Grand beginning's mission is to leverage partnerships and resources to ensure quality and accessible early childhood services exist to support child development,

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 18 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$69K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $289K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$21K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$701K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$665K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$737K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$701K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$407K
FY2021$429K
FY2022$581K
FY2023$534K
FY2024$658K
FY2025$701K
Expenses
$665K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$383K
FY2021$397K
FY2022$538K
FY2023$543K
FY2024$530K
FY2025$665K
Net assets
$737K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$484K
FY2021$523K
FY2022$556K
FY2023$549K
FY2024$685K
FY2025$737K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2003.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $599K Management & general 7% · $49K Fundraising 3% · $17K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $69K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$69,119Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kathryn Hale’s $69K as Executive Director is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathryn Hale$69,119—————
Maegan Lokteff————$53,770$66,987
Kathrynn Hale—$65,174$60,837$60,996$47,004—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Provides quality, accessible early childhood services to support child development.

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3 programs · $599K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Comprehensive Early Childhood Services

Convening partners to develop strategic investments in early childhood based on community input to improve the quality, access and equality of services and supports available to families with young children within grand county.

$466Kprogram expense
02

Mental Health

Promoting social emotional competence in children birth to 5 years by training and coaching early childhood teachers and parents on the pyramid plus approach, promoting incredible years curriculum and engaging community stakeholders to identifiy and develop mental health support for children with persistent challenging behaviours and…

$74Kprogram expense
03

Health

Increasing access to preventive oral and medical health care by linking health care early childhood sectors and providing universal training and technical assistance on standardized child development and oral health screening tools across grand county to promote early intervention including referral and follow-up services.

$59Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$289K
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Grants paid · 20 grants · $707K · 2019–2024
Winter Park Early Education CenterFY2024$15,900
Church of the Eternal HillsCO · FY2024$15,245
Kremmling PreschoolCO · FY2024$5,935
Church of the Eternal HillsCO · FY2023$9,220
Kremmling PreschoolCO · FY2023$8,101
Winter Park Early Education CenterFY2023$6,950
Kremmling PreschoolCO · FY2022$13,641
Church of the Eternal HillsCO · FY2022$12,207
Winter Park Early Education CenterFY2022$9,967
Winter Park Early Education CenterFY2021$14,550
Church of the Eternal HillsCO · FY2021$9,096
Kremmling PreschoolCO · FY2021$6,900
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$701K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$684K
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$340
Money outPt IX
$665K
Ln 25
Programscol B$599K
Managementcol C$49K
Fundraisingcol D$17K
Owns and owesPt X
$737K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$264K
Total assetsLn 16$758K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$684K
Government grantsLn 1e$323K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$340
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Total revenueLn 12$701K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$186K
SavingsLn 2$79K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$264K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$243K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$227K
Total assetsLn 16$758K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
Net assetsLn 32$737K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$397K$264K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$243K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$706K$758K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K$21K
Net assetsLn 32$685K$737K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$101K$101K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$89K$82K$4K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$206K$189K$8K$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$4K$192$192
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$17K$730$730
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$20K$884$884
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$0$18K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$0$2K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$6K$777$4K$2K
TravelLn 17$16K$15K$647$480
InsuranceLn 23$6K$4K$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$148K$146K$2K$802
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$18K$7K$647
Total functional expensesLn 25$665K$599K$49K$17K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $701K$665K$36K$737K 990 PDF
FY2024 $658K$530K$128K$685K 990 PDF
FY2023 $534K$543K−$9K$549K 990 PDF
FY2022 $581K$538K$44K$556K 990 PDF
FY2021 $429K$397K$32K$523K 990 PDF
FY2020 $407K$383K$25K$484K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $700,991 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $648,515$683,605
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,071$340
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,646$17,046
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $658,232$700,991
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $62,474$101,092
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $307,366$339,473
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $160,190$224,670
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $530,030$665,235
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $128,202$35,756
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $700,991 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$322,597
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$361,008
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$683,605
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$340
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $17,046$17,046
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $340 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $17,046$700,991
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $665,235 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $101,092$101,092
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $81,513 · Management $3,544 · Fundraising $3,544$88,601
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $189,271 · Management $8,229 · Fundraising $8,229$205,729
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,424 · Management $192 · Fundraising $192$4,808
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,782 · Management $730 · Fundraising $730$18,242
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,325 · Management $884 · Fundraising $884$22,093
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $17,658 · Fundraising $0$17,658
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,323 · Fundraising $0$2,323
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,446 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,446
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $777 · Management $3,862 · Fundraising $1,761$6,400
IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,875 · Management $647 · Fundraising $480$16,002
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,782 · Management $1,891 · Fundraising $0$5,673
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $145,841 · Management $1,513 · Fundraising $802$148,156
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $18,243 · Management $7,122 · Fundraising $647$26,012
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $599,371 · Management $48,595 · Fundraising $17,269$665,235
Part X · Balance sheet $758,182 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $169,036$185,556
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $228,301$78,793
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $87,666$21,390
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,620$2,633
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$243,307
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $218,116$226,503
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $705,739$758,182
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,525$21,431
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,525$21,431
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $144,879$215,305
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $540,335$521,446
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $685,214$736,751
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $705,739$758,182
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $736,751 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$700,991
XI-2 Total expenses$665,235
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$35,756
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$685,214
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$15,781
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$736,751

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