Northern Nevada Literacy Council Non Profit Abruptly Shuts Down

The Northern Nevada Literacy Council is announcing on its website it will no longer be providing services after June 25th. "If you are looking to enroll in English Secondary Language (ESL) Classes or Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes to obtain your High School Equivalency (HSE) please follow the links below:” it indicates pointing to TMCC and Rise Academy.

It partnered with the American Job Center and provided free adult education and career training helping adult learners, with free classes for high school equivalency, English as a Second Language and citizenship.

Other pages on the website no longer work including the donation page.

Its address still listed on Facebook was at 1400 Wedekind Road, where free adult education programs used to be offered, including U.S. Civics classes.

The organization had recently mentioned trying to relocate to the Reno Town Mall to have bigger classrooms, but said it was struggling with uncertainty over funding since the start of the second Trump administration.

Its latest available financials showed total revenue of over $2.6 million and assets of $854,551, with Shannon Chambers listed as chair/treasurer, Ann Silver as Secretary, and Mark Neu and Erica Roth as members in its 2024 tax forms.

Adrienne Santiago pictured above in an orange dress has on her LinkedIn her tenure as Executive Director of the Northern Nevada Literacy Council ending in March 2026.

“I am responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. My duties include grant writing, grant management, fundraising, marketing, and community outreach. I reports directly to the Board of Directors,” her description on LinkedIn indicated for the NNLC position she no longer has.

Santiago now writes she is open to new opportunities as a “driven professional focused on growth, efficiency, and impact.”

Several community members reached out to us indicating there have been allegations of fraud and grant mismanagement at the non profit, which may undergo a rebrand to reopen, but with adult students in the middle of classes now having to pursue them elsewhere.

We have reached out to Ann Silver and Erica Roth listed on the non profit's recent tax forms to find out more but have yet to hear back.

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