The organization provides childcare services and activities to students ranging in age from infant to age 6. Providing activities in an educational and social environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 294 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 $2.0M a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$545K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $27.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $37K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.5M
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.9M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$12.6M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$28.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.9M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$11.7M
FY2021$14.0M
FY2022$14.8M
FY2023$13.9M
FY2024$12.9M
FY2025$13.9M
Expenses
$12.6M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.8M
FY2021$9.6M
FY2022$10.8M
FY2023$12.2M
FY2024$12.0M
FY2025$12.6M
Net assets
$28.5M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.7M
FY2021$18.4M
FY2022$19.1M
FY2023$21.9M
FY2024$25.1M
FY2025$28.5M

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 Dec 1982.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $9.7M Management & general 23% · $2.9M

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

13 people listed on the 990; $545K 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
Chief Executive Officer
$156,679Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$145,075Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$130,415Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$113,156Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kimberly Follett’s $157K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Judith Cooper—————$635,831
David Cooper—————$355,662
Kimberly Follett$156,679$151,087$147,424$155,558$109,063$141,988
Donna Weber$145,075$139,696$136,804$136,198$118,301$126,627
Melanie Godhania$130,415$126,953$123,035$128,358—$108,071
Trever Kalan—————$117,934
Kimberly Kraft$113,156$110,695$105,892———
Steven Katz—————$110,515

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers childcare and educational activities for children from infancy to age six.

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1 program · $9.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The organization provides child care services and activities in an educational and social environment for 605 equivalent full time students. In conjunction with their mission, certain children are not denied services in excess of their family means.

$9.7Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$37K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$775K
Money outPt IX
$12.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.7M
Managementcol C$2.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$28.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$34.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$775K
Other incomeLn 4–11$276K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$6K
Total revenueLn 12$13.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$34.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.5M
Net assetsLn 32$28.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5294
VolunteersI 635
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$1.2M$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$23.5M$27.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$31.0M$34.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.8M$5.5M
Net assetsLn 32$25.1M$28.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$209K$209K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$313K$252K$61K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.4M$5.9M$1.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$64K$57K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$632K$564K$68K
Payroll taxesLn 10$560K$445K$115K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$62K$62K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$92K$92K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$144K$144K
Office expensesLn 13$73K$36K$37K
Information technologyLn 14$35K$35K
OccupancyLn 16$1.4M$1.3M$140K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$31K$31K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$251K$231K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$253K$253K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$846K$575K$272K
All other expensesLn 24e$141K$83K$58K
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.6M$9.7M$2.9M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $13.9M$12.6M$1.3M$28.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $12.9M$12.0M$859K$25.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $13.9M$12.2M$1.8M$21.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.8M$10.8M$4.0M$19.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.0M$9.6M$4.4M$18.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $11.7M$11.8M−$73K$12.7M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $13,864,248 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,149,849$1,936,389
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $11,210,937$10,876,761
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $261,508$774,706
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $273,038$276,392
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,895,332$13,864,248
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $187,694$209,313
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,750,250$8,977,663
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,098,844$3,377,678
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $12,036,788$12,564,654
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $858,544$1,299,594
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $13,864,248 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,880,331
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$56,058
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,984
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,936,389
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,876,761$10,876,761
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $780,565$780,565
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$5,859−$5,859
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $255,822 · Excluded from tax $20,570$276,392
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,132,583 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $795,276$13,864,248
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,564,654 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $209,313$209,313
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $251,690 · Management $61,246$312,936
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,934,591 · Management $1,474,048$7,408,639
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $56,796 · Management $6,877$63,673
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $564,074 · Management $68,304$632,378
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $445,345 · Management $114,692$560,037
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,113$4,113
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $62,051$62,051
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $91,875$91,875
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $143,852$143,852
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $35,899 · Management $37,230$73,129
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $35,217$35,217
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,305,442 · Management $140,399$1,445,841
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $30,798$30,798
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $231,065 · Management $19,588$250,653
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $252,832$252,832
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $574,562 · Management $271,558$846,120
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $82,955 · Management $58,242$141,197
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,691,732 · Management $2,872,922 · Fundraising $0$12,564,654
Part X · Balance sheet $33,990,091 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $393,062; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,169,004$1,021,005
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $215,019$229,996
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $45,654$71,847
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,283,978$1,352,325
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $23,528,314$27,192,904
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,259,350$3,728,952
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $30,952,868$33,990,091
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $825,645$878,779
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $757,902$868,119
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,226,623$3,752,908
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,810,170$5,499,806
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $25,142,698$28,490,285
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,142,698$28,490,285
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $30,952,868$33,990,091
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $28,490,285 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,864,248
XI-2 Total expenses$12,564,654
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,299,594
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,142,698
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,047,993
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$28,490,285

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