTIN
Phone	6192947200	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amended Return	Yes (X)	AmendedReturnInd
Principal Officer	SALLY ZOLL EDD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1455 FRAZEE ROAD SUITE 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN DIEGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92108	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,638,603	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	HTTP://WWW.UNITEDTHROUGHREADING.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1989	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	UNITED THROUGH READING UNITES MILITARY FAMILIES FACING PHYSICAL SEPARATION BY FACILITATING THE BONDING EXPERIENCE OF READING ALOUD TOGETHER.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	18	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	18	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	533	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$953,644	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,118,602	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$925	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$906	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$157,428	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$265,166	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,111,997	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,384,674	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$999,512	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$820,288	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$129,482	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$384,330	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$464,231	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,383,842	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,284,519	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$271,845	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$100,155	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$632,699	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$932,124	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$79,298	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$275,102	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$553,401	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$657,022	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	UNITED THROUGH READING UNITES MILITARY FAMILIES FACING PHYSICAL SEPARATION BY FACILITATING THE BONDING EXPERIENCE OF READING ALOUD TOGETHER.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$935,113	ExpenseAmt
Desc	MILITARY PROGRAM - UNITED THROUGH READING HELPS EASE THE STRESS OF SEPARATION FOR MILITARY FAMILIES BY OFFERING SERVICE MEMBERS WHO ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE VIDEO-RECORDED READING BOOKS TO THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME FROM LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$935,113	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	10	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	10	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	18	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	18	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SALLY ZOLL	PersonNm
Phone	8584817323	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1455 FRAZEE ROAD SUITE 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN DIEGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92108	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
SALLY ZOLL EDD
CEO	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$145,741	$0	$0
FRAN HOLIAN
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEBORAH L BELL
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DWAYNE JUNKER
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS STEWART
VICE CHAIRMAN	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SARAH FARNSWORTH
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MIKE BRADSHAW
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFF MADER
Chairman	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM ZORTMAN
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANNEMARIE GUMATAOTAO PHD
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROGER ZAKHEIM
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CMSGT DENISE M JELINKSKI-HALL
Secretary	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
REBECCA HALL
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TONY MITCHELL
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sean McHugh
CFO	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHARLES VAN VECHTEN
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jamie Moraga
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brian J Roehrkasse
Trustee	2.20	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$145,741	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$169	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Fundraising	$12,300	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,106,133	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$179,183	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,118,602	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$906	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$906	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$519,095	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$12,300	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$253,929	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$265,166	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$265,166	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,384,674	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$266,072	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$145,741	TotalAmt
Program Services	$113,643	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,861	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$674,547	TotalAmt
Program Services	$535,295	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,742	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$90,510	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$87,017	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,962	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,651	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,404	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,849	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$280	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,304	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,772	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$638	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$894	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$406	TotalAmt
Program Services	$325	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$49	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,544	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,835	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$684	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,025	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
IN-KIND DONATIONS	$179,183	$45,204	$133,385	$594
BOOKS	$51,474	$51,474
TRANSPORTATION/MILEAGE/MEALS	$41,912	$41,912
Printing and Publications	$18,819	$15,055	$1,521	$2,243

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,443	TotalAmt
Program Services	$52,787	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,034	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,622	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,284,519	TotalAmt
Program Services	$935,113	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$219,924	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$129,482	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$358,075	BOYAmt
EOY	$641,845	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$201,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$201,867	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,570	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,010	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,231	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,981	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$68,637	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$68,637	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$406	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,955	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,421	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$632,699	BOYAmt
EOY	$932,124	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$79,298	BOYAmt
EOY	$89,602	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$185,500	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$79,298	BOYAmt
EOY	$275,102	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$439,380	BOYAmt
EOY	$587,704	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,710	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,408	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,311	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,910	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$553,401	BOYAmt
EOY	$657,022	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$632,699	BOYAmt
EOY	$932,124	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$100,155	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$3,466	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,721,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,530,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,300,504	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,111,072	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,383,768	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,046,937	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,721,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,530,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,300,504	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,111,072	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,383,768	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,046,937	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,003,511	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,043,426	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$233	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$375	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$415	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$925	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$906	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,854	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$7,049,791	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.57360	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.55760	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$51,955	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,969	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$503	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$55,421	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$52,983	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$626	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$402	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$51,955	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$51,183	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,184	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$384	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$52,983	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$45,140	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,390	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$347	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$51,183	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$40,115	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,337	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$312	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$45,140	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$68,637	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$68,637	DepreciationAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
INVESTMENT IN RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION	$26,340
INVESTMENT IN SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION	$29,081

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$55,421	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,770,121	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$3,466	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$128,052	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$253,929	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$385,447	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,384,674	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,384,674	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,666,500	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$128,052	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$253,929	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$381,981	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,284,519	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,284,519	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	The endowment funds are in permanently restricted accounts where currently there is no use of the income or dividends from the funds. There is no intention of using the interest income until the fund balance increases.
Part X : FIN48 Footnote	The Organization is a public charity and is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. The Organization believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. The Organization is not a private foundation.The Organizations Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and State taxing authorities, generally three to four years after the returns were filed.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES $253929
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES $253929

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	false	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	TRIBUTE TO MILITARY FAMILIES	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$276,550	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$1,450	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$275,100	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$51,679	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$94,601	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	STORYBOOK BALL	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$254,845	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$10,850	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$243,995	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$43,550	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$64,099	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$531,395	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$12,300	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$519,095	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$95,229	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$158,700	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$253,929	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$265,166	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$47,112	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Yes (X)	AUCTION ITEMS	$117,812
Yes (X)	OTHER	$10,409
Yes (X)	FOOD	$450
Yes (X)	AIRLINE TICKETS	$3,400

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Client Note 1	Client Note 1 - FORM 990, PAGE 5, PART V, QUESTION 2A & 2B: STATEMENTS REGARDING OTHER IRS FILINGS AND TAX COMPLIANCE:2a: UTR has entered into an agreement with a PEO (professional employer organization) Insperity to establish a three-way relationship between UTR, our employees and the PEO. UTR and the PEO are co-employers, instead of the traditional employer company/employee relationship. The PEO takes responsibility for HR administration and compliance, for which it charges a service fee. Under this agreement Insperity has paid 10 employees during 2016.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body	United Through Reading is governed by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees revised the Bylaws for the organization in 2008 to more accurately reflect updated governing strategies and guidelines. The Bylaws mandate that there be the following committees: Executive, Finance, Development/Communications, Technology, and Strategic Planning. The Audit committee is a sub-function of the Finance Committee. All decisions of the board are made only when a quorum is present and a majority or two-thirds vote (depending on the type of vote) approves. The Board of Trustees has an approved conflict of interest policy, a code of ethics and conduct policy, document retention and destruction policy, a whistleblower policy, a cash reserves policy, a compensation determination policy, and a policy to guide their decisions on strategic alliances. All of these support the Trustees in their governance.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders	All decisions of the Board of Trustees are voted on as mandated by the Bylaws with quorum in place. All decisions are recorded in the minutes which are available for public reading.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The Audit Committee reviews the Form 990. Once it is approved by the Audit Committee it is then submitted to the Board for final approval.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	1. Each new Trustee is presented with the Conflict of Interest policy during the 3 to 4 hour Trustee orientation. After the orientation is over the Trustee is asked if he or she understands the policy and is asked to sign the Conflict of Interest statement.2. Annually, all Trustees review the Conflict of Interest policy and are asked to sign the Conflict of Interest statement for the following year. All statements are kept on file in the United Through Reading office.3. The Executive Committee is the committee within the Board that monitors any contracts/transactions that could potentially create a conflict of interest. Minutes from that committee's meetings will show discussion of conflict of interest.4. The officers and members of the Board are aware through the written Conflict of Interest policy, which is kept in their annually updated handbook, and through verbal reminders at meetings of their obligation to reveal a conflict of interest if it exists. Board members recuse themselves and are required to physically leave any discussion or vote when a conflict of interest might exist. Chairs of committees and of the Board follow the written procedures provided by the Conflict of Interest policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	The Board of Trustees has a "Policy on Process for Determining Compensation" as approved by the Board of Trustees in 2008 and is maintained in the Board Binder. It states:a) The Policy on the Process for Determining Compensation within the United Through Reading organization applies to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and other senior management.b) The process includes all of these elements: (1) review and approval by the Board of Trustees; (2) use of data as to comparable compensation; and (3) contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping. Review and approval. The compensation of the person is reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees of United Through Reading, provided that persons with conflicts of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue are not involved in this review and approval. Use of data as to comparable compensation. The compensation of the person is reviewed and approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. *Contemporaneous documentation and recording keeping. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION POSTS ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ANNUAL REPORT AND IRS DETERMINATION LETTER ON GUIDESTAR.
Amended Explanation	THE 2016 EXEMPT ORGANIZATION RETURN IS BEING AMENDED TO CORRECT THE LIST OF TRUSTEES ON FORM 990 PART VII, SECTION A. REBECCA HALL WAS A NON-COMPENSATED TRUSTEE IN 2016 BUT WAS NOT LISTED ON THE ORIGINALLY FILED RETURN.